RoadAmos Kipruto outruns Kiplimo to win Chicago, Feysa repeats
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October 2026
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TrackWorld Athletics names 20 nominees for its 2026 Athlete of the Year awards
World Athletics put forward 10 men and 10 women for its 2026 World Athlete of the Year award, with a public vote open through October 17.
TrackAvery Pearson becomes first Canadian to join On Athletics Club
Saskatchewan 800m runner Avery Pearson signed with On Athletics Club in Boulder, becoming the first Canadian on the pro training group.
RoadTroutner and Venters break championship records at the USATF 10K
Aidan Troutner and Emily Venters set USATF 10km Championship records in Minneapolis-St. Paul, with the men's top six separated by five seconds.
RoadLilian Chebii breaks a 25-year-old record at Twin Cities Marathon
Lilian Chebii ran 2:25:26 to take down the Twin Cities Marathon course record set in 2001, and Victor Shitsama won the men's race in his marathon debut.
RoadJepkosgei takes 12 seconds off the Cardiff Half record as Kenya wins both races
Joyciline Jepkosgei ran 1:05:40 in Cardiff for a course record that had stood since 2017. Gideon Kiprotich won the men's race in 59:34.
XCBraelyn Combe wins the Chile Pepper 5K by a tenth of a second
The Arkansas freshman caught UT Arlington's Dorcas Jepkosgei on the final stride, 15:59.0 to 15:59.1, and the Razorbacks won the team title at home.
UltraCristofer Clemente wins the Chihuahua by UTMB 118K in the Copper Canyon
The Spaniard ran 13:58:51 over 5,600 metres of climbing. Alexa Romano won the women's race; Rarámuri runners took second in the 118K and won the 93K.
XCHeat stops the Paul Short Run after Sloff and Cheruiyot win the Gold races
Lehigh cancelled six afternoon races in rising heat after Penn State's Nick Sloff and Pitt's Maureen Cheruiyot won the Gold races.
XCNC State women and Notre Dame men win the Blue races at the Joe Piane Invitational
Hannah Gapes won the 5K in 15:22.60 as NC State took the team title at Notre Dame; Daelen Ackley led a Fighting Irish 1-2 in the 8K.
RoadRichmond Marathon weekend sells out for a second straight year
All 21,000 places across the Richmond Marathon, half and 8k are gone six weeks before race day, with the marathon filling faster than it ever has.
September 2026
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UltraTamás Bódis runs 19:40:51 from Athens to Sparta, a Spartathlon course record
The Hungarian beat four-time winner Fotis Zisimopoulos, whose 19:55 mark he broke, by 52 minutes; Despoina Simantrakou was first woman in 24:45:43.
TrailKipngeno wins on the Great Wall, six for six in Asia; Gitonga comes from two minutes down
At Jinshanling, 24 km with 1,889 m of climbing and 1,000 steps on the Wall, Kipngeno ran 2:12:30; Ruth Gitonga caught Gröber and Kimutai to win.
RoadAssefa wins Berlin in 2:11:04 after her world record attempt breaks down at 40 km
Through 40 km in 2:03:00 and on 2:09:44 pace, the Ethiopian limped the last two kilometres and still took 49 seconds off her own course record.
RoadGuye Adola wins Berlin again in 2:02:50, nine years after his debut there behind Kipchoge
Nine men were together at halfway in 1:01:01; Adola went to the front at 30 km and ran alone through the Brandenburg Gate. Gemechu Dida was second in 2:03:19.
XCNew Mexico's men beat No. 1 Oklahoma State at the Cowboy Jamboree; BYU's women win again
Pasanjo Kitonga won the 8 km in 23:24.4 in his cross country debut and the Lobos scored 28; BYU put six in the top ten for 32 points in the women's 6 km.
TrailKipngeno wins Myoko Trail, his third Golden Trail race in Japan; Gröber leads throughout
On the series' first visit to Myoko, 24 km with 2,000 m of climbing, Kipngeno ran down Timothy Kibett late; Hanna Gröber won by 2:48, her first GTWS win.
UltraCharlie Lawrence and Courtney Olsen win the 100 km world titles for a US sweep in Spain
Lawrence held off world record holder Aleksandr Sorokin in 6:09:25; Olsen ran down Miho Nakata in the 17th of 20 laps to win in 7:10:31.
RoadAgnes Ngetich runs 1:05:15, a women-only world half marathon record, for world gold
Alone from the first kilometre in Copenhagen, the world cross country champion took one second off Peres Jepchirchir's 2020 mark and won by 50 seconds.
RoadAlmgren outkicks Kipkorir for world half marathon gold in a European record 58:06
The Swede, who began as a 400 m runner, took 35 seconds off his own continental record and moved to ninth all time; Joshua Cheptegei was third in 58:26.
UltraSullivan and Allgood break both Run Rabbit Run records in a night of rain at Steamboat
Ryan Sullivan ran 17:03:38 and Hannah Allgood 19:01:59 over 101.5 miles and 20,391 feet of climbing; each took 20,000 dollars, with 100,000 promised for 2027.
TrailJoseph Gray wins a sixth Pikes Peak Ascent by seven seconds; Anna Gibson 13 minutes clear
Gray, 42, reached the 14,115-foot summit in 2:15:14 after 13.3 miles up Barr Trail; Gibson's 2:37:22 is the 11th-fastest women's time in the race's history.
XCBrighter Jepchumba breaks an 18-year-old course record on the NCAA championship course
The Eastern Kentucky runner's 19:14.0 at the John McNichols Invitational took 14.1 seconds off Sally Kipyego's mark; Kelvin Cheruiyot won the men's 8 km.
RoadGuillemot runs a European record 4:22.74 and Farken 3:51.80 for world road mile gold
On the V-shaped course along Østerbrogade, both champions waited and then went with about 20 seconds to run; Luxembourg's Ruben Querinjean took bronze.
RoadDawit Seare passes Ingebrigtsen in the last 100 m to win the world 5 km title in 12:56
The Eritrean's national record came 30 seconds after Ingebrigtsen took the lead; Likina Amebaw won the women's race in 14:41, six days after Budapest.