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92 year old runner

This 92-year-old sprinter has the muscle cells of someone in their 20s

Emma Maria Mazzenga made headlines when she broke the 200-metre world record for women over 90. Now, scientists want to unlock her secret.

  • Teddy Amenabar and Stefano Pitrelli

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Charlie Maher was the first Indigenous Australian to complete all seven Abbott World Marathon Majors and is set to add an eighth in Sydney next week.

Charlie didn’t know how far a marathon was. Now he’s going to create history in Sydney

Charlie Maher will become the first Indigenous Australian to complete all seven world majors when he runs the Sydney Marathon next weekend.

  • Frances Howe
Eliud Kipchoge

How online threats after a rival’s death almost broke marathon king Eliud Kipchoge

Eliud Kipchoge, arguably the greatest athlete to run the famous 42.195km, will star in the Sydney Marathon this month. But the legend endured his toughest year in 2024 after a rising Kenyan star died in tragic circumstances.

  • Iain Payten
The City2Surf route offers spectacular harbour and ocean views.

Everything you need to know about the City2Surf

With the city bracing for road closures and large crowds, here’s everything you need to know for Sunday morning.

  • Christine Lee
Double mastectomy recipient Robyn Smith is running the City2Surf topless next weekend.

When her mum got sick, Robyn learnt she had a ‘ticking time-bomb’ in her chest

Robyn Smith will run the City2Surf topless next Sunday to raise funds for inherited cancer research and support.

  • Christine Lee
Members of the early morning run club undertake their exercise from Milson’s Point around the Opera House and back, Friday, 1 August 2025 in Sydney, Australia. There is a rise of fun-run clubs participating in the Sun Herald marathon next week. Photo: Sam Mooy / The Sydney Morning Herald

‘The whole crew is there’: City2Surf becomes race of the run clubs

About 10 per cent of the event’s 90,000 registered runners said they were in a run club, which have exploded in popularity since the pandemic.

  • Sarah Berry
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The link between exercise and good mental health outcomes is strong. Even a walk around the block will help improve mood.

Feeling low or anxious? Why moving your body is so good for mental health

Exercise, however small, is the one strategy that all mental health professionals endorse for treating low to moderate depression and, best of all, there are no negative side effects. Now we know why.

  • Erik Vance
Westergaard, left, cools of with water with pacing help from daughter Madison Westergaard as the sun rises during the Badwater 135 Ultramarathon on July 8.

Inside one 66-year-old runner’s gruelling 217km journey through ‘hell on Earth’

This retiree feels “at home” when he’s traversing one of the hottest places on the planet as part of the world’s toughest ultramarathon. Even when it makes him hallucinate.

  • Dorany Pineda, Ty O'Neil and John Locher
Overcoming self-doubt has been a work in progress for Olympian, Isobel Batt-Doyle.

What successful athletes can teach us about self-doubt, even if you’re not into sport

As we head into the running season, self-doubt is inevitable. Three Olympic athletes reveal how they manage it when the going gets tough.

  • Sarah Berry
Sifan Hassan of Team Netherlands celebrates after winning the Women’s Marathon.

She won the most incredible gold medal of the Paris Olympics. Now she’s coming to Sydney

Dutch great Sifan Hassan claimed marathon gold just days after winning two medals on the track. She is the latest star to sign up for the Sydney Marathon.

  • Iain Payten