Month: August 2026

This post was originally published on Marathon Handbook. Jakob Ingebrigtsen says athletes who miss the majors are ruining the sport. Kerr won a Commonwealth title nine days before that was said, and…

This post was originally published on Marathon Handbook. Full track results from Day 5 of the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham: Nadia Battocletti’s 10,000m gold to complete the distance double, Karsten…

This post was originally published on Marathon Handbook. The random draw for the April 3, 2027 race takes place next week, and every applicant hears by Aug. 21. The 2026 edition was…

This post was originally published on Marathon Handbook. The organizer posted the full men’s and women’s lists on Instagram, 67 runners for Sept. 27. Sabastian Sawe and Tigst Assefa lead, and an…

This post was originally published on Marathon Handbook. The 100 mm commemorative medal, about 3.9 inches across, goes to every finisher of the March 7 race. It is likely to be larger…

This post was originally published on Marathon Handbook. The general lottery for the March 7, 2027 race runs through Aug. 28. Around 300,000 runners typically apply for roughly 30,000 ballot places, and…

This post was originally published on Marathon Handbook. Full track results from Day 4 of the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham: Amy Hunt’s 200m gold to complete the sprint double, Mark…

This post was originally published on Marathon Handbook. UTMB’s World Series Finals return to Chamonix on Friday, Aug. 28, with Kilian Jornet, Jim Walmsley and Courtney Dauwalter all entered. The one name…

This post was originally published on Marathon Handbook. Fire scrapped the Fat Dog 120 and Colorado’s Ouray 100 this summer, and even the races that survived are running on rerouted courses and…

This post was originally published on Marathon Handbook. Backyard ultra’s reigning world champion will try to run 168 laps in seven straight days at a charity event in Western Australia, a distance…

This post was originally published on Marathon Handbook. The Norwegian was expected back at Zurich on Aug. 27, but he will now open his Diamond League return four days sooner, running the…

This post was originally published on Marathon Handbook. Matthew Hudson-Smith, Josh Kerr and other athletes are still owed six-figure sums by the collapsed track league. Michael Johnson said Saturday they had been…

This post was originally published on Marathon Handbook. Full track results from Day 3 of the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham: Matthew Hudson-Smith’s 400m win, Emma Zapletalová’s 400m hurdles title, and…