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Athlos NYC 2025

While the track and field season saw it’s apex at September’s world championships in Tokyo, the stakes — and spectacle — were upped a few notches as Athlos returned to New York City last week to close the campaign with a production that would be impossible to not notice. If last September’s inaugural showcase were an …

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The pinnacle of a long 2025 track and field season found a triumphant end in Tokyo as new champions were crowned, others boosted their legendary status and some nations hung symbols of pride alongside gold, silver and bronze hardware. If it were finally time to transfer ownership of the track and field campaign over to …

Yared Nuguse wins the Fifth Avenue Mile

The end of the summer means that the track and field world now takes divergent paths. Some runners battled to be triumphant at their country’s national showcases to punch their tickets to Tokyo. Others were close but still too far away to reap a view from the podium. But now the warriors of the road …

Cole Hocker USATF

As the grueling track and field season continues, most of the best American talent converged on Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon for USA Track and Field’s Outdoor Championships and Para National Championships from July 31 to August 3. In a first, the national and para national championships were staged as a single meet and part …

Bandit Grand Prix

In a nod to its spiritual predecessor — the Red Hook Crit — Bandit’s Grand Prix showcase at the Brooklyn Storehouse on July 5 was a post-holiday clash of 3K and 5K races that were equal parts culture and grit. The format: battle 200-plus competitors in a pair of 5K open men’s or women’s races, …

Boston 10K

Rain soaked streets were merely a footnote as the Boston 10K added another lane of summer racing as the roads lead to a busy fall marathon season and world championships. The mix of elites and the general field trekked the same course that cruised along the Charles River and passed through the Boston Marathon finish …

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 …