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Hey runners, in today's newsletter, UTMB has lost both of its favorites in 48 hours.
Kilian Jornet withdrew Thursday for surgery on the knee he first broke in 2006, and Jim Walmsley followed on Friday, sidelined by the knee that stopped him at Western States in June. The race in Chamonix now runs without its two top-rated men.
Elsewhere, Jenny Simpson has shared that the inherited condition behind her June cardiac arrest means she cannot run again. Faith Kipyegon hasn't raced since July 10 and says her hamstring needs more time. And Andreas Almgren has picked New York for his marathon debut, one of the toughest Majors going.
And as always, we round things out with the practical stuff: the 10 best glute stretches for runners, a shockingly simple sprint protocol that makes you faster, and 11 ways to run without getting tired.
The 38-year-old said Thursday that he and his medical team have chosen an operation after a conservative approach failed. He has not said what the procedure is or when he might race again.
The organizers say controls have been doubled for the Aug. 24 to 30 event and now apply to every category without exception, but they have not published a figure for how many controls the race ran before.
The 2026 finisher medal, designed by Arrernte and Western Bundjalung artist Ambrose Killian, was revealed Monday with eight circles on its reverse, one for each race in the series. Shanghai's final evaluation, on Dec. 6, could make it nine.
Weekly fields at Lodmoor Country Park have been above 500, and 690 people came for the event's 600th running on Aug. 1. Parkrun's own guidance forbids capping numbers.
The Peppa Pig character is entered for Berlin on Sept. 27. Runners who fall behind the limit there are removed from the marked course, with no finishing time and no medal.
The Boston Athletic Association says an official Edmonton finish time can still be submitted, but not one a race has restated. Qualifier registration for the April 19, 2027 race closes at 5 p.m. ET on Sept. 18.
Simpson went into cardiac arrest at a community mile in Raleigh on June 16, arrested a second time in hospital and spent nine days at Duke. She said Thursday that the inherited condition behind it rules out running.
The 41-year-old British sprint coach was convicted of sexually assaulting a minor and is serving eight months at Al-Oudaya prison, BBC Sport reported. Four publicly funded British athletes are still listed under his name.
The 31-year-old Swede holds European records at 5,000m, 10K and the half-marathon. He will run his first marathon in New York on Nov. 1, on a course with no pacemakers and a record faster than any Swede has ever run.
His representatives confirmed the withdrawal to Marathon Handbook on Friday. The knee that stopped him at Western States in June has cost him the race where he still holds the course record, and Kilian Jornet left the same field on Thursday for knee surgery.
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