​Nike's $145 Super Shoe and the 40mm Apex: Is Nike Back on Top?​

Nike has announced three new race day shoes, led by the Nike Apex: a zero drop super shoe with a full 40mm stack in both the heel and the forefoot, built to take on the Adidas Adios Pro Evo 3. Alex Cyr and Michael Doyle of Marathon Handbook break down the Apex, the Alphafly 4 and the $145 Swooshfly, the most affordable super shoe yet from a major running brand.

​The 2027 Berlin Marathon Lottery Is Now Open​

Runners have until Nov. 12 to enter the draw for the Sept. 26, 2027 race, and those who get a place on Dec. 3 will pay €215 ($244).

​Nike Expects Its Sales to Shrink This Fiscal Year​

Nike now forecasts a high-single-digit drop in revenue through May 2027 and has launched Pace, a restructuring it says will save $2.5 billion by fiscal 2031. First-quarter sales fell 4 percent to $11.2 billion.

​Guinness Has Approached the New Zealand Lawyer Who Ran 1,000 Ultras About a Marathon Record​

Shannon-Leigh Litt says she may try for it before the end of the year, and every run in her 1,000-day streak was already almost 9K longer than a marathon.

​Lucia Stafford Wins the First Bloor Street Mile Faster Than She Ran at Worlds​

The two-time Olympian signed up only a few days before the race and ran 4:23 in Toronto on Sunday, eight days after her 4:29.51 placed her eighth at the World Road Running Championships in Copenhagen.

​Eliud Kipchoge Named Global Ambassador for the Dakar Youth Olympic Games​

The 41-year-old will mentor the first Refugee Olympic Team to compete at a Youth Olympics when the Games open in Senegal on Oct. 31, less than three weeks after his next marathon in Melbourne.

​Grandma’s Marathon Sells Out for 2027 in Under Three Hours​

All 8,000 marathon places in Duluth were gone in 174 minutes on Thursday night, and the half-marathon filled in 58, both race records.

​Elvis Cheboi and Maritu Ketema Head the Latest Additions to the Toronto Waterfront Marathon Field​

Cheboi, the 2023 champion, beat Gizealew Ayana by four seconds in Ottawa in May and meets him again on Oct. 18, while Ketema's 2:21:52 leaves her 68 seconds off the women's course record.

​Denver’s Taco Bell 50K Returns Saturday With 10 Stops and a Strict No-Puking Rule​

The ninth edition starts at 7:30 a.m. on South Broadway, where runners have 11 hours to cover 31 miles and eat at nine Taco Bells, in a race that had only 40 starters three years ago.

​Jogging vs Running: Here Are The Differences, Similarities + Benefits​

Does it matter if you "jog" or "run"?

​Ways To Reduce Perceived Exertion And Enjoy Your Run​

Practical strategies to help running feel lighter, smoother, and more enjoyable from start to finish.

​The Hidden Downsides of Only Running: 6 Reasons Every Runner Should Cross-Train​

Running every day might boost your mileage — but without cross-training, it can also lead to burnout, injury, and plateaus. Here’s why mixing it up makes you stronger, faster, and more resilient.

​The 2027 London Marathon Will Be Britain’s Trial for the World Championships and the Olympics​

The first two British men and women home next April will be picked for Beijing if they hold a qualifying time, and each winner gets a provisional place for Los Angeles. Only one Briton has ever run faster than the men's standard.

​The Copenhagen Half Marathon Lottery Drew More Than 188,000 Entries for 2027​

There are 45,000 places for the Sept. 19, 2027 race, which gives each applicant roughly a one-in-four chance, and the first names drawn will hear on Oct. 5.

​Generali Replaces BMW as the Berlin Marathon’s Title Sponsor​

The insurer's name goes on the race from Sept. 26, 2027, closing a 16-year run under BMW in which six marathon world records were set on the Berlin course.

​Shannon-Leigh Litt’s 1,000 Ultras Join the Longest-Running Streaks in the Record Books​

From a 56-year daily-mile streak to 100 days of 100K, here is who holds every record for running the same distance every day.

​Are Super Shoes Hurting Runners?​

Two of the world's fastest marathoners were sidelined by injury. Researchers are split on whether their shoes played a part, and on what you should wear.

​Nike Unveils the Apex, a Zero-Drop Super Shoe Meant to Be an Adidas Pro Evo 3 Killer​

The shoe stacks 40 mm of cushioning under both the heel and forefoot, and it drops just days after the Adidas Pro Evo 3 swept the podiums in Berlin.

​The 2027 Boston Marathon Qualifier Field by the Numbers​

Five years of B.A.A. acceptance data show a cutoff that keeps climbing on tighter standards, a shrinking share of first-timers and a field increasingly qualified at Boston itself.

​Tigst Assefa's Berlin Heartbreak, Josh Kerr's Near World Record & the Lightest Super Shoe Ever​

In this week's episode of The Running Story, who cover how Tigst Assefa was on world record pace at the 2026 Berlin Marathon until the final 2K. Assefa still won in a course record of 2:11:04, even though she appeared to suffer an Achilles injury around 40K. Early reports suggest a partial tear. Guye Adola won the men's race in 2:02:50, his first personal best in almost ten years. We also cover Josh Kerr's 1,000m time trial at altitude in Albuquerque, which came within 0.83 seconds of Emmanuel Wanyonyi's world record before the Ultimate Championship.

Quick Sprints:

• ​8 Long Run Variations To Build Endurance, Speed, And Power​
• ​Half Marathon Training Plan Database​
• ​Squats For Runners: 20 Variations To Try​

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