Hey runners, running can feel almost absurdly big one moment, and painfully fragile the next.
In today’s newsletter, we start with an ultrarunning spectacle that pulled more than a million people into a livestream as one runner crossed desert highways and California heat in a bid to outrun the clock.
But alongside that story are two reminders of the sport’s darker edges: renewed questions around youth participation after a tragedy at a half marathon in the Netherlands, and another major doping case that could end one of the fastest careers the roads have ever seen.
Elsewhere, the conversation around modern running technology keeps getting louder, with fresh calls to rethink what counts as a fair comparison in the super shoe era.
And as always, we round things out with the practical side of the sport too: how to taper properly, what to do when illness hits before race day, and the habits that actually keep runners consistent long after motivation fades.
The German ultrarunner missed his 96-hour goal, but crossed Death Valley to reach Santa Monica Pier in 123 hours, and drew more than a million live viewers.
A 15-year-old girl from Oegstgeest collapsed about four kilometres from the finish line. Race organisers had set a minimum age of 16, but the registration system relies on runners entering their own details.
The follow-up to the blockbuster Superblast 2 is here, and as our colleague Alex can confirm (see his video review), the SUPERBLAST 3 is a total beast.
The SUPERBLAST 3 stacks ASICS's race-proven technology with a new Trampoline Pod to provide an underfoot feel that is bouncy and responsive. Whether you are grinding through tempo work or just want to make your easy miles feel fun, this is an ideal 'why choose' shoe.
The 2018 Shanghai Marathon champion and 2015 Chicago Marathon runner-up was preparing for next week's Ottawa Marathon when she fell ill during a routine session in Addis Ababa.
Chris Wardlaw, a two-time Australian Olympic marathoner, says the technology behind Sabastian Sawe's historic run distorts the sport, and wants record lists split into pre- and post-2017 categories.
This week on The Running Story, Michael Doyle and Jessy Carveth break down the five biggest stories in running and there is a lot to unpack. Rachel Entrekin just made ultra running history at Cocodona 250, becoming the first woman to win the race outright and smashing the overall course record by a jaw-dropping margin. We get into the science of why women keep closing, and crossing, the gap in extreme ultra distances, and we also touch on the tragic death reported on course this year.
Michael Doyle and Alex Cyr break down the top 10 fastest shoes available right now (and a few that are still super-secret prototypes), including the Adidas Adios Pro Evo 3.
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