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File Photo: Sheila Chepkirui in action at the 2024 TCS London Marathon. Photo: Katie Chan / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Spain didn’t just win the Valencia Half Marathon on Sunday. It rewrote its own history by 96 seconds. Rodrigue Kwizera, who switched allegiance from Burundi to Spain, clocked 58:03 to shatter the Spanish national … Read more
Puma’s own lab data says this is the most running-efficient shoe they have ever made. Their highest recorded energy return. Their best running economy numbers across the entire road lineup. Two years of testing, athlete collaboration and material science to get here. The Puma Fast-RB Nitro Elite 2 launches on October 28. It costs €350. … Read more
A 24-year-old Ethiopian whose pre-race marathon best sat around 2:08 walked into Frankfurt on Sunday and ran 2:05:26. Amanal Petros, the European champion, German record holder, and the runner everyone had pencilled in as the day’s story, finished 20 seconds behind him. Jirata Denki’s win at the 43rd Mainova Frankfurt Marathon was the biggest men’s … Read more
Dublin gave up nothing easily on Sunday. Abay Alemu Lesa and Zenebu Fikdau Jebesa crossed the finish line on Mount Street Upper as champions of the 45th Irish Life Dublin Marathon, but neither the men’s nor women’s course record survived the morning. The capital’s rolling roads — through Phoenix Park, Inchicore and Clonskeagh before the … Read more
Forty years ago, a small field of runners left Villa Pisani and made their way to Venice along the Brenta Riviera. Nobody could have guessed it would eventually become one of the most oversubscribed marathons in the world. On Sunday, October 25, 2026, the 40th edition of the Wizz Air Venice Marathon marked that anniversary … Read more
The sub-3 barrier is still standing but the sheer scale of the event took center stage. Over 8,000 participants took over Marine Drive this morning for the 11th edition of the Kochi Spice Coast Marathon. With women making up 32% of the field and nearly 60% running their first race, Manoj RS turned in a … Read more
Ten Kenyans walked away with every open podium spot at the 2026 Kashmir Marathon. All five in the men’s race. All five in the women’s race. Nepal’s Anish Thapa Magar finished fifth among the men, and India’s Ashvini Jadhav held fifth in the women’s field, but between those two, it was a Kenyan clean sweep … Read more
📅 Date: Sunday, 6 June 2027 📍 Start: City Hall, Nairobi CBD (based on 2026 route — confirm at nairobicitymarathon.com) 🏁 Finish: Uhuru Park, Nairobi 📏 Distances: 42km Full Marathon, 21km Half Marathon, 10km Expressway Run, 5km Fun Run 🌍 Edition: 6th ⛰️ Altitude: 1,600–1,700m above sea level 🏃 Field (2026): 17,450 runners from 75 … Read more
Race at a Glance Race: 2026 EVA Air Marathon Date: Sunday, 25 October 2026 Location: Presidential Office Square, Taipei, Taiwan Distances: 42.195K, 21K, 10K, 3K Finishers: More than 20,000 runners Certification: AIMS-certified course Results source: Focus Taiwan / PaoBaoDao Forty-three seconds. That is all that separated the top three men at the 2026 EVA Air … Read more
Race at a Glance Race: Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon 2026 Date: October 25, 2026 Location: Nairobi, Kenya Distance: 42.195 km (full marathon) Men’s Winner: Abraham Kiptum (KEN) — 2:10:35 Women’s Winner: Mercy Kandie Rotich (KEN) Results: Nation Africa race report Seven years is a long time to be away from the sport that made you. … Read more