A marathon taxes more than just muscles—it pushes the brain to its metabolic limits. New research shows that during extreme endurance events, the brain may burn its own fat for fuel, revealing ...

An exclusive Q&A with the runner after she took 22 minutes and 31 seconds off her 26.2 mile best at the TCS London Marathon ...

There are the all-time greats like Haile Gebrselassie and Kenesia Bekele and today’s superstars like Tigist Assefa, the ...

Many people believed that Tigist Assefa had a score to settle at this year’s London Marathon. The former marathon world record holder who clocked a seismic 2:11:53 at the 2023 Berlin Marathon ...

Hiko Tonosa pulls up the end of his tracksuit to show the scar on his leg from a fall he suffered while training in Addis ...

Romanchuk, a two-time silver medalist at the world track and field championships, has been provisionally suspended in a ...

These words from running icon Katherine Switzer are often used in the summaries of major marathons, and as I write this on the train home from the 45 th annual instalment of the event in London I ...

After storming to a women’s-only world record at the 2025 London Marathon, Ethiopian athlete Tigist Assefa explains how she ...

Berhane Tesfaye and Sharon Kiptugen claimed victory at the 2025 Copenhagen Marathon, each earning over Ksh 1 million in prize money.

Perhaps the most prominent of these is the one set by women’s elite champion Tigst Assefa, who, in crossing the line in 2:15:50, set a new women’s only marathon record, although Paula Radcliffe’s male ...

Kenyan Joyciline Jepkosgei ran with Assefa through 37K and finished 2nd in 2:18:44, with Paris marathon champ Sifan Hassan finishing 3rd in 2:19:00. “When I crossed the line I felt extreme happiness,” ...

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