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After Dark Tour

Nearly 15,000 participants lined up on the street outside of Inglewood’s SoFi Stadium on June 7 for the Los Angeles stop of Nike’s After Dark Tour as daylight stepped aside for night — the looming guest of the event. What awaited was a half marathon packed with music, miles, high energy and competition as Doechii …

NYRR Mini 10k

Decades removed from its first race that hosted a field of a few dozen women in the 1970s, the Mini 10K is now deeper than ever as some of the top professionals used the competition as an early summer testing ground. Saturday’s race brought heightened intensity to match humid temperatures, as the elites led the …

Boston Marathon 2025

From a vantage point that rivals riding in the back of the media truck on race day, the photo bridge is a castle guardtower of sorts that looms over the finish line in plain sight — with none of the fanfare that’s occurring down below. Still, so many of the winning moments, down to the …

Grand Slam Track 2025: Miami

If the inaugural Grand Slam Track meet in Kingston, Jamaica in April felt like a polished rehearsal, then the Miami-area event was a demonstration in hitting a well-executed stride — even as the league finds it footing in its infancy. But on May 2-4, the Ansin Sports Complex in Miramar was a solid setting that …

Penn Relays 2025

The final day of events at the 129th Penn Relays on April 26 was marked by driving rain, but the remainder of the schedule defied the forecast. In the second part of his series from Franklin Field, Justin Sorensen trained his lens on the obvious action on the track but also how the crowd, race …

Penn Relays by Justin Sorensen

The oldest track and field meet in the country barely showed signs of age at the 129th running of the Penn Relays during three days of seemingly endless events to pull April to a close. Justin Sorensen combed historic Franklin Field in Philadelphia to gather a polished collection of raw prep talents, a glimpse of …

2025 London Marathon

With the clock rapidly running out on the spring marathon majors season, Sunday’s London Marathon picked up where Boston left off just a week prior — and a stacked field of elites helped put a pause on long distance until the fall. Tigst Assefa shattered the women-only world record in 2:15:50 but 41 other records …

Records are meant to be set — and broken — so by the end of the London Marathon on April 27, the world record for the largest ever marathon set on Sunday at the Paris Marathon might be a thing of the past (again). But for now, the record stands as 56,950 participants hit the streets …

World Indoor Championships

The final day of action at the World Indoor Championships on Sunday in Nanjing, China meant a host of new — and defending — champions would be crowned as the quest for the podium was all that mattered while a dwindling indoor season finally came to an end. In total, 12 finals were decided, as the …

World Indoor Championships

The second day of competition at the World Indoor Championships on Saturday in Nanjing, China pushed the intensity even high than the first day of action, with several past winner retaining their titles — as other challengers rose to the occasion. Grant Holloway and Mondo Dupantis both became winning of three straight titles, while Christopher …