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Hey runners, in today's newsletter, Berlin's best stories came from well behind the lead pack.
Ruth Richter, 88, was asking a spectator for directions to the S-Bahn at 30K when a runner named Carsten talked her out of quitting. She went on to become the oldest woman to finish this year's race. Olympic triathlon champion Jan Frodeno also ran his first city marathon with a negative split.
We've also taken a closer look at Tigst Assefa's finish, run on a rupturing Achilles, and the hard question it leaves for elites and everyday runners about where to draw the line. And in Cologne, Elizabeth Laseter held off world record holder Shelby Houlihan by 0.8 seconds to win her fourth straight Beer Mile World Classic.
And as always, we round things out with the practical stuff: a complete walk-to-run program for beginners, how to break in new shoes, and how to nail the marathon long run.
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Alexis has finally raced. Just 26 hours after the first-ever Bloor Street Mile in Toronto, Alexis D'Souza Cyr and Alex Cyr go through her first race, from start to finish: the race-morning nerves, the porta-potty standoff, the imposter syndrome at the start line, and Alex's pacing job (he admits it was bad), which sent her through the first 400m about 20 seconds too fast. She still ran a huge 7:09 mile. Then came track hack.
Ruth Richter was asking a spectator for directions to the S-Bahn at 30K when a runner named Carsten stepped in. She then became the oldest woman to complete this year's race.
The Burundian-born runner, now racing for Spain, is the fastest man entered in the Oct. 25 race, with a best of 58:16. The European record he is targeting was lowered to 58:06 only nine days ago.
Whatever you're training for this fall, your hydration strategy isn't something you figure out at the start line - it's something you bake into your long runs over the next couple of months.
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Our team always stick to the mantra: practice with what you'll race with. Training your body and gut on the same electrolytes you'll use on race day is the difference between skipping past the wall and hitting it hard.
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The moment when your fresh box of brand new running shoes arrives is always an exciting one.
It’s likely you’ll be tempted to slip them on immediately and go straight out for a run. Hold your horses, though… if you take the time to break them in first, you’ll thank yourself later.
Her agency posted a photo of the Berlin Marathon winner smiling from her hospital bed on Tuesday and said it hopes she can be back in training within a few months.
The American food writer won her fourth straight title in Cologne by 0.8 seconds, in the first race in which three women finished a beer mile under six minutes.
Tigst Assefa ran the last two kilometers of the Berlin Marathon on a rupturing Achilles and still won in a course record. It was one of the bravest runs the sport has seen, and it leaves elite athletes and everyday runners alike with a hard question about where the line should be.
A record 25,630 qualifiers have been accepted for next April, and for the first time 1,000 of those places are going to runners picked in a random draw.
In this week's episode of The Running Story, who cover how Tigst Assefa was on world record pace at the 2026 Berlin Marathon until the final 2K. Assefa still won in a course record of 2:11:04, even though she appeared to suffer an Achilles injury around 40K. Early reports suggest a partial tear. Guye Adola won the men's race in 2:02:50, his first personal best in almost ten years. We also cover Josh Kerr's 1,000m time trial at altitude in Albuquerque, which came within 0.83 seconds of Emmanuel Wanyonyi's world record before the Ultimate Championship.
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