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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.
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
Call it a retirement tour. That was the easy read. Sixteen in Cape Town. Twelfth in Porto Alegre. Polite finishes, roaring crowds, the gospel of running spreading across the continents. Then Eliud Kipchoge arrived in Melbourne and broke the course record. The 41-year-old Kenyan won the Nike Melbourne Marathon on Sunday in 2:09:10, taking two … Read more
Most GPS watches are built around a compromise: performance features or battery life. Garmin decided years ago that the Enduro line would refuse that trade-off entirely. The Garmin Enduro 4, which went on sale on October 9, 2026, is the clearest expression of that philosophy yet. A watch that can run 320 hours of solar-assisted … Read more
Mizuno’s first Hyperwarp Pure was one of the most talked-about super shoes of early 2026. It was ferociously fast, obscenely light and, for most runners, genuinely too demanding to enjoy. The Pure 2 is Mizuno’s answer to that feedback: same speed, more shoe. Announced on October 8 via an official Mizuno press release, the Hyperwarp … Read more
Photo Credit: https://x.com/Byron_Wan She crossed the finish line at the 2026 BMW Berlin Marathon, posted a celebration on Xiaohongshu about how calm and controlled she had been all race, and went to bed a personal best holder. Then the splits came out. Between 35 and 40 kilometres, Chinese fitness influencer Abeeeer had recorded the fastest … Read more
The record was the target. Khairi Bejiga had already run 26:51 twice in 2026, the exact mark Nicolas Kipkorir Kimeli set on this same three-lap Brasov circuit four years ago. He came to the 2026 tRUNsylvania International 10K on October 4 as the defending champion, with a pack of 12 going through halfway in 13:32, … Read more
A course record that had survived nine years and a dozen fast women’s fields came down on Sunday morning in Cardiff. Joyciline Jepkosgei ran 1:05:39 to break Edith Chelimo’s 2017 mark by 13 seconds and claim the 2026 Cardiff Half Marathon women’s title. On the men’s side, Gideon Kiprotich crossed in 59:34 the morning after … Read more
At a Glance: Adani Ahmedabad Marathon 2026 Race Date: Sunday, 29 November 2026 Venue: Riverfront Sports Park, Paldi, Sabarmati Riverfront, Ahmedabad Edition: 10th (Decade of Valor) Distances: 42.195 km | 21.097 km | 10K | 5K World Athletics Global Calendar: Listed as of October 2026 AIMS Certified: Yes Theme: #Run4OurSoldiers Reporting Time: 3:00 AM When … Read more