February 2026

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Road

Getachew Masresha wins Beppu-Oita in 2:06:49, student Asahi Kuroda third

The Ethiopian broke a 20-man pack inside the last 10 km; Yuya Yoshida and student Asahi Kuroda led six Japanese men into the LA Olympic trials.

February 1, 2026

January 2026

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Track

Roisin Willis runs 1:57.97, an American indoor 800 m record, at the BU Terrier Classic

Willis was second to Britain's Isabelle Boffey in Boston but took down Ajee' Wilson's 2020 mark of 1:58.29, six days after winning at the Indoor Grand Prix.

January 30, 2026Gear

Hoka launches the Cielo X1 3.0, its lightest racing shoe

The third Cielo X1 weighs 213 g in a men's 10, drops the lateral foam cutout and keeps the 37 mm stack, at 275 dollars.

January 29, 2026Road

Stella Chesang wins Osaka in 2:19:31, the first Ugandan to take a Platinum Label marathon

Chesang pulled away from Bedatu Hirpa and Workenesh Edesa in the last 2 km in Osaka; Mikuni Yada ran 2:19:57, the fastest marathon debut by a Japanese woman.

January 25, 2026Road

Moroccans win both Marrakech Marathon titles and Hayat Benhima sets a course record

Abdelhadi Labali won the men's race in 2:07:34 and Benhima led a Moroccan sweep of the women's podium in 2:24:48 at the 36th edition.

January 25, 2026Track

Josh Hoey runs 1:42.50 in Boston to break a 29-year-old 800 m world indoor record

Paced by his brother, Hoey took 0.17 off Wilson Kipketer's 1997 mark at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix, the first Gold meeting of the World Indoor Tour.

January 24, 2026Trail

Leng and Ha finish the Hong Kong 100 hand in hand; Qin Guidu wins the men's race

On a landslide-shortened 93 km course, the two women crossed together in 10:43:35 to open the World Trail Majors season; Qin won the men's race in 8:52:36.

January 24, 2026Track

Hobbs Kessler breaks Bekele's 2000 m world indoor record, with Fisher under it too

Kessler ran 4:48.79 at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix, taking 1.2 seconds off a record from 2007; Grant Fisher's 4:49.48 was also faster than the old mark.

January 24, 2026Road

Boston names its 2026 fields: Korir and Lokedi defend, 25 men under 2:07

The B.A.A. announced the professional fields for the 130th Boston Marathon on April 20, led by defending champions John Korir and Sharon Lokedi.

January 21, 2026Road

Tadu Abate and Yeshi Chekole win an Ethiopian double at the Mumbai Marathon

Abate broke clear in the last kilometre to win the Tata Mumbai Marathon in 2:09:55; Chekole's 2:25:13 was the fifth-fastest winning time in the race's history.

January 18, 2026Road

Belachew wins the Hong Kong Marathon as 74,000 runners fill the city

Ethiopia's Bizuneh Melaku Belachew won in 2:09:39 and all three men on the podium broke 2:10; Shitaye Eshete of Bahrain took the women's race in 2:27:03.

January 18, 2026XC

Aregawi wins Elgoibar for the third year running; Yavi takes the women's race

Eight days after his World Cross silver, Berihu Aregawi won the Cross Internacional Juan Muguerza in the Basque Country; Winfred Yavi won by over a minute.

January 18, 2026Ultra

Tyler Juza takes twelve minutes off the HURT 100 course record

Juza ran 19:22:44 over five loops of Honolulu's jungle trails to break a mark that had stood since 2013; Aimee Warnke won the women's race in 27:24.

January 17, 2026Track

Cam Myers runs 3:49.81 in Seattle, the fastest mile ever in January

The 19-year-old Australian won the Washington Indoor Preview mile by five seconds, a facility record and the quickest indoor mile ever run in January.

January 17, 2026Ultra

Raichon and Troup win the Winter Spine Race through storms on the Pennine Way

Sebastien Raichon finished the 268-mile Montane Winter Spine Race in 95 hours 43 minutes on Thursday morning; Anna Troup won the women's race in 106:19.

January 15, 2026Road

Dawit Wolde and Ruti Aga defend their Xiamen Marathon titles

Ethiopia filled both podiums at the C&D Xiamen Marathon, with Wolde winning a four-second finish in 2:09:18 and Aga clear in 2:22:45.

January 11, 2026Road

Almgren and McColgan set European 10K records in Valencia, 19 national records fall

Andreas Almgren ran 26:45 and Eilish McColgan 30:08 at the 10K Valencia Ibercaja, where a record 14,134 runners finished and 233 broke 30 minutes.

January 11, 2026XC

GRC and Minnesota Distance Elite take the club cross country titles on the Worlds course

The club championships ran the Worlds loops a day later; GRC Tracksmith won the men's team title and Minnesota Distance Elite the women's.

January 11, 2026Road

Zouhair Talbi runs 2:05:45 to win Houston as an American, a course record

Talbi broke his own Houston record and became the first American man to win the race since 2003; Calli Hauger-Thackery won the women's race in 2:24:17.

January 11, 2026Road

Habtom Samuel runs 59:01 in his half marathon debut as four Americans break 60

A course record for the NCAA cross country champion, 59:23 for Alex Maier, a Canadian record for Rory Linkletter and 66:20 for Taylor Roe in Houston.

January 11, 2026Ultra

Molly Seidel wins the Bandera 50K outright in her first ultra

The Olympic marathon bronze medallist ran 4:09:39 on the rocky Texas Hill Country loops to beat every man in the field and set a women's course record.

January 11, 2026XC

Agnes Ngetich wins the women's World Cross by 42 seconds

Kenya's Agnes Ngetich ran alone for most of 10 km at Apalachee Regional Park to win her first global title, the second-biggest margin in the race's history.

January 10, 2026XC

Australia wins the mixed relay at World Cross as Kenya misses the podium

Jessica Hull ran down France on the last leg to give Australia the 4 x 2 km mixed relay in Tallahassee, while Kenya finished fourth for the first time.

January 10, 2026XC

Kiplimo wins a third straight world cross country title in Tallahassee

Jacob Kiplimo ran away from the field on the last lap at Apalachee Regional Park to win the senior men's race at the World Cross Country Championships.

January 10, 2026