Stories, page 4
- 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.
- 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.
- AIU provisionally suspends Samba-Mayela and Rajabov
Two separate cases posted by the AIU, one for missed-test paperwork and one listing three substances.
- Berlin hypes Assefa at the world record, she says she wants a PR
World Athletics says Assefa is ready to challenge the mark. Assefa is talking about something smaller.
- "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.
- Bekele withdraws from Berlin Marathon a week after being added
The 44-year-old has not finished a marathon since the 2024 Olympics, and now he will not start this one either.
- Phil Gore runs 152 yards, 633.75 miles, at Project 168
Zach Bitter says the Australian put the backyard ultra world on notice.
- Study title says muscle keeps a memory of HIIT training
The journal posted the paper, Brady Holmer boosted it, and almost everything past the title is still unread.
- McConaughy resets John Muir Trail FKT at 2 days 16 hours
iRunFar says the mark beats a record that had stood since 2017.
- Adios Pro 5 drops 26g to $275, two reviewers flag the heel
Lighter foam, a carbon energy rim and a $25 price bump, with a heel collar that drew blood on a solo marathon test.
- Pasadyn scratches from Chicago Marathon after being hit by a car
David Monti says the 2:35:17 marathoner was struck by a car while running and seriously injured.
- Study says 40 minutes in a 104F bath matched zone 2 work
Hot water immersion matched moderate aerobic exercise on one blood-vessel measure after 12 weeks, and the post posting it says a bath still does not replace running.
- 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.
- Ruti Aga suspended after 22 marathons and 15 podiums
The numbers behind the provisional suspension, plus the 2026 Sydney Marathon winner who says she got him into running.
- Sullivan and Allgood smash Run Rabbit Run 100 course records
Storms hammered the Colorado course all night and the two winners still went faster than anyone before them.
- Drew Hunter runs 13:14 for the American road 5K record
The record came six days after Hunter placed fourth at the Fifth Avenue Mile.
- Sullivan and Allgood smash Run Rabbit Run 100 course records
Storms hammered Steamboat Springs all night and the two winners still took the records down by daylight.
- 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.
- Cloudsurfer 3 weighs 324g at $160, Merrell's $290 racer called overbuilt
A podcast weight, a trail super shoe with every material Merrell owns, and a cheap road-to-trail shoe the Run Testers liked.
- Run Rabbit Run 100 will pay $100,000 to each winner
The Colorado 100-miler announced the purse jump on the eve of its 2026 race, and the sport's loudest voices started doing math immediately.