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The global pandemic unquestionably brought its huge challenges for the NN Running Team in 2020. But showing a combination of resilience and innovation the year also delivered a number of unforgettable...

With Abel Kirui prominent in the lead pack in the early stages of the Valencia Marathon, the TV race commentator quickly dismissed the two-time former world marathon champion as “having seen bet...

With NN Running Team athletes from seven different countries competing at the Valencia and Fukuoka Marathons, it was a busy weekend of action for the team. We bring you a summary in numbers of the bes...

NN Running Team marathon ace Birhanu Legese claimed a fourth successive marathon podium by placing third in a high-class Valencia Marathon today, recording a time of 2:03:16. The two-time Tokyo Mar...

The NN Running Team is in for an exciting weekend. We have athletes from 7 different countries competing in Japan and Spain. In this feature we would like to give you an overview of what to look out f...

Find out more about one of the rising stars of the NN Running Team, Yalemzerf Yehualaw. In an international career totally just two years, the 21-year-old Ethiopian has already achieved a fl...

The NN Running Team will be back in action this weekend. On Sunday we focus all eyes on India. Our half marathon athletes will all try to beat their personal best on the fast course of the Airtel D...

Sustaining injuries after being struck by a motorcyclist in June, Geoffrey Kamworor has faced a long road to recovery. However, patience, positivity and exemplary support have ensured the Kenyan NN Ru...

We are excited to welcome COROS as a new partner to the NN Running Team. It’s in our DNA to aspire for longevity. For our athletes we pursue long-term career with hopefully a lot of success alon...

The NN Running Team is delighted to confirm the arrival of Jo Fukuda from Japan. The 29-year old marathoner is the very first Asian athlete of the NN Running Team. Jo Fukuda is a well-known runner...

Known for its abundance of green gardens and parks, the city of Valencia is known as the ‘City of Flowers’. However, in more recent times the Spanish port city has also carved out a reputa...

When Dutch marathon record-holder Abdi Nageeye states “he has never looked forward more to a race” than the Valencia Marathon in December, his sentiments are perhaps perfectly understandab...

For more than 15 years NN Running Team duo Eliud Kipchoge and Augustine Choge have forged a close friendship. We explore more about their special relationship. Sometimes it is hard to define what b...

The 2020 World Half Marathon Championships in Gdynia served up many great memories, not least for the NN Running Team. Here are four reasons to be thankful. Podium for Yalemzerf Yalemzerf Yehual...

A total of six NN Running Team are set to compete at the 2020 World Half Marathon Championships in Gdynia, Poland on Saturday. In the keenly anticipated first World Athletics event since the outbreak...

Joshua Cheptegei toasted yet another landmark moment in his glittering 2020 season by smashing Kenenisa Bekele’s world 10,000m record by more than six-and-a-half seconds with a dazzling display...

World 10,000m and World Cross country champion Joshua Cheptegei is currently riding a tidal wave of success. In August he smashed the world 5000m record and on Wednesday he will attempt to lower the w...

Where to watch You can watch the races live on BBC TV on Sunday 4 October. The current schedule is: 07:00-10:00 BST: BBC2 10:00-13:00 BST: BBC1 13:00-15:00 BST: BBC2 The...

While the showdown between marathon icons - Eliud Kipchoge and Kenenisa Bekele - dominates the pre-event narrative of this weekend’s London Marathon – seven other NN Running Team athletes...

From Ali versus Frazier in the boxing ring to Federer versus Nadal on the tennis courts, sport has been littered with many classic rivalries over the years. Yet, arguably, the greatest athletics ri...

Unfortunately, the global pandemic has led to the cancellation of this year’s race, which was scheduled for later this month, but we take a look back at two unforgettable victories for Eliu...

The Ugandan superstar athlete has won a deluge of gold medals and set a slew of world records over the past two-and-a-half years, but his personal highlight was setting the 15km world record at the 20...

Joshua Cheptegei, the hottest property in global endurance running, hopes to create another magical moment in his rising career as he plans an assault on the world 10,000m record at the NN Valencia Wo...

If ever you needed a clear demonstration of the whole-hearted commitment required to excel at the top level Julien Wanders served notice of this when lowering his European 10km record in the Parisian...

Ethiopian siblings Abera and Dibabe Kuma are proving a powerful combination in the NN Running Team. We chat to the Addis Ababa-based pair about their athletics journey so far. Ethiopia has long boa...

NN Running Team superstar Joshua Cheptegei blazingly added the world 5000m record to his rising set of accomplishments in Monaco last Friday. We break down his world record time of 12:35.36 in numbers...

NN Running Team superstar Joshua Cheptegei is attempting to lower Kenenisa Bekele’s 16-year-old world 5000m record at the Monaco Diamond League this Friday. We chat to Joshua and his coach, Addy...

Three-time Olympic champion Kenenisa Bekele reflects on his outstanding performance to win the 2019 Berlin Marathon in the second fastest time in history as his greatest moment in an NN Running Team v...

The Kenyan superstar athlete has claimed three World Half Marathon titles, two World Cross Country crowns and two New York City Marathon victories during a stellar career. However, his favourite momen...

If the NN Running Team has for some time boasted a well-established 'fab four' male athletes - in Eliud Kipchoge, Kenenisa Bekele, Geoffrey Kamworor and Joshua Cheptegei - then over the p...

Bashir Abdi makes his eagerly awaited returns to competition in the one-hour race at the Brussels Diamond League on September 4. We speak to the Belgian marathon record-holder about his hopes and ambi...

Ethiopian marathon queen Ashete Bekere and Kenyan half-marathon talent and regular pacemaker Victor Chumo recall their outstanding moments so far in NN Running Team colours. After winning three suc...

Living in a pandemic is far from easy. Our daily routines of the past can all but disappear. The rhythm of training, eating and sleeping can be significantly disrupted and this in turn can compromise...

Last October, Eliud Kipchoge made history to become the first human to run a sub-two-hour marathon as part of the INEOS 1:59 Challenge. Here we bring you ten things you may not have known about his ic...

Abdi Nageeye and Selly Chepyego reflect on their most memorable moment running in the distinctive orange and white NN Running Team vests. For Abdi Nageeye setting a Dutch record of 2:06:17 at the 2...

Last weekend witnessed something truly extraordinary as the NN Running Team - in partnership with Maurten - hosted the worldwide team MA RA TH ON relay. We crunch the numbers to bring all the importan...

This weekend (June 6-7) runners will be given the opportunity to race in the hugely exciting MA RA TH ON initiative organised by the NN Running Team in partnership with Maurten. Here we give you six g...

On 6 and 7 June we run as one, join us! Please have a look on our FAQ page if you have any questions about our event MA RA TH ON. Please find all frequently asked questions here.   Click...

Life under lockdown has made maintaining fitness levels more demanding but a huge compensation has been that athletes have got to spend more time with their families. We speak to half a dozen NN Runni...

Eliud Kipchoge reflects on his most memorable moment running in the distinctive orange and white NN Running Team vests. For the greatest marathon runner of all time there is no question his NN Runn...

Eliud Kipchoge may boast the most impressive unbeaten streak in the global road running world but his fellow NN Running Team athlete Ashete Bekere is also accumulating a winning streak of genuine subs...

One consolation of living life at home under government restrictions is that many of us are experiencing much more downtime than we typically would. We speak to key members of the NN Running Team to f...

It is not only the NN Running Team athletes but also their coaches, who have been forced to adapt and be innovative during these unprecedented times. We speak to a trio of NN Running Team coaches to l...

The NN Running Team have shown their generous support for the Covid-19 crisis in many different ways. Belgian marathon record-holder Bashir Abdi shares how he is playing his part in aiding the health...