Christopher Kelsall
Runner, writer, race director, coach, website-guy and Lydiard advocate.
Lake impresses as more qualify on day two of Euro Indoor Championships
Day two of action at the European Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, saw a handful of British athletes navigate qualifying rounds to progress onwards. These included a confident performance from high jumper Morgan Lake.
Requiring a clearance of 1.92M or...
Mo Farah and Marcel Muenster launch Global Running League and RunGP
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German-American economist Theodore Levitt said, "Creativity is thinking up new things. Innovation is doing new things."
It appears that Healthcare entrepreneur Marcel Muenster has created and now is in the process of innovating...
Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon Weekend Registration Off to Flying Start
Press release — Registration for 2025 Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon Weekend started at a fast pace today as sign-up began for the events on October 3-5.At 4 p.m. today, more than 11,000 runners had signed up for a Medtronic...
‘Linco’ to lead Great Britain & Northern Ireland at European Athletics Indoor Championships
Press release — The Great Britain and Northern Ireland team is ready to take to the field of play at the European Indoor Athletics Championships in the Netherlands. The 42-strong team is filled with Olympic and World experience and...
Eilish McColgan calls out Twitter users for online body shaming
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British runner, Eilish McColgan, will be running her first marathon at the 2025 London event next month. The Commonwealth Games 10,000 metre gold medallist and European Championships 10,000m silver medallist lashed back...
Americans Yared Nuguse and Heather McLean have big last-chance mile races at Boston University
Yared Nuguse's world record attempt
American middle-distance runner Yared Nuguse clocked a 3:47.22 indoor mile performance in his last-chance attempt to break Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen's world record. He ran the race at Boston University on Sunday.
Ingebrigtsen's record of 3:45.14 was...
Former world record holder, Paula Radcliffe, ran the Tokyo Marathon
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"...and those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music."— Friedrich Nietzsche
Radcliffe returns to the dance floor.
Words no one thought that they would hear:...
Ethiopia sweeps 2025 Tokyo Marathon as Takele Tadese and Sutume Kebede win
Takele Tadese and Sutume Kebede of Ethiopia won the 2025 Tokyo Marathon.
Tadese finished in 2:03:23, while Sutume clocked in at 2:18:31. For Tadese, the performance was a once-second personal best. He came into the race with a 2:03:24 best...
Armand Duplantis breaks pole vault world record with 6.27m jump in Clermont-Ferrand
Swedish pole vaulter Armand "Mondo" Duplantis bettered his own world record, clearing 6.27 metres at the All-Star Perche event in Clermont-Ferrand, France, Friday, February 28. It is the 11th time that Duplantis has taken a world record.
His previous record...
Opinion: It is time for races, the NCAA and global meets to cease inviting...
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It is time for race events, be it cross-country and track meets or college programs and road races, to cease inviting Kenyan athletes. A by proxy-like ban needs to take place.
If World...
