Agnes Ngetich stormed to a world lead in 1:03:08 as she dominated the women's field and Yomif Kejelcha cruised to a 58:02 win at the Valencia Half Marathon on Sunday. Ngetich was locked in from the start and with a world record time in her sights with her pacers helping set the stage as she …
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 …
Yared Nuguse and Gracie Morris powered their way to dominant wins in wet conditions at the Fifth Avenue Mile on Sunday in New York City, with an American sweep in both races. The fields for both races were a stacked mix of runners who were likely ending their seasons in New York, with the attention …
Karissa Schweizer will be on hand to defend her title and Yared Nuguse will add a jolt of power to the men's field as the 5th Avenue Mile pro lineup was unveiled on Wednesday heading in to Sunday's race on September 7 in New York. The race, a fast 20 block sprint down a section …
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 …
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 …
Sharon Lokedi and Hellen Obiri will bring the energy of their exciting finish in April's Boston Marathon to the New York Mini 10K on June 7 as they were revealed as part of a loaded elite lineup, organizers announced on Wednesday. Lokedi ultimately denied Obiri a historic third straight win Boston, but will have her …
A runner died while on the course of the Brooklyn Half on Saturday morning, New York Police Department and race officials confirmed. Charles Rogers, 31, was part of the first wave of runners on the course when he "experienced a medical incident" just past the mile 8 mark on Ocean Parkway and 18th Avenue where …
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 …