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- Mantz names his New York rivals after two stress fractures
The American record holder says he plans to still be in the lead pack with 2 miles to go on Sunday.
- Almgren debuts at NYC as a favorite over Benson Kipruto
The World Half champion has never raced 26.2, and LetsRun still ranks him near the top of a field with no sub-2:02 runners.
- Sub-2:04 broken 23 times in 2026, adidas in 15 of them
One shoe brand accounts for roughly two thirds of the fastest marathons run this year.
- Gapes breaks 19 at Pre-Nats, BYU beats NC State
The top two women's teams in the country split the day on the course that hosts NCAAs next month.
- Monti reissues a corrected US all-time list from Chicago
The American results in Chicago ran deep enough that the record-keeping is still catching up.
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- Hicks plans 62-minute half, Cullen calls his shot at 2:06
Two very different American gambles ahead of Sunday in Chicago, one off 130-mile weeks, one off DoorDash shifts.
- Lost tape shows Rojo pacing Ndereba to her 2:18:47 record
LetsRun co-founder Robert Johnson watched the footage for the first time and found two Olympic champions critiquing his form on live TV.
- Gault. Hicks and Mauri both real American record threats
A year ago one of them had never run a marathon and the other was unknown.
- Mauri trains on gym treadmills capped below his marathon pace
The 2:05 debutant races Chicago next week off a gym membership and 36 miles at 4:56 pace.
- Berlin produces five new US Olympic Trials qualifiers
Brendan Martin, Jacqueline Gaughan, Allie Kieffer, Katja Goldring and Gabriella Smith punched tickets to St. Louis.
- US women take team silver at World Half, Hurley runs 1:06:23
Hurley, Kelati and McClain finished fifth, sixth and seventh to beat Ethiopia for the team medal behind Agnes Ngetich's world record.
- Almgren ends Africa's 30-year World Half win streak
The Swede is the first non-African man to take the world half marathon title since Stefano Baldini in 1996.
- Dawit Seare catches Ingebrigtsen in the last strides of World Road 5K
Ingebrigtsen led with 100m to go, then had nothing left, and finished flat on his back.
- Mantz returns from two stress fractures at World Road Champs
The World Road Running Championships open Saturday with Mantz, Nuguse, Kelati and Ingebrigtsen all on the start lists.
- Spencer calls Ingebrigtsen a sore loser after Fifth Avenue Mile
Three of the top finishers in New York got the same question at the mic, and none of them sided with the Norwegian.
- Ingebrigtsen wins 5000m in 12:59.24, then skips the 1500m
Five Americans land inside 13:00.40 behind him, and Josh Kerr has to wait a year for the rematch.
- Langon wins Fifth Avenue Mile in 3:45, Reekie takes third title
The American's first trip down Fifth Avenue ended with the biggest win of his pro career, and a photo finish for second.
- Kerr wins Ultimate 1500m after broadcast projected 13th
World Athletics' new win probability graphics had Kerr behind a field he then beat, and reporters had already been calling them out all week.
- Ingebrigtsen to run 5000m first in Budapest, TV2 reports
The 1500m against Josh Kerr and Cole Hocker is still an open question, and the answer may not come until Sunday.
- Cam Myers wins Brussels 1500, Ingebrigtsen rips field
A 20-year-old Australian beat the Olympic champion and the world's best, then the post-race interview took over.
- New Haven 20K doubled as US 2027 World Roads selection
Jonathan Gault says the winners get team spots for Yangzhou, at a championship nobody could follow in real time.
- Werro holds off Broeders-Bol by 0.06 in Brussels
Kazimierska and Balew took the other big distance wins at the Diamond League final.
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