Mohammed Attaoui goes for WR at 1000 meters at Meeting Indoor Madrid (February 6, 2026)

Editor’s note: My last visit to the indoor Meeting in Madrid was in 2019 and it was magical. A great crowd, and some fantastic performances in an intimate setting.

The world record attempt at 1000 meters should be fascinating, but also do not discount the superb women’s field at the 1,500 meters! RunBlogRun is quite excited to be going to this European indoor meeting!

Prudence Sekgodiso headlines Women’s 800 at Czech Indoor (February 3, 2026)

This Day in Track & Field, January 29, Alistair Cragg upsets Kenenisa Bekele at Boston Indoor 3000 meters (2005), by Walt Murphy

2026 Winter Middle Distance Training (800m-5,000m), Wednesday, January 28, 2026, Week 4, Day 4, Thursday, a time for the track

We are looking forward to interviewing Mohammed Attaoui, who was 5th in Paris Olympics in 1:42.08 and in Tokyo was fifth in 1:42.21 !

Mohammed Attatoui is focused on the 2:14.20 mark of Ayanleh Souliman, who ran the World Record short track at the Globe Arena in Stockholm , Sweden (17 February 2016).

Number two on that list? Josh Hoey, USA, with his 2:14.48, set at the Ott Center in Philadephia, PA on 18 January 2025, setting the American record!

Marta Garcia, photo courtesy of On running

MADRID (ESP): European 5000m bronze medallist Marta Garcia drops down to the 1500m at the Meeting Indoor Madrid on 6 February. She is due to face world indoor 800m bronze medallist Patricia Silva as well as the previously announced Nadia Battocletti.

Nadia Battocletti, European Champ, and Olympic bronze medalist, won a tactical 5,000m in 15:56.01, photo by Getty Images for European Athletics

European indoor bronze medallist Paula Sevilla is also confirmed for the 400m. Organisers have announced the Meeting Indoor Madrid on 6 February is a sell-out meeting. The meeting will be highlighted by Mohamed Attaoui’s world record attempt in the indoor 1000m.

Mohammed Attaoui, photo courtesy of Grand Slam Track

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Larry Eder

Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys.

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