Christopher Kelsall
Runner, writer, race director, coach, website-guy and Lydiard advocate.
Breaking: Enhanced Games was underwhelming, disorganized, and suffered massive financial problems
Oh, the delicious irony.
Those who support honesty, an even playing field, and fair play in sports may be laughing today. It turns out that the Enhanced Group Inc. (NYSE: ENHA), the parent company and organizers of the inaugural...
World silver medallist Amanal Petros to race the Frankfurt Marathon
German marathon record holder Amanal Petros is returning to home soil with the kind of momentum that makes race directors speak in complete sentences of relief. The 31-year-old, who missed the world title in Tokyo by roughly the width...
České Budějovice Half Marathon: It is going to be hot in the city of...
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A city of beer, replete with historic baroque façades and warm late-May evenings, what more could a distance runner ask for from a half-marathon? The weather will likely be a factor in 2026,...
Parker Valby wins first race back after 19 months; sets a personal best
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American professional debutant Parker Valby has been off due to injury. For a year and a half, she has been building on her rehab and fitness. Saturday, at the Sound Running meet...
Diamond League in Xiamen: Chaos, records, and a javelin throw heard around the World
The Wanda Diamond League stop in Xiamen rarely disappoints, but 2026 may go down as the edition where the sport collectively experienced a jaw drop. World leads fell, meeting records evaporated, and an 18‑year‑old produced a javelin throw so...
Mattoni Running Festival returns to České Budějovice
The old European city squares were never designed for silence. They were built for markets, celebrations, declarations, and now, increasingly, road racing. On Saturday, May 30, more than 8,000 runners will converge on České Budějovice for the 14th edition...
Elvis Cheboi and Abeba Aregawi win Ottawa Marathon; Linkletter and Legault take top Canadian...
Elvis had left the building at 3:05 per kilometre pace.
Kenyan Elvis Cheboi won the 2026 Ottawa Marathon in a time of 2:09:22. Gizealew Ayana took second just four seconds back at 2:09:26, and Canadian Rory Linkletter took third...
Esa smashes course record at Cape Town Marathon while Kipchoge completes the first marathon...
After Mohamed Esa considered his Cape Town Marathon plans, failure was not one of them. He experienced a setback in April's Boston Marathon and redeemed himself nicely on Sunday in South Africa.
Esa didn’t just win the Sanlam Cape...
Another Kenyan marathon runner, Deborah Sang, was suspended for doping
Another Kenyan marathoner, Deborah Sang, has been handed a five-year ban after testing positive for two performance-enhancing substances, testosterone and prednisolone.
The 26-year-old first tested positive for testosterone late in 2025. Later, she tested positive for prednisone and prednisolone. The...
Europe turns up the heat in La Spezia — and Ottawa answers with a...
The European 10,000m Cup returns Saturday, May 23, in La Spezia, Italy, promising the sort of distance‑running theatre that doesn’t require lasers, smoke machines, or a DJ yelling “Make some noise!” every four minutes. The racing alone should be...
