In April 2026, Kenyan runner Sabastian Sawe became the first person to officially run the marathon in under two hours. This milestone was anxiously awaited by the running world.The discussions that ...

It's no secret that Kenyan runners are some of the fastest and most awarded in the world. Names like Eliud Kipchoge and David Rudisha have graced the Olympic stage for years, and for good reason. But ...

Rebecca Cheptegei loved chickens. She reared them and collected their eggs each morning. Her family would gently joke she loved them too much. “She was always laughing,” says her mother, Agnes. “You ...

PARIS — On the eve of the biggest race of her life, 21-year-old Lornah Kiplagat left home with only spare change in her pocket. She journeyed more than six hours on a crowded bus, storefronts and ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — A Catholic church in Eldoret, an epicenter of global long-distance running in the north Rift Valley region of Kenya, is in the spotlight after a runner prayed there and later ...

The suspicions bubbled up as soon as she streaked across the finish line. Kenya's Ruth Chepngetich began fending off questions from skeptical reporters immediately after she ran a 2:09.56 to demolish ...

Agnes Tirop was a 25-year-old rising professional distance runner who represented Kenya at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the women’s 5,000-meters. One month after she competed in her first Olympic Games, ...

A worldwide race-record analysis reveals how sex, age, nationality, and distance combine to shape endurance running, from 5 km speed to marathon dominance. Download your PDF copy by clicking here.

Ten track-and-field athletes with the best performances at next week's European championships will each receive a bonus of 50,000 euros ($58,000), the continent's governing body for athletics has ...