Christopher Kelsall
Runner, writer, race director, coach, website-guy and Lydiard advocate.
Sabastian Sawe dominates and Tgist Assefa smashes the women’s-only world marathon record in London
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Kenyan Sabastian Kimaru Sawe showed up and demonstrated that he is one of the world's best marathon runners, clocking 2:02:27 at the 2025 London Marathon. Meanwhile, Tigst Assefa broke the women's-only marathon...
Beatrice Chebet runs a blistering, early-season 5000m in Xiamen Diamond League
© Copyright - 2025 - Athletics Illustrated Kenyan Beatrice Chebet won the 5000 metre race at the 2025 Xiamen Diamond League in 14:27.12, in Xiamen, China, on Saturday.
The 2024 Paris Olympic double gold medallist, who won both the 10,000m...
Kenyan Agnes Ngetich and Norwegian Karsten Warholm destroy world records on Saturday
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Kenyan Agnes Ngetich became the first to break the 30-minute barrier in a women's-only 10km race on Saturday. She bettered the mark by going 29:27 at the Adizero Road To Records event...
Brigid Kosgei and Amos Kipruto head Hamburg’s strongest ever field, Karoline Grovdal chases famous...
The strongest field in the event's history will be at the start line for the 39th Haspa Marathon Hamburg on Sunday. Kenyans Amos Kipruto and Kinde Atanaw feature personal bests of sub 2:04:00, while Brigid Kosgei is the fastest...
38-year-old Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce runs 10.94 seconds in season opener in Kingston
© Copyright - 2025 - Athletics Illustrated Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, the 10-time World champion, continued to demonstrate her prowess. Running with a tailwind of +3.1 m/s, she finished a season-opening 100 metre sprint in the time of 10.94 seconds. She...
Türkiye Is Bankasi Istanbul Half Marathon will be staged on Sunday despite earthquake
Press release — Race News Service — April 24, 2025 — The 20th edition of the Türkiye Is Bankası Istanbul Half Marathon will be staged on Sunday, four days after an earthquake hit the metropolis. Spor Istanbul was one...
Marathon Weekend in Prague Attracts Nearly 13,000 Runners
Press release — April 21, 2025 — The first weekend of May has brought the Czech capital to life for three decades with a grand sports and social event – the international marathon. With its new title sponsor, ORLEN,...
Breaking 4: Kenyan Faith Kipyegon to chase historic sub-4 minute mile in Paris
Shades of Eliud Kipchoge and his two attempts to run a marathon in under two hours. Nike and Global Sports Communication announced that three-time Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon will attempt to become the first woman in history to run a...
2025 TC10K: Elite fields taking shape with just 4 days to go
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The 2025 TC10K will be taking place on Sunday, April 27, on the streets of downtown Victoria, and the elite fields are nearly settled.
Of course, the order of the finish remains to...
Boston Marathon: North Americans run well but Kenyans sweep with new women’s record
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Kenyans John Korir and Sharon Lokedi won the 129th running of the B.A.A. Boston Marathon on Monday. Korir surged through the hills to take the dominating win. Lokedi smashed the course record....
