The Best Speed Workouts for Every Distance
Tailor your training to the race you're going to run
The Best Running Training Plans
Yes, it's possible to find helpful training advice online—if you know where to look
Eight of Our Favorite Writers on Why They Run
Peter Hessler, Joyce Carol Oates, Malcolm Gladwell, and others weigh in about finding inspiration on the trails
Running the Race That ‘Born to Run’ Made Famous
After a cancellation in 2015 due to drug violence, nearly 1,000 Tarahumara gathered in Copper Canyon this March to run the brutal, unrelenting 50-miler
The Bright Light: Mira Rai
Ultrarunner
Kathrine Switzer Returns to the Boston Marathon
Later this month, 50 years after making history, the first woman to run the iconic event will race it again
How Our Totally Average Runner Broke the Sub-Five-Minute Mile
Sometimes setting an unreasonable goal is the only way to jump-start your fitness
The Ultimate Guide to Running
The Science of Running
People Who Say That Running Is Fun Are Lying to You
In retrospect, maybe using the notoriously difficult Ragnar Trail Relay as a way to get back into distance running wasn't the best idea
A Beautiful (But Brutal) Multi-Day Race in Antarctica
Nature writer and Explorers Club fellow Barry Lopez once wrote that Antarctica’s landscape “retained Earth’s primitive link, however tenuous, with space, with the void that stretched out to Jupiter and Uranus.” It is a place so alien and removed from civilization that, as Lopez put it, “the light itself is aloof.”
How a Ragtag Crew of Almost Journalists Created Running's Most Controversial Website
For the past two decades, the website LetsRun.com has straddled the lines between gossip, investigative reporting, and hardcore training advice, angering Nike, USA Track and Field, and traditional media in the process. Charles Bethea joined them at the 2016 Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon, to figure out how they’ve managed to become the most important, and controversial, outlet in competitive running.
What 3 U.S. Olympians Learned from the NYC Marathon
A powerhouse trio of American women—Molly Huddle, Gwen Jorgensen, and Kim Conley—all made their marathon debuts this past weekend in New York. Here's what they learned and what they wish they had done differently.
An Ode to Running in the City
You can't beat the beauty of running on mountain trails, but I still sometimes long for the freedom and shared chaos of urban runs
