Matteo Sargenti

He is the founder of The Running Week, a runner, and a lifelong sports enthusiast dedicated to sharing practical advice, inspiring stories, and evidence-based training tips.

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The 3-Hour Rule: How World Athletics Just Redesigned Track for the TikTok Generation

World Athletics redesigned the Ultimate Championship for younger TV audiences with 3-hour sessions and no 10,000m or steeplechase. Here is what the sport gains and what it loses.

Marathon Course Records Now Fall in Packs. Here Is the Real Reason.

Three men broke the Boston course record. Seven broke Sydney's. Two men beat two hours in London. Here is what the data on marathon course record clusters actually shows.

Why Elite Ultrarunners Fall So Often Late in a Race, and What It Reveals About Every Runner's Body

Ben Dhiman fell hard 10km from the UTMB finish and still won. Here is what fatigue biomechanics research reveals about why elite runners fall late in races.

65,000 Runners Line Up in Copenhagen Behind the Fastest Half Marathoner in History.

Copenhagen hosts the World Athletics Road Running Championships on Sept 19-20, 2026, with the half marathon, 5K, and mile world titles plus 65,000 mass runners.

Eight Months Pregnant and Still Sub-3. Ali Anderson Runs 2:59 in Sydney

Ali Anderson ran 2:59:43 at the Sydney Marathon at 32 weeks pregnant, her second marathon while pregnant this year. What the ACOG guidelines actually say.

Wiz Khalifa Wants Stoners to Start Running. A Colorado Lab Already Tested Exactly That.

Wiz Khalifa is telling stoners to start running. A CU Boulder lab put 42 runners on treadmills to see what cannabis really does to a run.

Addisu Gobena Broke the Sydney Course Record. Then Six More Men Broke It Behind Him.

Ethiopia's Addisu Gobena won the 2026 Sydney Marathon in 2:04:42, but the real story is that seven men finished under the previous course record.

Teen Pleads Guilty to Terror Plot Targeting Sydney Marathon and Opera House

A Sydney teenager has pleaded guilty to planning a terror attack on the Sydney Marathon finish at the Opera House. He was 14 at the time of arrest.

Julien Veysseyre Crossed the UTMB Finish Line on One Leg and Made History

Julien Veysseyre finished the 2026 UTMB in 44 hours, 16 minutes, 4 seconds, becoming the first amputee ever to complete the 174km Mont Blanc loop.

A Robot Just Ran 100m in 9.39. That Is 0.19 Faster Than Usain Bolt Has Ever Run.

A humanoid robot named Tien Kung Ultra ran 100m in 9.39 seconds in Beijing, faster than Usain Bolt's 9.58 world record. No governing body has ratified it.

The Honest Timeline for When Running Actually Starts to Feel Easier

A precise, physiology-backed timeline for when running stops feeling brutal, broken into what changes at 2 weeks, 6 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months.

5 Things Nobody Is Talking About Before Sunday's Sydney Marathon

The Sydney Marathon 2026 starts Sunday. Here are five storylines the mainstream previews are missing, from a two-second record heartbreak to a bridge that ruins pacing.