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Hey runners, today's newsletter is all about the fall Majors.
With Sabastian Sawe out of Berlin injured, the men's race is wide open and Tigst Assefa headlines on the course where she set the world record in 2023. We've got the full preview, a mile-by-mile guide to the flattest course in the Majors, and everything you need to watch it from anywhere in the world.
Elsewhere, the trail community is mourning Ida Amelie Robsahm, who died after a fall on Norway's Romsdalseggen ridge four days after her 30th birthday. And Chicago has published a revised elite field ahead of October 11, adding Bashir Abdi as six athletes drop out.
And as always, we round things out with the practical stuff: six Pilates exercises for a stronger core, a free couch to 10K plan, and how to decide whether an injury should cancel your marathon. in your training.
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Alex and Alexis kick things off with the ultimate runner's hypothetical: 300 meters from the finish line, in the lead, and your body betrays you... do you hold the line or take the L? Then, Alex breaks down his latest 5K race and gets brutally honest about whether his competitiveness has turned into a problem, while Alexis talks through her hardest training week yet and locks in an official 5K goal pace as race day gets close. We close out with a deep dive into Keeley Hodgkinson's head-to-toe 3D-printed Nike speed suit at Athlos London: is it fashion, is it "technological doping," and should it even be legal?
Sabastian Sawe withdrew injured a month ago, leaving the men's race open and Tigst Assefa as the headline act on the course where she set the world record in 2023. Here are the start times, the fields, the forecast and how to watch.
The change falls between miles 20 and 21 and cuts the turns in the borough from seven to five, the first alteration to the five-borough course since 2011.
The Norwegian was second at the Marathon du Mont-Blanc in June and fifth at the OCC last month. She fell near the top of the ridge on Saturday morning, four days after her 30th birthday.
The flattest course in the World Marathon Majors climbs a little over 240 feet across the whole 26.2 miles, and almost all of the damage it does is concentrated in three quiet residential miles in the southwest.
Tracking data has the club last of 20 teams at 83.46 km per match, 21 km behind Barcelona. Barcelona also has far more of the ball, which is the part the chart does not explain.
You Think This Hurts? arrives June 22, 2027, and reaches back to a stretch of middle school the Olympian spent living with her mother on other people's sofas, in an abandoned building and in a Walmart parking lot.
The race starts at 8:45 a.m. in Berlin on Sunday, which is 2:45 a.m. Eastern and 11:45 p.m. Saturday night in California. RTL has it free to air in Germany, FloTrack has the United States, and the organizers' own livestream does not begin until the winners are long finished.
Organizers published a revised elite field on Tuesday, 19 days before the Oct. 11 race. Sixteen athletes are in, six are out, and one of the six finished third last year.
Michael Doyle and Jessy Carveth break down this week's biggest stories in the running world. From a half marathon that turned into a flash-flood disaster, to a new sub-2-hour marathon attempt announced for Valencia, to a shoe-logo lawsuit shaking up the industry.
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Run Club Feed : Running News : Training Plans : YouTube : Podcast Newsletter #925: Saturday, 25th September 2026 Click below to help surface more MH coverage whenever you use Google: Hey runners, in today's newsletter, Berlin is set up for a world record attempt, and Tigst Assefa is going it alone. With defending champion Rosemary Wanjiru aiming for 2:15 and Alisa Vainio for 2:20, Assefa will have only her pacemakers for company at record pace on Sunday, with six-figures on the line if she...
Run Club Feed : Running News : Training Plans : YouTube : Podcast Newsletter #921: Monday, 21st September 2026 Click below to help surface more MH coverage whenever you use Google: Hey runners, in today's newsletter, Copenhagen delivered a weekend of records and upsets. Agnes Ngetich won the world half-marathon title in a world record, going a second inside the women-only mark Peres Jepchirchir had held since 2020 and finishing 50 seconds clear. Andreas Almgren took the men's title, cutting...
