RossRunning News

04/29/2026

I’ve run Bloomsday around 20 times. Always a great event. Good luck to everyone running on Sunday!! ☀️

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2026/apr/26/bloomsday-perennial-founders-race-times-have-slowe/?fbclid=IwZnRzaARfaARleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEegur0XMy8PGMfkho_4A2fb4zsBn7_5bMn2Z_jD1K4lqSFCZP-qJe5XiLom1M_aem_R_1_sY3WkqEUCqBdg-V-5Q

Based on the sport that stole his attention as he started high school, Don Kardong might have been on a path to found Hoopfest.

04/29/2026

Happy 79th birthday to legendary miler Jim Ryun!

04/28/2026

Tips to help you recover quickly after a marathon.

04/28/2026

Interesting. Suing Puma over injuries from their spikes? Apparently carbon plated shoes aren’t for everyone.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Former world champion sprinter Abby Steiner of Dublin, Ohio has filed a lawsuit against Puma, claiming their shoes contributed to her injuries that halted her career. …

04/28/2026

What a milestone!

HISTORY HAS BEEN MADE 🫨

Sabastian Sawe becomes the first person ever to break the 2-hour barrier in official race conditions, storming to a historic 1:59:30‼️

Yomif Kejelcha on his marathon debut, also breaks 2 hours with a stunning 1:59:41 and Jacob Kiplimo clocks 2:00:28, also faster than the previous world record 😤

04/28/2026

Quite a run for a new Irish record!

Top European 🇮🇪

ICYMI, at yesterday's London Marathon Peter Lynch set a new Irish record of 2:06:08 in a historic men's race 💪

Lynch’s time takes nearly two minutes off the national record set by Fearghal Curtin (2:07:54) in October of last year.

The 28-year-old also took over three minutes off his own previous best (2:09:36) which was set in April 2025 ‼️

04/28/2026

Happy 64th birthday to PattiSue Plumer!

She was an NCAA 5,000 meter champion while running for Stanford and a two time Olympian. 1988 (3000-13th), 1992 (1500-5th, 3000-13th)

04/28/2026

Back to running again and wondering why Nike ever discontinued the Tempo Next %

04/27/2026

He covered the 10k split from 30-40k in 27:36. An average pace of 4:26 per mile. Just mind boggling.

04/27/2026

A solo 2:05:54 and fastest ever debut marathon by an American! What a fantastic run!

London may have been take up all of the headlines but back on American soil things got a little rowdy in Ohio 👀🤠

The Notre Dame () alum, Vinny Mauri (.mauri), debuted the marathon distance with not just an Olympic Trials Qualifier, but the US #9 All-Time and the fastest American debut ever with a 2:05:54 at Glass City in Toledo, Ohio earlier this morning🫣😦

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04/27/2026

My pre race picks vs the actual results.

Did I think that Kiplimo would break the old world record? Yes. And I was only 5 seconds off on his actual time (I guessed he’d run 2:00:23 and he ran 2:00:28.)

Did I think that two other runners would run under 2 hours to destroy that mark and relegate Kiplimo to third?

No, I don’t think anyone saw that coming.

I don’t think performance enhancing drugs are a factor here but then again no one with any clue is going to test positive the week of the race. The only way that an athlete will get caught is through random, unannounced out of competition testing.

Eliud Kipchoge set the tone in 2019 in Vienna when he ran 1:59:40. I was there to witness it in person.

He let us know that “no human is limited.” We have to believe that none of us are limited by physical barriers. Not age, not genetics, not weather, not footwear and not our lifestyle.

Sabastian Sawe is 31. Yomif Kejelcha is only 28. It’s a whole new world out there now.

What IS the limit of human performance in the marathon?

04/27/2026

11 years ago today Eliud Kipchoge won his first London Marathon, running 2:04:42. He would return to win in 2016, 2018 and 2019 as well. His 2019 time of 2:02:37 was the second fastest in history at the time.