Catching up on 2020 in running
The lack of races and sport news in general has put a funk in my reporting this year. But so much has happened since my last post in February, so it’s time to dust off this “monthly” news column! I’m going to cover four “big chunks” of 2020 news: What happened before the shutdown – […]
Winter 2020 Running News
It’s only been a few months since our last Running News column, in what is typically the “off season,” yet so much has happened! Records have fallen – over, and over again – championship season is upon us already, and there have been many important non-results-based events as well. World records Joshua Cheptegei took an […]
Fall Racing Report
It’s been a busy season, World Championships aside, with several World Marathon majors, another sub-2 attempt, the Canadian marathon championships, cross-country season and the World Para Athletics Championships. Major Marathons The Berlin Marathon, which took place during the IAAF World Athletics Championships, was the usual display of speed and record attempts. Kenenisa Bekele, world record […]
Doha Report: Part 2
After 10 days, Team Canadian was proud to come home victorious: 5 medals, 15 top 8 finishes, 4 Canadian records and numerous personal best performances. As a nation, we tied our best ever performance on the IAAF World Championship Placing Table. With part 1 earlier this month, this report concludes our track & field updates […]
Doha report: halfway
What’s really exciting about this year’s IAAF World Athletics Championships is the mainstream coverage it’s receiving here in Canada. For a meet that is usually in the dog days of summer, the decision to hold it in Qatar in 2019 has it much later than normal (even into October!), right in the crush of the […]
Canadian athletics heating up
It’s been a big summer in athletics, as everyone starts to gear up again looking forward to the Tokyo Olympics next July. More records! Gabriela Debues-Stafford broke Lynn Kanuka’s (Williams) 34-year old record in the 1500m by 1/100th of a second. The record now stands at 4:00.26, and Debues-Stafford is not keeping it a secret […]
A record-setting month for Canadian athletics
What a month for athletics in Canada! Canadian records on the track? You’ve got them. Gabriela DeBues-Stafford and Mohammed Ahmed both set new 5,000m marks! Ahmed broke his own record and becomes the first Canadian under 13:00, at 12:58.16. The women’s record is now 14:51.59, which breaks a 16-year-old record! And in the 800, Nate […]
Congratulations to all Boston Marathon finishers!
The Boston Marathon is the premiere running event. Even qualifying to participate is a feat for almost every runner, and those lucky enough to experience the atmosphere will never forget it. View this post on Instagram The sun is out and shining for all of the #BostonMarathon finishers on Boylston! #boston2019 A post […]
Race Shirts on Location X Monthly Running News
This abbreviated version of Monthly Running News is inspired by a great picture we received today! Eliud Kipchoge set a new world record of 2:01:39 in front of 44,000 runners at the 2018 Berlin Marathon this weekend, taking over a minute off the previous record which was set on the same course four years ago. […]
April 2018 Running News
The April 2018 edition of Running News focuses on Canada’s performance at the Commonwealth Games, as well as the Boston Marathon. It also covers other notable Canadian results. Canadian Success at the 2018 Commonwealth Games The team of 44 athletes that represented our country in Athletics in Gold Coast, Australia earlier this month scored excellent […]
