Steve Magness
Every Running Weekly story that cites Steve Magness (@stevemagness), newest first. 11 stories since September 2026.
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- Jepchirchir provisionally suspended after EPO finding
The sample was collected out of competition in Kenya before the Sydney Marathon, the Athletics Integrity Unit says.
- Magness and Bitter push back on "jogging wrecks your knees"
A viral post told people to walk and sprint and skip everything in between. Two well known names in running answered it the same day.
- Magness says the fastest kid sets the recovery pace, and that is the problem
The easy day is only easy for one runner on the team, and everyone else is chasing it.
- Heart rate debate lands on use it, just a lot less
Ross Tucker says proper use of heart rate means using it less rigidly, less often and with other metrics given more priority.
- How Assefa ran 2:11:04 on a ruptured Achilles
Steve Magness explains the pain science, Brady Holmer says the shoes did part of the tendon's job.
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- Mauri trains on Planet Fitness treadmills, races Chicago
The 2:05 debutant from Toledo heads to a world major off a block almost nobody in American distance running would recognise.
- 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.
- Assefa ran Berlin's last 2K on a fully torn Achilles
Her manager says the tendon was completely gone over the closing two kilometers of a 2:11:04 win.
- "Zone 2 is a psyop" post gets shredded by Holmer and Bitter
One runner's 4:34 mile became the internet's training argument of the week.
- 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.
- 2:09 marathoner Tom Nobbs fuels at 114 to 120g of carbs an hour
One elite's self-reported fueling numbers, and how far they sit from what most amateurs think they can absorb.
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