Two of the most iconic distance runners on the planet, Eliud Kipchoge and Sifan Hassan, are headed to the Big Apple this fall, officially joining the professional field for the 2025 TCS New York City Marathon, organizers announced Tuesday. For Kipchoge, the November 2 race will mark his long-anticipated NYC debut and complete his sweep ... Read more The post Eliud Kipchoge and Sifan Hassan to Race 2025 New York City Marathon appeared first on Marathon Handbook.| Marathon Handbook
Courtney Dauwalter is coming home. The ultrarunning legend from Hopkins, Minnesota, will line up at the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon on October 5 as part of the event’s new Best of the Midwest Invitational, a race-within-the-race that gathers 16 professional runners with ties to Midwestern states. For Dauwalter, it’s both a homecoming and a new ... Read more The post Courtney Dauwalter Returns to Minnesota to Race Twin Cities Marathon appeared first on Marathon Handbook.| Marathon Handbook
Kenya’s Joyline Chepngeno, who just weeks ago looked set to become one of the breakout stars of trail running, has been handed a two-year ban after testing positive for a banned corticosteroid. The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) confirmed on September 8 that Chepngeno returned a positive test for triamcinolone acetonide following her victory at Switzerland’s ... Read more The post Kenya’s Joyline Chepngeno Banned for Doping After Sierre-Zinal and UTMB Wins appeared first on Marathon Han...| Marathon Handbook
At 40 years old, Keira D’Amato is doing something most elite runners have long since stopped even imagining, she’s getting faster, again. Nearly a decade after stepping away from professional running entirely, walking into real estate, motherhood, and what she calls an “eight-year halftime show,” D’Amato has become one of the most compelling figures in ... Read more The post Keira D’Amato Releases New Memoir Chronicling Her Unlikely Running Comeback appeared first on Marathon Hand...| Marathon Handbook
Canadian Olympian Ben Flanagan has won the Falmouth Road Race three times, but this year, he ran with a different goal in mind, and from an entirely different| Marathon Handbook
Olympic marathoner Clayton Young has launched a new app designed to help runners get faster and smarter about their training, and he’s opening up a small,| Marathon Handbook
Gjert Ingebrigtsen, the father and former coach of Olympic gold medalist Jakob Ingebrigtsen, has been found guilty of assaulting his daughter Ingrid but| Marathon Handbook