Described by his coach Patrick Sang as “a warrior” few athletes can match the incredible versatility and sheer quality of Geoffrey Kamworor.A two-time World Half-Marathon, two-time World Cross Cou...
He is known as “Baby Police” because he is short, slightly baby-faced and, well, he runs for the police. We find out more about the ultra-reliable NN Running Team distance runner Philemon Rono, wh...
Emerging road running star Gladys Chesir makes her eagerly anticipated marathon debut in Amsterdam on Sunday. Here we offer our guide to the rise of the ever-smiling 24-year-old Kenyan Dressed for suc...
The charismatic Abel Kirui is unquestionably the “class clown” of the NN Running Team training group in Kaptagat, Kenya. A fun and entertaining presence, the quick-talking two-time former World ma...
Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) has come out as the champion of the 2017 BMW Berlin Marathon in a winning time of 2:03:32. In what was announced as the marathon of the century Kipchoge outran Guye Adole (ETH) in...
Maurten and the NN Running Team announced their collaboration earlier today. The Swedish tech startup will supply the team with sports fuels until year 2020.Maurten has invented and developed groundbr...
Following the successful launch of the NN Running Team in the spring which brought about a string of high-profile podium finishes, the powerful squad will seek more success during the mouthwatering fa...
Two-time marathon winner Laban Mutai is a reliable and highly valued member of the NN Running Team. Ahead of his assault on the Cape Town Marathon later this month we introduce a little bit more know...
Leading NN Running Team personality Abdi Nageeye is currently targeting a top performance at the 2017 Amsterdam Marathon this fall. Here the intriguing and well-rounded Dutch athlete explains more abo...
With the announcement of Kenenisa Bekele’s return to the Berlin Marathon the world will get to witness the marathon of a lifetime. Kenenisa Bekele, Eliud Kipchoge, Wilson Kipsang. Winner takes all p...
NN Running Team physiotherapist offers Vinne Los offers five very helpful pre-hab tips1: Start Slowly Running seems easy, right? Yet most people underestimate the load that running puts on the body,...
Laban Korir is the “Mr Happy” of the NN Running Team. Regularly flashing a mega-watt smile – not dissimilar to Ethiopian running legend Haile Gebreselassie – here is more on the experienced su...
For Geoffrey Kirui the streets of London really were paved with gold as the rising star of the NN Running Team destroyed a top-class field to be crowned world champion.Kirui, who also triumphed in Apr...
The NN Running Team boasts a powerful group of athletes set to feature at the 2017 IAAF World Championships led by 2015 World 10,000m silver medallist Geoffrey Kamworor.The outstandingly versatile two...
Two-time World marathon champion Abel Kirui and NN Running Team-mate Vincent Kipruto, the 2011 World silver medallist, have both shown they have what it takes to excel on the championship stage. Ahead...
Two-time Zevenheuvelenloop (Seven Hills) champion and Olympic 5000m and 10,000m finalist Joshua Cheptegei is one of NN Running Team’s rising young talents. Here the 20-year-old Ugandan talks about s...
It was over a few beers on a break on the Spanish island of Lanzarote which was to change the entire direction of Paul Pollock’s life.The former Irish junior cross country international had drifted...
A trio of talented European-based NN Running Team members currently live and train for much of the year in Africa. Here the threesome chat about the main advantages of being based out of the East Afri...
NN Running Team physio Vinne Los talks about the critical work he carries out on the leading marathoners in their finals days heading into a big race.While it is quite rightly the feet and legs which...
Aged just 24, Geoffrey Kamworor has already proved a man for all surfaces excelling on the track, road and cross country. The Kenyan has snared two World Half Marathon titles, grabbed a pair of World...
Emerging Swiss distance running ace Julien Wanders is one of the NN Running Team’s young and gifted European contingent. Here we introduce more about the 21-year-old with the bold ambitions.Family o...
Perhaps few people better embody the principles of the NN Running Team than their influential Kenyan coaching giant Patrick Sang.While much of the attention is thrust upon his star athletes such as Ol...
In his blog, Global Sports Communication founder and director and visionary of the NN Running Team Jos Hermens writes about the early successes of the team and plans for the future.One of the personal...
Romania has long boasted a rich heritage for unearthing world-class women’s endurance runners and now marathoner Marius Ionescu – with the help and support of the NN Running Team – is optimistic...
In a little over two hours, NN Running Team member and marathon colossus Eliud Kipchoge kicked open the door to the seemingly impossible by producing a mind blowing performance of the ages at Monza ra...
In December, Nike announced its ambitious “moonshot” project Breaking2 – in an effort to smash the two-hour barrier for the marathon. Well, this weekend the talking stops, as three athletes atte...
Marc Roig is a NN Running Team physiotherapist and pacemaker. Here the Kenyan-based Spaniard offers his seven-point guide to performing as a world-class rabbit.1 – General fitness It goes without s...
Despite unleashing a thrilling late charge, Ethiopian maestro Kenenisa Bekele, on his NN Running Team debut, had to settle for second behind Daniel Wanjiru in a captivating London Marathon.Kenenisa sh...
Ghirmay Ghebreslassie is one of several leading NN Running Team athletes targeting the London Marathon. Here are seven very good reasons why we should be optimistic the diminutive Eritrean is set for...
The fledgling NN Running Team competing in their first World Marathon Majors event celebrated a stunning success as Geoffrey Kirui defeated a world-class field to secure victory in the Boston Marathon...
As both a former World and Olympic marathon champion Stephen Kiprotich has already proved a master performer on the championship stage. Yet when the 27-year-old lines up to make his NN Running Team de...
Three podium finishes, a flurry of PB’s and a history-making sub-2:10 time by a Dutchman at the Rotterdam Marathon provided the highlight of the opening weekend of action for the NN Running Team.On...
NN Group and Global Sports Communication have launched a unique running partnership. Today, they are presenting the NN Running Team, the first professional running team in the world, bringing a new...
The 6th of April 2017 will be marked as the start of a major new chapter in the history of Global Sports Communication: the day that running became a team sport. Together with NN Group we launched the...
The man behind the new NN Running Team at Global Sports Communication is Jos Hermens. We speak to the charismatic Dutchman, who believes the team can add a fresh dynamism to the sport and re-ignite in...
It all started with an initial conversation between NN Group Head of Branding Remco Barbier and Jos Hermens, during which the director of Global Sports Communication explained his ambitious plans to s...
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...