March 12, 2026
Grant Fisher Ready for Half Marathon Debut in New York: “I Need to Weather the Storm”
Grant Fisher gave his thoughts on his half marathon debut at the NYC Half, explaining his strategy, and how the race could shape his future on the roads.
January 19, 2025
Conner Mantz's 59:17 Shatters Ryan Hall's Legendary American Half Marathon Record in Houston
Mantz took down Hall’s AR on the same Houston course where he set it in 2007 as Weini Kelati (66:09) broke the women’s AR for the second year in a row. A record seven Americans ran sub-61:00.
January 16, 2025
59:43 Revisited: How Ryan Hall Did It, and Why His American Record Has Stood So Long
With his American half marathon record (now 18 years old!) under assault this weekend, Hall and his rivals Meb Keflezighi and Dathan Ritzenhein shared their memories of that famous race in Houston with LetsRun.com.
March 12, 2024
Leonard Korir Running Lisbon Half & Rotterdam Marathon to Improve Olympic Chances
Korir would likely need to run 59:49 or faster in Lisbon to improve his spot on the Road to Paris list. He can cement his Olympic spot by running 2:08:10 or faster in Rotterdam on April 14.
January 11, 2024
2024 Houston Half Marathon Preview: Galen Rupp Tunes Up & Weini Kelati Debuts
How will Rupp and Sara Hall look with the Olympic Trials just 3 weeks away? Boston/NYC Marathon champ Hellen Obiri leads the women's field where Weini Kelati will make her debut. Coach Stephen Haas is pumped as he thinks Kelati will eventually be "world-class" in the marathon.
October 01, 2023
2023 World Road Champs: Faith Kipyegon Gets Beat, Hobbs Kessler Wins Mile & Breaks WR, Kenya Goes 1-2-3 in Both Half Marathons
The 20-year-old Kessler won the first road mile world title as Diribe Welteji upset Faith Kipyegon in the women's mile. Peres Jepchirchir won a record-tying 3rd title in the women's half.
June 30, 2023
Keira D'Amato Runs 66:39 to Break American Record at Asics Half Marathon in Australia
Eight months after Emily Sisson broke D'Amato's American record in the marathon, D'Amato broke Sisson's American record in the half.
November 14, 2022
America's Best Distance Runner May Be Someone You've Never Heard Of
Teshome Mekonen became a US citizen in August and beat Conner Mantz by a minute earlier this year at the NYC Half. Learn about his story from Tigray to Harlem.
October 20, 2022
2022 Valencia Half Marathon Preview: Kibiwott Kandie Leads Field with FIVE Sub-59 Men
The fields are always loaded in Valencia and 2022 is no exception. Plus how fast do Kirubel Erassa & Biya Simbassa run and is the Canadian record in danger?
October 24, 2021
Making Sense of Letesenbet Gidey's INCREDIBLE 62:52 Half Marathon World Record in Valencia
Jonathan Gault tries to put Letesenbet Gidey's amazing WR in perspective for you. Is she the greatest women's distance talent ever? Or was it the shoes? Or something more sinister?
October 22, 2021
Frank Lara Wants to Go Sub 60:00 and Break Ryan Hall's American Record in Valencia
Frank Lara is hoping to go sub 60 minutes in the Valencia half marathon on Sunday.
October 14, 2020
World Half Men's Preview: Joshua Cheptegei Debuts vs. the Next Great Kenyan Kibiwott Kandie
Joshua Cheptegei will try to become just the second man in history to win global titles on the road, track, and cross country.
January 19, 2020
Comeback Queen Hitomi Niiya Breaks Japanese Record (66:38), Jemal Yimer Wins (59:25), Big American Depth at Houston Half Marathon
Hitomi Niiya's comeback story is pretty cool and Jemal Yimer believe it or not crossed the line first for the first time ever on a day that saw 14 American men go sub 1:02 and 7 women go sub 1:10 as Jared Ward was 1st American and Sara Hall beat Molly Huddle.
January 16, 2020
Molly Huddle, Sara Hall, Jared Ward & More: Olympic Trials Preview on Tap at 2020 Houston Half Marathon
Each year, Houston always gets road racing in America off to a good start and with the US Olympic Marathon Trials just six weeks away, that's truer than ever this year.
*MB: Official 2020 Houston Discussion Thread
March 17, 2019
Surprise Win For #1163 Belay Tilahun, Domination for World Record Holder Joyciline Jepkosgei At United Airlines NYC Half
March 14, 2019
The Best and Richest ($100k FTW) Half Marathon You've Never Heard of Is Happening on Friday in Bahrain
$100,000 for the winners.
January 16, 2019
2019 Houston Half/Full Marathon Preview: Hot Fields, Cold Temps, The American Debut for Sally Kipyego and the Return of Kara Goucher
Houston is always one of the highlights of the winter for US fans and this year's races could be extra special as Olympic silver medallist Sally Kipyego races for the 1st time since declaring she'll represent the US moving forward and Kara Goucher races a marathon for the 1st time as a 40-year old. The problem is the weather forecast doesn't look good but what does look good is the international fields in both the men's and women's halves as they are loaded with talent.
October 29, 2018
Who Is New Half Marathon World Record Holder Abraham Kiptum, And How Did He Run So Fast in Valencia?
Get the inside scoop on the new half-marathon WR holder. Turned down for a spot at the 2018 Chicago Marathon, he decided to test himself at the 13.1 distance and the rest is history.
September 16, 2018
2018 Copenhagen Half Marathon Results
The NOP tracksters brought it in the half marathon.
September 16, 2018
What Range: Sifan Hassan Runs 1:05:15 European Record at Copenhagen Half, Kejelcha's Debut a Success 59:17
The NOP tracksters brought it in the half marathon.