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☆ A 93-year-old who started running marathons in his 50s goes to spin class every morning. He does 3 things to stay healthy.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-07 | by ( Kim Schewitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewAt 93, John Starbrook competes in water polo games, hits the gym up to twice a day, and only stopped running marathons five years ago. As average life spans rise and an aging population becomes a global reality, interest in staying healthy for longer is growing. But a healthy lifestyle appeared to offset the effects of genes linked to a shorter lifespan by 62%. But he really amped things up at age 53 when he got into running marathons. Research suggests social bonds are an important part of a long, healthy life.

Persons: —, John Starbrook, Starbrook, Judy Organizations: Service, UK, Guardian, Business, McKinsey, US News, University of Bergen, US Health Department, Department, London, Research Locations: Norway, London

☆ London Marathon 2024: Peres Jepchirchir wins London Marathon women’s elite race and breaks women’s-only world record
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-21 | by ( Aimee Lewis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —It was billed as a race that would be harder to win than the Olympic marathon gold in Paris and the London Marathon’s elite women’s race did not disappoint as reigning Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir won a hugely competitive race and set a new women’s-only world record. The field had a clutch of runners who were capable of breaking the record but it was Jepchirchir who made history, finishing ahead of Ethiopia’s world record holder Tigst Assefa in a sprint finish. I was not expecting to run a world record. I’m happy too to be in Paris for the Olympic marathon. Before the race a tribute was paid to world record holder and 2023 winner Kelvin Kiptum, who died in a traffic accident near his home in Kenya earlier this year.

Persons: Peres Jepchirchir, Mary Keitany, Jepchirchir, Tigst, Joyciline Jepkosgei, “, ” Jepchirchir, I’m, ” Alexander Mutiso Munyao, John Walton, Alexander Mutiso Munyao, Kenenisa Bekele, Emile Cairess, Kelvin Kiptum, Munyao, ”, Bekele, Marcel Hug, Catherine Debrunner Organizations: CNN, London, Olympic, Kenyan, BBC Sport Locations: Paris, jubilation, Kenya, ” Swiss

☆ Boston Marathon: How to watch and what you need to know ahead of this year’s race
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The 128th edition of the Boston Marathon takes place on Monday with 30,000 runners from over 100 countries expected to participate. Here’s what you need to know ahead of this year’s race. How to watchThe men’s and women’s wheelchair divisions get the Boston Marathon underway, setting off at 9:02 a.m. and 9:05 a.m. Eastern Time. The elite men’s race begins at 9:37 a.m. Decorated Kenyan distance runner Hellen Obiri, who won her first major marathon in Boston last year, headlines the women’s race alongside former New York City Marathon champion Sharon Lokedi.

Persons: Evans Chebet, Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot, Chebet, Eliud, Gabriel Geay, Hellen Obiri, Sharon Lokedi, Sara Hall, Des Linden, Keflezighi, Zdeno Chara, Rob Gronkowski Organizations: CNN, Boston Marathon, Patriots, ESPN2, Eurosport, New York, Marathon, London Marathon, Boston, Boston Bruins, Patriots ’ Locations: Hopkinton, Boston, Europe, FloSports, Australia, Tanzania, Massachusetts

☆ Kelvin Kiptum was targeting even more marathon history before his death aged 24
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Before his life was cut short at the age of 24 in a road accident, Kelvin Kiptum had been intent on achieving even more history in his brief but extraordinary marathon running career. Of the seven fastest marathon times in history, Kiptum owns three of them. “I offer my deepest condolences to his young family.”Kiptum stands next to a timer displaying his marathon world record in Chicago. He raced his first marathon in Valencia two days after his 23rd birthday and within the space of a year had become the world record holder. “I will get close to the sub-two barrier, so why not aim to break it?” Kiptum had said in November.

Persons: Kelvin Kiptum, Kiptum’s, ” Kiptum, Gervais Hakizimana, Sebastian Coe, John Walton, Kiptum, Eliud Kipchoge’s, Kipchoge, “, ” Kipchoge, Michael Reaves, Getty, Kiptum –, Hakizimana, ” Hakizimana, I’m Organizations: CNN, Rotterdam Marathon, Kiptum, London Marathon, World Athletics, AFP, Chicago Marathon, Toyota, Kenyan Locations: Valencia, London, Chicago, Kenya, Austrian, Vienna, Chepsamo, Chepkorio, Eldoret, West, Europe, Rwanda, Rotterdam

☆ Kelvin Kiptum, Marathon World Record-Holder, Is Dead at 24
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( Victor Mather | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Kelvin Kiptum, who shattered the world record in the men’s marathon last year, finishing tantalizingly close to the mythical and once unfathomable two-hour barrier, died in a car crash on Sunday in Kaptagat in western Kenya. His death was announced by Athletics Kenya, the governing body for track and field in that country. Kiptum, who was driving, veered off the road into a ditch and then hit a large tree, the authorities said. After some good performances in half marathons, Kiptum broke through in his first marathon in Valencia, Spain, in 2022, with a winning time of 2:01:53. At the London Marathon in 2023, he crushed the field to win in 2:01:25, the second-fastest time in history, 16 seconds short of the world record of 2:01:09 held by Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya.

Persons: Kelvin Kiptum, Gervais Hakizimana, Hakizimana, Sharon Kosgei, Kiptum, Eliud Kipchoge Organizations: Athletics Kenya, London Marathon Locations: Kaptagat, Kenya, Valencia, Spain

☆ Kenya's Kipyegon becomes first woman to claim 1500-5000 double at worlds
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-26 | by ( Lori Ewing | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Kipyegon's two golds from Budapest cap a remarkable season in which she broke three world records - in the 1,500m, mile and 5,000m. Making history today, winning two gold medals in a championships is what I was dreaming for this season," the 29-year-old said. "I have been patient waiting to be able to break world records and win double golds. The 30-year-old endured a gruelling triple challenge in Budapest, opening the worlds with a heartbreaking fall just 20 metres from the finish line in the 10,000m. I really felt amazing on the last lap and it was only in the last 20 metres I couldn't hold on.

Persons: Kipyegon, Dylan Martinez, Dutchwoman Sifan Hassan, Hassan, Beatrice Chebet, Alyne, Lori Ewing, Ken Ferris Organizations: National Athletics Centre, Rights, London, Kenya, Thomson Locations: Budapest, Hungary

☆ Fast times, big crowds as worlds return to Europe
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Mitch Phillips | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Hungary itself has a woeful world championship record, having never won a gold medal. However, World Athletics says ticket sales have been "strong" and the purpose-built 30,000-capacity stadium, which boasts the same bouncy Mondo track that contributed to so many fast times in Tokyo. Still only 29, she is appearing in her sixth world championships seeking a third gold to add to two Olympic 1,500 metres titles. Norwegian duo Jakob Ingebrigtsen (1,500m) and Karsten Warholm (400m hurdles) are among the big names expected to triumph in the longer distances. With sprinters Marlies Goehr and Marita Koch - whose 1985 400m world record of 47.60 remains much quicker than any current athlete - leading the way, the original "state-sponsored" doping regime of East Germany topped the table with 10 golds.

Persons: Sha'Carri Richardson, Aleksandra Szmigiel, Sebastian Coe, Faith Kipyegon, Shelly, Ann Fraser, Pryce, Shericka Jackson, Dutchwoman Sifan Hassan, Lamont Marcell Jacobs, Briton Zharnel Hughes, Kenyan Ferdinand Omanyala, Fred Kerly, Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Karsten Warholm, Ryan Couser, Tobi Amusan, Coe, Marita Koch, Mitch Phillips, Ed Osmond Organizations: Diamond League, Doha, Paris Olympics, Athletics, WA, Kenyan, Eugene, Marathon, Marlies Goehr, Thomson Locations: Silesia, Silesian, Poland, Budapest, Eugene, United States, Hungary, Tokyo, Jamaica, U.S, Norwegian, East Germany

☆ London Marathon: Sifan Hassan lays claim to being greatest female distance runner with thrilling victory
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-24 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

That’s precisely what Sifan Hassan did in the London Marathon on Sunday, though her stunning, chaotic victory in the women’s race was anything but straightforward. Hassan (center left) passes Big Ben on her way to an unexpected victory in London. Rather than making a long-term commitment to the marathon, Hassan thought she would test herself over the longer distance and still race on the track this summer. “I was telling myself that I’m stupid that I decided to run the marathon,” said Hassan. Prior to that, she broke the 23-year-old mile world record at the start of 2019 and won 1,500 and 10,000-meter golds at the world championships a few months later.

☆ Adele Roberts: Radio DJ breaks record for fastest woman with an ileostomy to run the London Marathon
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-24 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —British radio presenter Adele Roberts became the fastest woman to complete the London Marathon with an ileostomy, running the distance in just over three and a half hours on Sunday. The Guinness World Records awarded Roberts with a framed certificate at the finish line, writing on Twitter: “Adele Roberts completed the fastest marathon with an ileostomy (female) in 3:30:22. “Thank you to every single person who has helped make today possible,” Roberts wrote on Instagram after the race. “This means I currently have no use of my large colon,” Roberts wrote on her fundraising page. Roberts was one of thousands of runners to complete the London Marathon on Sunday which raised millions for charitable causes.

☆ Farah says Great North Run will be his final race
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

April 24 (Reuters) - Britain's four-times Olympic champion Mo Farah said he will end his athletics career at the Great North Run in September. Farah finished ninth in his final marathon in London on Sunday, clocking 2:10:28 - nine minutes behind winner Kelvin Kiptum. The 40-year-old will compete at the 10km Great Manchester Run on May 21 before the Great North Run half-marathon on Sept. 10. The Great North Run is going to be my last ever run and that will be my goodbye. Farah has won the Great North Run six times.

☆ Athletics Hassan takes London Marathon title in stunning debut
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

LONDON, April 23 (Reuters) - Dutchwoman Sifan Hassan won the London Marathon on Sunday in a dramatic debut after falling back with an early injury, beating Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir and defending champion Yelamzerf Yehualaw in what organisers said was the best ever elite women's field for the event. Hassan finished in two hours, 18 minutes and 34 seconds with a desperate sprint in the last 500 metres. The 30-year-old middle-distance athlete looked to be in pain around the hip flexor just under an hour in, falling behind as she stopped and stretched, but she caught up again with the leading pack with just over six kms to go. Hassan has snatched victory from the jaws of defeat before: in the 1500 metres at the Tokyo Olympics she took a hard tumble, picked herself up and charged ahead to win gold. Reporting by Helen Reid; editing by Clare FallonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Sifan Hassan Wins London Marathon in Stunning Comeback
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-23 | by ( Andrew Das | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Sifan Hassan, an Olympic track champion from the Netherlands running her first marathon, staged a stunning comeback on Sunday to win the London Marathon in one of the most dramatic and unexpected finishes in the race’s history. In winning, Hassan showed both her stunning range as a runner — she was a triple medalist in three shorter distances on the Tokyo Olympics track two years ago and holds the world record in the mile — but also her inexperience as a marathoner. An Ethiopian-born Dutch athlete better known for her middle-distance success, Hassan fell off the pace about an hour into the race after stopping to stretch her aching left hip, dropped behind the lead group at times and pushed it at others, and even offered drinks to her rivals as they ran. And Hassan, 30, did it all despite training for the race during Ramadan, a month of fasting that left her unable to complete long runs because she could not drink or eat during the day.

☆ Where to watch the London Marathon live stream for free from anywhere in the world
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-22 | by ( Brendan Griffiths | Senior Commerce Director | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Wherever you are in the world, we can show you where to watch the London Marathon live stream for free. Where to watch the London Marathon (US)US viewers getting up early to watch the London Marathon online are looking at one of the most expensive routes to tune in via the local option. It's the best way to tune into the free London Marathon live stream showing in the UK wherever you are in the world. ET / 8:30 a.m. BST / 9:30 p.m. CETDo any other countries have a free London Marathon live stream? Full London Marathon scheduleHere are the times for each race in the 2023 London Marathon on April 23.

☆ The Boston Marathon Women’s Elite Field Was Historic. London’s Will Be, Too.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-22 | by ( Talya Minsberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The announcement of an elite women’s field at most major marathons usually begins with a superlative or two. Women’s elite marathoning, and to a similar extent amateur marathoning, continues to hit new standards year after year. It was true at the 127th running of the Boston Marathon on Monday, when 14 of the women who entered the race had run a marathon faster than 2 hours 21 minutes. And it will be true again this weekend at the London Marathon, when another 10 women in that race have run a marathon in under 2:19. Six of them have run under 2:18, including the world-record holder Brigid Kosgei.

☆ London Marathon: Mo Farah prepares for 'last' race amid prospect of potential protests
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-21 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah says this year’s London Marathon will be his last as the iconic event braces itself for potential protests. “It won’t be my last race but, in terms of marathon, I think the London Marathon will be my last,” he said. When asked what he thought of the potential protests, Farah said he trusted race organizers to put on a great event. “I think the key thing is it’s not about the elite athletes, the London Marathon is about the mass race,” he told BBC Sport. “It’s about people going out there, running for loved ones, running for charities and making a difference and changing people’s lives.”Farah running the London Marathon in 2019.

☆ Farah says London will be his last marathon
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/3] Athletics - London Marathon - Elite Men Press Conference - London, Britain - April 20, 2023 Britain's Mo Farah poses after the press conference ahead of the London marathon Action Images via Reuters/Andrew BoyersApril 20 (Reuters) - Mo Farah will compete in his final marathon in front of a home crowd in London on Sunday, the four-times Olympic gold medallist said on Thursday ahead of his likely retirement this year. The 40-year-old, who withdrew from last year's event due to injury, has run the London Marathon three times with a best finish of third in 2018, the same year he won the Chicago Marathon. About 750,000 people are expected to attend the race and Farah expects the occasion to be an emotional one. It won't be my last race but in terms of marathon, the London Marathon will be my last," Farah told reporters. "The support, the people coming out in London, I think that will get to me but I will try not think about it and run.

☆ London Marathon could face potential disruption from environmental groups
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

It’s genocidal.”Just Stop Oil have glued themselves to roads, ziplocked their necks to goal posts, blockaded oil facilities and targeted iconic artwork. More recently, two Just Stop Oil activists caused delays at the World Snooker Championship after storming the tables and throwing orange powder paint on one of the playing surfaces. “It’s time for everyone to join us in civil resistance or face the loss of everything we know and love. A Just Stop Oil protester recently disrupted the World Snooker Championship on Monday. The London Marathon is set to begin with the wheelchair and elite events before the mass start follows at around 10 a.m. local time.

☆ Environmental group to help guard London Marathon amid protest fears
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, April 19 (Reuters) - Environmental activist group Extinction Rebellion have agreed to help guard the London Marathon from disruption by protesters, event director Hugh Brasher said on Wednesday. Organisers of Sunday's race are stepping up security to avoid protests after recent disruptions at the Grand National horse race and World Snooker Championship. A Just Stop Oil protestor halted the World Snooker Championship on Monday after he climbed on to a table and scattered a bag of orange powder paint over the green cloth playing surface. "(Extinction Rebellion) will be uniquely asking all their participants to help guard the London Marathon. Brasher said he was hoping to meet Just Stop Oil representatives in the next 24 hours.

☆ Here's when millions of UK phones will sound an emergency test alarm
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-06 | by ( Hannah Ward-Glenton | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

All smartphones in the UK will sound an alarm later this month in emergency test. Most U.K. cell phones will sound an alarm for 10 seconds later this month as the government tests a new emergency alert system. A siren will go off at 3 p.m. local time on April 23 and last approximately 10 seconds on all 4G and 5G mobile phones. The system is designed to broadcast urgent messages to areas that are in danger, for example if there is severe flooding or a wildfire. "It could be the sound that saves your life," Oliver Dowden, a British government minister said in a press release.

☆ Marathon-Farah returns for London Marathon, McColgan to make her debut
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Jan 31 (Reuters) - Britain's four-times Olympic champion Mo Farah will take part in his home London Marathon in April after missing the race last year, the long-distance runner said on Tuesday. Farah, who won the Chicago Marathon in 2018 and is also the national record holder in the marathon, missed the London Marathon last year when he was forced to withdraw due to injury. "The London Marathon has always been special to me and I am looking forward to being back out there on the roads of my home town." "It was disappointing not to have taken part in last year's London Marathon. I had such a fantastic summer on the track and the plan was always to follow that with my marathon debut in London," the 2021 Birmingham Games gold medallist said.

☆ Prince William gave a $1.2 million Earthshot prize to a startup that makes edible packaging from seaweed
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-03 | by ( Stephanie Stacey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Prince William awarded five Earthshot Prizes of $1.2 million on Friday to fund climate innovation. The prestigious Earthshot Prizes were awarded on Friday in Boston. Each winner will receive £1 million ($1.2 million) to develop their climate innovations. The star-studded ceremony, hosted by Prince William and Kate Middleton, had various celebrities in attendance including Billie Eilish, Ellie Goulding, Annie Lennox, Rami Malek, Catherine O'Hara, and David Beckham. The Earthshot Prizes were launched in 2020 by Prince William and Sir David Attenborough.

☆ Injured Farah out of London Marathon
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

LONDON, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Britain's four times Olympic champion Mo Farah has withdrawn from his home London Marathon on Sunday after suffering a hip injury. Organisers said on Wednesday that the six times world champion was not fit to compete despite intensive treatment. His absence is a second blow to organisers in the space of a week after Kenya's women's world record holder and twice London Marathon champion Brigid Kosgei withdrew due to a minor hamstring injury. read moreCommonwealth Games 10,000m champion Eilish McColgan also withdrew this month on medical grounds while Ethiopia's men's world champion Tamirat Tola pulled out in August due to muscle fatigue. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Alan Baldwin, editing by Toby DavisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Kipchoge will be at London Marathon, but not racing
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Mitch Phillips | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya crosses the finish line to win the men's category race in the Tokyo Marathon 2021 in Tokyo, Japan March 6, 2022. Kipchoge, a four-times winner in London, clocked two hours, 01.09 seconds to take half a minute off his own record set on the same Berlin course four years ago. Returning to London he will present medals to thousands of youngsters racing parts of the course on Saturday, finishing under the famous gantry on The Mall. Briton Mo Farah, now 39, won the Mini Marathon three times and will be the man the locals want to see on Sunday. Brasher said that he was planning for London Marathon to accommodate 50,000 runners, up from the current total of around 40,000, probably from 2024, with a long view to matching that with 50,000 in the Mini Marathon to mark the race's 50th Anniversary in 2031.

☆ World record holder Kosgei withdraws from London Marathon with injury
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Brigid Kosgei of Kenya crosses the line to win the women's elite race at the Tokyo Marathon 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, March 6, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/PoolSept 26 (Reuters) - World record holder and twice London Marathon champion Brigid Kosgei has been forced to withdraw from Sunday's race due to a minor hamstring injury, organisers said on Monday. Kosgei, who won the London Marathon in 2019 and 2020, was one of the favourites going into the event. She also won the Tokyo Marathon earlier this year after a silver medal at the Olympics last year. Kosgei set a world record time of 2:14:04 in Chicago in 2019.

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