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The latest running and marathon news from around the world. FatMarathoner covers race results, gear launches, shoe and watch updates, race announcements and running industry news, reported by a veteran marathoner and running journalist with over a decade on the roads.
Suunto didn’t just update the Race S. The Finnish brand quietly put a battery technology borrowed from electric vehicles inside a 56-gram watch and called it a Tuesday. The Race 3S is the most significant hardware step Suunto has taken in years and the first real sign the company is serious about closing the gap … Read more
The wait is over. Procam International has published the official route maps for the Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon 2026 — all categories, all marked distance points. With race day on Sunday, 18 October, runners now have everything they need to plan their effort. There are two confirmed changes from previous editions: the Open 10K starts … Read more
File photo: Sifan Hassan on Day 2 of the 2022 World Athletics Championships, Eugene, Oregon. Photo: Erik van Leeuwen via Wikimedia Commons (GFDL) The headline doing the rounds says Sifan Hassan has pulled out of the New York City Marathon with an Achilles injury. She has not. The Achilles ended her London campaign six months … Read more
Altra built its entire identity around zero-drop. No heel elevation. The ground beneath you, as flat as it gets. So when the brand ships a new tempo trainer with a 4mm drop, a supercritical foam stack and a PEBAX plate, it tells you something has fundamentally shifted in how Altra reads the speed shoe market. … Read more
File Photo The WADA chief had barely left Nairobi when the next name dropped. Less than ten days after World Anti-Doping Agency president Witold Banka wrapped up a three-day visit to Kenya to review the country’s anti-doping machinery, the Athletics Integrity Unit announced yet another provisional suspension. This time: Ronald Kipkoech Korir, a 35-year-old marathoner … Read more
Eliud Kipchoge broke the course record on Sunday. The Melbourne Marathon got the headline it wanted. Then the rest of it came out. An official race vehicle struck a runner at Albert Park. A doctor who stopped to help was hit by an event motorcycle. Thousands of half-marathoners finished a warm October morning with no … Read more
The most science-backed super shoe of 2025 never got the attention it deserved. For 18 months it sat at $300, getting overshadowed by Nike and Adidas in a category where marketing spend tends to move the needle more than lab data. Now it’s $100 cheaper, and the conversation needs to happen. Puma’s Fast-R Nitro Elite … Read more
For five years, serious runners wrote Fitbit off. Step counters. Sleep trackers. Gifts people return at Christmas. If you were actually training, you bought a Garmin. That calculus just got harder to justify. Google’s new Fitbit Edge arrives with built-in precision GPS, an ECG app, blood pressure trend monitoring, a seven-day battery and a $179.99 … Read more
Nike has sponsored the Chicago Marathon since 2008. Its logo is on the finish arch, the medals and the official race kits. On Sunday, Adidas swept both wins and took three of the six podium places. The shoe race at the 2026 Bank of America Chicago Marathon told a more interesting story than the one … Read more
Chicago Marathon 2026 — Results at a Glance Race date: Sunday, October 11, 2026 — Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois Men’s winner: Amos Kipruto, Kenya — 2:01:09 (new personal best) Women’s winner: Hawi Feysa, Ethiopia — 2:13:33 (defends title; personal best) Men’s course record: 2:00:35 — Kelvin Kiptum (2023) — stood Women’s course record: 2:09:56 — … Read more