Surprise winner Daniel Wanjiru broke the course record at the TCS Amsterdam Marathon on Sunday (16), taking almost three minutes off his PB to win the IAAF Gold Label Road Race in 2:05:21.

Kenya’s Violah Jepchumba carved almost four minutes off her personal best when taking victory at the Sportismo Prague Half Marathon on Sunday morning (2) in 1:05:51, the fourth fastest time in history on a record-eligible course.

Kenya’s Daniel Wanjiru and Ethiopia’s Worknesh Degefa will defend their Sportisimo Prague Half Marathon titles at the IAAF Gold Label Road Race in the Czech capital on Saturday (2).

Kenya’s Daniel Wanjiru and Ethiopia’s Worknesh Degefa will return to the Sportisimo Prague Half Marathon to defend their crowns on Saturday 2 April, the organisers of the IAAF Gold Label Road Race announced on Monday (14).

Worknesh Degefa produced the third-fastest time ever witnessed at the Sportisimo Prague Half Marathon on Saturday (28), running a PB of 1:07:14 at the IAAF Gold Label Road Race.

The Mattoni Ceske Budejovice Half Marathon won’t be short of leading athletes as world half marathon champion Geoffrey Kamworor will compete alongside course record-holder Daniel Chebii at the IAAF Silver Label Road Race on 7 June.

Italy’s own reigning European cross country champion Andrea Lalli will be the man in the spotlight at the 28th edition of the Venice Marathon, an IAAF Silver Label Road Race, on Sunday (27).