September 2026
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XCIsabelle 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.
UltraJiaju 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.
TrackKerr 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.
RoadTalbi 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.
RoadJemma 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.
UltraStewart 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.
TrackWerro 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.
TrackIngebrigtsen 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.
UltraMegan 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.
TrackKazimierska 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.
TrackWanyonyi 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.
August 2026
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RoadAddisu 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.
UltraBlandine 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.
UltraBen 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.
UltraMinoggio, 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.
TrackAudrey 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.
TrackTwo 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.
TrailTranchand 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.
UltraRémy 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.
TrackEthan 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.
RoadIsaia Lasoi and Daniel Mateiko both break the Antrim Coast Half Marathon record in Larne
Lasoi won in 58:26 by four seconds from Mateiko, with Kenya taking the first four places; Girmawit Gebrzihair won the women's race in 1:06:12.
UltraAdrian Macdonald wins a third Leadville 100 on a course rerouted around the Willow Fire
Macdonald ran 15:47:23; McKendree Hickory won the women's race in 19:39:12 in her first 100-miler, tenth overall, on a course without Sugarloaf or Powerline.
TrackWerro beats Bol in a meeting record at Athletissima; Wanyonyi runs 1:42.19 in Lausanne
Five meeting records fell at the Pontaise, where Birhanu Balew won a 5000 m with four men under 12:59 and Winfred Yavi ran 9:00.04.
RoadHabtom Samuel runs 30:53 at Falmouth, the first sub-31 in the race's 54 years
The Eritrean took 15 seconds off a record that had stood since 2004; Pamela Kosgei beat Jess McClain in a photo finish, both timed in 35:25.