Running

4/9/2026 |  World Athletics Confirms Plans to Introduce Standalone World Marathon Championships (SportsTravel) World Athletics has outlined a strategic roadmap for the future of distance running by taking the marathon out of the World Athletics Championships program and creating a standalone World Athletics Marathon Championships from 2030.
While the marathon will remain a discipline at the World Athletics Championships in 2027 and 2029, it will move to its own standalone championships from 2030. The marathon – alongside other road running distances – will no longer form part of the World Athletics Championships from 2031 onwards.

4/6/2026 |  EXEC: Running Report Delivers Bullish Take on UK Running Scene (SGB UPDATE) SportsShoes’ 2026 Running Report outlines the soaring popularity of running in the UK and the retail opportunities for selling running gear, noting that over half of surveyed runners living in the country do not replace their shoes at the recommended manufacturer’s interval and that nearly two-thirds do nott know their running gait (neutral, overpronate, or underpronate).

3/26/2026 |  London Marathon organizers looking at creating a two-day event for 2027 (Associated Press (AP)) LONDON (AP) — The London Marathon could become a two-day event in 2027 so more people can take part.
Organizers say they are “continually exploring innovative ways” to make the event bigger “while delivering positive benefits for London.”
“We are looking at the intention for the London Marathon to take place across two days,” organizers said. “No approval has been given at this stage.”

3/25/2026 |  US gets exemption to send 7 women to half marathon worlds after runners led off course in error (Fox Sports) MONACO (AP) — Three U.S. runners who were mistakenly led off the course by a guide vehicle in the women’s race at the U.S. half marathon championships will be allowed to compete at the world championships in September, the world track and field governing body said on Wednesday.

3/23/2026 |  Track and Field Facility Deemed Unsafe, Former State Champion HS Team to Reschedule Practices, Meets (Athletic Business) Memorial Field in Concord N.H., will not play host to the city’s middle school and high school track meets this spring after school officials deemed the track and general facilities in a state of disrepair and inappropriate for competition.