CNN — Perhaps the most intense rivalry in distance running currently isn’t between two of the world’s top athletes, although it is being played out at major marathon races across the globe. “At the moment,” he added, “it’s become shoe wars.” Speed over durability Thompson, who has previously helped the likes of Nike, Reebok, and Hoka to design running shoes …
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Berlin: Organisers of a one-off invitation-only elite marathon in Hamburg, where Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge is expected to run next month, need to find a new location because of COVID-19 restrictions in the city, they said Wednesday. After a tightening of lockdown restrictions in Hamburg, organisers must find an alternative venue for the race, tagged “the fastest way to Tokyo”, …
In this interview with Firstpost, marathon running legend Eliud Kipchoge talks about the shoe controversy, running at the London Marathon this year, and running an actual marathon under the two-hour mark. It’s been almost a year since Eliud Kipchoge became the first man to run a marathon distance under the two-hour mark, albeit in an unofficial event at Vienna’s Prater …