My Best Runs

A study by the National Library of Medicine revealed that the consumption of pork can cause irregularly high levels of nandrolone.

Sifan Hassan will test her speed once again when she races the mile at the Muller British Grand Prix a Wanda Diamond League meeting at Gateshead International Stadium on 13 July. The world 1500m and 10,000m champion holds the world mile record with 4:12.33 and last weekend set a world record for 10,000m with 29:06.82 at the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting in Hengelo, although it survived only two days before being beaten by Letesenbet Gidey of Ethiopia.

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Olympic 3,000m Steeplechase champion Conseslus Kipruto will compete for the first time this year in Thursday's Florence Diamond League in Italy.

Ethiopian Letesenbet Gidey lowered the women’s 10,000m world record, two days after Sifan Hassan broke it on the same track in Hengelo, Netherlands. Gidey, who on Oct. 7 broke the 5000m world record, clocked 29:01.03 at the Ethiopian Olympic Trials (yes, the Ethiopian Trials are being held in the Netherlands). She took 5.79 seconds off Hassan’s record from Sunday.

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce has become the second-fastest female 100m sprinter in history with a sensational 10.63 (1.3m/s) run in Kingston, Jamaica, on Saturday (5). Racing at the aptly-named JOA/JAAA Olympic Destiny Series meeting, Jamaica's two-time Olympic and nine-time world gold medallist further proved her intention to add another title to that tally in Tokyo later this year. Powering out of the blocks, the 34-year-old made it look easy as she hit top speed and surged away from her rivals to run hard through the line before clapping and raising her arms in celebration.

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US 800m star, Ajeé Wilson is on the comeback trail! The US 800m star is on the comeback trail, writes Elliott Denman, and about to hit the track for her first competition in 12 months GO Ajeé!!

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The extraordinary feats of the world’s oldest marathon runner Sikh Superman Fauja Singh are to be immortalised in a biopic produced in his native India. Fauja Singh, 109, who broke marathon records and was dubbed the Sikh Superman before hanging up his running shoes six years ago, will be the subject of a Bollywood film, Fauja, tracing his remarkable career. The life of Fauja Singh, the oldest marathon runner in the world, will be told in a Bollywood film.

Cruz Culpepper runs 3:59.53 mile, joins father on list of sub-4 runners! Cruz and Alan Culpepper are just the 13th father-son duo to have both broken the four-minute barrier. University of Washington freshman Cruz Culpepper opened his collegiate career in impressive style at the UW Indoor Preview on January 30, running a 3:59.53 mile for the first sub-four-minute result of his young career. With the run, Culpepper becomes the 11th UW runner to break four minutes in the mile, and he also joins his father, former U.S. Olympian Alan Culpepper, on the elite list. Cruz and Alan are the 13th father-son duo in history to have broken the four-minute barrier.

Commonwealth 10,000m bronze medalist, Rodgers Kwemoi, will be seeking a win at the Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) Half Marathon. The former world junior 10,000m champion finished third last Sunday at the Discovery Kenya Cross County Championships behind winner Nicholas Kimeli and Africa Games' 5,000m champion Robert Kiprop. This is part of my speed and endurance build-up ahead of for RAK but I have to run well at the national championships cum trials first. My preparations have been good and that is why I had to run well in this race, the Mount Elgon-born athlete said.