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October 2026

14 stories
Road

Amos Kipruto outruns Kiplimo to win Chicago, Feysa repeats

Amos Kipruto ran 2:01:09 to beat Jacob Kiplimo in Chicago, Hawi Feysa repeated in 2:13:33, and three women broke 2:15 for the first time.

October 12, 2026
XC

Chepkoech beats Kipkore by a tenth of a second at the Nuttycombe Invitational

Florida's Judy Chepkoech caught Iowa State's Betty Kipkore right at the line, while West Virginia and New Mexico took the team titles in Madison.

October 11, 2026
Gravel

Marianne Vos becomes the first rider to win the gravel world title twice

Vos attacked over the final climb in Nannup, Australia and soloed to the win after Rosa Klöser crashed chasing her down the descent.

October 10, 2026
Trail

Cape Town marks one year until the 2027 World Mountain and Trail Championships

World Athletics marked one year out from the 2027 World Mountain and Trail Running Championships, the first edition held in Africa.

October 9, 2026
Track

World 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.

October 8, 2026
Track

Avery 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.

October 7, 2026
Road

Troutner 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.

October 6, 2026
Road

Lilian 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.

October 5, 2026
Road

Jepkosgei 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.

October 4, 2026
XC

Braelyn 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.

October 3, 2026
Ultra

Cristofer 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.

October 3, 2026
XC

Heat 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.

October 2, 2026
XC

NC 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.

October 2, 2026
Road

Richmond 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.

October 1, 2026

September 2026

10 stories
Ultra

Tamás 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.

September 27, 2026
Trail

Kipngeno 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.

September 27, 2026
Road

Assefa 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.

September 27, 2026
Road

Guye 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.

September 27, 2026
XC

New 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.

September 26, 2026
Trail

Kipngeno 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.

September 20, 2026
Ultra

Charlie 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.

September 20, 2026
Road

Agnes 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.

September 20, 2026
Road

Almgren 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.

September 20, 2026
Ultra

Sullivan 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.

September 19, 2026