London paper reports Nike shoes about to be banned

January 15th, 2020 by Anne Francis | Posted in The Scene | No Comments »

New rules are almost certain to cover foam height or degree of energy return, but insiders are divided on when such a ban is likely to be implemented

London Marathon announces stellar women’s field

January 13th, 2020 by Madeleine Kelly | Posted in Runs & Races | No Comments »

The London marathon has announced a field that includes six women who’ve run under 2:20

Kiplimo celebrates too early, loses San Silvestre 15K by half-step

January 2nd, 2020 by Madeleine Kelly | Posted in Runs & Races | No Comments »

Kibiwott Kandie seemingly appeared out of no where at the San Silvestre de Sao Paulo 15K Road Race on Tuesday to take the win from Jacob Kiplimo

2019: the fastest year of marathoning in a decade

December 16th, 2019 by Madeleine Kelly | Posted in The Scene | No Comments »

The number of men and women running under 2:10 and 2:27 respectively has doubled since 2016. That’s nearly 100 per cent improvement in four years

Why Kosgei deserves the same kudos as Kipchoge (or more)

October 23rd, 2019 by Anne Francis | Posted in The Scene | No Comments »

When Brigid Kosgei broke Paula Radcliffe’s 16-year-old marathon world record last weekend, it was largely eclipsed by INEOS 1:59. Here’s why it deserves a lot more celebration

IAAF announces male and female World Athlete of the Year nominations

October 17th, 2019 by Anne Francis | Posted in The Scene | No Comments »

Who will you vote for?

The Shakeout Podcast: Marathon Madness as Kipchoge goes sub-2 and Kosgei smashes the world record!

October 15th, 2019 by Kate Van Buskirk | Posted in The Shakeout Podcast | No Comments »

Last weekend was arguably the most pivotal two days in marathoning history. Eliud Kipchoge proved his slogan of “no human is limited” by doing what many said couldn’t be done: running under two hours […]

Kosgei and Farah ran the same pace for part of Chicago Marathon

October 14th, 2019 by Madeleine Kelly | Posted in Runs & Races | No Comments »

A side-by-side look at the two runners’ splits

President Obama

Barack Obama is tweeting about marathoning

October 14th, 2019 by Madeleine Kelly | Posted in The Scene | No Comments »

Obama called out Kipchoge and Kosgei for their remarkable achievements over the weekend

Brigid Kosgei runs women’s marathon world record of 2:14:04 (unofficial)

October 13th, 2019 by Madeleine Kelly | Posted in Runs & Races | No Comments »

Kosgei shatters one of the most difficult world records in the books

Brigid Kosgei ran a faster half-marathon than all but 13 Canadian men in history

September 10th, 2019 by Madeleine Kelly | Posted in Runs & Races | No Comments »

Kosgei ran the fastest-ever women’s half-marathon time on Sunday. Here’s a closer look at just how fast that is

Brigid Kosgei sets course record at Great North Run

September 8th, 2019 by Madeleine Kelly | Posted in Runs & Races | No Comments »

Kosgei sets a new course record and Farah wins his sixth consecutive race