​Nike’s Newest Super Shoe, the Alphafly 4, Sells Out in Under Five Minutes​

The $280 marathon racing shoe was gone from Nike's US site in under five minutes and disappeared faster in Europe. Nike has said a wider release follows on Oct. 29.

​Brady McDonald Ran a 50K in All 50 States in 50 Consecutive Days​

The Florida ultrarunner covered 1,553 miles between July 25 and Sept. 12, finished in Honolulu and raised $1 million for Make-A-Wish.

​Nike Appoints LVMH’s Alexandre Arnault to Its Board of Directors​

Arnault, 34, was seated on Sept. 15, a week after Nike shareholders had voted on a board that did not include him, and the announcement came out after the close on the day the stock hit a 12-year low.

​Nike Alphafly 4 Listings Reach $1,400 on eBay Hours After Global Sellout​

The first update to the flagship super shoe line in nearly three years sold out in under five minutes. Now predatory resellers are seeking to profit from the demand.

​Alisa Vainio Will Run the Berlin Marathon 15 Days After Winning the Finnish Title​

The European champion took her national title in 2:27:47 on Saturday as a long training run, and says the Valencia Marathon on Dec. 6, not Berlin, is what her autumn has been built around.

​Skechers Signs Shelby Houlihan to Her First Shoe Deal Since Her Doping Ban​

The 33-year-old had raced unattached in the 20 months since her four-year nandrolone suspension ended. Skechers is putting her at the front of its AERO line ahead of the 2027 season.

​2019 Tokyo Marathon Champion Ruti Aga Charged With Doping and Tampering​

The 32-year-old Ethiopian, who won the Xiamen Marathon in January, faces a tampering count alongside a charge over methylprednisolone, a steroid banned in competition, and cannot race while the case is open.

​Joanna Wietrzyk Has Retroactively Withdrawn From the Hyrox Race She Won in Beijing​

She apologized on Instagram five days after the race and said she is giving back the points the win earned her. Hyrox, which has already said its own officials should have stopped her, has not changed the result.

​Kenenisa Bekele Will Run the 2026 Berlin Marathon at The Age Of 44​

The Ethiopian has not finished a marathon since the Paris Olympics, and he joins a men's field that lost world record holder Sabastian Sawe to a stress fracture in August.

​Jiaju Zhao Breaks the Course Record at the Tor des Géants​

The 31-year-old ran a record time through the Aosta Valley to become the first Chinese runner, and the first from outside Europe, to win the 330K race.

​Asics Unveils the Gel-Slowcush, a “Zone 2” Max Cushioning Running Shoe​

The company enters the ultra high stack height category with a big, bouncy and super soft new model aimed to compete against the Nike Vomero Premium and Brooks "Max" shoes.

​Sixty-Six Dachshunds Raced Against Each Other At Germantown’s Running of the Weenies​

Loie won the race at the 53rd Germantown Festival outside Memphis on Sept. 12, and a dachshund dressed as Dolly Parton took the best-dressed title.

​Two Runners Died After Collapsing at the Great North Run​

Two men from the North East, both 25, collapsed at Sunday's race in a record field of 63,000. Neither cause of death has been established.

​Hyrox Is Refunding Entry Fees to Six Hours of the Beijing Field​

Anyone whose wave started between 2:40 p.m. and 8:40 p.m. on Sept. 12, and anyone already racing at 2:40, gets the ticket price back, which nothing in Hyrox's own terms required.

​A 20-Year-Old Runner Was Killed by Lightning on an Evening Run in Central Florida​

Matthew Jenkins was a week into a Disney internship and training for the Chicago Marathon. He is the sixth person lightning has killed in Florida this year.

​Katharina Hartmuth Finishes Third Overall, Breaking Her Own Course Record, at the Tor des Géant​

The German ran 330K through the Aosta Valley, taking 12 hours off her own women's course record and becoming the first woman to finish on the overall podium at the race.

​An MRI Scan Found Keely Hodgkinson’s Hamstring Tendon Split in Two​

Both of the tears that have cost the Olympic champion her last two seasons landed inside the tendon, the type British Athletics' own research says comes back most often.

​The Frankfurt Marathon Will Give 300 Runners Entry to the 2027 London Marathon​

As many as 300 places a year, split between the fastest amateurs on the day and runners from the Frankfurt region. It is the first time a foreign runner can earn a London place without joining a British athletics body.

​Nike Unveils the Alphafly 4​

Two years and eight months after the Alphafly 3, Nike's new marathon racer is lighter, wider at the forefoot and $10 cheaper than its predecessor was at launch. Limited pairs are at nike.com now, with a wide release on Oct. 29.

​John Korir Says He Is Targeting a Sub-Two-Hour Marathon in Valencia​

The defending champion says he is covering 250 to 270K a week ahead of the December 6 race, where he lines up against Yomif Kejelcha, one of only two men to have broken two hours in a race.

​Nike Is Betting Everything on the Alphafly 4​

The Nike Alphafly 4 has landed, the first update to the Alphafly franchise in two years and eight months. We have had our hands on this shoe since late November, and today we can finally talk about it. Michael Doyle and Alex Cyr break down everything we know about Nike's new super shoe: the full spec sheet, every change from the Alphafly 3, the prototypes we tracked on elite feet over the past year, and whether Nike has done enough to stay competitive at the sharp end of the super shoe market.

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