A top-class duel is in prospect at the BMW Berlin Marathon when defending champion and course record-holder Gladys Cherono faces fellow Kenyan Vivian Cheruiyot at the IAAF Gold Label road race on 29 September.

The world running organisation, the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS), has named Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge and Gladys Cherono as the male and female winners of the AIMS Best Marathon Runner Awards for 2018.

Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge, defending BMW Berlin Marathon champion Kenenisa Bekele and former world record-holder Wilson Kipsang are ready for a world record chase at the 44th edition of the IAAF Gold Label road race on Sunday (24).

The 121st running of the Boston Marathon on Monday (17) will start in the outer-suburban town of Hopkinton and stream downhill through six other towns before arriving at the finish line for the IAAF Gold Label Road Race.

Kenya’s Gladys Cherono and Ethiopia’s Guye Adola triumphed at the 43rd edition of the Rome-Ostia Half Marathon on Sunday (12), producing some of the fastest times ever recorded at the IAAF Gold Label Road Race.

Cynthia Limo moved up to third on the world all-time list for the half marathon when she won the RAK Half Marathon in 1:06:04 in the emirate of Ras Al Khaimah on Friday (12).

Since its premiere in 2007, the RAK Half Marathon has attracted the best distance runners in the world. The 10th edition on 12 February will be no different.

Tigist Tufa will return to the scene of her greatest triumph when she lines up to defend her Virgin Money London Marathon title on Sunday 24 April, organisers of the IAAF Gold Label Road Race announced on Tuesday (12).

Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge again proved himself to be the pre-eminent marathon racer of recent years when he won the BMW Berlin Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, in a world-leading time of 2:04:00 on Sunday (27).

The 42nd edition of the BMW Berlin Marathon promises to be a hunt for superfast times and Olympic qualifying performances when the starting gun is fired for the IAAF Gold Label Road Race at 9am on Sunday morning (27).

Aberu Kebede from Ethiopia will return to the BMW Berlin Marathon on 27 September in a bid to get her third win at the IAAF Gold Label Road Race after victories in 2010 and 2012.

At Friday’s pre-event press conference for the Ottawa 10km, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, Kenya’s Gladys Cherono admitted she was now considering herself a marathoner having run 2:20:03 and finishing second in Dubai this past January.