Christopher Kelsall
Runner, writer, race director, coach, website-guy and Lydiard advocate.
Youth served up world road mile records at inaugural World Athletics Road Running Championships
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American 20-year-old, Hobbs Kessler, won the mile race at the inaugural World Athletics Road Running Championships in the time of 3:56.13 in Riga, Latvia on Sunday. His finish time is a new pending...
A potential colossal rivalry in the making: Kibiwott Kandie and Joshua Cheptegei to race...
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Kenyan Kibiwott Kandie and Ugandan Joshua Cheptegei will race the Valencia Marathon in December 2023. This race, between these two incredible athletes, may turn out to be one of the sport's all-time...
Laura Weightman hangs up spikes to preserve health
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Thirty-two-year-old British middle-distance runner Laura Weightman has announced that she will hang up her spikes and call it a career. After suffering several injuries and enduring surgeries and the recovery process, she...
Athletes flee Delhi track meet when doping control officers show up
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When doping control officers (DCO) showed up at a track meet, many of the athletes fled including all but one 100-metre sprinter. Amy Poehler couldn't have written a more absurd sketch for...
Running newcomer Samantha Jory to race TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon
By Paul Gains
- Meteoric is one way to describe the rise of Samantha Jory’s running career which has already resulted in a bronze medal at the 2023 Canadian Half Marathon Championship.
The 28-year-old from Duncan, British Columbia has raced competitively...
Chaos: Eldoret City Marathon postponed for third consecutive time
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Who in their right mind would sign up for a marathon that has been cancelled three consecutive times? Former athlete Moses Tanui announced two days before the scheduled Eldoret City Marathon that...
Add Poland to the list of four other countries intending to bid on 2036...
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So much for grave concern of cost overruns and white elephants. It appears that Indonesia, Mexico, Turkey, India and now Poland will apparently compete to bid on hosting the 2036 Olympic Games.
The...
Good luck getting your feet into a pair of Adizero Adios Pro Evo 1
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The Adizero Adios Pro Evo 1 racing shoe is good for one race and one race only and that's it. Good luck getting your feet into a pair. Collectors will seek them, keep...
Video highlights from the world record run at the BMW Berlin Marathon
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Ethiopian Tigst Assefa smashed the world record at the BMW Berlin Marathon. She stormed to a tremendous time of 2:11:53 at the Brandenburg Gate and was poetically also 2:11 quicker than former world record holder Brigid Kosgei. The Kenyan...
Afera Godfay confident of success at TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon
By Paul Gains
Afera Godfay won the 2019 Dongying Marathon in China with a superb personal best 2:22:41 then almost completely vanished from the world scene for a few years.
There was a third-place finish in the Xiamen Marathon, also in...
