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ArchiveJoseph Chirlee, a U.S. citizen, private in the U.S. Army, and Olympic marathon hopeful, will be barred from the national cross-country championships on Saturday because, strangely enough, he doesn't meet citizenship requirements imposed by the International Association of Athletics Federations, The New York…
After a long day of running, Ray Zahab takes you for a tour of his camp. Atacama Extreme: Camp Life from Outside Magazine on Vimeo. —Bob Cox and Ray Zahab will be sending daily updates as Ray runs roughly 40 miles a day for 16 days…
Photo courtesy of Flickr. Having not learned from cyclists, who haven't learned from other cyclists, racewalkers are doping. Norwegian racewalker Eric Tysse appealed a two-year suspension after an Italian lab found the blood-booster CERA in his test samples,…
Try telling them that. Courtesy of Flickr Yes, their sanity is in question. Tomorrow, roughly 450 stair runners will tackle the 86 floors that climb to the Empire State Building's observation deck; the winner will likely clock in around the unbelievable 10-minute mark.
On day seven, Ray Zahab had to stop to deal with a very large blister. If you're squeamish about feet and peeling skin, don't watch the above video. If you're curious about what kind of blisters form on a man running 30-40 miles a day across some of the driest…
Atacama Extreme: Terrain Like the Sahara from Outside Magazine on Vimeo. “Had an awesome day for several reasons,” says Ray Zahab. “The terrain is totally my style which is extremely motivating!” Zahb got excited aftering hitting a new environment in Chile's Atacama desert. For more details, check…
Ray Zahab checks in at night after day four of his quest to run across Chile's Atacama Desert. After finally getting off road, he kicks up dust over Inca trails and dry riverbeds. Atacama Extreme: Dry Riverbeds and Inca Trails from Outside Magazine on Vimeo. —Bob Cox…
Courtesy of Flickr Runners in New York and Arkansas might soon find themselves unplugged, according to the Associated Press. Lawmakers in the two states have proposed restrictions on pedestrians operating electronic devices, such as iPods or…
Courtesy of Flickr The 50-kilometer (31-mile) Hilo to Volcano Ultramarathon is set to begin Saturday on the Big Island of Hawaii, according to UltraRunning Online. From the bayside town…
I am running the Tough Mudder race and was wondering what the best type of pants to wear? I need something that will keep me somewhat warm, I know that will be nearly impossible but also won't weigh me down. Thanks a lot. CB Athens, GA
An anesthesiologist dressed as Elvis Presley revived a marathon runner after the runner passed out in a Las Vegas restaurant, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports. Dr. Claudio Palma ran the Rock 'n Roll Las…
Courtesy of Rescate Mineros on Flickr. Edison Peña finished the New York City Marathon yesterday with a time of 5:40:51, less than three weeks after being rescued from the collapsed gold and copper mine in Chile, the…
Born to Run author Christopher McDougall will co-host Reinventing Running: The Cabaret with the actor and avid trail-runner Peter Sarsgaard on Friday, November 5 at the…
Can you help me find a winter running jacket that breathes, keeps the real cold out (think below 20F) and that doesn't require 3 layers underneath? Would love to run with just a single base layer (merino seems best in these conditions) under a jacket that won't over heat or leave me cold.Dan Chicago, IL Location (City, State/City Country)
Ultrarunner Karl Meltzer finished running the 2064-mile Pony Express route on Monday morning, News Press Now reports. Meltzer completed the Red Bull-sponsored run from Sacramento, CA to St. Joseph, MO in 40 days, averaging 4.81 miles per hour,…
Photo courtesy of edvvc on Flickr. The gizmo that fuelled billions of workout hours over the past 31 years is going the way of the eight-track, the AP reports. Sony is discontinuing production of the Walkman in Japan. Since…
Christina Erb, here. Here's where we left off: I was debating running a marathon on a bum knee. Thanks, all, for weighing in. I decided not to. But, I still went to support my friend and Outside's assistant managing editor, Ali Troxell, who…
We're standing in the dark. All 20,000 of us, ready to run the Nike for Women marathon. It's 6:30 AM and we're packed into San Francisco's Union Square, hugged by high rises. The group is so large it squirrels out into the surrounding streets and women in…
The Nike for Women marathon is in three days. Six months ago I made a plea to my three-mile-jogger self that I was going to run my first marathon. I've built up my lactic acid threshold, I've tapered, and, now, here I am, having completed my last…
When Joan Benoit Samuelson ran the Chicago marathon in 1985, she set a blistering time of 2:21:21, an American record that stood until 2003. When Joan Benoit Samuelson ran the Chicago marathon this past weekend, she finished with a time of 2:47:50, a new American record in the women’s 50-54…
Amani Toomer, the former wide receiver who helped the New York Giants to victory in the 2008 Super Bowl, has taken up a new sport. He’s currently training for the November 7 New…
Ryan Hall, the American marathon star, has pulled out of the Chicago Marathon. Hall wrote on his blog today that he has canceled all races for…
If you talk about the great runners of today, Meb Keflezighi is undoubtedly part of the conversation. He tore it up on full-scholarship as a distance runner at UCLA, scored Nike sponsorship when he turned…
The Nike for Women Marathon that Outside's assistant managing editor, Ali, and I are running in is approaching quickly. It’s a little more than two months away and I should be strictly sticking to our training plan. Our schedule has us running up to…
Hood To Coast Movie Trailer from HoodToCoastMovie on Vimeo. The Hood to Coast relay, a 197-mile relay run from 6,000 feet up Oregon's Mt. Hood to the town of Seaside, starts tomorrow. Over its 28-year…
(Robyn Dunn and a friend August, 2010) When ultrarunner and Ironman athlete, Robyn Dunn, felt short of breath in the early miles of a 50K trail run on August 22, 2009, volunteers and friends blamed the heat or exercise-induced asthma. Little did the 31-year…
Duncan Callahan (Vasque) of Gunnison, Colorado took the Leadville Trail 100 ultra-marathon this weekend, with a time of 17:43:24. The race took place just a week after the LT100 Mountain Bike race. The excruciating 100-mile out-and-back foot…
Courtesy of thor_matt83 on Flickr. Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt has sustained an injury to his lower back that will keep him off of the track for what remains of the season, Reuters reports. The Munich…
I want to enter the Chicago Urbanathlon, but I don't know what type of shoe I should wear. Ideas? -Eric Evergreen Park, IL
A Leipheimer training montage from 2005, the year in which he is accused of doping. Levi Leipheimer is the the most recent American cyclist to be added to the list…
The secretary general of the Norwegian Athletics Federation, Kjetil Hildeskor, has said that race walker Erik Tysse has tested positive for the blood booster CERA, the AP reports. Tysse's “A” and “B” samples, taken from an event in Italy in May and…
A few years ago, I was training for a marathon during a mid-August heat wave. Like most 21 year olds, I prepped for my first 13-mile run by hitting the bars the night before, sleeping four hours, and shaking off the hangover with two cups of coffee. I was cramping…
Zach Gingerich blazed to victory at the Badwater Ultramarathon yesterday morning on the steep trailhead of Mount Whitney, California. The 30-year old runner from Aurora, Illinois, beat out second-place Oswaldo Lopez (Mexico) and third-place/first-woman Jaime Donaldson (Colorado) to claim the win with a time of 24:44:48. The…
The 2010 AdventureCORPS Badwater Ultramarathon began today, with runners from 14 countries battling it out in the infamous furnace of Death Valley, California. At time of writing, Jorge Pacheco (California) held the lead with an approximate thirty minutes over Marco Farinazo (Rio De Janeiro) followed by Zach Gingerich (Illinois). As…
Photo by Luis Escobar The 2010 AdventureCORPS Badwater Ultramarathon began today, with runners from 14 countries battling it out in the infamous furnace of Death Valley, California. At time of writing, Jorge Pacheco (California) held the lead with an approximate thirty minutes over Marco Farinazo (Rio De…
The 2010 AdventureCORPS Badwater Ultramarathon began today, with runners from 14 countries battling it out in the infamous furnace of Death Valley, California. At time of writing, Jorge Pacheco (California) held a thirty minute lead over Marco Farinazzo (Rio De Janeiro) followed close behind by Zach…
Caster Semenya, the 19-year-old South African runner, plans to return to the international stage soon, the New York Times reports. Semenya has been absent from competitions for 11 months undergoing examinations by the International Association of Athletics Federations to verify her gender. Semenya has…
Triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt said Wednesday that he might miss the remainder of his 200 meters season with a strained Achilles tendon, according to Reuters. The Jamaican sprinter, who…
In a nail-biting finish, Geoff Roes of Juneau, Alaska shattered the Western States 100 course record by nearly half an hour, Ultrarunning reports. Roes, who posted a 15:07:04 time at the 37th annual Auburn, California endurance…
John Isner and Nicolas Mahut have just begun a third consecutive day of play at Wimbledon in a match that has become a true test of endurance. According to the LA Times, Isner, an American, and Mahut, a Frenchman, had already logged exactly ten…
Lisa Smith-Batchen–one of the world's premier ultra-runners–and Sister Mary Beth Lloyd have nearly completed running across 50 states in 62 days…
As we drive to the start line of the 100th Dipsea race, my dad launches into one of his inspiring father-daughter pep talks. “It’s a shame you couldn’t run faster last year,” he says to me, smirking, as he pulls into Mill…
It's spring, so there are countless reasons to get out more. My reason? Running. My morning runs before work are becoming more enjoyable, now that I no longer have to struggle through the freezing dark of winter. I've also completely changed my running form, thanks to…
We have now completed our run across the Sahara and are in Tunis for a day before we head back to North America. The final total we ran over the past eight days is 268 kilometers! We averaged just under a marathon per day and are very happy with…
The running today was pretty tough. We ran over unvarying terrain: small sand dunes with grasses interspersed, flat as a pancake, except for the dunes. It was quite hot and the footing was difficult so we didn't really talk at all for the first 25 kilometers because we were…
This expedition has been a mix of pushing our physical and mental limits, learning more about water, and learning more about each other and ourselves. It has been an incredible experience that has definitely changed the lives of all of us i2P youth ambassadors. Our sixth day began with…
This morning we awoke to a breeze traveling throughout camp. Connor, Jill, and I thought that perhaps we would need our goggles, and we were so glad we decided to bring them along (unlike Andy who was having sand-in-eye issues). We started off through the dunes for a…
Today we ran a marathon! Although this morning, we all woke up feeling exhausted, stiff, sore, and needing an ice bath. We left camp around 7:30 A.M. and made our way towards the town of Douz. As we continued forward, our legs began to loosen up and our pace…
Tonight, I trained for my planned October marathon in a complete blizzarding white out. All I could think was: Thank you, Patagonia, for your Winter Running Tights, which shed snow with each step forward. Thank you, Arc'teryx, for your Alpha SL hard shell which…
Yes, I know, the temperature outside is a balmy 70 degrees, so I should be giving you tips on what to run in this spring. But, to be honest, I've just started testing the warm-weather apparel so I thought I'd give you feedback on items that I can comfortably call…
The day started out with a 1.5-hour drive, rocking Arabic/Frenchmusic in Nardeen's car to start where we finished yesterday. After atough day yesterday, we made a collective decision to run 20 minutes,then do a fast walk for two minutes. Our goal was to make it back tocamp, about 36…
A blistering pace in the men's race led to a course record for the 114th Boston Marathon. While no Americans cracked the top three, Ryan Hall and Meb Keflezighi finished fourth and fifth, respectively. Men's Elite Top Finishes 1. Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot (KEN), 2:05:52 (CR) $150,000 + $25,000…
We're underway. As of yesterday, on a salt-pan called Chott el Jerid in southern Tunisia (home to several sets from the Star Wars movies), youth ambassadors from North America, ages 17 to 21, and several support people began the…
After a rainy weekend, Marathon Monday in Massachusetts dawned just about perfect: high 40s, sunshine, with a predicted temperature of mid-50s, and a 15 mph north/northwest wind. This means that the runners will have a tailwind for the Newton hills, including the infamous Heartbreak Hill. The wheelchair division took off…
Ernst Van Dyk got his wish: a sprint finish with more than one wheelchair coming down Boylston Street at the finish. The now nine-time Boston Marathon champion, a course record, finished in 1:26:53. He was just four seconds ahead of second place finisher, American Krige Schabort. Women's wheelchair champion Wakako…
Marathon Monday in Boston if full of dramatic comebacks, split second finishes, and lots and lots of pain. But throughout the past ten years, there's been a new phenomenon in the men's wheelchair division: consistency. One man alone has claimed victory from 2001-06 and 2008-09. …
For one day in the middle of April, Bostonians can do what they love to do best: look down their noses at everyone. No matter that the western half of the country has bigger waves, bigger mountains, and bigger open spaces. For one day, a 228-foot, gently sloping…
Ray Zahab is back on the adventure scene. After completing his record run across Lake Baikal with Kevin Vallely to draw attention to the global clean-drinking-water crisis, Zahab will return to Tunisia. The first time around, he starred…
He's back. And he has a new schtick. Jared Fogle became famous in commercials that lauded him for losing weight by eating Subway sandwiches. According to Subway, he started off at 425 pounds and made his way down to 190, with the…
Ride your bike on any major road in my hometown, Jackson, Wyoming, and there’s a chance you’ll ride past a row of stopped cars and dozens of wide-eyed, camera-toting tourists, gawking at moose, elk and bison. Animals are literally everywhere in this little northwestern corner of the state. I don’t…
Elite U.S. marathoner Ryan Hall has set his sights on the Chicago marathon this October, and says he has one goal: to break the American record of 2:05:38. Chicago is a flat and fast course, and the venue for previous American and even world record times. Hall has run 2:06:17…
The Marathon des Sables is underway in Morocco. The 151-mile race across the Sahara lasts six days – with an especially grueling 50-mile stage on day four.
Tomorrow is the day of judgement; It's the last day to register for the Nike for Women marathon, in San Francisco on October 17th. A little over a month ago, former Outside intern and New York Times writer Christina Erb and I made a pact…
The ninth annual Copper Canyon Ultra Marathon took place in March, presided over by Micah True, a.k.a. Caballo Blanco. Christopher McDougall's book Born To Run made The White Horse famous…
All 45,000 open slots for the October 10, 2010 Chicago Marathon have been filled, according to Cool Running. Race organizers closed registration this afternoon in record time. Registration was only open for 51 days this year. But those hoping to run…
Let's get this straight: I don't like to run and the idea of running 26 miles makes me want to hurl. Yet when my dear friend, former intern sidekick and now Outside's Assistant Managing editor, Alicia Carr (also known as…
I hope you've been training through the winter, because it's time to start thinking about trail running again—and racing. The dates for La Sportiva's Mountain Cup have been announced. These are 10 very cool trail running and mountain running races, scattered around…
In 2005, when Kelly Hansen's ex-boyfriend told her she couldn't run a marathon, she committed to finishing Boston's grueling route as a scab despite little training and a lot of pain. This weekend, the 25-year-old heads to Antarctica to complete a more recent…
Planning on watching the Olympic Skeleton events scheduled for today and tomorrow? When you see the US team hit the track, they're doing so with an added advantage. As they prepared for the 2010 games, the team traveled…
Bernard Lagat broke the American 5000 meter record at the Reebok Boston Indoor Games. Lagat announced his intentions before the games began, but it looked as if he wouldn’t be so lucky. All runners were well behind the record pace with 1000 meters to go,…
Seems like mother nature gives us everything we need, including the best running shoes, according to…
Courtesy of Wikimedia Haile Gebrselassie, who holds the world record for the fastest marathon time at 2:03:59, will compete in the New York City Half-Marathon on March 21,…
Athletics South Africa (ASA) says that gold medalist runner Caster Semenya will not get the green light to compete again until she is cleared by the IAAF's gender testing, Reuters reports. The IAAF ordered the…
By Mary Catherine O'Connor I'm not an uber-athlete, but I do like to run and sometimes join races–preferably on trail. The other day, a friend tried to coax me into signing up for a 50K trail run,…
Olympic marathoner Ryan Hall (photograph by Gregg Segal) The top two American male marathoners will run in the 2010 Boston Marathon. Both Meb Keflezighi and Ryan Hall will participate, according to Cool Running.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport has issued a preliminary ruling against the claim from Marion Jones's teammates on two U.S. women's relay teams that the IOC could not disqualify them from the Sydney Olympics, the…