The Percocet dulled his foot pain and also his anxiety. Rideout was used to alcohol and cocaine, but this was different. He felt happy, confident and optimistic. He returned to the podiatrist for more pills. Then more. Soon he was altering the prescriptions manually, changing a seven into a two and adding a zero, before targeting smaller pharmacies that wouldn't run verification checks.
It's the most ubiquitous, effective, totally no-side-effects drug in the world. Exercise is also something Metzl feels is sometimes overlooked in the longevity space, in favor of fancier products. A lot of this stuff we talk about with longevity is not validated, like full-body MRIs and these supplement stacks.
Hellen Obiri of Kenya claimed the win in the women's race in 1:06:33, breaking the course record. Sharon Lokedi, the former course record holder, took second in 1:07:10. On the men's side, Adriaan Wildschutt of South Africa won in 59:30, 11 seconds ahead of second place Zouhir Talbi of the U.S.
Although the 4 a.m. start allowed athletes to avoid the worst of the heat and pollution levels, the air quality index was 178 at the start time, a level that is considered unhealthy, and the temperature hovered near 21 degrees Celsius (70 degrees Fahrenheit). The combination made for challenging conditions from the start.
GOODLIFE Nutrition is based in Lincoln, Nebraska, the home of Gravel Worlds, and is completely sponsoring the massive $150,000 prize purse. While it is already one of the marquee events on the gravel circuit, the $150,000 payout makes Gravel Worlds the largest single-day prize purse in gravel racing. This is a major investment from the sports nutrition brand GOODLIFE Nutrition and a milestone for the event and, arguably, for the sport of gravel racing itself.
I was a senior in high school, and I just said I wanted to run in it. Long story short, I dropped out in the hills in Newton. He didn't complete the race, and was taken by ambulance to Newton-Wellesley Hospital, he said. Still, he vowed to give it another shot.
Super shoes and ultralight gear make a difference, but with new advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) that can look at our running form and compare it to the ideal, analyze our nutrition intake from a simple photo and help us plan our diets, and offer guidance on training and recovery, the interwovenness of technology and running is only set to increase.
The Saucony Run Shoreditch Half will debut on Sunday September 20, 2026 - and it's from the same people who're behind the Hackney Half. The event began last year as a 10k, with runners starting in Shoreditch Park, winding through the boroughs of Hackney and Islington, then crossing the finish line back at the park. We don't know exactly what the half marathon route will look like yet, but we do know that it'll also start and end at Shoreditch Park.
There was heavy snow, ice, rain, and wind in the days leading up to the race. This is a long one, and so it's really early. Last year's men's race was won in 82 hours, and the first-place woman completed the adventure in 87 hours. At the time of this writing on Sunday, Eugeni Roselló Solé (Spain) leads the men, and Johanna Antila (Finland) is in front of the women's race.
In recent years, the New York Road Runners (NYRR) RBC Brooklyn Half has become recognized as one of the largest half marathons in the country, touting nearly 28,500 participants in 2025. Now in its 44th year, runners will once again embark on a 13.1-mile journey through Brooklyn on Saturday, May 16, starting at Prospect Park (the same spot that the NYC Half, also organized by NYRR, kicks off) and finishing on the famous Coney Island boardwalk.
The competitive trail ultramarathon racing season kicked off at the 2026 Hong Kong 100k on Saturday, January 24. While the weather was relatively cool, competition was hot, featuring many of the top runners from the global East. In the women's race, Vietnam's Hậu Hà and Veronika Leng, who is from Slovakia but lives in Hong Kong, finished in a tie, while China's Gui-Du Qin dominated the men's race in an emotional win.
