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ThinkingTrack retweeted
Fastest half marathons by athletes who ran in the NCAA
59:01 🇪🇷 Habtom Samuel
59:10 🇸🇩 Yaseen Abdalla
59:11 🇰🇪 Ed Cheserek
Sandwiched by arguably two on the greatest NCAA runners ever
ThinkingTrack retweeted
After Peres suspension this tweet is aging like fine wine,the problem lies with the agents/coaches
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In 1986, the men’s hammer WR looked ripe to fall. It hasn’t budged in 40 years.
Meanwhile, the women’s 800m WR is 43 years old - and suddenly under pressure.
I’ve analysed all 38 individual track & field WRs to see which look safe, and which don’t.
Full analysis: link in bio.
ThinkingTrack retweeted
no one has any social skills
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How every Chicago Marathon champion has failed to defend his title since Sammy Wanjiru in 2009-10.
Will Amos Kipruto break the curse next year?
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Chicago keeps delivering one of the most frustrating marathon broadcasts to watch ⬇️
19 Parting Thoughts On The 2026 Chicago Marathon
Read more: citiusmag.com/articles/chica…
ThinkingTrack retweeted
Oh he’s legit
Went through 25k at 1:13:31 (2:04:05 pace)
He’ll be able to hold that eventually
TALK ABOUT A GUTSY RUN 😫
After making a bold move around halfway in the 2026 Chicago Marathon, Vinny Mauri 🇺🇸 wrestles a bear of a final 10km, stopping multiple times to stretch but still hanging on for a tenth place, third American finish in 2:06:45.
In only his second career marathon, Mauri has shown he belongs in the mix with the best distance runners in the world.
ThinkingTrack retweeted
NBC5 cutting away to interview an Abbott VP during the final two miles of an incredibly dramatic women's race between Hawi Feysa and Sharon Lokedi at the Chicago Marathon is simply absurd.
Broadcasting malpractice and total disrespect for the event.
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Colorado's Meshack Kipruto upsets a LOADED field at Nuttycombe. Everyone down to 9th is top-20 at Nationals caliber
New Mexico backs up their #1 ranking with 3 in the top 8 and an easy win
#2 Iowa State finished 19th despite running all 3 of their top returners from last year👀
ThinkingTrack retweeted
I suspect Masai Russell will win AOTY, and she would be very deserving. But there's a case for Audrey Werro, too.
Werro is hurt by comparisons against times from the '80s that no one believes in. Strip those out and she ran the three fastest 800s ever in 2026.
The 2026 Women’s World Athlete of the Year Nominees ✨
Who has your vote? 👉 bit.ly/4zcdsER
Voting closes on Saturday 17th of October at 11:59 PM CEST.
#AthleticsAwards
ThinkingTrack retweeted
In 2015, I compiled a chronological list of the sub-10 club when it had reached 100 members.
Eleven years later, there are now 232 of them. 😳
The first 100 took 47 years.
The next 100 took nine.
The fully updated list 👇
jonmulkeen.com/statistics/ch…
ThinkingTrack retweeted
U18世界記録比較してみた
800m1分42秒27 Cooper Lutkenhaus 1258
200m19秒84 Erriyon Knighton 1245
400m44秒10 Quincy Wilson 1243
400mH47秒93 後藤大樹 1235
ルッケンハウスがダントツ一番っぽい…
ThinkingTrack retweeted
Cross country needs more hills with names, times that need explaining, and races remembered for who beat whom.
MileSplit expert Paul Snyder makes the case for bringing back the lost art of the hard course.
milesplit.com/articles/72209…
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GAMES RECORD!!! 🤩💪🏻
18-year-old Yan Ziyi 🇨🇳 hurled the spear to an incredible throw of 70.46m to win the women’s javelin at the Asian Games in Nagoya.
Only six women have ever thrown over 70m—she’s now achieved this feat twice.
🎥 @AsianGames_2026
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This is incredibly exciting for track and field.
If Puripol Boonson can continue this kind of form into next season then he will likely compete on the Diamond League circuit consistently.
The Thai sprinter could also garner a lot of support at the World Athletics Championships in Beijing!
ASIAN RECORD!!!! 😤🔥
Puripol Boonson 🇹🇭 clocked 19.88 seconds (-0.3) to dominate the men’s 200m final at the Asian Games in Nagoya.
It’s a personal best, national record, games record, and equals the Asian record.
🎥 @AsianGames_2026
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A modest PB for Tokyo Olympic 10,000m champion Selemon Barega in Berlin today
His 3 career marathons
2025 Seville - 2:05:15 (1st)
2026 Tokyo - 2:05:00 (7th)
2026 Berlin - 2:04:58 (5th)
Still just 26 years old and ran a 3:32 1500m PB as recently as last year
🇪🇹 Ethiopia dominated the men’s top 10 at the 2026 Berlin Marathon.
7 of the top 10 finishers were Ethiopian:
1. 🇪🇹 Guye Adola: 2:02:50
2. 🇪🇹 Gemechu Dida Diriba: 2:03:19
3. 🇹🇿 Gabriel Gerald Geay: 2:03:59
4. 🇪🇹 Getaneh Molla: 2:04:55
5. 🇪🇹 Selemon Barega: 2:04:58
6. 🇪🇹 Asefa Boki: 2:05:32
7. 🇪🇹 Andamlak Belihu: 2:05:55
8. 🇪🇹 Shura Kitata: 2:06:04
9. 🇯🇵 Yuhei Urano: 2:06:09
10. 🇪🇹 Tadu Abate: 2:07:16
🇹🇿 Tanzania’s Gabriel Geay broke up the Ethiopian dominance, finishing 3rd.
Source: BMW BERLIN-MARATHON, 2026
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Time to start paying attention to cross country. Some big-time matchups at the Cowboy Jamboree on Saturday:
-Men: #1 OK State v #2 New Mexico
-Women: #2 New Mexico v. #3 BYU
-Jane Hedengren and Brian Musau are among the individual stars entered
PREVIEW:
letsrun.com/news/2026/09/1-v…
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Nuguse Headlines Men’s Road Mile in Copenhagen 🇩🇰
Coming off a 5th place finish in the 1500m at World Ultimates, Yared Nuguse leads a loaded men’s road mile field at this weekend’s World Athletics Road Running Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The two-day championship begins Saturday, Sept. 19, with the mile and 5K before the half marathon takes center stage on Sunday.
FloTrack’s #WorldRunningChamps coverage presented by @hoka
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It's unlikely we've ever seen anything like it in the middle-distance world of running.
Jessica Hull has not missed an international championship since her 1500m silver at the Paris Olympics in August 2024.
Not only has Hull toed the line at the 10 championships, but she has also won at least one medal at each of them.
25 months, 10 international championships, 12 medals
🥈🥉🥉🥈🥉🥇🥈🥉🥈🥈🥉🥈
Extraordinary!
