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At 35 kilometres, Shadrack Kipkurui Kenduiywo had this race won. He was over a minute clear of a seven-man chase pack, running through the streets of Istanbul on course record pace. Then he was gone. The man who crossed the finish line in Sultanahmet Square had been sitting quietly in fourth, biding his time. Philimon … Read more
Toby Gualter had never run the Auckland Marathon before. He left with the course record, nearly eight minutes of daylight over a two-time defending champion, and a haka at the finish line. Not a bad debut. The 2026 Auckland Marathon, held on Sunday 1 November, turned into one of those rare race days where two … Read more
Photo note: Race-day images from the 2026 JTBC Seoul Marathon are not yet available for editorial use. The feature image shows Selemon Barega — 2020 Tokyo Olympics 10,000m champion and elder brother of today’s winner Mikiyas Barega Sirtaga — at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships in Bydgoszcz. This post will be updated with race … Read more
Race at a Glance Category Detail 📅 Date Saturday, June 5, 2027 📍 Start Svalbardhallen car park, Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway 🏁 Finish Svalbardhallen car park (same as start) 📏 Distances Marathon 42.195km / Half Marathon 21.0975km / Spitsbergenmila 10km / Mini Marathon for children (1km and 3km) 🕙 Start Times Marathon 10:00 / Mini Marathon … Read more
Every year at this time of year, Goa does something that does not fit its reputation. The beach state best known for easy mornings and late sunsets trades that identity, briefly, for transition zones and pre-dawn alarms. A stretch of National Highway 66 gets sealed off before sunrise so cyclists can grind a 90km loop … Read more
Race at a Glance Category Detail 📅 Date Saturday, 4 September 2027 📍 Start The Equator, Kikorongo — Queen Elizabeth National Park (42.2 km) · Rwenzori Street, Kasese Town (21 km, 10 km, 5 km) 🏁 Finish The Arena, Stanley Street, Kasese Town 📏 Distances 42.2 km · 21.1 km · 10 km · 5 … Read more
Image: Garmin Argos launched its early Black Friday Garmin deals this week and most of it is noise. One watch is not. The Garmin Forerunner 165 is sitting at £149.99 in Mist Grey right now and that is the lowest price we have found for it anywhere in the UK. The remaining three watches in … Read more
Photo: New York Road Runners Most runners cross the finish line of the New York City Marathon and immediately start thinking about sitting down. This year, the smarter move is to keep your medal handy a little longer. The TCS New York City Marathon 2026 is this Sunday, November 1, and businesses across the city … Read more
Nike has been selling running shoes in India for decades. It has never built one here. Until now. The Nike Vegam Run drops on November 1, and it is not a global model tweaked for the Indian market. Nike says it shaped this shoe from scratch alongside Indian runners, moved from design brief to confirmed … Read more
The men’s U18 200m national record had stood for three years. On Tuesday at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai, Neil Samraj R from Tamil Nadu erased it so convincingly that even the conversation around Indian junior sprinting feels different now. Samraj clocked 21.03 seconds to win gold at the 41st National Junior Athletics Championships, going … Read more