Christopher Keyes is the editor of Outside.
Running Is Healthy. And I Can Stop Any Time.
In a perfect week, I get high Monday through Sunday. A decent week means I’m high at least five of those days.
Christopher Keyes
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Improve Your Life with Microadventures
Our test subject spends two uncomfortable weeks getting too close to everyone in his life.
The Epic Failures of Ambition
Two adventure masterpieces, Astoria by Peter Stark and Savage Harvest by Carl Hoffman, revisit epic failures of ambition.
Are We Ready for Lance Armstrong's Return?
For as long as I’ve been at the magazine, Outside has routinely been accused of milking Lance Armstrong’s popularity—and, eventually, his ruin—for our own gain.
The Rewards of an Adventurous Appetite
Our April 2013 magazine makes a foray into the bizarre but edible—from insects to IPAs. But it's not all about the shock factor.
Ultrarunner Hal Koerner's Secrets to Happiness
Ultrarunner Hal Koerner has a formula for fitness and life that keeps him winning and smiling. So follow his lead—just don’t try and keep up.
Miracle Mile
What do you get when you combine six eye surgeons, thirteen runners, six educators, two nonprofits, 871 cataract patients, 63,000 students, two of the fastest men on the planet, and one trail race in...
Editor's Letter: Beyond the Feedbag
Introducing the March 2013 issue.
Editor's Letter: Slow-Cooked Adventure
Introducing the February 2013 issue.
Lance Armstrong’s Secret Is Out
The news leaks about The Secret Race have vastly undersold its importance. Tyler Hamilton’s book is a historic, definitive indictment of cycling’s culture of doping during the Armstrong era.
Train and Race With Scott Jurek in Africa. Also, Cure Blindness.
Next winter, Jurek is joining forces with the Himalayan Cataract Project and imagine1day to offer 14 runners the chance to join him on a 10-day voluntour and running expedition to Ethiopia.
Professor Rescue
Christopher Keyes talks with Robert Koester, the renowned search-and-rescue specialist, about looking for autistic children and being involved in the hunt for Robert Wood Jr.
Closing Arguments
The case against the case against the case against Lance Armstrong.
Interview Issue 2012: Author Christopher McDougall on Running Barefoot
Outside talks to the man who kick-started the minimalist revolution.
Our Kind of Crazy
Our Kind of Crazy