Our weekly recap is back with a vengeance. In it, we rave about how much better Africa is at the marathon than the mighty USA, wonder if it's bad that AOY awards are now nothing more than popularity contests and rave about 40+ runners.

Steph Bruce's final competitive season is winding down in fine form as she picked up the win and $10,000 thanks to a new course record as did Biya Simbassa on the men's side 2.