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April 12, 2024

Parker Valby Crushes NCAA 10K Record with 30:50 in Debut at Bryan Clay Invite

Valby took 27+ seconds off the previous record and lapped everyone else in the field at least once.
July 26, 2021

2020 Olympic Women's 5K Preview: Part 1 of Sifan Hassan's Triple? Or Will It Be Gold for Gudaf Tsegay?

Hassan may try for an unprecedented three women's distance golds, and if she pulls it off it would go down as perhaps the greatest feat in women's Olympic track & field history. Consider: only seven women have won three individual Olympic golds in their career. Hassan is trying to do that in the span of nine days. *MB: Wen's Olympic 5,000 Official Discussion Thread - Who has the edge Sifan Hassan or Gudaf Tsegay?
July 26, 2021

2020 Olympic Men's 10K Preview: Who Will Follow in the Footsteps of Legends?

Haile GebrselassieKenenisa Bekele, and Mo Farah have split the last six Olympic 10k titles as Haile owned the '90s, Kenny owned the '00s, and Farah owned the '10s. Who is going to rule the 20s?Uganda has WR holder Joshua Cheptegei & Jacob Kiplimo who will be looking to earn their country's 1st Olympic distance medals on the track, Ethiopia has Selemon Barega Yomif Kejelcha, and Kenya has a very fit Rodgers Kwemoi. *MB: Men's Olympic 10,000 Official Discussion Thread - Haile owned the 90s, Bekele the 00s, Farah the 10s. Who will rule the 20s?
June 25, 2021

Womens 10,000: Who Will Make the US Olympic Team on Saturday?

Reminder, the race gets underway at 10 am Pacific (1 ET). Will it be a BTC sweep? Can Sara Hall shock the world and make an Olympic team at 38? Does new US citizen Weini Kelalti have a chance?
June 19, 2021

Men's 10K: Woody Kincaid Outkicks Grant Fisher to Lead Bowerman 1-2; Joe Klecker Is On Athletics Club’s First Olympian

The Bowerman Track Club ended a rough week on a high note, with Woody Kincaid and Grant Fisher making their first Olympic teams, along with the On Athletics Club's Joe Klecker. The three kicked away on the final lap of the 10k on the first day of the 2020 Olympic Trials.
November 29, 2019

The Best Marathon of the Fall? 10 Sub-2:06 Guys Plus a 10K WR Attempt at Sunday's Valencia Marathon

The Valencia Marathon field is LOADED and well tell you all about it here.
June 06, 2019

Clayton Young and BYU Earn Redemption, Young Sprints to 2019 NCAA 10K Title

A year ago, BYU runners took the last 3 spots in the NCAA men's 10,000. Tonight, they took 3 of the top 4, led by Clayton Young's national title.
October 14, 2018

Vincent Kibet Gets Upset Victory As Alina Reh Clocks Top European Time At The Bridgestone Great 10k In Berlin

Kibet won in 27:21 to beat out defending champ Mathew Kimeli (27:38) while Reh ran the 12th fastest European time ever with a 31:23 win.
September 09, 2018

World Under-20 Champion Rhonex Kipruto Scares The Road 10k World Recored With A 26:46 Solo Effort At The Birell Grand Prix

Kipruto now sits second on the all-time list, only behind Leonard Patrick Komon's 26:44. Caroline Kipkirui ran the #5 all-time best 10k to win the women's race in 30:19 ahead of Fancy Chemutai (30:22) and Diana Chemtai Kipyokei (30:23).
May 23, 2018

May 27: World Half Marathon Champ Netsanet Gudeta Leads Field For TCS World 10k Bengaluru In India

Gudeta will face world 10,000 bronze medalist Agnes Tirop and world half bronze medalist Pauline Kamulu.
April 05, 2018

Competitive Fields Going After $62,000 At This Weekend's Cooper River Bridge Run 10K In South Carolina

Men's race has Shadrack Kipchirchir and former Olympic bronze medalist Edwin Soi while the women are lead by two-time defending champ Monicah Ngige, Ethiopia's Hiwot Ayalew, Katie Matthews and former US marathon champ Esther Erb.
July 04, 2017

Leonard Korir And Aliphine Tuliamuk Win USA 10K Titles At AJC Peachtree Road Race

Korir won a close race over Shadrack Kipchirchir as he outkicked him by 1-second (28:16 to 28:17) while Sam Chelenga got third in 28:25. Tuliamuk won her 6th US road title in 32:49 as Sarah Pagano took 2nd (33:01) and Jordan Hasay 3rd (33:08).
April 10, 2017

Sam Chelanga Just Edges Out Former Olympic Bronze Medalist Thomas Longosiwa To Win UAE Healthy Kidney 10K

Chelanga and Longosiwa finished with identical times of 28:21 while Stephen Sambu was 10-seconds back in 3rd. Mamitu Daska won the women's race in 31:37 over Magdalyne Masai (31:44).
March 31, 2017

Saturday: $62,000 In Prize Money Up For Grabs At The Cooper River Bridge Run 10K In Charlotte, NC

Deep fields include last year's winner Monicah Ngige, former NYC Marathon champ Firehiwot Dado, Amy Van Alstine, Becky Wade, Jen Rhines for the women and 2-time defending champ Dominic Ondoro, Shadrack Kipchirchir, Jon Grey, Kirubel Erassa for the men.
March 30, 2017

April 9: Deep Field Set For UAE Healthy Kidney 10K As Stephen Sambu Faces Sam Chelanga And 2012 5000 Olympic Bronze Medalist Thomas Longosiwa

On the women's side, two-time Frankfurt Marathon champ Mamitu Daska faces off against 31:55 woman Veronicah Nyaruai.
October 10, 2016

Emily Sisson (31:47) Dominates to Win First National Title at Tufts Health Plan 10K for Women/USATF 10K Champs

With Molly Huddle absent as she's getting ready for her marathon debut, Emily Sisson did a great job of imitating Huddle by crushing the field.
September 15, 2016

Sunday: UK's Ageless Wonder Jo Pavey Returns To Kew Gardens 10K Road Race

Pavey, just days from her 43rd birthday, will face fellow GB runner Charlotte Purdue. Men's race has Chris Thompson and Scott Overall.
August 03, 2016

Great Fields Set For Saturday's Beach To Beacon 10K: Ben True, Dathan Ritzenhein, Former Marathon WR Holder Patrick Makau And Mary Keitany Headline

Men's race also has Sam Chelanga, Abdi Abdirahman and Eric Jenkins while Keitany faces defending champ Wude Ayalew, Joyce Chepkirui, Aliphine Tuliamuk, Sara Hall and Jordan Hasay.
July 05, 2016

Gabriel Geay And Edna Kiplagat Win AJC Peachtree Road Race

*Tanzania's Gabriel Geay Wins AJC Peachtree 10K In 28:49 Abdi Abdirahman (29:24) and Jared Ward (29:29) were 4th and 5th. *Edna Kiplagat Wins Peachtree Road Race In 32:24  Neely Spence-Gracey (33:25) was the top American in 4th place. *Results