Archive, page 2
- Assefa's torn Achilles, and the shoe argument it started
Tigst Assefa held world record pace to 40K in Berlin on an Achilles her manager said was completely gone. Brady Holmer says the shoes are part of why that was even possible.
- Mauri's 45-mile day, Kosice goes 2:07
Vinny Mauri ran 45 miles in a single day a month out from Chicago, and picked the session by texting friends to choose from five options. Plus a 6-day world record and a 2:07 in Kosice.
- Venters and Troutner win USATF 10K with record runs
Vinny Mauri does most of his training on Planet Fitness treadmills that top out slower than his marathon pace, and he races Chicago next week. Plus two championship records in the Twin Cities.
- Can Vinny Mauri break the American record in Chicago?
A guy who did most of his training on Planet Fitness treadmills ran 2:05 in his marathon debut in Toledo. Brady Holmer thinks he or Charles Hicks takes the American record in Chicago next week.
- Hedengren beaten at Cowboy Jamboree, HR zone fight erupts
Steve Magness says that across 50-plus elite training logs he can barely recall one coach prescribing heart rate zones. Zach Bitter compared HR training to breastfeeding. Meanwhile Jane Hedengren lost to two runners in her season opener.
- Holmer: if you're watching heart rate, you're not racing
Brady Holmer says heart rate is the thing runners obsess over that matters least, and a sub-2:30 masters marathoner backed him. Nike, meanwhile, put a carbon-plated racer at $145.
- Boston's 2027 cutoff: 5:17, plus a new lottery
Boston accepted a record 25,630 qualifiers and turned away 8,019, with 1,000 of them now getting a lottery ticket. Plus Assefa's Achilles surgery and Clayton Young racing Chicago on a torn hamstring.
- Assefa won Berlin on a torn Achilles
Tigst Assefa's manager says her Achilles was completely gone for the last two kilometers in Berlin, and she still ran the third-fastest women's marathon ever. She had surgery Monday and faces months out.
- Assefa limps to 2:11:04, third-fastest marathon ever
Tigst Assefa was projected at 2:09:44 through 40K in Berlin, then her stride broke and she limped the last 2.2 kilometers home in 2:11:04, the third-fastest women's marathon in history.
- Berlin: Assefa chases a record nobody trusts
David Monti on the women's marathon world record: ratified, and in his opinion dirty. Tigst Assefa goes after it in Berlin on Sunday, while saying she just wants a personal best.
- Bekele out of Berlin, Gore runs 633 miles in a backyard
Phil Gore kept going for 152 hourly laps, 633.75 miles, at Project 168. And Kenenisa Bekele is out of Berlin a week after he was put in.
- Stringbean takes the John Muir Trail record
Joe McConaughy covered the 223-mile John Muir Trail in 2 days and 16 hours, cutting more than three hours off Francois D'Haene's 2017 mark. Plus a muscle study that says hard intervals leave a mark.
- Pasadyn scratches Chicago after being hit by a car
Felicia Pasadyn is off the Chicago start list, and David Monti says the reason is the car that hit her while running. Bashir Abdi is in. Plus a week of Adios Pro 5 verdicts, and bloody socks.
- Ngetich's world record, Almgren ends Africa's streak
Agnes Ngetich took the women's-only half marathon world record by one second and a $50,000 bonus. An hour later Andreas Almgren ended 30 years of African wins at the same championships.
- Ngetich 1:05:15 WR, Almgren snaps 30-year streak
Agnes Ngetich won the world half marathon title by 50 seconds and took the women's-only world record by one second, worth a $50,000 bonus. Andreas Almgren became the first non-African men's winner since 1996.
- Seare stuns Ingebrigtsen in the Copenhagen road 5K
Jakob Ingebrigtsen led the World Road 5K with 100m to go and ended up flat on his back, beaten by Eritrea's Dawit Seare. Plus two course records at Run Rabbit Run and an American record for Drew Hunter.
- Run Rabbit Run will pay $100,000 to each winner
A Colorado 100-miler just announced it will pay $100,000 to its men's and women's champions in 2027 and 2028, five times what it pays now. Ian Sharman says he would never have guessed a race outside UTMB or Comrades could afford it, and Zach Bitter says sponsors now have to bid higher to keep their athletes at their own events.
- Alphafly 4 on sale, Tokyo winner Ruti Aga suspended
The AIU provisionally suspended Ruti Aga, winner of the 2019 Tokyo Marathon, for methylprednisolone and tampering. And Nike finally put the Alphafly 4 on sale, with a new ZoomX LT foam it says is 17% lighter than the old stuff.
- A DIY Maurten clone, plus a 1,011-mile Mach X
One r/running poster says they cloned Maurten Gel 100 at home: 25 grams of carbs per 50g pouch, same alginate gel trick, ten pouches a batch. Same day, Zach Bitter said most of the foam lifecycle marketing is myth and a Reddit poster retired a Hoka Mach X at 1,011 miles.
- Nairobi gets the 2029 Worlds, at 5,289 feet
Jonathan Gault says a fully peaked sprint field at 5,289 feet in Nairobi might be the best chance we get to see 9.58 and 10.49 go down. World Athletics just put its 2029 championships there, the first ever in Africa and the first at altitude.
- Kerr wins the 1500 after being projected 13th of 12
World Athletics' broadcast graphic projected Josh Kerr to finish 13th in a 12-man field, and he won the World Ultimate 1500m in 3:29.35 off a 52.57 last lap. Jonathan Gault and LetsRun now want the win probability graphics scrapped, while Jakob Ingebrigtsen took the 5000m and then pulled out of the 1500.
- Gabby Thomas: "equal opportunity doping hater"
Gabby Thomas, second in the World Ultimates 200m in 21.77, told reporters in Budapest she is an "equal opportunity doping hater" and that anyone who recognizes themselves in it can draw their own conclusions. Elsewhere, three reviewers dropped verdicts in one day, including the Saucony Endorphin Speed 6 at $175.
- Kerr, picked 13th of 12, wins World Ultimate 1500m
Josh Kerr won the World Ultimate 1500m in 3:29.35 after the broadcast graphic projected him 13th in a 12-man field, Jemma Reekie ran a Fifth Avenue Mile course record David Monti says cannot count as an official record, and the Run Testers picked the Triumph 24 over the Gel-Nimbus 28.
- Ingebrigtsen skips the 1500m, no Kerr rematch this year
Jakob Ingebrigtsen won the World Ultimate 5000m in 12:59.24, then pulled out of the 1500m to protect his Achilles recovery, so the Josh Kerr rematch waits until 2027. Also: Kazimierska, Werro and Kebinatshipi take titles in Budapest, and reviewers say the Altra Vanish Carbon 3 is Altra's best racer but not a top super shoe.