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T-12 ⏱️ Wings for Life World Run global gun in twelve hours. 195 countries, 11:00 UTC simultaneous start, 235,000 entered. DAZN free worldwide. Catcher Cars roll at 11:30 UTC at 15 km/h, top out at 35 km/h. Last App Run sign-ups close at 10:00 UTC.
— Wings for Life World Run (@WFLWorldRun) May 9, 2026
SEIDEL TO STATES 🏔️ Olympic marathon bronze Molly Seidel on the 2026 Western States 100 start list via her 4th-place Black Canyon 100K debut. 8:25:13, 6th-fastest women's 100K ever. First-time 100-miler at Olympic Valley.
— iRunFar (@iRunFar) May 9, 2026
PEREGRINE 16 ⛰️ Saucony's flagship trail trainer finally swaps PWRTRAC for a full Vibram Megagrip outsole. 4mm extra PWRRUN, 5mm chevron lugs retained, traction-lug dots added around each lug. £130. Fifteen generations later — yes.
— Saucony (@Saucony) May 9, 2026
TRANSVULCANIA ULTRA UNDERWAY 🌋 The 73km set off at 06:00 local from Tazacorte. Live tracking up. Mityaeva and L'Hirondel battle for the women's title; men's race wide open after last year's runner-up Sergio Garcia returned to the start line.
— Transvulcania (@transvulcania) May 9, 2026
RIVER BANK RUN GO TIME 🇺🇸 49th Amway River Bank Run away in Grand Rapids. USATF 25 km Championships up for grabs and Casey Clinger out to defend the American record. 10,000+ runners on the start line. $98,800 pinned on the 25K.
— USATF (@usatf) May 9, 2026
24 HOURS TO GO ⏱️ Wings for Life World Run race eve: catcher car kicks off at 13:00 UTC tomorrow. 505 race locations live, 161 nationalities entered, last App Run sign-ups open until 10:00 UTC on Sunday. Every entry funds spinal cord research.
— Wings for Life World Run (@WFLWorldRun) May 9, 2026
KIPLIMO RIDES 🚗 Half-marathon WR holder Jacob Kiplimo confirmed as the men's catcher-car marker for the Vienna flagship of Wings for Life World Run. Top speed 35km/h within the first hour. Catch line targeted past 89.99km — Fukuda's 2022 men's mark.
— Red Bull (@redbull) May 9, 2026
BAY TO BREAKERS 8 DAYS OUT 🌉 30,000+ entries booked for the 115th running on 17 May. Ocean Beach finish festival confirmed permanent. 80+ centipede teams. $30K prize purse for the open winners. The 12K record (33:31, Kitwara 2009) is back on the watch list.
— Bay to Breakers (@baytobreakers) May 9, 2026
COMRADES 2026 🇿🇦 The 14 June Up Run is locked at 85.777km, the shortest officially recognised Up Run in the modern era. R605,000 bonus for breaking the existing Up Run best, total prize pot above R8 million. Records on the table.
— Comrades Marathon (@ComradesRace) May 8, 2026
SKYWARD X 2 LANDS 👟 UK launch in May at £185. PEBA-over-EVA midsole, 44mm heel (down 4mm), 5mm drop. Re-engineered carbon plate, wider platform, softer upper. The V1's tippiness is gone.
— Hoka (@HOKA) May 8, 2026
KEQIAO 100m 🏁 Tebogo, Thompson, Coleman, Bednarek, Bromell, Simbine, Leotla. Six men sub-9.95 in the field on 16 May. The Diamond League opener has a final-quality entry list.
— Wanda Diamond League (@Diamond_League) May 8, 2026
COCODONA 250 WOMEN'S PODIUM 🏔️ Heather Jackson 2nd in 60:14:21, Courtney Dauwalter 3rd in 64:32:08 behind Rachel Entrekin's overall winner. Women fill three of the top six finishing places for the first time at Cocodona.
— Aravaipa Running (@AravaipaRunning) May 7, 2026
KEQIAO 300mH 🚧 Warholm vs dos Santos over a one-off 300m hurdles on 16 May. Unofficial world best 32.97 (Warholm, Bislett 2021). 19:55 CST, between the women's 200m and men's 5000m. No Diamond League points; pure straight-up race.
— Diamond League (@Diamond_League) May 7, 2026
MINTED x SAUCONY 🪞 Chrome Endorphin Pro 5 lands at Minted's Soho pop-up on Saturday 16 May, 11:00–18:00 BST. Online drop via @minted_ny on 19 May, global Saucony.com release 21 May. $250.
— Minted NY (@minted_ny) May 7, 2026
WALMSLEY IS BACK 🏔️ Four-time WSER champion Jim Walmsley on the 2026 start list via a Hoka sponsor entry. First Western States start since the 2025 DNS, no Golden Ticket race in the build-up. The 27 June favourite's column has just been redrawn.
— iRunFar (@iRunFar) May 1, 2026
SIMMS 44.02 🇺🇸 Georgia freshman Jonathan Simms wins Torrin Lawrence Memorial 400m in a world-leading 44.02. By 0.005 over Bama's Sam Ogazi. Bulldog school record. U20 #2 all-time outdoors. Athens, Georgia is the centre of 400m gravity right now.
— DyeStat (@DyeStat) May 3, 2026
A world-record 1,338,544 people have applied in the public ballot for the 2027 TCS London Marathon — beating last year's previous record by close to 290,000. We are exploring a one-off two-day weekend format on 24-25 April subject to permissions. Outcome emails go out in early July.
— London Marathon Events (@LondonMarathon) May 1, 2026
Sara Hall is on a nine-day training rotation. Two key sessions per cycle, 96 hours between them. "Injuries used to be the limiter; now my body can handle the workouts, but my neurological power isn't always the same." Boston masters win 2:31:55 at 43. The model is the story.
— Outside Run (@outsideMag) April 28, 2026
COCODONA 250 DAY 3 EVENING 🏔️ Kilian Korth into Munds Park (mile 190.6) at 47h elapsed, glute issue, 20 minutes in the warming tent, 20-minute massage, back out into cold steady rain. Same +30 min gap to Rachel Entrekin he's held since yesterday afternoon.
— Aravaipa Running (@AravaipaRunning) May 6, 2026
PRE CLASSIC LONG JUMP 🏟️ Olympic and world LJ champ Tara Davis-Woodhall confirmed for the Pre Classic on 4 July. First Diamond League outing of her 2026 outdoor season. Field of 9 includes Moore, Mihambo, Assani and Buschkuehl.
— The Prefontaine Classic (@nikepreclassic) May 6, 2026
NEW RESEARCH 🧬 Cohort study (n=5,205) finds single-session distance spikes >10% sharply elevate overuse injury rate. Authors call the curve "an elbow rather than a slope" — the long run, not the weekly total, drives most risk. Open access.
— BJSM (@BJSM_BMJ) May 6, 2026
FLYING PIG COURSE RECORD 🐷 Zach Kreft 2:17:40 — 2 minutes 44 seconds inside Cecil Franke's 20-year-old 2:20:24 course record. Course never let up; Kreft hit the front on Eden Park hill at mile 7 and never looked back.
— Flying Pig Marathon (@FlyingPig) May 6, 2026
RUSSELL TO KEQIAO 🇨🇳 Olympic 100mH champ Masai Russell confirmed for the Shanghai/Keqiao Diamond League season opener on May 16. "Coming back to the same crowd, the same straight, with a target on my back as Olympic champion is a different kind of test."
— Diamond League (@Diamond_League) May 6, 2026
LA TRACK FEST 800M 🏃♂️ Josh Kerr is going down from 1500. Jake Wightman is going down from 1500. And Donavan Brazier is back outdoors for the first time since 2024. Hoppel and Crestan also confirmed. Friday 23 May, UCLA, fast night for two laps.
— Sound Running (@SoundRunning) May 6, 2026
BREAKING 🏃♂️ Cooper Lutkenhaus will make his pro 1500m debut at the @SoundRunning LA Track Festival on May 23. World indoor 800m champion lining up at Drake Stadium against an Olympic-medal-rich field. Big swing, big stage.
— FloTrack (@FloTrack) May 6, 2026
COCODONA 250 DAY 3 🏔️ Rachel Entrekin into Sedona with 100 miles to run, +2 miles on Korth. Big change behind: Cody Poskin moves past Joe McConaughy into 3rd. Korth taking extra time on foot care, Entrekin in/out in 5 minutes.
— Aravaipa Running (@AravaipaRunning) May 6, 2026
UTMB 2026 RULE CHANGES 📜 Mandatory medical certificate dropped (French legislative change). Carbon contribution now compulsory, calculated by departure address & mode of transport. Pre-reg entry pack lighter, race fee a touch heavier.
— UTMB Mont-Blanc (@UTMBMontBlanc) May 6, 2026
TRANSVULCANIA 3 DAYS OUT 🌋 WMRA Mountain Running World Cup double-header confirmed: Vertical Kilometre Thursday, Half Marathon Saturday. 73K ultra Saturday morning. Mityaeva v L'Hirondel headline the women's elite. Race village open in Los Llanos.
— Transvulcania (@transvulcania) May 6, 2026
COCODONA 250 MEN'S PODIUM 🏔️ Kilian Korth 1st male, Cody Poskin 2nd, Joe McConaughy 3rd. Korth held a steady gap to leader Rachel Entrekin from Sedona to the finish; Poskin ran negative-split splits across the back half. McConaughy back on the Cocodona podium for the first time since the 2022 inaugural win.
— Aravaipa Running (@AravaipaRunning) May 7, 2026
3 DAYS TO GO ⏳ App-run registration closes 10:00 UTC on Sunday 10 May for the 2026 Wings for Life World Run. Munich Olympiapark, Vienna Schoenbrunn Palace and Cape Town flagships all sold out. Global field tracking past 320,000 across 192 nationalities. 100% of entry fees fund spinal cord injury research.
— Wings for Life World Run (@WFLWorldRun) May 7, 2026
HOAG OC MARATHON COURSE RECORD 🏁 Steven Martinez (USA) 2:14:06 — almost 4 minutes inside the previous Costa Mesa course record. Trials standard ticked off and a comeback from two years of knee trouble. Smith 2nd in 2:20:37, Pacheco 3rd. Bourne wins women's in 2:57:53.
— OC Marathon (@ocmarathon) May 3, 2026
LINCOLN MARATHON 49TH EDITION 🏟️ 7,000+ runners across the marathon and half. Taylor Somers (Omaha) wins women's in 2:39:59 on a Memorial Stadium finish. Jacob Vander Plaats (Sioux Center) takes men's in 2:21:13. The 50th edition is on the calendar for 2027.
— Lincoln Marathon (@LincolnMarathon) May 3, 2026
RIMI RIGA MARATHON ELITE 🇱🇻 Half-marathon start list now the deepest in race history. Geay (59:18 PB), Kipkogei (59:31 PB), Mayer (1:08:08 PB) all confirmed for 17 May. Marathon and 10K elite announcements to follow this week.
— Rimi Riga Marathon (@RimiRigaMaraton) May 5, 2026
PRAGUE MARATHON 2026 🇨🇿 Berehanu Tsegu (ETH) 2:05:51, Felix Kipkoech 2:07:45, Andualem Belay 2:07:59. Women's race won by Millicent Jelimo on debut — 2:24:19, leading an all-Kenyan podium with Ruguru (2:26:41) and Tanui (2:27:45).
— RunCzech (@runczech) May 3, 2026
SKYWARD X 2 IS HERE 👟 Global launch 15 May, $225. -10g per shoe vs the original. New carbon-fibre plate geometry, premium jacquard mesh upper, wide and extra-wide at launch. The plushest Hoka in the line, now leaner.
— HOKA (@HOKA) May 5, 2026
New @stiruni research: parkwalker volunteers drove a 55% surge in walking participation across 68 Scottish parkruns and reversed the decline in average age of new attendees. Strongest evidence yet that the role belongs at every event.
— parkrun UK (@parkrunUK) May 5, 2026
SHANGHAI / KEQIAO 16 MAY 🇨🇳 14 Diamond Disciplines confirmed. Men's 100m, 800m, 3000m, 110mH, 400mH, PV, DT. Women's 200m, 400m, 1500m, 100mH, 3000mSC, LJ, SP. Duplantis among confirmed entrants. First China stop of the 2026 season.
— Diamond League (@Diamond_League) May 4, 2026
50 YEARS OF BLOOMSDAY 🌸 Reid Buchanan (USA) 34:30 and Kassie Parker (USA) 39:21 take the elite races at the 50th Lilac Bloomsday Run in Spokane. First all-American podium top in over 20 years. 40,000+ finishers along Riverside Ave.
— Bloomsday Run (@bloomsdayrun) May 3, 2026
PRE CLASSIC 2026 🌳 All 14 Diamond Disciplines confirmed for the expanded two-day Hayward Field weekend on 3 & 4 July. Bowerman Mile and Mutola 800m back. Field set to be announced over the coming weeks.
— Prefontaine Classic (@preclassic) May 5, 2026
Wings for Life World Run 2026 flagship to start in front of Schonbrunn Palace on 10 May for the first time. 505 events across 67 countries on the books — 53 more than 2025. App Run map keeps growing. 100% of entry fees fund spinal cord injury research.
— Wings for Life World Run (@WFLWorldRun) May 4, 2026
Cocodona 250 day five 🏔️ Rachel Entrekin closing on Flagstaff with the women's race effectively decided. Joe McConaughy and Kilian Korth still inseparable in the men's chase. Live tracker is doing the Lord's work.
— Aravaipa Running (@AravaipaRunning) May 5, 2026
SAWE TO BERLIN 🇰🇪 The 1:59:30 London man has confirmed the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON on 21 September as his next race. Defending his 2025 title on the city that has produced nine of the last eleven men's world records.
— World Marathon Majors (@WMajors) May 5, 2026
"I am not giving a stipulated time. I want to run a beautiful race that everyone will enjoy." Eliud Kipchoge, 19 days out from his first marathon on African soil at the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon.
— Cape Town Marathon (@SanlamCTMarathon) May 5, 2026
New in @SportsHealthJ — 30 min of -10% downhill running at 35°C produced 6.7 h total sleep on the recovery night vs 5.2 h after the same effort at 20°C. REM and slow-wave sleep both higher. n=10, men only, well-controlled within-subject design.
— Running Research (@runresearch) May 5, 2026
NEW BOSTON MARATHON COURSE RECORD 🚨 John Korir 🇰🇪 defends in 2:01:52 — 70 seconds inside Geoffrey Mutai's 2011 mark of 2:03:02. The fifth-fastest marathon in history. #Boston130
— Boston Athletic Assoc (@BAA) April 20, 2026
"I didn't know I would run that fast." John Korir, the new Boston Marathon course record holder, on a 2:01:52 that nobody — including Korir — saw coming. Back-to-back Boston titles, and an extra $50,000 bonus to go with the win. #Boston130
— Running Lookout (@runninglookout) April 20, 2026
Sharon Lokedi 🇰🇪 does the Boston double 👑 2:18:51 for the defending champion — first woman since Catherine Ndereba in 2005 to win back-to-back on the Hopkinton-to-Boylston course. Loice Chemnung 2nd (2:19:35), Mary Ngugi-Cooper 3rd (2:20:07). #Boston130
— Boston Marathon (@bostonmarathon) April 20, 2026
FASTEST AMERICAN IN BOSTON HISTORY 🇺🇸 Jess McClain — 2:20:49, 5th place. Breaks Shalane Flanagan's 2014 mark of 2:22:02 by 73 seconds. Did it the hard way, including a U-turn at a hydration station at Mile 17 and a full sprint finish on Boylston. #Boston130
— CITIUS MAG (@CitiusMag) April 20, 2026
Zouhair Talbi 🇺🇸 just ran 2:03:15 at Boston. That is faster than Conner Mantz's ratified US record (2:04:43, Chicago 2025). Boston is ineligible for records — but the fastest American marathon time, on any course, now belongs to Talbi. #Boston130
— Running Lookout (@runninglookout) April 20, 2026
Nine. Marcel Hug 🇨🇭 takes his 9th Boston Marathon wheelchair title in 1:16:06, fourth consecutive. One shy of Ernst van Dyk's all-time mark. Daniel Romanchuk 2nd in 1:22:44, Jetze Plat 3rd in 1:24:13. #Boston130
— Boston Athletic Assoc (@BAA) April 20, 2026
Eden Rainbow-Cooper 🇬🇧 defends her Boston title — 1:30:51 to take the women's wheelchair race for a second straight year. Scaroni 2nd (1:32:14), five-time champ Tatyana McFadden 3rd (1:34:08). The British 24-year-old now owns a second major in five months. #Boston130
— Running Lookout (@runninglookout) April 20, 2026
Eight men under 2:05 at Boston — a race record. The Newton Hills stopped fewer careers today than they built. And on to London, where Sawe, Kiplimo and Cheptegei will now race with Korir's 2:01:52 as the benchmark. #Boston130 #LondonMarathon
— Running Lookout (@runninglookout) April 20, 2026
The splits 📊 Korir 5K: 14:34 Korir half: 1:01:11 Korir 30–40K: 28:28 (fastest point-to-point 10K ever recorded at Boston) Korir last 2.2km: 6:17 Complete tactical masterclass in ideal tailwind conditions. #Boston130
— LetsRun.com (@letsrundotcom) April 20, 2026
🇹🇿 NATIONAL RECORD Alphonce Felix Simbu runs 2:02:47 for second in Boston — 1:51 inside his own Tanzanian national record, and only the third Boston runner in history to break 2:03. The reigning world marathon champion was the only non-Kenyan in the lead group past 30K. #Boston130
— Running Lookout (@runninglookout) April 20, 2026
Monday's shoe count 👟 Korir won in an unreleased Asics Metaspeed Sky protoype Lokedi repeated in the Under Armour Velociti Elite 3 Nike's Alphafly 4 proto was on 4 of the men's top 10 Adidas Adios Pro Evo 2 on 3 of the men's top 10 First Boston men's and women's titles to non-Nike athletes since 2015. #Boston130
— Running Lookout (@runninglookout) April 20, 2026
Gaborone next 🇧🇼 The FNB Botswana Golden Grand Prix goes on Sunday 26 April — Continental Tour Gold, Letsile Tebogo, Gabby Thomas, Andre De Grasse, Wayde van Niekerk and Ferdinand Omanyala all on the entry list. Tune-up for the World Relays 2-3 May.
— Running Lookout (@runninglookout) April 21, 2026
And we have a winner! 🥇 Huge congratulations to Callum Hall, who won the wheelchair race earlier, and to the winners of the Manchester Marathon men's and women's races — Yohan Lidove (2:15:19) and Naomi Robinson (2:36:57). Well done to you all ❤️
— Manchester Marathon (@ManchesterMara) April 19, 2026
~9,000 runners across the Jersey City Marathon and Half this morning 🌉 Upper-40s and light winds, Liberty State Park out to Newport, and full 2027 Boston qualifier status. Fourth annual edition and the biggest yet. #JCMarathon
— Running Lookout (@runninglookout) April 19, 2026
Vienna is ready 🇦🇹 43rd Vienna City Marathon goes off at 9:00am CEST on Sunday. 49,000 runners across the marathon, half, relay and 10K, and a 10,000-euro course-record bonus on both the men's (2:05:08) and women's (2:20:59) marks. Weather looks 8–12°C with light winds.
— Running Lookout (@runninglookout) April 18, 2026
21st Istanbul Half Marathon is set for Sunday 19 April 🏁 Flat, out-and-back, past Sultanahmet, Ayasofya, Topkapı Palace and the Grand Egyptian Bazaar. 14,000 entrants — a record for the event — and a pacing plan built around sub-59 men's and sub-66 women's lead groups.
— Running Lookout (@runninglookout) April 18, 2026
One to bank for your Sunday long run: @ultrarunning_mag says ultramarathons grew 6.5% per event in 2025 on the RunSignup platform, 8.3% in total. Texas, Colorado, California, Utah lead the map. Backyard ultras up 14%. Women now at 46% of 24-hour entrants.
— Running Lookout (@runninglookout) April 18, 2026
Mad City 100K: a new American standard 🇺🇸 Sarah Morrison — 7:17:01 (CR, -9 min on Herron's 2015 mark) Allison Mercer — 7:30 Brogan Austin — 6:34:01 (2nd all-time on the Wingra loop) Phil Young — 6:45:23 Team USA spots for Spain locked in.
— Running Lookout (@runninglookout) April 18, 2026
Zdeno Chara, Andrew Ference and astronaut Sunita Williams are all listed on the 2026 Boston Marathon ambassador file released by @BAA overnight. The celebrity field has grown to nearly 400 runners and the 10,000+ charity bibs are tracking toward $45M raised. #Boston130
— Running Lookout (@runninglookout) April 19, 2026
Puma is using Boston to launch the Fast-R Nitro Elite 3 — 170g, Nitro Elite midsole, extended PWRPLATE, and an independent 3.15% running-economy improvement over the Fast-R 2. Limited drops at 'The High Point' through Monday; global release Friday 25 April.
— Running Lookout (@runninglookout) April 19, 2026
Less than 24 hours to go ⏱ Bibs collected, shakeouts done, buses to Hopkinton begin rolling out of Boston Common from 6:20am. First wheelchair gun at 9:02am, first elite women at 9:47am, first elite men at 10:02am. See you at Copley. #Boston130
— Boston Marathon (@bostonmarathon) April 19, 2026
Final Patriots' Day forecast: start-line temperatures around 42°F at 9am in Hopkinton, high of 50°F at the Copley finish, 8mph WNW wind providing a quartering tailwind through the Newton hills, 30% chance of a light shower between waves. Excellent day to run fast. #Boston130
— WBUR News (@WBUR) April 19, 2026
Find your #Boston130 start assignment and bib number online within your @BAA Athletes' Village account today!🦄 #MeetTheMoment 🔗 https://t.co/7cHat8FqLW (3/3)
— Boston Marathon (@bostonmarathon) April 7, 2026
The 2026 Boston Marathon men's professional field is officially set‼️ Field features: – 10 sub-2:05 men – 8 of last year's top 10 are back – Conner Mantz and Clayton Young reunite vs. Alex Maier – Boston debuts for Charles Hicks, Joe Klecker + more ⬇️ https://t.co/CsngKfSCvc
— Chris Chavez (@ChrisChavez) March 2026
Chilly and breezy — a much better Patriots' Day setup for runners than warm or wet. Temperatures at the Hopkinton start line in the mid-30s, highs in the upper 40s along the course, and a NW wind providing a quartering tailwind on the point-to-point run into Copley. #Boston130
— WBUR News (@WBUR) April 15, 2026
Eight Boston titles. Every current Major on the wall. A fourth straight @bostonmarathon crown would take Marcel Hug to nine — and on Monday's forecast, that course record of 1:15:33 is on the table again. #Boston130
— Running Lookout (@runninglookout) April 18, 2026
Nike has taken down the Newbury Street storefront sign reading "Runners welcome. Walkers tolerated." after a day of criticism from adaptive athletes and Boston's mass field. Statement: "We want more people to feel welcome in running — no matter their pace, experience or the distance." #Boston130
— Running Lookout (@runninglookout) April 18, 2026
Watching for a potential Alphafly 4 debut on Monday. Nike dropped a "White/Volt" Alphafly 3 on Thursday — historically the kind of colourway that lands right before a new generation. Jacob Kiplimo raced "Dev 164" in Chicago last October. #Boston130
— Running Lookout (@runninglookout) April 18, 2026
Course record for Addisu Yihune 💨 The 23-year-old Ethiopian clocks 13:14 to win the 2026 @BAA Boston 5K and claim the $5,000 event-record bonus on top of the $8,000 winner's cheque. Gela Hambese defends the women's title in 15:28. #Boston130
— Running Lookout (@runninglookout) April 18, 2026
Ethiopia 🇪🇹 and a course record for Yihune at the 2026 Boston 5K 🔥 🥇 Addisu Yihune — 13:14 (CR) 🥇 Gela Hambese — 15:28 (defends) 🥇 Marcel Hug 🇨🇭 — 10:25 (4th straight) 🥇 Tatyana McFadden 🇺🇸 — 12:29
— Boston Athletic Assoc (@BAA) April 18, 2026
The TCS London Marathon Running Show is OPEN at ExCeL London 🇬🇧 Event packs to collect, 200+ exhibitors, Alphafly 4 and Adios Pro Evo 2 displays, and a world-record 59,000-strong field to get through in four days. Come early — Friday and Saturday get busy.
— London Marathon Events (@LondonMarathon) April 22, 2026
Fresh off the Boston scoresheet and into London race week 🧳 Korir's 2:01:52 has reset expectations. Sawe, Kiplimo and Cheptegei were already the deepest London men's field on paper — now they have a benchmark two minutes inside the course record. Sunday's forecast: dry, 10-17°C.
— Running Lookout (@runninglookout) April 22, 2026
Sir AP McCoy is on the Matt Hampson Foundation stand at ExCeL on Friday from 14:00. 20-time Champion Jockey, seven Grand Nationals missed for this one — now tackling his first and, he insists, only marathon on Sunday. A piece of British sporting crossover you'll want to see live.
— Running Lookout (@runninglookout) April 22, 2026
Record-breaking year for us! 🌍 1.1 million ballot applications received for the 2026 TCS London Marathon — a 36% increase on last year. We are now looking at plans for a 'one-off' edition with 100,000 runners, which would be the biggest mass-participation marathon ever staged.
— London Marathon Events (@LondonMarathon) April 17, 2026
Announcing 4 Weeks of Strength for Runners — a new Apple Fitness+ collaboration with @Strava, starting 20 April. Lead trainers: Kyle Ardill and Kim Ngo alongside ultramarathoners Hellah Sidibe and Kayla Jeter. Designed to build form and stability in the build to race day.
— Apple (@Apple) April 16, 2026
Emile Cairess has withdrawn from next Sunday's TCS London Marathon with a calf injury sustained in training. "I am gutted to be withdrawing. After missing 2025, I was so excited to return this year, but out of respect to the race and the distance, I only want to be on the start line if I'm in the best possible condition."
— London Marathon Events (@LondonMarathon) April 17, 2026
CLASH OF THE TITANS 🙌 The 3 fastest women in marathon running history and the reigning women-only world record-holder are heading to the @LondonMarathon on 26 April 🤯 Pick your favourite 👇 Tigst Assefa 🇪🇹 Joyciline Jepkosgei 🇰🇪 Hellen Obiri 🇰🇪 Julia Paternain 🇦🇷 https://t.co/QRiw7UiUEc
— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) April 2026
World Athletics has outlined a landmark strategic roadmap for the future of distance running with the creation of a World Athletics Marathon Championships from 2030. The marathon stays in the World Championships for 2027 & 2029, but from 2031 onward, no road running races will https://t.co/AoO806TCUN
— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) April 2026
The Diamond League has issued an update regarding the status of the Doha meeting, scheduled for May 8. 🇶🇦 "The Wanda Diamond League meeting in Doha is currently scheduled to go ahead as planned on May 8. The Diamond League continues to monitor the situation in Doha, working in https://t.co/ypjJWgMTSP
— CITIUS MAG (@CitiusMag) April 2026
Here's the video from the U.S. Half Marathon Championships debacle ⬇️ https://t.co/qPo1EMQ9kk
— CITIUS MAG (@CitiusMag) March 2026
USATF has issued a statement regarding the finish of the women's race at the USATF Half Marathon Championships in Atlanta this morning, where Jess McClain, Edna Kurgat and Emma Hurley were leading the race but were directed off course by the lead vehicle. A protest was filed https://t.co/o3ZO8Gg6eH
— CITIUS MAG (@CitiusMag) March 2026
