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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.
Illustrative representation of the Adidas Adizero Adios Pro 5. Image created for editorial purposes and not an actual product photograph. Update (Sept 28, 2026): We now have the answer to what Tigst Assefa and the elites chose for Berlin. Despite the Adizero Adios Pro 5 going on sale just days before the race, all six … Read more
Garmin’s Q3 2026 update is live and rolling out to over a dozen watches as of September 1. Fall detection, a hands-free voice assistant and a smarter way to start workouts on the fly — there is real substance here. But the headline that matters most to a significant chunk of Garmin’s user base is … Read more
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