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September 2026

15 stories
Trail

Joseph 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.

September 19, 2026
XC

Brighter 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.

September 19, 2026
Road

Guillemot 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.

September 19, 2026
Road

Dawit 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.

September 19, 2026
XC

Isabelle Schmitz runs 19:44.8 to win the 40th Roy Griak Invitational on its new course

Minnesota's women scored 26 points at Fort Snelling Golf Course, the first Griak away from Les Bolstad; Schmitz won the 6 km by 8.7 seconds.

September 18, 2026
Ultra

Jiaju Zhao sets a Tor des Géants record of 65:55:22; Katharina Hartmuth is third overall

Over 330 km and 24,000 m of climbing around the Aosta Valley, Hartmuth cut 12 hours from her own women's record and finished 75 minutes behind the winner.

September 16, 2026
Track

Kerr takes the Ultimate 1500 m in 3:29.35; Sedjati and Amebaw also win on the last night

A 26.02 last 200 m beat Cam Myers by 0.33. Sedjati ran 1:41.91 to pass Arop in the 800 m and Amebaw broke the 5000 m field from 3 km.

September 13, 2026
Road

Talbi becomes the first American winner of the Great North Run; Kosgei wins in 66:15

On the 45th edition, the biggest yet with 63,000 runners, Talbi closed a 4:18 last mile to beat defending champion Alex Mutiso by 14 seconds in 59:47.

September 13, 2026
Road

Jemma Reekie runs 4:13.8 on wet roads, the fastest mile ever on Fifth Avenue

A week after her European road mile record in Düsseldorf, the Scot took a second off Laura Muir's course record; Marco Langon won the men's race in 3:45.0.

September 13, 2026
Ultra

Stewart and Ostaszewski win the Wasatch Front 100 as 236 of 396 starters finish

Kevin Stewart ran 20:41:09 to beat two-time winner Jose Cruz by 33 minutes; Sarah Ostaszewski's 25:18:50 put her hours clear of the women's field.

September 12, 2026
Track

Werro beats Hodgkinson and Broeders-Bol in 1:55.88 to finish an unbeaten outdoor season

The Swiss led from the gun in Budapest and held the same 1-2-3 as the European final; Kazimierska won the 1500 m an hour later over Hunter Bell and Hiltz.

September 12, 2026
Track

Ingebrigtsen kicks 12.60 for the last 100 m to win the first Ultimate 5000 m in 12:59.24

On the opening night in Budapest the Olympic champion closed a 54.39 last lap to beat Cole Hocker and Parker Wolfe, both just outside 13 minutes.

September 11, 2026
Ultra

Megan Eckert runs 636.482 miles in six days, a world record and the American record

On an 898 m loop at Balatonfüred, Hungary, the Santa Fe teacher beat her own 2025 mark by 33 miles and became the first woman past 1,000 km in six days.

September 9, 2026
Track

Kazimierska runs 3:54.05 and Balew 12:45.70 as the Diamond League season ends in Brussels

Seven meeting records on the final night. Werro held off Broeders-Bol by 0.06 in the 800 m and Gemechu Godana, 20, outran El Bakkali in the steeplechase.

September 5, 2026
Track

Wanyonyi runs 1:41.80 for a fourth Diamond League title; Myers takes the 1500 m by 0.04

On the first night of the final in Brussels, Kebinatshipi ran 43.40, Cherotich a steeplechase meeting record and Hailu led an Ethiopian 5000 m sweep.

September 4, 2026

August 2026

9 stories
Road

Addisu Gobena runs 2:04:42 in Sydney, seven men under the old course record

The 21-year-old Ethiopian took 84 seconds off Hailemaryam Kiros's mark; Peres Jepchirchir won the women's race by nearly four minutes in 2:18:31.

August 30, 2026
Ultra

Blandine L'Hirondel wins UTMB in 21:54:49 and completes the OCC, CCC and UTMB treble

The first woman under 22 hours walked the last descent into Chamonix and still won by 21 minutes from Rachel Entrekin; Emily Schmitz was third.

August 29, 2026
Ultra

Ben Dhiman wins UTMB in 18:16:29, the first man under 19 hours around Mont Blanc

After a two-hour storm delay, the American who lives in France led from 40 km and won by 31 minutes; Chassagne beat Olson by 46 seconds for second.

August 29, 2026
Ultra

Minoggio, 42, wins a muddy CCC; Kaspersen is the first woman to win it twice

The Italian passed Hans Troyer on the climb to Trient to win in 10:21:48; Kaspersen came from outside the top ten at halfway to win in 12:01:14.

August 28, 2026
Track

Audrey Werro runs 1:53.70 in Zurich, the third-fastest 800 m in history

The Swiss passed Femke Broeders-Bol on the final bend at Letzigrund for a Diamond League record; only two times from the early 1980s are faster.

August 27, 2026
Track

Two world records in 40 minutes at Letzigrund: dos Santos 45.80, Masai Russell 12.09

Alison dos Santos took 0.14 off Karsten Warholm's 400 m hurdles record and Russell 0.03 off Tobi Amusan's in the 100 m hurdles at Weltklasse Zürich.

August 27, 2026
Trail

Tranchand leads the OCC from start to finish; Lauren Gregory wins by three seconds

The Frenchman won the 60 km from Orsières in 5:10:08; Gregory ran down long-time leader Naomi Lang in the last kilometre into Chamonix.

August 27, 2026
Ultra

Rémy Brassac and Sarah Vieuille win a cold, wet TDS from Courmayeur to Chamonix

Brassac passed Clovis Chaverot in the Beaufortain and won by 45 minutes in 19:28:43; Vieuille led from the first checkpoint and was ninth overall in 22:08:16.

August 25, 2026
Track

Ethan Strand wins the Silesia 1500 m in 3:30.77; Ingebrigtsen fourth on his return

In front of 38,073 at the Silesian Stadium, Strand came from well back to beat Koech and Hocker, and Tsige Duguma ran a world-leading 3:55.06.

August 23, 2026