Stories, page 3
- 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.
- Holmer posts study where 10g of carbs an hour beats placebo
A dose a fraction of standard endurance guidance still moved the needle in the lab, days after the same number was being written off.
- 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.
- Kosgei returns to Chicago, Rupp chases the US masters record
Sunday's race has a stacked international field and the deepest American lineup in years.
- Researcher says new data kills the 10g carbs an hour claim
Javier Gonzalez points to fresh data and says the absolute version of the claim does not hold.
- Holmer weighs a gel, finds 2 grams never leave the packet
A kitchen scale test says your 60 grams an hour plan is running slightly light.
- Mauri calls his Chicago block a volume experiment
The treadmill clips went viral, but Mauri is framing the whole buildup as data collection.
- Stephanie Bruce on Venters' solo 31:09 US 10K win
The pro runner says Venters ran "all gas no brakes" for the full 10K in the Twin Cities.
- 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.
- 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.
- Lipschitz wins Kosice Marathon in 2:07:21
Three men finished inside 2:08:05 in Slovakia, and both winners ran personal bests.
- Meg Eckert's 6-day world record reaches the New York Times
Ian Sharman flagged the mainstream pickup for the Sharman Ultra Coaching coach's multiday record.
- 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.
- Ross Tucker on heart rate, using it properly means using it less
The running internet's heart rate argument has moved on from whether the metric is overrated to how little you should actually lean on it.
- Hedengren third at Cowboy Jamboree as Jepkirui breaks record
Oklahoma State's Billah Jepkirui closed hard enough to take down a record set at the 2022 NCAA championships.
- Holmer ranks super shoes first, bicarb a distant fourth
A four-item list of what actually makes a marathon faster, with supplements dropped below an ellipsis.
- Nike's Swooshfly racer lands at $145 in Spring 2027
New SkyX foam, a carbon plate and a wider toe box, all at a price well under the usual super shoe tax.
- Boston 2027 cutoff is 5 minutes 17 seconds under the BQ
A record 25,630 runners are in for April 19, 2027, and for the first time 1,000 of the runners who missed get a lottery shot.
- Clayton Young to race Chicago on a torn hamstring
One doctor told him to take four weeks off and skip the race. He is running anyway.
- Brady Holmer floats diet soda as a fasted training hack
The idea is a hypothesis he is thinking out loud about, and he says so himself.
- Berlin produces five new US Olympic Trials qualifiers
Brendan Martin, Jacqueline Gaughan, Allie Kieffer, Katja Goldring and Gabriella Smith punched tickets to St. Louis.
- Skechers Aero Elite lands October 1 at $225, under 6 oz
Skechers' first race day shoe pairs an ATPU midsole with a carbon-infused plate, while the Cloudsurfer 3 gets a long-term verdict.
- AIU bans 2:04 marathoner Kimaiyo two years for a diuretic
He told the AIU he took painkillers belonging to his wife and did not know what chlortalidone was.