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Quick updates Race date: 25 October 2027 Distance: 21.1 km Total bibs: 25,000 Series: SuperHalfs Time qualification required: No Loyalty Phase (2026 runners only): 5 Nov (11:00 AM) to 9 Nov (10:59 AM) Public ballot window: 10 Nov (11:00 AM) to 16 Nov (10:59 AM) Draw: 17 November 2026 Results emailed: 18 November 2026 Ballot … Read more
The 13th-place finisher at the Frankfurt Marathon on Sunday just broke a world record that had stood for 35 years. By more than four minutes. Mark Kosgei Kiptoo of Kenya ran 2:15:24 at the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon, erasing the M50 marathon world record that South Africa’s Titus Mamabolo had held since 1991. While most of … Read more
Race at a Glance Category Detail 📅 Date Sunday 8 August 2027 📍 Start Hyde Park, Sydney — Park St and College St intersection 🏁 Finish Queen Elizabeth Drive, Bondi Beach 📏 Distance 14km (point to point) 🏃 Field Size ~90,000 registered (sold out in 2024, 2025 and 2026) 📋 Registration Status Not yet open … Read more
📅 Date: Sunday, March 7, 2027 📍 Start: Parque Industrial Lagunero, Gómez Palacio, Durango 🏁 Finish: Bosque Venustiano Carranza, Torreón, Coahuila 📏 Distance: Full marathon — 42.195 km (26.2 miles) ⏰ Gun time: 6:30 AM (main field); 6:20 AM (athletes with disability) ⏱️ Time limit: 6 hours 30 minutes (timing ends at 13:00) 🏃 Field … Read more
Before a single runner crosses a finish line on Sunday, the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics will have already started its clock. World Athletics has confirmed the marathon qualification window opens November 1, 2026 and runs through April 30, 2028. Five major races are happening on that exact Sunday. Every elite on those start lines is … Read more
Photo: U.S. Armed Forces Sports / armedforcessports.defense.gov A Marine winning the Marines’ own marathon — and a runner from Colorado taking the women’s title. That is the story of the 51st Marine Corps Marathon. Kyle King, bib number 1, running under the Marines category, crossed the finish line at the Iwo Jima Memorial in 2:17:31 … Read more
File Photo: Sheila Chepkirui in action at the 2024 TCS London Marathon. Photo: Katie Chan / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Spain didn’t just win the Valencia Half Marathon on Sunday. It rewrote its own history by 96 seconds. Rodrigue Kwizera, who switched allegiance from Burundi to Spain, clocked 58:03 to shatter the Spanish national … Read more
Puma’s own lab data says this is the most running-efficient shoe they have ever made. Their highest recorded energy return. Their best running economy numbers across the entire road lineup. Two years of testing, athlete collaboration and material science to get here. The Puma Fast-RB Nitro Elite 2 launches on October 28. It costs €350. … Read more
A 24-year-old Ethiopian whose pre-race marathon best sat around 2:08 walked into Frankfurt on Sunday and ran 2:05:26. Amanal Petros, the European champion, German record holder, and the runner everyone had pencilled in as the day’s story, finished 20 seconds behind him. Jirata Denki’s win at the 43rd Mainova Frankfurt Marathon was the biggest men’s … Read more
Dublin gave up nothing easily on Sunday. Abay Alemu Lesa and Zenebu Fikdau Jebesa crossed the finish line on Mount Street Upper as champions of the 45th Irish Life Dublin Marathon, but neither the men’s nor women’s course record survived the morning. The capital’s rolling roads — through Phoenix Park, Inchicore and Clonskeagh before the … Read more