Craig Alexander (Aus)Two-time Ironman champion won this year's Coeur D'alene Ironman in Idaho in a course record time of 8:19:48. The 38-year-old Australian was laid low for a month by a viral infection, missing Ironman Australia, so it was a
, the shoe favoured by former marathon world record holder Khallid Khannouchi, and that should give you an idea of the kind of runner who'll get the most out of them – the fast and efficient kind. That doesn't necessarily mean elite, though. The 250 uses New
The Virgin London Marathon is always one of the highlights of the global running calendar and yesterday’s race didn’t disappoint. Many PB’s were attempted, many achieved, some missed but regardless an eventful day was had by all with Guinness World
bagged five world records, four world championship gold medals, and is triple Olympic champion, already a legend? Apparently not. “It’s all about retaining Olympic titles,” Bolt says. “And I can tell you exactly why: world records are great, but they can
the British 10,000m record for the second time, the world watched in awe on June 4, as he crushed his opponents at the Diamond League meeting in Eugene, Oregon, shaving a whopping 40 seconds off his PB and setting a new European 10,000m record (26:46:57).Mo
2. Berlin MarathonBerlin has established its world-class marathon credentials with a record-breaking course and a slick and efficient race organisation. But it does offer far more. The crowds are large, loud and enthusiastic (if sporadic
use the word cushioning guardedly), but the Japanese-targeted design is so narrow that many Western runners will feel as though theyre running on half a shoe. For the record, theres a 4mm Zoom Air unit in the rearfoot, and wet-traction rubber
some of the greatest sporting feats ever seen. And it's not just world records that have been toppled - the Olympics have heralded key moments, transforming society's attitude to race, gender and through the Paralympics, disability.Picture credit: Jason
his third Ironman World Championship, breaking the course record time by 12 seconds, despite suffering leg cramps in the last 2K of the race. He crossed the line in 8:03:56. Fellow Aussie Pete Jacobs was second, in 8:09:11, and German Andreas Raelert
it didn't come pain-free as he had a fall on the slippery and wet cobbles just before the Tower of London after catching a barrier. "If the weather had been better and I had not fallen: well, it's possible I could have broken the world record." he claimed
