Run the World — Marathons, Guide & Gears for Every Runner
The latest running and marathon news from India and around the world. FatMarathoner covers race announcements, results, gear launches, training updates, and running industry news — reported by an active marathoner with over a decade of running experience.
There is something darkly ironic about pollution season in north India. It arrives exactly when the running calendar fills up. October to January is when you train hardest, when the big city races are on and when the air across the Indo-Gangetic Plain is at its most dangerous. The weather finally cooperates. The air does … Read more
At the 80-kilometer mark of the UTMB in Courmayeur the math simply stopped making sense. A painful sound foot and severe discomfort where carbon met residual limb had pushed a 39-year-old French runner to the absolute brink. He was 98 percent certain his race was over. But Julien Veysseyre did not drop out. He stepped … Read more
The defending champion finished sixth. Seven men broke the old course record. And a 46-year-old ran the race of her life from the front before the world’s best finally caught her. The TCS Sydney Marathon 2026 did not just produce fast times — it produced one of the deepest, most chaotic and most compelling Major … Read more
The biggest story at the 2026 BMW Berlin Marathon was never going to be the men’s race. Even before Sabastian Sawe pulled out, the real draw on 27 September was Tigst Assefa. She won here in 2023 in 2:11:53, a time so far ahead of the field it looked like a data entry error. Three … Read more
Photo: Li Hao / Global Times (via X/@globaltimesnews) 8.64 seconds. That is the number Tiangong Ultra left Beijing with on Wednesday night, winning the 100m final at the closing ceremony of the 2nd World Humanoid Robot Games. It is the fourth time this week the record fell at the same venue, in the same event, … Read more
ZenSpeed at a Glance Brand: Lems Shoes (Boulder, CO) Models: ZenSpeed+ and ZenSpeed Lite Pre-order opened: August 24, 2026 | Ships early October 2026 Price: ZenSpeed Lite $165 / ZenSpeed+ $175 Drop: 2mm (Lite) / 5mm (+) Midsole: ZENCELL (EVA + 10% PEBA blend) Fit options: Wide (D width) and Medium (B width), men’s and … Read more
Race at a Glance: Colombo Marathon 2026 Date: Sunday, 13 September 2026 — 6:00 AM start Location: Baladaksha Mawatha, Colombo, Sri Lanka Categories: Full Marathon (42 km), Half Marathon (21 km), 10 km Road Race, 5 km Fun Run, 1.5 km Kids Run Status: World Athletics World Rankings Competition (AIMS certified) Expected field: 4,000+ local … Read more
👟 11 shoes reviewed — from $56 to $249.95, budget to race day carbon plate 🏅 Best under $100 — ASICS Gel-Excite 10 ($90, 4.7★ — highest-rated budget shoe on this list) 🎯 Best mid-range — Brooks Ghost 17 ($148) — America’s most trusted daily trainer 💪 Best premium daily — Brooks Glycerin GTS 22 … Read more
For five years, the Garmin Venu series played a clear, unambiguous role: the stylish everyday alternative for people who wanted Garmin’s health tracking without looking like they were about to run a 100-miler. That positioning ends with the Venu 4. Garmin’s 2025 refresh quietly turned their lifestyle watch into one of the most capable training … Read more
Quick Facts Athlete: Yomif Kejelcha (Ethiopia) Race: Media Maratón Ciudad de Buenos Aires (World Athletics Label) Date: 23 August 2026 New WR: 56:51 (pending World Athletics ratification) Previous WR: 57:20 — Jacob Kiplimo, Lisbon, March 2026 (also pending ratification) Margin: 29 seconds — the biggest single improvement in over a decade Conditions: 6°C at start, … Read more