March 2026
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UltraJonathan and Henriette Albon win both Transgrancanaria Classic titles
A married couple swept the 126 km World Trail Majors race on Gran Canaria, Jonathan in 12:58:08 and Henriette in 15:16:33 after a cold, wet night.
RoadUS half marathon title decided after the lead car sent the top women off course
Jess McClain, Emma Grace Hurley and Ednah Kurgat were led off the Atlanta course a mile from home; Molly Born won in 1:09:43, Wesley Kiptoo in 1:01:15.
RoadBrigid Kosgei runs 2:14:29 in Tokyo; three men finish within a second
Kosgei took the Tokyo course record with the seventh-fastest marathon ever, while Tadese Takele beat Geofry Toroitich on the line to repeat.
February 2026
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TrackHocker, Nuguse and Young finish within 0.04 in the USATF Indoor 3000 m
Cole Hocker won in 7:39.25 at Ocean Breeze; Emily Mackay beat Elle St. Pierre with a meet record 8:30.01 and Chase Jackson set an American shot put record.
RoadIbrahim Hassan and Mare Dibaba set course records at the Osaka Marathon
Hassan ran a Djibouti record 2:05:20 after reeling in debutant Hibiki Yoshida; Dibaba won in 2:21:44; unsponsored American Ethan Shuley ran 2:07:14.
TrackEliott Crestan wins the Copernicus Cup 800 m and the Indoor Tour title in Toruń
The Gold series ended in the World Indoors hall: Crestan ran 1:44.07, Zaynab Dosso an Italian 60 m record of 6.99, and eleven tour winners took wild cards.
XCHugo Milner and Lucy Jones win the English National at Sedgefield
Milner beat James Kingston by three seconds over 12.4 km of Hardwick Park; Jones took her first national title in a field of about 3,800.
UltraAshley Paulson runs 100 miles in 12:19:34, a women's world record, at the Jackpot
On a 1.19-mile loop in Henderson, Nevada, the 44-year-old beat Caitriona Jennings' mark by more than 17 minutes and won the USATF 100 mile title.
TrackKeely Hodgkinson runs 1:54.87 in Liévin, the 800 m world indoor record by nearly a second
Jolanda Ceplak's 1:55.82 had stood since March 2002; Hodgkinson passed 400 m in 56.00 and finished 0.26 outside her outdoor best.
RoadSeville photo finish: Shura Kitata and Asrar Hiyrden both clock 2:03:59 and both fall
Judges gave Kitata the win after the two Ethiopians went down on the line; Finland's Alisa Vainio won the women's race in a national record 2:20:39.
RoadHagos Gebrhiwet runs 58:05 in Barcelona; Weini Kelati sets an American half record
The Ethiopian won by more than a minute from Dominic Lobalu; Loice Chemnung took the women's race in 1:04:01 with Kelati second in 1:06:04.
TrackKeely Hodgkinson runs 1:56.33 in a heat in Birmingham, a British indoor record
The Olympic champion led from the gun at the UK Indoor Championships, moved to third on the world indoor all-time list, and skipped the final to aim at Liévin.
TrailRuth Croft and Daniel Jones win Tarawera 102K for the fourth time each in the mud
Rain turned New Zealand's biggest ultra into a slog: Croft ran 8:41:11 and Jones 7:31:27, neither near the course records they set a year ago.
TrackCole Hocker runs 3:45.94, the second fastest indoor mile ever, in Winston-Salem
At the first ASICS Sound Running Invite, Hocker took the American indoor mile and 1500 m records; Cooper Lutkenhaus ran a world under-20 800 m record.
RoadGeoffrey Kamworor wins Ras Al Khaimah in 58:14, five men under 59
Thirteen years after his first RAK win, Kamworor beat Birhanu Balew by nine seconds; Asmarech Anley won the women's race on her half marathon debut in 1:07:22.
UltraHans Troyer and Jennifer Lichter break both Black Canyon 100K course records
Troyer ran 7:20:00 and Lichter 7:57:05 on the desert trail north of Phoenix; Molly Seidel was fourth in her 100K debut and took a Western States Golden Ticket.
TrailNo one finishes the Barkley again; only Sébastien Raichon completes the Fun Run
The earliest start in the race's history met rain, fog and mud at Frozen Head; 12 of 40 starters finished a loop and Raichon's three took 38:05:46.
TrackKhaleb McRae runs 44.52 in Fayetteville, a world indoor 400 m record if ratified
At the Tyson Invitational the American took 0.05 off Kerron Clement's 2005 mark on the same track; Jordan Anthony ran 6.43 and Julien Alfred 6.99.
TrackGeorgia Hunter Bell runs 4:00.04 in Karlsruhe as the Indoor Tour Gold reaches Europe
At the Europahalle, Hunter Bell took the 1500 m from Birke Haylom, Azeddine Habz won the men's race in 3:33.36 and Yaroslava Mahuchikh cleared 2.01 m.
RoadJoshua Cheptegei wins Dubai's Burj2Burj half in 59:26, four seconds covering the podium
The Ugandan beat Nicholas Kipkorir and Alphonce Simbu by two seconds each in his London Marathon build-up; Irine Cheptai led a Kenyan one-two in 1:06:57.
RoadWorld Athletics will not ratify Jacob Kiplimo's 56:42 half marathon
A year after Barcelona, the governing body ruled the lead car gave Kiplimo pacing assistance; Yomif Kejelcha's 57:30 from Valencia 2024 stays the record.
TrackCole Hocker outkicks Josh Kerr in the Millrose two mile, Cam Myers takes the Wanamaker
A 56.45 last quarter gave Hocker 8:07.31 over Kerr's 8:07.68; Myers ran 3:47.57, Nikki Hiltz 4:19.64 and Doris Lemngole a collegiate 3000 m record.
RoadRichard Etir breaks the Marugame course record with 59:07 into a headwind
The Kenyan ran alone from 15 km to win the Kagawa Marugame Half by nearly a minute; Dolphine Omare took a third straight title and Eilish McColgan was second.
RoadNibret Melak wins Dubai in 2:04:00 on his marathon debut
The 25th Dubai Marathon went to two Ethiopians, Melak in a world-leading 2:04:00 in his first marathon and Anchinalu Dessie in a 2:18:31 personal best.