👀 Elle St. Pierre is entered in the BU Valentine Invitational mile. Seeded at 4:14. Her Team New Balance Boston teammate Katie Mitchell slated to pace in 2:07 through 800m. She owns the indoor U.S. record with a 4:16.41 from Feb. 2024. The world record is 4:13.31 set by Genzebe Dibaba in Feb. 2016.

This one is for the World Rankings nerds. The key change to the World Rankings for 2026 is that World Athletics has implemented a reduction in the placing scores for each category of meet/event. @preetmajithia.bsky.social explains ⬇️ citiusmag.com/articles/wor...

Why Shannon Rowbury + 4 other reallocated Olympic medalists are bringing a case before the Court of Arbitration for Sport against World Anti-Doping Agency and World Athletics citiusmag.com/articles/sha...

USATF announces the 2026 U.S. Outdoor Championships will be held at Icahn Stadium in New York City from July 23-26. New York City will host a national track and field championships for the first time since the 1991 USA Athletics Congress Championship. Eugene, Oregon will again host USAs in 2027.

What a moment.

Bad Bunny’s closing messages during his Super Bowl performance: “The only thing more powerful than hate is love” “Together, we are America”

1:59.07 for 🇳🇱 Femke Bol’s first-ever 800m race. She looked so calm and like it was easy! Dutch national record! 5th-fastest in the world this year!

"(Cole Hocker) is so good at going just fast enough that no one’s going to go around him, but slow enough that he’s going to have the best kick.” youtu.be/9zfG4pp1fTk

Parting Thoughts From The 2026 Millrose Games Read it all here: citiusmag.substack.com/p/2026-millr...

Didn’t let go of the tape early ✅ No one got hurt ✅ Had fun ✅ It was an honor for me and Mac Fleet to hold the finish line for the CITIUS MAG Women’s 1000m at the Millrose Games. Congrats to 🇪🇹 Tsige Duguma on breaking The Armory record & the 2:35.50 victory! 🥇 This meet always delivers.

2026 MILLROSE GAMES PREVIEW SHOW | LIVE FROM THE ARMORY IN NYC Everything you need to know before the fastest, deepest, and most tradition-rich meet of the 2026 indoor season. 🎧 LISTEN: open.spotify.com/episode/1nU4... 🎥 WATCH: youtube.com/live/vWTQfIF...

UPDATE: Three-time Wanamaker Mile champion Elle St. Pierre has unfortunately scratched from Sunday’s Millrose Games due to illness. Just last weekend, she ran a world-leading 8:26.54 over 3,000 meters in her first race since giving birth to her second child eight months ago.

A look at some splits... Keely Hodgkinson's British record from 2023 27.22 / 56.94 (29.72) / 1:27.56 (30.62) / 1:57.18 (29.62) Today at BU: Issy Boffey 27.99 / 57.52 (29.53) / 1:27.89 (30.37) / 1:57.43 (29.54) Roisin Willis 27.74 / 56.95 (29.21) / 1:27.65 (30.70) / 1:57.97 (30.32)

The Millrose Games is the best indoor track meet of the year and this weekend's lineup is absolutely ridiculous. FULL PREVIEW: citiusmag.substack.com/p/2026-millr... 📺 HOW TO WATCH: Sunday, 4:00 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock. Clear your schedule.

🇬🇧The 2026 TCS London Marathon will feature a historic clash of champions as defending champion and women-only world record holder Tigst Assefa returns to face Olympic champion Sifan Hassan and World champion Peres Jepchirchir. The full podium from the Olympics and ‘25 Worlds will be in London.

200m World champion Noah Lyles says he plans to run the 60m at the U.S. Indoor Championships (Feb. 28 to March 1 in Staten Island, New York). However, he is not planning on competing at the World Indoor Championships in Poland (March 20-22) due to the proximity to his wedding date in April.

🇩🇰 Wilson Kipketer's 1:42.67 indoor 800m world record was set in 1997 without a pacemaker. 200m: Kipketer 24.22 - Hoey 24.81 400m: Kipketer 50.22 (26.00) - Hoey 50.21 (25.40) 600m: Kipketer 1:16.49 (26.27) - Hoey 1:16.19 (25.99) 800m: Kipketer 1:42.67 (26.18) – Hoey 1:42.50 (26.31)

Josh Hoey split 1:16.19 through the 600m, which is faster than Cian McPhillips' 1:16.37 winning time in the men's 600m earlier in the meet

Elle St. Pierre is truly remarkable

The 2000m at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix delivered 4 of the top 10 all-time marks ever. 1. 4:48.79 — Hobbs Kessler (USA) 🇺🇸 — WR 2. 4:49.48 — Grant Fisher (USA) 🇺🇸 5. 4:52.41 — Pieter Sisk (Belgium) 🇧🇪 9. 4:53.69 — Jake Wightman (Great Britain) 🇬🇧

Final 500m splits for Hobbs Kessler... 1500m to 1600m – 15.03 1600m to 1700m – 14.85 1700m to 1800m – 14.60 1800m to 1900m – 13.29 1900m to 2000m – 13.02 What a close to break the 2000m world record in 4:48.79!

UPDATED: U.S. all-time indoor 1500m list 1. Heather MacLean 3:59.60 (2025) 2. Regina Jacobs, 3:59.98 (1998) 3. Ell St. Pierre, 4:00.20 (2020) 4. Sinclaire Johnson, 4:01.30 (2026) 5. Nikki Hiltz, 4:02.32 (2024) Next up for Sinclaire Johnson is the Wanamaker Mile at the Millrose Games next weekend.

400m World champion and 400m hurdles world record holder + 2x Olympic champion Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone announces that she’s pregnant.

NEWS: 2x Olympic bronze medalist Grant Fisher will be making his half marathon debut at the NYC Half on March 15th. Note: The course is not record-eligible, but it can still be fast. Conner Mantz ran 59:15 there last year – 2s faster than his American record. citiusmag.com/articles/gra...

The 2026 Boston Marathon men’s professional field is officially set. Field features: – 10 sub-2:05 men – 8 of last year's top 10 are back – Conner Mantz and Clayton Young reunite vs. Alex Maier – Boston debuts for Charles Hicks, Joe Klecker + more ⬇️ citiusmag.com/articles/202...

The 2026 Boston Marathon women's pro field is out! – We won't be getting an 8th duel between '25 champ Sharon Lokedi & '23/'24 champ Hellen Obiri – So deep among Americans ft. all the '24 Olympic + '25 World team members + more notes on the field ⬇️ citiusmag.com/articles/202...

2026 Boston Marathon women’s elite field is officially out 🔥 Reigning champion Sharon Lokedi returns to defend her crown. This may be the strongest U.S. women’s marathon field in Boston history with the full '24 Olympic + '25 World Championship team members running. Field with sub-2:35 PBs ⬇️

🗣️ “It’s a country that really opened the door for me and gave me a chance… I feel at home here and I can’t wait to represent America globally now.” Zouhair Talbi just ran 2:05:43, the fourth-fastest marathon ever by an American. 🎧 His story: open.spotify.com/episode/3C7b...

Oh my heavens!

Looks like it may be Phoenix vs. St. Louis for hosting the 2028 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials citiusmag.com/articles/pho...

A Spark on American Soil: Parting Thoughts On World XC’s Long-Awaited Return 💥 – Agnes Ngetich with one of the largest margins of victory in history – I’m still thinking about Jacob Kiplimo’s final 2K – The gap remains real for Team USA's podium hopes + more citiusmag.substack.com/p/2026-world...

2026 WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS PREVIEW 🥇 Once considered the sport's toughest test for the world's best distance runners, World XC returns to the U.S. for the first time since 1992. Here’s everything you need to know about the key races in Tallahassee: citiusmag.com/articles/wor...

What are your bold track and field predictions for 2026? Get BOLD. • IShowSpeed gets a discretionary spot from World Athletics to compete at the World Ultimate Championships 💨 • No one breaks 10s at the Enhanced Games men’s 100 meters 💉🚫 + more LISTEN HERE ⬇️ 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/0zy4...

🗣️ "That is the fun part for me – being able to be pushed to my limits, be out there doing it with other strong women, working off each other, and having a great coach and support staff." BYU freshman phenom Jane Hedengren joins The CITIUS MAG Podcast 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/3FI7...

Results from The Marathon Project this morning Hansons-Brooks Distance Project's JP Flavin 🇺🇸 takes the men's win in 2:09:18. 🇰🇪 Kenya's Priscah Cherono, the 2007 World Championships bronze medalist at 5000m, wins the women's title in a PB of 2:25:17 at 45 years old. OTQ summary ⬇️

3️⃣ I made an Olympics starter pack 🥇 Small for now, but I will add to it as we get closer and share it again. Will be a mix of real reporters and good posters. Hoping BlueSky will be a fun place to follow along during the Olympics like it’s become for other sports. go.bsky.app/H39APXB

Sinclaire Johnson's winning time of 4:21.66 at the #MerrieMile was: . National record . Course record . All-comers record . 2025 world leader Course is @worldathletics.org - certified and record eligible. Photo timing by Record Timing. Photo: Jane Monti for Race Results Weekly

Saturday's #MerrieMile, which features 4 world champions and 12 Olympians, will be broadcast LIVE and FREE via @CitiusMag on YouTube. Here is the link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYUp... Broadcast begins at: 7:00am HST 12:00pm EST 5:00pm GMT 6:00pm CET

🤓 Currently reading Hunter S. Thompson’s “The Charge of the Weird Brigade” piece on the Honolulu Marathon that ran in the 1981 edition of Running. Off to Hawaii for the weekend! 🌺

I think the coolest part to this is the arc and progression by several of these women. A few of them hit the sub-2:45:00 standard for the 2020 Trials but then only to fall heartbreakingly short when the bar dropped to 2:37:00 for the 2024 Trials. 1/2

🇺🇸 Your top 6 women at the U.S. Cross Country Championships to qualify for the World Cross Country Championships in Tallahassee next month 🌎 1.Weini Kelati — 33:45.5 2.Katie Izzo — 34:00.9 3.Ednah Kurgat — 34:09.9 4.Karissa Schweizer — 34:16.2 5.Emily Venters — 34:20.7 6.Grace Hartman — 34:25.7

🇺🇸 Your top 6 men at the U.S. Cross Country Championships to qualify for the World Cross Country Championships in Tallahassee next month 🌎 1.Parker Wolfe — 29:16.4 2.Rocky Hansen — 29:24.8 3.Wesley Kiptoo — 29:27.7 4.Ahmed Muhumed — 29:33.7 5.Nico Young — 29:41.6 6.Graham Blanks — 29:45.0

BYU phenom freshman Jane Hedengren 🇺🇸 breaks the 5000m NCAA Record and moves to No. 2 U.S. all-time indoors with a 14:44.79 at Boston University. She’s only 19 years old.

🗣️ “As much as I wanted to win, what I really was after, what really drove me, was finding out how good I could be. And it turns out I did." 🎧 The Scott Fauble Exit Interview >> open.spotify.com/episode/23GM...

2025-26 USATF CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS PREVIEW 🇺🇸 World XC spots are on the line. Portland decides who gets to race Tallahassee. Nico Young. Graham Blanks. Parker Valby. Weini Kelati. Shelby Houlihan. Katelyn Tuohy. Some good races in store on Saturday. citiusmag.substack.com/p/2026-usatf...

The first headliners for the 2026 Wanamaker Mile at the Millrose Games on Feb. 1 have been announced 🗽 Elle St. Pierre returns to go for her 4th title against 2025 World championship medalists Dorcus Ewoi & Jess Hull + Nikki Hiltz and Sinclaire Johnson citiusmag.com/articles/202...

U.S. half marathon and marathon record holder Conner Mantz announces that he will miss the upcoming U.S. Cross Country Championships due to injury.

QUINCY WILSON TO MARYLAND‼️🐢 The Olympic gold medalist and U.S. high school national record holder in the 400m is staying HOME, where he’ll train under Coach Andrew Valmon. citiusmag.com/articles/oly...

🗣️ “I'm getting old for track and field and I've been thinking about it for a while…Because I'm very happy with how my career went, it made the decision easy.” My Exit Interview with 2016 Olympic silver medalist and U.S. record holder Evan Jager 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/0df2...

🏆 NCAA XC Championship Preview: "The Case For..." and "The Case Against..." some of the top team title contenders 📺 How to watch: Coverage starts at 10 a.m. ET on ESPNU on November 22 with the women’s 6K at 10:20 a.m. + the men’s 10K at 11:10 a.m. citiusmag.substack.com/p/2025-ncaa-...