Month: August 2026

This post was originally published on Marathon Handbook. Race director Tom Keogh attributes a 1 percent allowance to World Athletics and Athletics Canada. The measurement standards hold course measurement to a tenth…

This post was originally published on Marathon Handbook. The Trials run June 17-22 at Hayward Field, two competition days shorter than 2024, with the 10,000m, decathlon and heptathlon moved out of the…

This post was originally published on Marathon Handbook. Werro won the European title in Birmingham on Aug. 14, and Hodgkinson beat her twice indoors earlier in the season. The fifth meeting of…

This post was originally published on Marathon Handbook. Evans said Thursday he will not start in Chamonix on Aug. 28. Kilian Jornet was the last man to win it two years running,…

This post was originally published on Marathon Handbook. Petros ran 2:09:11 on Sunday to take 40 seconds off a mark that had stood since 2018, and the eight men behind him finished…

This post was originally published on Marathon Handbook. Police said a man carrying the wrong accreditation was found inside Alexander Stadium at 8:15 p.m. Saturday, and that transport was suspended as a…

This post was originally published on Marathon Handbook. Samuel won the 54th Falmouth Road Race in 30:53 on Sunday, taking 15 seconds off a course record that had stood since 2004. Behind…

This post was originally published on Marathon Handbook. Baptiste, 41, won the Commonwealth 200m title in 2010 and now coaches Charlie Dobson and three funded para-athletes. None of them has reached him…

This post was originally published on Marathon Handbook. Wahoo says runners at an Austin brewery covered 210.2 miles on a single treadmill in 24 hours. The Guinness title the event was billed…

This post was originally published on Marathon Handbook. Full results from the final day of the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham: Amanal Petros and Alisa Vainio win the marathons, Georgia Hunter…

This post was originally published on Marathon Handbook. The American record holder has not raced since Chicago in October, when a sacral stress fracture ended his season and later cost him Boston….

This post was originally published on Marathon Handbook. Full track results from Day 6 of the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham: Andreas Almgren’s 10,000m, Henriette Jæger’s 400m, Stefan Nillessen’s 1500m, and…

This post was originally published on Marathon Handbook. Débora Simas, 55, covered 866.21 kilometers in 168 hours on a treadmill in a Florianópolis shopping mall, 20 more than the previous mark. Guinness…

This post was originally published on Marathon Handbook. She was running alone on the Wolverine Bowl trail Thursday when a brown bear injured her near the Prospect Heights trailhead. She got her…