London Marathon, cont:
11. Phily Bowden 2:30:28
12. Molly Bookmyer 2:32:31
13. Holly Archer 2:39:45

Mass Race:
1. Lucy Jones 2:30:23
2. Dina Aleksandrova 2:31:41
3. Rebecca Murray 2:35:49
4. Jennifer Pope 2:36:11
5. Jenny Grimshaw 2:36:14
6. Anya Culling 2:36:16
7. Helen Gaunt 2:36:25

London Marathon Results:
1. Tigst Assefa 2:15:50
2. Joyciline Jepkosgei 2:18:44
3. Sifan Hassan 2:19:00
4. Haven Hailu Desse 2:19:17
5. Vivian Cheruiyot 2:22:32
6. Stella Chesang 2:22:42
7. Sofiia Yaremchuk 2:23:14
8. Eilish McColgan 2:24:25
9. Rose Harvey 2:25:01
10. Susanna Sullivan 2:29:30

I wrote about Jenny Grimshaw a couple weeks ago. She has an incredible story, and she just PRed by 2:59 at the London Marathon, running 2:36:14! fastwomen.substack.com/p/fast-women...

Natosha Rogers finishes seventh at the Nagoya Women's Marathon, in 2:23:51. That's an 11-minute personal best!

All new podcast episode with Taylor Roe fresh off winning the USATF Half Marathon Championships and qualifying for her first World Championship team. Appreciated her candor about dealing with race anxiety.

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Taylor Roe is pulling a Fiona O'Keeffe.

A breakthrough moment and a big upset for first-year professional runner Taylor Roe, who wins the USATF Half Marathon Championships. She runs an incredible 1:07:22 on a tough course on a cold/windy day. Emma Grace Hurley finishes second (1:07:35) and Amanda Vestri (1:08:17) also makes the U.S. team.

Patrick Dever runs incredible 60:11 at Houston Half Marathon.

The long-distance runner goes fourth on the UK half-marathon all-time list after his fifth place in Texas.

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Winner Aoyama Gakuin University's Akimu Nomura named Hakone Ekiden MVP after 56:47 CR on 20.8 km downhill 6th leg: japanrunningnews.blogspot.com/2025/01/akim...

Koku Gakuin University goes for the triple crown - 2025 Hakone Ekiden preview and streaming: japanrunningnews.blogspot.com/2024/12/koku...

4 days of championship ekiden racing over the next 5 days. Previews and streaming:
Dec.30: Mt. Fuji Women’s Ekiden
japanrunningnews.blogspot.com/2024/12/mt-f...

Jan.1: New Year Ekiden
japanrunningnews.blogspot.com/2024/12/toyo...

Jan.2-3: Hakone Ekiden
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John Anderson donates 13 goats to the Friends for Health in Haiti in Grant Holloway's name. 🐐

Exclusive interview – Julien Alfred 🇱🇨

The Olympic 100m champion talks about, in our December magazine, the preparation that helped her win gold in Paris 💬

She secured Saint Lucia's first ever Olympic medals at the Games ⚡️

Exclusive interview – Mondo Duplantis 🇸🇪

The Swedish pole vault superstar, in our December magazine, opens up about setting a world record at the Olympics 💬

Plus visualisations growing up and what motivates him in competitions now 💥

After a spectacular 2024 season, Mondo Duplantis opens up about:

🇸🇪 Visualising future success from his backyard
⚡️ Why his 100m against Karsten Warholm was so special
🏟️ Feeling a "wave of comfort" before clearing 6.25m at the Paris Olympics

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