Some numbers are difficult to comprehend. The human body, for example, is made up of about 40 trillion cells. Earth is about 150 million kilometres from the sun. And the world record for the marathon ...

Tributes have been paid to marathon world record breaker Kelvin Kiptum, who died along with his coach Gervais Hakizimana in a road accident on Sunday. Kenyan member of parliament Gideon Kimaiyo ...

Sabastian Sawe grins and then bursts into laughter when it is suggested that a world record would have materialised at this year’s Berlin Marathon had there been better conditions. It is just a month ...

Marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum and his coach have died in a crash in Kenya, it has been announced. Kenyan member of parliament Gideon Kimaiyo confirmed the pair’s death in a statement on X ...

But what about marathon walking? While many of us have heard of the jaw-dropping marathon world records – Ruth Chepngetich’s ...

Running a marathon is always an achievement, no matter what the clock says when you cross the finish line. However, some ...

The women’s marathon world record holder Ruth Chepngetich has been banned for three years after admitting an anti-doping violation, but her record time will be allowed to stand because it pre-dated ...

Ruth Chepngetich’s “impossible” marathon world record will continue to stand despite a three-year doping ban. Chepngetich, the Kenyan long-distance runner, failed a doping test for the banned diuretic ...

Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge shattered his own marathon world record, winning the Berlin race with a time of 2:01.09, some 30 seconds faster than his previous world best set in the German capital four years ...

The women’s marathon world record-holder Ruth Chepngetich has been banned for three years after admitting to an anti-doping violation, but her record time will be allowed to stand because it pre-dated ...

A FAMILY of 15 brothers and sisters have launched a bid to run the Dublin City Marathon next month and secure a place in the Guinness Book of Records. Singer Mundy joined the O'Donoghue family in ...

Climate change is reducing the chances of runners breaking marathon records, new research claims. The study, external by US-based non-profit organisation Climate Central said rising temperatures "have ...