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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
Forty years ago, a small field of runners left Villa Pisani and made their way to Venice along the Brenta Riviera. Nobody could have guessed it would eventually become one of the most oversubscribed marathons in the world. On Sunday, October 25, 2026, the 40th edition of the Wizz Air Venice Marathon marked that anniversary … Read more
The sub-3 barrier is still standing but the sheer scale of the event took center stage. Over 8,000 participants took over Marine Drive this morning for the 11th edition of the Kochi Spice Coast Marathon. With women making up 32% of the field and nearly 60% running their first race, Manoj RS turned in a … Read more
Ten Kenyans walked away with every open podium spot at the 2026 Kashmir Marathon. All five in the men’s race. All five in the women’s race. Nepal’s Anish Thapa Magar finished fifth among the men, and India’s Ashvini Jadhav held fifth in the women’s field, but between those two, it was a Kenyan clean sweep … Read more
Race at a Glance Race: 2026 EVA Air Marathon Date: Sunday, 25 October 2026 Location: Presidential Office Square, Taipei, Taiwan Distances: 42.195K, 21K, 10K, 3K Finishers: More than 20,000 runners Certification: AIMS-certified course Results source: Focus Taiwan / PaoBaoDao Forty-three seconds. That is all that separated the top three men at the 2026 EVA Air … Read more
Race at a Glance Race: Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon 2026 Date: October 25, 2026 Location: Nairobi, Kenya Distance: 42.195 km (full marathon) Men’s Winner: Abraham Kiptum (KEN) — 2:10:35 Women’s Winner: Mercy Kandie Rotich (KEN) Results: Nation Africa race report Seven years is a long time to be away from the sport that made you. … Read more
Today at Tawang, Anish Thapa Mager won the 4th Tawang Marathon with a time of 2:38:51. On race day. At altitude. In Arunachal Pradesh. If that sentence doesn’t already tell you this event is unlike anything on the Indian running calendar, nothing will. Results from the 24 October 2026 edition started going live within hours … Read more
Peres Jepchirchir is the most decorated women’s road runner of her generation. Olympic champion. World champion. Three-time world half marathon champion. Four World Marathon Major titles across four different races. She came back from a stress fracture to win Sydney by nearly four minutes and looked, frankly, untouchable. On Friday, October 23, 2026, the Athletics … Read more
The elite men’s lead group passes through Manhattan during the 2024 TCS New York City Marathon. Photo: Nrbelex / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) This is the 50th running of the iconic five-borough course. Hellen Obiri defends her title against a women’s field deep enough to challenge her course record. Benson Kipruto returns for the … Read more