Expectations are high for another fast race at the BMW Berlin Marathon after organisers revealed a high-quality field for the IAAF Gold Label Road Race on 25 September.
Stephen Kiprotich, Abel Kirui and Edna Kiplagat – all of whom have won two global titles each – are among the top athletes set to compete at the Tokyo Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, on 28 February.
Eliud Kipchoge, the most successful marathon runner in the world in the last 12 months will face the second and third fastest marathon runners of all time at the BMW Berlin Marathon on Sunday 27 September, the organisers of the IAAF Gold Label Road Race announced on Wednesday (8).
The talk has been of records and reputations this week in the build-up to the 2015 Virgin Money London Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, where a flurry of superlatives are being scattered around to describe the event’s traditional stellar fields for the races on Sunday (26).
Marathon world record-holder Dennis Kimetto will race for the first time over the classic distance against the man whose name he removed from the record books, his Kenyan compatriot Wilson Kipsang, at the 2015 Virgin Money London Marathon on 26 April, organisers for the IAAF Gold Label Road Race announced on Thursday (8).
Statisticians Mirko Jalava and A Lennart Julin look back at the best road running performances of the year.
Kenya's Dennis Kimetto broke the marathon world record* at the BMW Berlin Marathon on with a time of 2:02:57 at the IAAF Gold Label Road Race on Sunday (28).
As the scene of the past five men’s world records, it’s no surprise that once again some of the world’s best runners will be taking part in the BMW Berlin Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, on 28 September.
It’s been a week of reflection and prediction in the build-up to the 2014 Virgin Money London Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, which takes place on Sunday (13).
Britain’s double world and Olympic champion Mo Farah will face some of the greatest marathon runners of all time when he makes his full marathon debut at this year’s Virgin Money London Marathon, after the organisers of the IAAF Gold Label Road Race revealed their men’s elite field on Tuesday (14).
Taking full advantage of a fast early pace, Kenya’s Dennis Kimetto smashed the course record at the Bank of America Chicago Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, clocking 2:03:45 – the fourth-fastest time in history on a record-legal course.