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Brands—especially running shoe makers—don't need global stars like LeBron to boost their image

A new nonfiction book by Ted Genoways looks at the complex argument over how best to grow food in America, told from the farmer's perspective. Another good read explores how a drug kingpin made millions breeding horses.

Pro road racing keeps putting too much emphasis on lowering the world record

I spoke with six of my co-competitors about their morning rituals, their love of coffee, and what motivates them to ride thousands and thousands of self-supported miles

For many, the female athlete triad has stood in the way of lasting success in sports, but researchers are finally starting to understand the condition better—and help women avoid the long-term consequences

The most luxurious rally car ever made.

Uberman, a SoCal ultra-triathlon with a 21-mile swim, a 400-mile bike ride, and a 135-mile run, might be the most demanding challenge of its kind. But in the eyes of its founder, the physical goal is secondary to the mental one.

With so few women in ultrarunning, we should be doing everything we can to encourage female participation

Sally Bergesen, founder of Oiselle and a running activist, asks why don't we have established women's equivalents of the four-minute mile or the two-hour marathon

All the strategies, gear, and tips you need to cross the finish line

To start with, long steady rides are a boring waste of time, power meters are both absolutely vital and extraneous bullshit, and you can get faster without training like a lifeless automaton

It's more doable than you think. Just don't forget the chamois cream.

Every sport has moments it would rather forget

Colorado's inaugural Velorama was a colorful combination of bike racing, music, and fan-friendly spectacle aimed at giving road racing in the US a shot in the arm.

USADA tried to place a gag order on Armstrong when he partnered with the Colorado Classic to broadcast his podcast. No matter your thoughts about the bike racer's character, that's just wrong—and it's really bad for the sport.

The headlines can be misleading, particularly with track’s most famous doper

They were both phenoms who got burnt out on the sport. Their relationship helped reignite the spark.

We looked at four very differently priced rides—from $500 to nearly $11,000—and unpacked the differences to help you pick the right price range for your needs and type of riding

Cycling, running, and obstacle course racing are dominated by white-collar workers. And while disposable income makes competing more feasible, researchers are also starting to discover a psychological pull that draws these people to masochistic events.

There's something a little gimmicky about celebrating distance purely for distance's sake

To see major improvement in a matter of weeks, you'll need to learn how to sprint

Yes, televised track and field can be exciting. But don’t take our word for it.

It's the most grueling competition in the world, and it takes a massive toll on riders' bodies

A handful of endurance athletes on the food and gear they rely on at the start line

One man's quest to treat the matrimonial ceremony as what it is: the greatest endurance event of your life

We tried to have a serious conversation with the SNL alum about his new HBO cycling mockumentary, Tour de Pharmacy. It sort of worked.

Pro cycling’s most famous ex- (and exiled) athlete will again take vigorous aim at the Tour de France—with a daily podcast and a blog on ���ϳԹ���

It's within this cavern of discomfort where we take stock of our courage—and figure out what we're made of

For the sub-elite running class, it can be hard to decide when those five a.m. 15-milers are no longer worth it

A Defender that's just as comfortable on the pavement as it is off road.

As our writer cheered on his three-year-old at the Strider Cup in Texas—a merciless race replete with tears, anxiety, and elation—he had one question: Is intense competition good for the tiniest of competitors?

Better learn Lanie Szuch's name, because you're about to start hearing it—a lot

Both Santa Cruz and Trek just launched big-hooped DH bikes, challenging the notion that 27.5 reigns supreme in the gravity world

Atherton has racked up 14 consecutive World Cup wins, something no one has ever done before. Yet people still relegate her to the shadow of her pro biker brothers—and she's tired of it.

Four of the sport's best on what they've learned from taking time off and coming back

The pint-size Colombian climber has a good shot at pulling off one of cycling’s hardest feats

A seriously badass Jeep Wrangler.

We've got you covered from the start of your training to the moment the gun goes off

Sometimes setting an unreasonable goal is the only way to jump-start your fitness

Frosting! Cookies! Peanut butter! It's all fair game during long days of racing.

The women's U.S. cross-country ski team has always been second-tier, but that's changing thanks largely to Alaskan nordic star Kikkan Randall, a pink-haired skate-skiing powerhouse who trains harder than anyone on the planet—and has everybody else following her lead.

The days may be getting longer, but weekends are few, and there are many adventures to cram in. So follow the lead of ambitious mountain towners across the West and put it all together into a multisport sufferfest.

These top-notch international destination races are worth the flight

Only an insane person would embark on a seven-day, seven-continent stage race. Then again, there are a lot of crazy runners out there.

But that's finally starting to change—and these five CEOs, writers, and activists are helping to lead the charge

The sport's not just doping scandals. These individuals represent the very best that running has to offer.

A side-by-side comparison of the world's top-tier 26.2s

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.”

Kris Mychasiw represents the only two professional athletes in the sport—and he sees a much bigger future for those who can chug and run fast

A shortlist of running's most notorious sufferfests

Earlier this week, the Portland brand announced a wildly ambitious plan to break the two-hour marathon barrier by next spring. We asked three experts to weigh in on the stunt and the outcry it has provoked.

The healthiest items to order when you’re stuck with nothing but McDonalds or Wendy's

Everyone likes to run fast. Here are the courses where you’re most likely to set a PR.

Mining Courage is an inside look at what it's like to ride in the Tour de France of Mountain Bike Races, from the perspective of a veteran like Sweeney and his friend Ted, a rookie trying to finish under the 12-hour cutoff.

The Mongolia Bike Challenge may be the most demanding mountain-bike race on earth. Started in 2010 as a ten-day event with multiple stage lengths in excess of 100 miles, the route takes riders through remote and mountainous terrain teeming with wild horses and with little in the way of course marshals—it’s each racer’s responsibility to carry a GPS tracking device.

In the wake of the X Games star's suicide, friends contemplate the role of repeated head injuries and the psychological toll of retiring from BMX

Tips, gear, and goals to make the cold less torturous

Two professional coaches and one of America's top marathoners share their best pre-marathon advice

To win this year’s Tour Divide, Jefe Branham rode 170 miles a day, slept an average of four hours a night, and endured both unrelenting snow and 100-degree heat for 16 days straight. What you can learn from his time in the pain cave.

Only 2 percent of people who toe a marathon starting line will break 3 hours. As Matt Skenazy found out, joining that club isn't easy.

The ponies that carried Genghis Khan’s warriors are small, tough, and skittish as hell, making the prospect of riding them for 1,000 kilometers seem downright insane. American cowboy Will Grant couldn’t resist, so he entered the Mongol Derby—the longest, hardest horse race in the world—determined not just to finish but to win.

Everything you need to complete one of the hardest races on earth, including a 16-week training program developed by Spartan's own Dr. Jeff Godin; the ultimate Spartan nutrition plan; and advice from Hobie Call, the winningest Spartan racer of all time

No mountain? No problem. As our man discovered, racing up a skyscraper provides a challenge as daunting as many high peaks.