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2024 Olympian Clayton Young will race the Chicago Marathon with a torn hamstring tendon, a 12-centimeter split in the tendon that anchors his hamstring to his pelvis. His doctors' first advice was to skip the race, where he plans to go after Conner Mantz's 2:04:43 American record.
Ten months after the race, Soweto Marathon winners are still owed about R1.2 million ($73,000), and a promised partial payment is stuck with a provincial sports body.
The Senate passed the Protect College Sports Act 77-22 on Monday night. It would stop the richest athletic departments from cutting Olympic sports below their 2024-25 levels for nine years, protecting track and cross country. The bill still has to get through the House.
New York Road Runners circulated guidance to run clubs on Tuesday requiring that non-sponsor brands not appear in New York City Marathon cheer zones, and that banners not be hung on barricades. The race is on Nov. 1, just over a month away.
Former world record holder Joyciline Jepkosgei will race the Cardiff Half Marathon on Sunday; she has run 1:04:13, well inside the women's course record that has stood since 2017. Her Valencia Marathon title defense follows on Dec. 6.
The 2026 U.S. Collegiate Trail Running Championships return to Moab, Utah, for the fourth year on November 7, running alongside the Moab Trail Marathon half marathon and again hosting the USATF Half Marathon Trail National Championships. Collegiate runners can compete as a team or individually, and registration is open.
the5krunner's Deep Dive Digest #26 rounds up several sports tech developments, including Garmin reportedly quietly acquiring Moxy and 94 issues surfacing on the Fenix 9 Pro. The issue also covers Fenix 9 GPS accuracy testing, a COROS Pace 4 Pro review, Amazfit's HYROX roadmap, Huawei's blood pressure watch at 95% accuracy, and industry finances.
Fit File Forge's Workout Library puts 120 classic sessions, from Norwegian 10 × 1K to Billat 30/30s, into Garmin-ready structure. Browsing is free, and a free account can send any session to Garmin Connect, with optional pace targets from the athlete's own numbers.
When running, the closer your feet land to your body's midline, the higher the strain and strain rate on your IT band, and the more compression, tension, and shear stress your shin bone absorbs as step width narrows. Research shows that a step width of 15% to 25% of leg length raises running energy cost by 9% to 15%, so the goal is simply to land your feet on either side of the midline without crossing. The article provides a 2-minute self-test using wet footprints or a rear-view video, and suggests widening your stride gradually during easy runs with a midline cue and mirror feedback, starting with about 5 minutes per session.
The athletics events at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games have officially concluded. At this edition, the Chinese athletics team won a total of 17 gold medals, 14 silver medals, and 8 bronze medals, setting 1 Asian record, 5 Games records, and 1 national record, achieving the best overseas performance since the 1998 Bangkok Asian Games.
The Saucony Endorphin Speed 5 is down to $130 on Amazon for both men’s and women’s versions, 26% off its usual $175. It uses Pwrrun PB (PEBA) cushioning and a nylon plate, balancing race-day speed with comfort. The fifth version adds more outsole rubber and a redesigned nylon plate for lateral support. If Amazon sells out, Saucony and Nordstrom also have discounts.
A study published in PM&R followed 643 runners training for the 2022 New York City Marathon over 16 weeks, using their Strava training logs and weekly surveys to build machine-learning models predicting injury the following week. When limited to weeks when runners weren't already modifying training due to injury, model performance dropped dramatically, suggesting training data plus surveys aren't yet enough to reliably predict injury in otherwise healthy runners. Injuries were self-reported rather than clinically diagnosed, and the relationship between training patterns and injury risk was complex, with no simple mileage threshold that worked for everyone.
Canadian Running spoke with Dr. David Martin, a cardiologist at Mass General Brigham, for World Heart Day about heart changes from endurance training, including enlarged heart chambers known as athlete's heart, resting heart rates under 60 bpm or even in the 30s to 40s, and higher coronary artery calcium that is usually in the artery wall rather than blocking it.
Germany's Katharina Hartmuth won the 2026 Tor des Géants in 67 hours, 10 minutes, 9 seconds, taking over 12 hours off her own women's course record and finishing third overall—the first woman on the overall podium at the 330-kilometer race.
Tigst Assefa won Sunday’s Berlin Marathon in 2:11:04, the third-fastest women’s marathon ever, but her team said her right Achilles ruptured near 40K and she still covered the final two kilometers to the Brandenburg Gate. She had surgery the next morning.
Runner's World test editors and wear-testers selected the 9 best stability shoes for different runner needs. The list includes Best Overall: Brooks Adrenaline GTS 25. Other picks cover value, hard tempos, supertrainers, long runs, multiuse, and daily training, with full reviews and key specs.
For runners who struggle to keep their heart rate in Zone 2, exercise physiologist Trevor Connor and Cleveland Clinic cardiologist Tamanna Singh recommend measuring max heart rate accurately instead of relying on the "220 minus age" formula.
2024 Olympian Clayton Young's MRI revealed a 12-centimeter longitudinal split tear in his upper hamstring. He still plans to chase Conner Mantz's 2:04:43 American record at the Chicago Marathon on October 11.
The Boston Athletic Association announced the cut-off for the 131st Boston Marathon, set for Monday, April 19, 2027. Of 33,649 applicants, 25,630 have been accepted so far. The age-group cut-off was 5:17, 43 seconds longer than in 2026, yet a record number of BQ qualifiers were accepted, aided by a July pathway adding 1,000 entries. The field remains capped at 30,000.
Runner's World spoke with RRCA-certified run coach Laura Norris and other experts about the adaptation timeline after hard workouts: the body generally needs seven to 10 days to adapt to a single hard session, up to 14 days, but most runners won't see changes in pace and performance until about eight to 12 weeks into training.
Canada will launch a national skyrunning series in 2027, with nine races across three western Canadian mountain events under one points system. The Canadian Skyrunning National Series runs June to August in Crowsnest Pass, Alta.; Apex Mountain Resort, B.C.; and Revelstoke, B.C., with races from short, steep uphill events to a 50.5K SkyUltra. Six races carry Skyrunner National Series designation.
Josh Hoey, the indoor 800m world record holder, has been cleared to resume training after a lower left leg stress fracture sidelined him for the entire 2026 season. He has not raced since setting the indoor 800m world record in January, and the injury developed in the summer.
On this week's episode of The Amazing Runner's World Show, Aly sits down with Associate Health & Fitness Editor Kristine Kearns to discuss how to stop chasing pace on long runs—the secret is to slow down. The previous episode covered everything you need to know about fueling before, during, and after a race.
Emma Grace Hurley finished fifth at the World Half Marathon Championships in Copenhagen in 66:23 and helped Team USA take team silver. She is set to make her Chicago Marathon debut and rates herself as having 2:20 marathon fitness. Starting from 51st at NCAA cross country and a software job, she is now one of America's best road racers.
The Allswifit ActiveRise Plus is a $120 carbon-plated tempo shoe weighing 6.9 oz (196 g) for a US M9, with a supercritical ATPU midsole, full-length carbon plate, and a 6.8mm drop. Testers found it fast and bouncy but noted cheap-feeling materials and outsole concerns.
KeepEatClean pairs meal logging with Apple Health or WHOOP data to explore eating patterns. It needs at least 12 usable paired days before a finding can appear.
CEP launches its second-generation running shoe, the Optaspeed BowTech, continuing the dual-plate BowTech system with an EVA-based heel and supercritical N+Foam forefoot, 37mm heel and 30mm forefoot stack heights, plus adjusted forefoot fit and heel design.
A new comparison of nine sports watch brands evaluates how companies treat customers after purchase. The comparison was published by the5krunner, an independent endurance sports technology publication that has focused on in-depth reviews of GPS watches, fitness trackers, and cycling computers since 2010.
Inov8 unveiled the TrailFly Pro ($195) during UTMB week in Chamonix, France. The trail shoe weighs 8.2 ounces (233 grams) for a U.S. men's 9, with a 26-millimeter heel and 20-millimeter forefoot stack (34/28 millimeters full stack height) for a 6-millimeter drop.
LetsRun rounds up three track and field developments: Tigst Assefa's 2:11 world record attempt ended with an Achilles injury, Jane Hedengren suffered a rare loss, and Josh Kerr ran 2:12.66 in a 1,000m time trial. The original provides only a summary, with no further details.