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After a frustrating year, Stinson is training stronger than ever. He and coach Dathan Ritzenhein share his strategy and workouts as he aims for a Boston breakthrough.
A guide to help college students navigate the NIL sponsorships and NCAA ruling maze.
Rouse gets in 100-mile weeks around a busy schedule as she looks to PR and compete for the masters title at Boston.
Peter Bromka, 2:19 marathoner, reflects on the art, science, and sweet chaos of racing the historic Boston Marathon course.
With one eye for function and another for form, Nike refined the Terra Kiger for the trail shoe’s best fit, ride, and grip to date.
With its Stolen Starts initiative, New Balance aims to empower more women, grow the sport, and make up for lost time
A challenging, effort-based hill workout that takes you farther and farther — 'til you finally get to the top.
In large population studies, glucosamine-chondroitin, long taken to ease runners' joints, is linked to greater longevity.
Olympian Jared Ward details every mile, every workout of a week in the heart of marathon training.
Coach Carl details common mistakes runners make post-marathon and describes best practices for returning to training and racing.
Taking walk breaks during your runs is a proven method to go farther with less risk, whether you’re a beginner or an elite runner.
A trail crossing on top of a hill in the Florida forest provides a creative and challenging circuit workout for this masters ultra runner.
5 facts about reducing training load and maintaining fitness as your marathon approaches. Plus, a proven 4-week marathon taper plan.
The Prime X is banned for professional athletes, but that might be its main selling point
Word cues: a simple strategy to beat back negative thoughts and keep yourself focused on executing your race plan.
Did the shoes that disqualified Vienna Marathon winner Derara Hurisa enhance his performance? A biomechanist weighs in.
Don't just dominate the hills, conquer the whole course by running more strategically and finishing faster.
How Ryan Vanderweit and Home Base are using running and fitness to help veterans' reentry from the military.
What happened when New Balance athlete Katie Grossman couldn't use running to cope
There are lots of ways to find your running potential. These tips may not be helpful in that process.
As the Fifth Avenue Mile celebrates its 40-year anniversary on Sunday, here’s a look at the legacy of the race
After missing the Olympic team for the first time in her career, America’s most-decorated 1500-meter runner is making a leap to the 10 miler on September 12.
The North Face VECTIV Enduris is a well-cushioned ride with plenty of teeth, a surprisingly fast roll, and a wallet-friendly price.
Learning from the best about how our bodies react to different stages of training and how to use that feedback.
Can mindful running make you faster—or at least happier?
How and why every runner should run a practice race ahead of the main event
Faced with heart damage and debilitating long-haul COVID-19, the author asks himself hard questions, and keeps dreaming.
In Episode 17 of the Endurance Podcast, host Ian Sharman talks with Olympic marathoner turned ultra trail champion Magda Boulet about her career and how to optimize altitude training for different race situations.
For New Generation Track and Field, established media companies are too stuck in their ways
Coach Carl talks through keys to having your best race day, from before the start through the finish line.
This film explores how one athlete found his way to the top of the podium
Regular exercisers drink more, a new study confirms, but are less likely to be problem drinkers
All the physiological proof you need that you should definitely be doing hill repeats if you're trying to become a more efficient, faster, and injury-free runner.
Use the vertical climbing machine to increase fitness, improve form and increase strength, all in your own home without heavy impact.
Sore or heavy legs after a long run or workout? You might want to dial in your nutrition.
The alternative story of how, 40 years ago, running escaped from its amateur restrictions and became a modern, professional sport.
A burgeoning area of training science theorizes that the less stressed a runner is, the more positively he or she may adapt to training stimuli. Plus 5 quick tips to lower your own stress levels.
Loading up on carbs and fat is proven to work, but only for certain races and with its own side effects. Here's the science on what actually works.
What if you had the chance to redress nature’s imbalance, change the luck of the genetic draw, level the playing field. What would you do?
Sharpen your speed and build high-intensity fatigue resistance with this simple cut down track workout designed for improving 5K, 10K, half marathon and marathon times
The Inov-8 Trailfly Ultra is the first shoe that uses stronger-than-steel Graphene its midsole foam, and the result is long-lasting cushioning that holds up over the burliest of trails.
A scientific paper predicts how potential future Summer Games host venues may become more and more constrained as global temperatures continue to rise.
In an excerpt from a new book, a running medical doctor describes how running improves emotional well-being, brain health, and helps forge connections to new friends.
1500m Olympic medalist Josh Kerr and his Coach Danny Mackey on the training, psychology and key workouts that led to him to become one of the best middle distance runners in the world.
Meet Bernd Heinrich, naturalist, author, and ultra runner. He lives off the grid, climbs trees with great glee, and can still run hard at 81.
In order to achieve his first UTMB win, the American ultrarunning star is taking a whole new approach: rest
Like all runners, the athletes of the Paralympics overcome obstacles to reach the top — they just have different challenges.
How one runner and researcher found himself immersed in the culture of those who never, ever take a day off from running, and the patterns he uncovered amongst those in the community.
It is believed to be the first death in the 19-year history of the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc races in and around Chamonix
Hills, mud, redline intensity... training like an XC runner will make you a better runner all around: faster, stronger, more in tune with your body and mentally tougher.
The most disciplined runners know how to not to always do the max. Here's how to nurture one of the skills that can separate those who achieve long-term success from those whose careers are often plagued by injury.
In an era of “code-red” climate catastrophe, the survival of our sport depends on its ability to adapt. Here’s what running and races may need to look like in the near future as global temperatures climb.
Coach Carl explains how to optimize your last weeks before the marathon to arrive fresh, strong and fast.
As a new film comes out about his 1:59 marathon, Kipchoge talks about training, challenges, motivation and running until he's 100.
Endurance-science experts explain the world record holder’s incredible marathon dominance
Avoiding premature peaking requires a strategic, patient, long-term view that builds over months and seasons.
Running nerds won’t learn anything new from ‘Kipchoge: The Last Milestone,’ but it’s still a feast for the eyes
Author Susan Lacke confesses to the social anxiety of joining a group run, and why it is worth overcoming the fear.
Debunking the myth that you are broken if you don't maintain contact with your competitors in a race.
A sports dietician lays out exactly which nutrients and fluids your body needs, and how much, at every point during a marathon training run.
Your long run pace depends on your running goals, what systems you're trying to improve, current fitness, and what you mean by long.
Escape the squish: On's redesigned Cloudswift delivers a secure fit, stable platform and responsive underfoot feel.
Try this simple, fun, and effective structured fartlek to cultivate sprint speed and improve your 5k-marathon time.
How lessons from the marathon legend's master class can make you a faster runner.
Two studies analyzed 7 years of training done by Olympic gold medalist Jakob Ingebrigtsen and his two stellar siblings. Here's what the researchers found.
The power of shifting from “I have to do this” to “Let’s see what I can do” in a race.
The Tokyo Games reminded us why athletics remains the greatest show on earth
Coach Carl explains why, how and when to do faster speed workouts during your marathon training, and how to prepare for specific course challenges.
A few of our favorite moments from the Tokyo Games that inspired us for their demonstration of courage, commitment, passion and excellence.
We put tough, dirty miles on these new customizable trail shoes that are generating buzz for their price tag — and find they deliver, with premium comfort and performance.
In Episode 16 of the Endurance Podcast, host Ian Sharman talks with elite road and trail runner — and physical therapist — Tim Tollefson about optimizing your training to be your best on the road or the trail.
No runner has ever won the 5,000-meter, 1,500-meter, and 10,000-meter treble at the same Olympics. But there have been other memorable distance triples and doubles.
It's not too late to start training for a spring marathon, as long as you've been doing some running this winter. Here's an 8-week plan to get you race fit in a hurry, without overdoing it.
In what might be the first step toward an unprecedented triple, the Dutch runner won two races on the same day
The first Olympic marathon was won by a runner with no coach, no training schedule, no gym, no special diet—only a lifetime of logging 16 miles a day delivering water.
Super shoe tech has made its way to the track. Here’s a roundup of the foam-and-plate super spikes for racing 800m and longer that you may have saw on the feet of Olympians in Tokyo.
Elise Cranny, 25, won the 5,000 meters at the Olympic Trials to make the Tokyo Games, and has qualified for the finals. She got there by celebrating every step forward.
Despite IOC malfeasance and the ongoing pandemic, the five-ring spectacle is too seductive to ignore