Category: BBC News – Marathon

This post was originally published on Marathon Handbook. European Athletics will hand out ten Gold Crowns worth €50,000 each, €500,000 in total, at the Birmingham 2026 European Championships, awarded to the highest-scoring…

This post was originally published on Marathon Handbook. José Julio Mendoza was running a color run in Huamantla without a registration number, weeks before the Aug. 30 marathon, when a member of…

This post was originally published on Marathon Handbook. Sherry, 22, was racing college cross country last fall and had barely touched a bike. EF Education-Aevolo has signed him to its under-23 team,…

This post was originally published on Marathon Handbook. Jakob Ingebrigtsen returns from injury on opening night, and the men’s 10,000m puts a world champion against the man who holds his old European…

This post was originally published on Marathon Handbook. Sha’Carri Richardson entered a no-contest plea in her January Florida “super speeder” case, avoiding jail and accepting a $500 fine, 100 hours of community…

This post was originally published on Marathon Handbook. Rose Davies out-sprinted training partner and Olympic silver medalist Jessica Hull to take 5,000m gold in 14:44.53, days after winning the 10,000m, becoming the…

This post was originally published on Marathon Handbook. Both marathons close the 2026 European Athletics Championships on Sunday, August 16, on an eight-lap Birmingham city-center loop. Here’s the course, how to watch,…

This post was originally published on Marathon Handbook. Ukraine’s National Olympic Committee filed a Court of Arbitration for Sport appeal on July 29 challenging the IOC’s reinstatement of the Russian Olympic Committee….

This post was originally published on Marathon Handbook. The sport’s biggest races now pay five-figure purses and back their winners with professional contracts. Only a handful test for doping at all, and…

This post was originally published on Marathon Handbook. Three-time Paralympian Mohamed Lahna capped a roughly 3,300-mile triathlon across the United States with a 300-mile run from Las Vegas to Los Angeles on…

This post was originally published on Marathon Handbook. Dr. Art Ulene summited Mount Kilimanjaro on his 90th birthday to become the oldest person ever to climb it, breaking the Guinness record and…

This post was originally published on Marathon Handbook. Hagos Gebrhiwet, the second-fastest 5,000m runner in history, makes his marathon debut in Sydney on Aug. 30. What he has done on the track…

This post was originally published on Marathon Handbook. The 2026 European Athletics Championships run August 10 to 16 at Alexander Stadium in Birmingham. Here’s the running schedule, every track round and final…

This post was originally published on Marathon Handbook. Kerr ran the fastest mile in history in London, then questioned why the sport rewarded it with the same $50,000 bonus it paid the…

This post was originally published on Marathon Handbook. Josh Kerr says his future is on the road after breaking the mile world record. The history of milers moving up says a London…