Christopher Kelsall
Runner, writer, race director, coach, website-guy and Lydiard advocate.
Poll: Will Natasha Wodak break the Canadian marathon record in Berlin (win swag)
Poll preamble: Natasha Wodak has run the second-fastest marathon time in Canadian history at 2:26:19 at the 2020 Chandler, AZ one-off event called The Marathon Project. The national record is currently held by Malindi Elmore at 2:24:50 from the...
How to watch the Berlin Marathon for free on Sunday, September 25
The 2021 BMW Berlin Marathon, live stream, results, start lists, and schedule.
TAKE THE POLL: Will Natasha Wodak (NR, Canada), Keira D'Amato (NR, USA) and Eliud Kipchoge (WR, Kenya) break the respective national and world records?
The event takes...
Canada to send 18 athletes to first ever World Mountain & Trail Running Championships
Countries that have held their national qualification races for the first ever World Mountain & Trail Running Championships are now naming their teams. Great Britain & Northern Ireland did so Wednesday.
Athletics Canada has chosen 18 athletes to take...
Great Britain & Northern Ireland Mountain and Trail Running Championships team confirmed
The final selections for the Great Britain and Northern Ireland squad for the World Mountain and Trail Running Championships, due to take place in Chiang Mai, Thailand between 3-6 November, have been confirmed today.
Following the competitive mountain running trials...
Yihunilign Adane carrying Ethiopian hopes at TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon
By Paul Gains
When Yihunilign Adane lines up against some of the world’s best marathoners at the TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon on October 16th it will be with all the confidence of a man on a mission. He will also...
Haile Gebrselassie Ambassador at Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon 2022
Haile Gebrselassie, one of the greatest distance runners in history, will be the International Event Ambassador at the Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon on Sunday, October 16. The Ethiopian legend won the 10,000m gold medal at both the 1996 and...
Lee Wesselius ‘the running vet’ takes aim at TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon
By Paul Gains
When Lee Wesselius finished second in the 2021 Indianapolis Marathon, it came as little surprise to those who know the runner well. Still, the result left them wondering just how good a marathoner he could be with...
Commonwealth Games silver medallist Kipkorir Kimeli to compete in Brasov 10km
Commonwealth Games silver medallist Nicholas Kipkorir Kimeli is the latest addition to the men’s 10km race at the Brasov Running Festival to be held on Sunday, September 25.
The Kenyan, who will turn 24 four days after the race, is...
Kenyan great, Eliud Kipchoge, set to race Berlin again
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Eliud Kipchoge, two-time and defending Olympic champion in the marathon from Rio and Tokyo, and world-record holder with his best of 2:01:39 is set to race Berlin on Sunday.
He is the...
European silver medallist Ahmed Abdelwahed from Italy tested positive for the banned substance Meldonium
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Italian runner Ahmed Abdelwahed tested positive for the banned substance Meldonium also known as: Mildronate, THP, MET-88, Mildronāts, or Quaterine.
The 26-year-old owns a best in the 3000m steeplechase of 8:10.26, which...
