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1 week ago | 
marathonhandbook.com | Jessy Carveth
Philadelphia plays host this weekend to the third stop of the inaugural Grand Slam Track season, a new global league hoping to reshape the structure of elite track and field. Taking place at historic Franklin Field on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania, the two-day meet (May 31–June 1) will feature 96 athletes, 48 signed “Racers” and 48 invited “Challengers”, competing across sprint, hurdle, and distance events.
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1 week ago | 
marathonhandbook.com | Jessy Carveth
Conner Mantz made history on Memorial Day at the 2025 BOLDERBoulder, becoming the first man to win three consecutive professional titles at the storied 10K race in Boulder, Colorado. In a dramatic finish inside Folsom Field, Mantz outkicked Kenya’s Daniel Simiu Ebenyo to win in 28:20, just two seconds ahead of the Kenyan, who clocked 28:22.
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1 week ago | 
marathonhandbook.com | Jessy Carveth
Strava just quietly dropped one of its most consequential updates in years: 4.45 million activities have been purged from the platform’s leaderboards, the result of a machine learning system built to flag “improper” uploads. Most of these deletions come from activities logged under the wrong sport, from car rides posing as bike commutes, to GPS glitches masquerading as record-setting sprints, to, in some cases, full-on fabricated performances.
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1 week ago | 
marathonhandbook.com | Jessy Carveth
Deckers, the parent company of Hoka, reported slowing sales growth for the performance running brand — a miss that sent shares tumbling nearly 20%. Meanwhile, Swiss rival On Holding posted another strong quarter, intensifying the battle for market leadership. Hoka’s explosive rise over the past five years has made it a dominant player in performance footwear.
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2 weeks ago | 
marathonhandbook.com | Jessy Carveth
Eliud Kipchoge may be in the twilight of his competitive career, but he’s not walking away from the marathon world just yet. In an exclusive interview with Olympics.com following his sixth-place finish at the 2025 London Marathon, the 40-year-old Kenyan running legend suggested that this might be his final year racing at the elite level. While he stopped short of officially announcing retirement, his comments made it clear: he’s shifting focus. “I have nothing to prove,” Kipchoge said.
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2 weeks ago | 
marathonhandbook.com | Jessy Carveth
Russ Cook, the British ultrarunner and social media figure better known as the Hardest Geezer, has completed his latest headline-grabbing challenge: running the length of New Zealand, from Bluff at the southern tip of the South Island to Cape Rēinga at the top of the North. The feat took him 73 days and spanned more than 2,500 kilometers.
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2 weeks ago | 
marathonhandbook.com | Jessy Carveth
Garmin dropped the Forerunner 570 and 970 last week, and if you’re the kind of runner who follows firmware updates like race results, you probably noticed something big: a whole suite of new features that, until now, didn’t exist on any Garmin watch. The 970 in particular is loaded with next-gen performance tools, some useful, some just geeky enough to need a manual. But as always with Garmin, there’s a catch. Most of those shiny new features? They’re staying put on the latest devices.
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2 weeks ago | 
marathonhandbook.com | Jessy Carveth
Nike is raising prices across a wide range of its adult footwear and apparel starting this week, with full implementation expected by June 1. The move, described by the company as part of “seasonal planning,” comes as trade tensions escalate and digital sales falter, hinting at broader systemic challenges. Nike’s manufacturing is deeply tied to Asia, where new U.S. tariffs are reshaping the economics of importing consumer goods.
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2 weeks ago | 
marathonhandbook.com | Jessy Carveth
John Korir is no longer just a promising name in distance running, he’s now a serious contender to break one of the sport’s most daunting barriers. Following his dominant victory at the 2025 Boston Marathon, Korir has publicly set his sights on running a marathon in under 2 hours and 1 minute, a mark only one man has officially ever surpassed. “I’m not saying I’m going to attack the world record,” Korir told The Star (Kenya) a month after his Boston win.
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2 weeks ago | 
marathonhandbook.com | Jessy Carveth
In a move that could redefine (or completely derail) the future of elite sports, the Enhanced Games are set to launch next May in Las Vegas, offering athletes massive prize money for performances powered by science, technology, and, most controversially, performance-enhancing drugs. Billed as a bold rejection of traditional anti-doping rules, the Enhanced Games will take place from May 21 to 24, 2026, at Resorts World on the Las Vegas Strip.
