Katie Schide wins the long trail race at the World Mountain and Trail Running Championships in Spain, covering the challenging 82K course in 9:57:59. No other women have finished yet, but the results will be updated here: tempofinito.wiclax-results.com/WMTRC_LONG_T...

Patti Dillon will be the honorary chairperson of the 2025 Manchester Road Race. patch.com/connecticut/...

This is highly unlikely and the article is mostly behind a paywall, but basically a Framingham city councilor is frustrated that the race costs them about $101,500 per year, but they only get $82,600 from the B.A.A. www.metrowestdailynews.com/story/news/l...

Sweden's Tove Alexandersson, whose main sport is orienteering, won the 45K "short trail" race at the World Mountain and Trail Running Championships by an incredible 33 minutes and 55 seconds. Spain's Sara Alonso was second (5:38:15) and Great Britain's Naomi Lang was third (5:38:54).

The World Mountain and Trail Running Championships began this morning in Spain In the uphill race (6.4K with 990m of climbing) Germany's Nina Engelhard won gold (45:33), Finland's Susanna Saapunki won silver (45:59), and Anna Gibson of the U.S. won bronze (46:07).

You don't follow me for my opinions about podcasts, but... If you can't listen to it in podcast player, it's not a podcast. And if you can only listen to it in Spotify, it is a podcast, but it's also annoying. Unless people are being paid by Spotify, I don't see why they would choose Spotify only

Something about this comment made me really just want to interact with people online in cat form going forward. So if I suddenly turn into a cat, you'll know why.

There are so many things about the Tylenol/autism claims that are harmful. One the less obvious ones is that many of the people trying to debunk the claims and be supportive of autistic people wind up saying things that are actually quite offensive and ableist. It's exhausting.

I did watch some of the Berlin Marathon this morning, but I was too tired to get out of bed and post about it. Rosemary Wanjiru led the race by 53 seconds at 35K, but she slowed significantly at the end and just managed to hold off Dera Dida, 2:21:05 to 2:21:08. It was nearly 80 degrees at the end

Only one athlete had run a 1:54 800m this season, but in the end, it took a 1:54 to medal at the world championships. Lilian Odira pulls off the upset with a championship record of 1:54.62. Georgia Hunter Bell PRs by 1.06 seconds and earns silver (1:54.90). And Keely Hodgkinson eans bronze (1:54.91)

The 800m final at the world championships was wild. It looked like Keely Hodgkinson was a pretty strong favorite going into this meet, but the Kenyans looked better than they had all seaason in the rounds. Especially Lilian Odira, who just became the world champion with a 1:54.62, a 1.9-second PR.

I was going to saw we might see our first U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials qualifiers tomorrow morning in Berlin, but then I realized Susanna Sullivan and Jess McClain hit the qualifier time last week.

Top finishes by American women in the 5,000m at the World Athletics Championships: 4th - Shelby Houlihan (2025) 6th - Josette Andrews (2025), Molly Huddle (2013) 7th - Shannon Rowbury (2013), Lauren Fleshman (2011), Jen Rhines (2007), Libbie Hickman (1997)

One of the many reasons AI sucks. Literally none of these things are true.

No matter how this race played out, these 2 were going to find a way to the front. Beatrice Chebet earns another 5,000m win over Faith Kipyegon. Nadia Battocletti is 3rd. And that really couldn't have gone much better for the Americans. Shelby Houlihan and Josette Andrews are 4th and 6h in the world

Here are the World Athletics Championships 800m finalists, though there's some question about whether Sarah Moraa is okay after her semifinal. The Kenya squad looked really good here. Olympic silver medalist Tsige Duguma was fifth in her heat and did not advance.

This was a wild one. In the second of three 800m semifinals at the world championships, the top eight athletes broke 1:58. Only Lilian Odira and Audrey Werro are guaranteed to advance to the final, but Jessica Hull (3rd in an Oceanian record of 1:57.15) and Sage Hurta-Klecker (4th in 1:57.62)...

“…as part of a broader effort to reduce expenses for the athletic department…”

If you've been following this issue for years, there's nothing new here. But in case anyone needs some background. I'd be curious to know what World Athletics thinks they've accomplished by sex testing everyone in the women's category at worlds this year. www.cnn.com/2025/09/18/s...

47.78!! Unreal performance by Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone to win the 400m at the world championships. And in the rain no less. Marileidy Paulino pushed her all the way to the finish, and took second in 47.98. They move to 2nd and 3rd on the all-time list. The nearly 40-year-old world record is 47.60.

I cannot have the world championships live results up while watching races. They are ahead of the broadcast, and I can never resist the temptation to look into the future and see what happens.

I hadn't checked in on this in a while, but in case you hadn't heard, Jessica Hull is indeed through to the 800m semifinals at the world championships after being clipped from behind and running 2:13.42 in the first round.

I didn't realize the AIU wasn't already doing everything they could do from an Athlete Biological Passport standpoint, but I'm glad they're doing it now. That is likely the best bet for catching most people doping at a major event. Unfortunately, it might take a long time to get the necessary data.

Jessica Hull gets a jarring welcome to the 800m as she is clipped from behind in heat seven. She finished and hopefully she will be advanced. World Indoor champion Prudence Sekgodiso stepped off the track just before 600m.

In the end, the steeplechase was the only women's mid-distance/distance event with rounds where all three U.S. competitors made it to the final.

She hadn't raced since the Prefontaine Classic, but Tsige Duguma looks fine winning her 800m heat at worlds. Maggi Congdon was boxed in for most of the race, but she stayed patient (the same thing that got her here) and advanced. Three heats down, Roisin Willis still has the fastest time qualifier.

Top three automatically go through to the 800m semifinals, plus the next three fastest. In the first heat, Roisin Willis missed out on third by 0.07 seconds. She still has a shot, but we have six more heats to go.

Here's the (top part of the) results summary for the first round of the 5,000m at worlds. Tough break for Birke Haylom, who is sitting amidst all of those qualifiers, and Elise Cranny is the next fastest to not advance.

A lot of heavy hitters in the second heat of the 5,000m at worlds, but no major surprises. It's great to see Josette Andrews get through to the final in her first global championship outdoors.

I don't think Hannah England gets enough credit for her commentary. I think she does a really good job, and she has impressive knowledge across a range of events. I also think she steered the conversation in a better direction a couple times during the first 5,000m heat.

Birke Haylom and Elise Cranny are the first two athletes out of the first 5,000m heat at worlds. A number of very good athletes do not get through, but nothing shocking yet. Shelby Houlihan looked more like her indoor season self. There's someone who's not tired from 5 years of back-to-back champs

I was just re-reading a piece I wrote about Susanna Sullivan 11 months ago. I've thought about that quote from her coach, Andrew Gerard, often since then. And it's in line with the way she raced the marathon at the world championships.

In the women's middle-distance and distance races at worlds, all of the winners have been quite predictable so far. Meanwhile on the men's side, the fields are just so much more evenly matched, so it's felt like nothing but upsets.

So much happened in this steeplechase final that it was hard to keep up with it all. Faith Cherotich pulled off a very minor upset to earn the win over Olympic champ Winfred Yavi. Doris Lemngole, Norah Jeruto, and Sembo Almayew were racing for third when Jeruto fell coming off the final water...

2:55 through the first kilometer in the world championships steeplechase final. Even though there's a sizeable gap, everyone in this race is running fast. It's frustrating that we can't just watch a 9:00 race. Instead, we're watching every other event.

I love how enthusiastic Angelina Napoleon is every time she is introduced. Every time I watch her race, I am also really impressed by how strong she is over the water jump.

The AIU has published more details about what led to Diribe Welteji’s provisional suspension. It started with her husband saying she would not provide a sample because the testers arrived outside her designated window. The doping control officer said she then appeared and agreed that she would not…

The link to more details doesn’t contain any, but Diana Chepkorir, a 29:56 10K runner, has been provisionally suspended. And it’s interesting that it’s a biological passport case.

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Treniere (Clement) Moser wil be inducted into the Summit County Sports Hall of Fame on October 7. Here's an overview of her career and an update on what she's up to now. www.beaconjournal.com/story/sports... Her career in photos: www.beaconjournal.com/picture-gall...

Here’s the replay of the women’s 1500m final at the World Athletics Championships: youtu.be/5aoqBskigKQ

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"You know, you can't skip steps in this sport... Obviously it sucks to be that close to the medals and not get one, but it's also a cool feeling to be disappointed in being fifth in the world. So yeah, I just think it shows how far I've come as an athlete." www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaQS...

Faith Kipyego dominates the 1500m at the world championships, running 3:52.15. Incredibly, Dorcus Ewoi finishes second in 3:54.92. Jessica Hull just edges out Nelly Chepchirchir for bronze, 3:55.16 to 3:55.25. And Nikki Hiltz earns their highest finish in an outdoor global championship, taking 5th.

48.29!! In the semifinals at the world championships, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone takes down Sanya Richards-Ross' American record in the 400m, which was just one day shy of its 19th birthday. And she made it look easy. She is now seventh on the world all-time list. One more round to go.

I'm not going to say the women's 1500m final at the world championships is the only thing that got me out of bed this morning, but it certainly helped. 9:05 a.m. ET

I can tell I'm getting old because when people win world titles, I think wow, that was a really impressive athletic accomplishment. I hope they are a nice and caring person, too. I also think it's a bit of a sign of the times, too, though.

Cole Hocker always reminds me of a cat who can fit through spaces they shouldn't be able to fit through. But this time, it looks like it backfired (unless there's a successful counter protest).

I didn't watch the men's steeplechase live, but I saw some posts expressing excitement over Geordie Beamish, so I decided to watch the race before looking at the results. With a lap to go, I was thinking they must just be excited that he medaled, because surely he isn't going to win this...

After winning 100m bronze, 🇱🇨Julien Alfred has reportedly withdrawn from the 200m due to a hamstring injury. #WorldAthleticsChamps