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Andreas Almgren of Sweden, a half-marathon specialist running his first 26.2 miles, won the New York City Marathon on Sunday, Nov. 1, in 2:06:01, pulling away from Italy's Yemaneberhan Crippa in the final mile. AP reports it was the third-fastest time in the course's history and the first debut win since 2010. Lesotho's Kamohelo Mofolo edged defending champion Benson Kipruto for third; American Zouhair Talbi ran the fastest time ever by a U.S. runner in the race.

Kenya's Sheila Chepkirui won the women's race for the second time (2:24:36). American Jess McClain passed two-time winner Hellen Obiri in the last strides for second, the first U.S. woman in the top three since 2018.

Switzerland's Marcel Hug won the men's wheelchair race for the eighth time, by just over a second, and Catherine Debrunner won the women's in the second-fastest time in race history. About 60,000 runners started, nearly half of them women; in 1976, the first five-borough year, 88 women ran.

Germany's Blanka Dörfel, 24, finished second in her marathon debut at the Frankfurt Marathon on Sunday, Oct. 25, in 2:20:46, the second-fastest time ever by a German woman, Athletics Illustrated reports. She ran without a watch and didn't see her time until she entered the Festhalle. "The wet course was a challenge," she said. Ethiopia's Zeineba Yimer won in 2:19:45.

In the men's race, Ethiopia's Jirata Dinki, 24, running only his third marathon and with a previous best of 2:08:18, pulled away in the last two kilometres to win in 2:05:26. Germany's Amanal Petros, the European champion, was second in 2:05:46, the first German man on the Frankfurt podium in more than 25 years. "I had not reckoned with him," Petros said.

A record 19,720 runners from 128 countries entered. It was the last race for race director Jo Schindler after 25 years.

Jennifer MacDonell of Ottawa ran the TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon on Sunday, Oct. 18, in 3:23:59, a new W70-74 world record pending ratification, Canadian Running reports. The previous mark, 3:27:00, was set by France's Laurence Dupont Alnet in 2024.

The run capped eight days in which she also set Canadian age-group records for the mile (6:51) and 5K (21:40) in Montreal. With two kilometres to go she was fighting a cramping calf and a headwind, and told the magazine she repeated Dory's line from Finding Nemo, "just keep swimming."

She prepared for a year with coach Steve Boyd, and organizers started her just behind the elite field. Her plan afterward, she said, was to enjoy the moment before setting a new goal.

William Goodge, an ultramarathoner from London, is trying to run a marathon in each of the 50 U.S. states in 24 days, raising money for cancer research and attempting a world record, WBAL reports from an interview with sister station KMBC in Kansas City.

Goodge said he started running after his mother died of cancer, as a way to turn "emotional pain" into something positive. His Kansas City runs, including the Garmin Marathon on Saturday, were days nine and 10 of the attempt. He said he has to finish each marathon in five hours or less to stay on schedule.