Maine Guy Who Runs

former D3 runner. PR's: 2:43 full, 1:12 half, 31:01 10k, 25:14 8k, 14:56 5k.

[McKirdy Trained @McKirdyTrained]

The 2027 World Championships are less than a year away... we still don't have a selection process announced for the marathon team.

We don't know the OTQ A standard (full funding for marathon athletes for travel and hotel).

We don't have an end date for the OTQ window. Probably January 2027 but nothing has been discussed in over a year - at least outwardly.

We will have 250+ athletes in both OTQ marathons... maybe over 300+... athletes and support crew should know these things.

Happy November.

[JOSPT Community @JOSPT]

We love #Infographics @JOSPT

Here's the newest one we have on "Clicking Hips in Football (Soccer) Players: What Does It Really Mean?"

You can read the original paper by Serighelli, et al. ➡️https://t.co/xoXHXGxIX2

#yourJOSPT #Hips #ClickingJoints #Football

[Cathal Dennehy @Cathal_Dennehy]

Such incredible shots of Battocletti as she changes gears - simply flawless technique when she's in full flow.

[Usain St. Leo Bolt @usainbolt]

Ok

[Jonathan Levitt @JWLevitt]

Why can’t the running community get riled up about how bad the Boston Marathon expo has gotten instead of all the other dumb things we’ve argued about lately?

[David Roche @MountainRoche]

This is Jess McClain absolutely FLYING just over a mile from the finish, on her way to winning the US Half Marathon Championships. Jess is the best person, and I know thousands of fans were crying with joy like we were as she made the move 🙏🇺🇸

But things didn’t unfold that way. Right around this moment, the lead car made a wrong turn. On the broadcast, you can see flaggers and police cars rubber-stamping the turns too. Jess did what any athlete would do—you follow direction from officials (and the camera that is broadcasting the event).

The top 3 athletes lost a few minutes, and with it spots on the US team for the world champs, a national championships podium, and big prize money/bonuses (at least as I’m writing this now). If that stands, it is NOT ACCEPTABLE.

@usatf and Atlanta Track Club (the event hosts), MAKE THIS RIGHT. Don’t hide behind rule books designed for when there weren’t cameras and lead cars showing the athletes where to run. At the very least, give both podiums the full prize money, and figure out a way to express in the results that this was your unintentional screw-up, and not on any of the athletes.

Most importantly, all of these women (including Molly Born, a total beast who crossed the finish line first) are so incredible. It’s time for USATF to think outside of the box and make this right for everyone. Let’s make this a funny story, rather than a sad one 🙏

Jess, we are so so proud of you 😭🦖

[Tim Adams @TimAdams76]

Alex Yee has just gone and finished seventh at the Valencia Marathon in an astonishing 2:06:38.

The Olympic individual triathlon champion, who made his debut over 26.2 miles in London with 2:11:08, goes second on the UK all-time list.

Only Mo Farah has gone quicker in the marathon. Unreal.

[FloTrack @FloTrack]

GUESS WHO’S BACK‼️

After dominating the indoor circuit last season, Josh Hoey kicks off the new season with a BANG, setting the 600m indoor World Record at #BUOpener.

His time of 1:12.84 beat the previous record by a second.

📸 @dsnpics

[Jonathan Gault @jgault13]

Jane Hedengren’s first collegiate track race.

-14:44.79 for 5,000 meters
-NCAA record
-Youngest American woman to break 15:00
-#2 all-time by an American woman indoors

[Liam @aidstationfireb]

Anne Flower sets a new WORLD RECORD for the 50mi distance at the USATF 50miChampionships at Tunnel Hill in 5:18:57, bettering Courtney Olsen’s 2024 record by nearly 13min!

Anne Flower also set the Leadville 100 CR earlier this year, bettering Ann Trason’s longstanding mark.

[🐺 jakobingebrigtsenloverr 🐺 @lovertoblame]

We need to study the glazing of Femke Bol done by World Athletics 😭

Don't get me wrong, that's my girl, but over Beatrice or Melissa is insane

[David M @davidmellyruns]

I’m sorry but this is insane

[Alex Predhome, Completely Secure Person @Predamame]

marathon build writeups on strava be like

[Chris Chavez @ChrisChavez]

🇺🇸 CONNER MANTZ BREAKS THE AMERICAN RECORD IN THE MARATHON IN 2:04:43.

INCREDIBLE RUN!

Previous record was 2:05:38 by Khalid Khannouchi in 2002.

[Maine Guy Who Runs @IRunStuff]

Yared wins the @nyrr 5th Ave Mile

[CITIUS MAG @CitiusMag]

AIN’T OVER ‘TIL IT’S OVER 😱

The finish of the men’s race at the 2025 Fifth Avenue Mile is a thriller, as the lead changes about five times in the final quarter mile. It looked like Parker Wolfe would come out with the win until the final strides, when Yared Nuguse found one last gear and won the battle to the line in 3:48.

Wolfe finishes second in 3:49 as Drew Hunter completes the U.S. podium sweep, also running 3:49 to edge out Irishman Nick Griggs by a hair.

[Josh Kerr’s Cybertruck @Kerrcybertruck]

Quick diamond league thoughts before I have to get back to work:

MJW is so good at sprinting
Updike keeps getting better, feel bad for Keter though
Cockrell vs Sutherland vs Dalilah could be a really fun battle for 2nd at Worlds

NIKKI’S PRONOUNS ARE THEY/THEM

[Vernon L. Norwood @Vernon400m]

I miss Diamond league on peacock!!

[CITIUS MAG @CitiusMag]

Generations collide in Tokyo 🤯

16-year-old Cooper Lutkenhaus, who finished 2nd in the 800m at the USATF Championships yesterday, will be going to his first global championships next month. 38-year-old Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce will be competing in her 1️⃣4️⃣th global championships.

(h/t @preet_athletics)