LATEST RUNNING AND MARATHON NEWS
March 5, 2025
Apology after water cups reused at half-marathon
The rinsing and reusing of paper cups at one of the Brighton Half-Marathon's water stations has led to an apology being issued by the organisers. BBC
March 5, 2025
Adidas warns of slower growth in 2025 despite 12% revenue rise
Adidas cautioned that it expects slower growth in 2025, despite posting a 12 per cent rise in full-year sales in 2024, which it said was ‘significantly better than initially expected’. SportsPro
March 4, 2025
On Holding Swings to Q4 Profit in Q4; DTC Reaches 48.8 Percent of Net Sales
On Holding AG posted strong full-year 2024 results, exceeding its latest outlook across all metrics and driving ONON shares up over 7 percent in pre-market trading on Tuesday, March 4. SGB Media
March 3, 2025
71 Celebrities You Didn’t Know Are Marathoners
If you run a marathon in a major city, like Boston, Los Angeles, New York, or Chicago, there’s a solid chance that you might be rubbing elbows with some famous faces. Runner's World
March 2, 2025
Harry Styles Ran the Tokyo Marathon—with Nearly Perfect Even Splits
On March 2, pop star and icon Harry Styles ran the 2025 Tokyo Marathon in 3:24:07, averaging 7:47-per-mile pace. The 31-year-old finished in 6,010th place out of more than 37,000 runners. Runner's World
February 28, 2025
Assault Survivor Creates App To Keep Women Runners Safe
In an ideal world, women wouldn’t need an app to run safely or to protect them from verbal harassment or worse. But in reality, they do—and now there’s one designed just for that: Running Mate, a “RunShare” app that connects women with verified running and walking partners who have passed...
February 27, 2025
What Are the Long-Term Financial Effects of Doping Marathoners?
The Boston Marathon is rewriting the results of the 2016 race after a top-10 runner is found guilty of doping—but for affected runners like Sarah Crouch, some losses can’t be repaid. On February 13, 2025, marathoner Sarah Crouch got an early valentine from the Boston Athletic Association: an email telling...
February 25, 2025
62-year-old Olympian breaks American record in first race in 25 years
Four-time Olympian Joetta Clark Diggs, mother of professional Adidas sprinter and world champion Talitha Diggs, made a remarkable comeback at the USATF Masters Indoor Championships in Gainesville, Fla., over the weekend, racing for the first time in a quarter of a century. The 62-year-old clocked 28.62s over 200m, smashing the American record...
February 19, 2025
American ultrarunning champion disqualified for competition-illegal shoes
The results of the 2025 USATF 100-mile Road Championships in Henderson, Nev., came down to the wire, but the ultrarunner who broke the tape ended up disqualified after nearly 12 hours of running, for wearing illegal shoes. Running Magazine
February 18, 2025
Prankster sends Glasgow runners on lengthy detour
Runners at a 10k trail race in Glasgow were sent in the wrong direction by a prankster who impersonated a marshal and buried signs marking the course. BBC