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Everything you need to run a personal best, including a 12-week training plan, a race-day nutrition plan, and advice from U.S. record holder Ryan Hall
On Tuesday, Russian marathon runner Tatyana Aryasova was stripped of her 2011 Tokoyo Marathon title after she returned a positive test for a banned drug, hydroxyethyl starch, that is commonly used to mask doping in endurance athletes. The news broke on Japan Running…
Photo by eviltomthai/Flickr After finishing ninth in the 2008 Olympic marathon, Dathan Ritzenhein was fourth, and first man out, in Saturday's Olympic marathon trials in Houston. It was his seventh career marathon, all seven of which have been mild disappointments: excellent…
Shalane Flanagan, photo courtesy Erik van Leeuwen/flickr If my enthusiasm for tomorrow’s Olympic marathon trials is a bit tempered, it’s because the entertainment specialists at NBC have declined to broadcast the race live. That should strike you as scandalous:…
Training with a monitor can be daunting to master, but its the best way to make the most of your workouts.
Australian Pat Farmer is on track to finish a ten-month pole-to-pole jogwithout taking a single day off
A combined heart-rate monitor and GPS watch will supercharge your training. Motorola's Motoactv is one of the best on the market.
In a week, all of the outdoor gear companies will convene in Salt Lake City to introduce their new skis and boots, jackets and baselayers, beacons and solar powered iPhone devices, sleeping bags and packs, trekking poles and tents, and all sorts of other outdoor gear and gadgets. We’ll be…
Hurdler Lolo Jones was the feel-good story of the Beijing Olympics, until a tiny mistake cost her a medaland made her tale even more compelling
Behind the scenes with Olympic hurdler Lolo Jones and photographer Robert Maxwell for the February cover.
窪蹋勛圖厙 picks the biggest people, places, and events of the last year
New workouts, a marathon birth, and revolutionary new studies: Here are the headlines that defined health and fitness news in 2011
From bureaucratic wrangling to the death of the sport's most exciting star, the sport of running was in flux a year before the Olympic Games
By guest blogger Meaghen Brown Montanas Mike Wolfe won the North Face Endurance Challenge 50 Mile on December 3rd in 6:19:04, beating what some called the best ultrarunning field assembled in 2011. Both Wolfe and 21-year-old Dakota Jones broke the old course recordWolfe by 15 minutesafter running…
Trail shoes: minimal or maximal?Im sponsored by Pearl Izumi, so I run in their Fuel XC or the Peaks, which is their lighter trail shoe. Sometimes I run in the triathlon shoeits a very lightweight with holes in the bottom. Im…
Photo of Nick Symmonds courtesy Phil Roeder/Wikimedia For years, U. S. Track and Field has imposed strict rules on how athletes can represent corporate sponsors on their jerseys. Permitted logo size is smalla maximum total area of 40 square centimetersand athletes can't have more than one logo.
A few months ago, the folks at Woven Society, a start-up e-retailer that aims to simplify your life, one item at a time, approached us about featuring some of our favorite possessions on the website they were creating. The site, which just launched in beta…
A collection of the web's best running blogs, from journalists, fans, and runners
The best sites for health advice and commentary, so you can get online and go outside
Its dark outside when I go running after work. How can I avoid getting hit by a car?
Love the idea of modeling, but don't have time for the agents, the makeup trailers, the long days on set in Hollywood? Send in a photo of yourself stripped down to your favorite Smartwool layer and a one sentence write up of what inspired you to do…
At a certain point in 2008 I lost interest in professional swimming because every major race yielded a new record and the records began to feel cheap. The swimmers, of course, were wearing swimsuits that made them faster, so in some sense the records really were cheap.
窪蹋勛圖厙 reviews the best gear in the 2012 Winter Buyer's Guide, including the CW-X Insulator Stabilyx tights.
窪蹋勛圖厙 reviews the best gear in the 2012 Winter Buyer's Guide, including the Casio ProTrek PRW-5000Y-1 watch.
I'm a runner and a breast cancer survivor. What's the best breast-cancer-awareness-branded running gear?
Salomon-sponsored Jennifer Pharr Davis broke the Appalachian Trail speed record on July 31, 2011 when she hiked and ran the 2181-mile trail in 46 days, 11 hours and 20 minutes26 hours and 11 minutes faster than the previous record holder,Andrew…
Photo of Aspen Vista trail by taylorandayumi/Flickr The other weekend I ran a trail race for the first time since moving to New Mexico earlier this year. It didn't go well. I'm not in good shape, which I blame on adopting a puppy who likes to chew…
Six exercises to help you strengthen your body's weakest links
Theres no reason to be sheepish about switching those synthetic baselayers for a more natural alternative.
And if the South African track sensation makes it to the start line for the 2012 Olympic Games in London, we may never look at disabilitiesor competitive sportsthe same way again.
Photo by Stewart Dawson/Flickr On Wednesday, author Chris McDougall posted a critique of Lance Armstrong's running form on his blog. McDougall is famous for writing Born to Run, the 2009 bestseller about Mexico's Tarahumara Indians and barefoot running. It's hard to…
How does ultrarunner Ray Zahabwho became famous for expeditions traversing the harshest terrain on earthup the ante? By taking high school kids on his next series of trips.
Want to make this year memorable? Start training now and destroy your office mates in a 10K.
Image by fergie_lancealot/Flickr Last month, the International Association of Athletics Federations decided that women who run alongside men in road races cannot set world records. The IAAF now believes that male pacers give women an undue advantage, and have made the incredible decision…
I'm running a marathon this fall, and I want to bring my toddler with me while I train. What stroller should I buy?
Photo by informatique/Flickr Does the way you run determine how fast you are, or whether you get injured? Since 2009, and the publication of Chris McDougall’s book Born to Run, that’s been one of the most popular questions in distance running. Form is paramount in most…
Big-city marathons, triathlons, and adventure races have never been more popular. Here's why it's time for you to line up for the starting gun, too.
Or, Why is running compelling? I followed last week's world track and field championships obsessively, something I have done since I was 14, and rarely to my benefitthere's always something more valuable I should be paying attention to, like work, or homework. Over the weekend I came across an essay…
Barefoot running is all the rage. Enter the counterpoint. Hoka One One says that fat, squishy soles are the true path to success. We've tested an ultramarathon of running shoes, and we've gotta admit that Hoka One One has some cushy merits. Though the marshmellow-soled shoes look…
Blair Beakley Guest Blog by Emily Brendler Shoff With young kids, it can be an accomplishment to get out the front door. So when my husband, Andy, and I decided to take our girls camping and meet up with some…
Photo by Victah Sailer/PhotoRun.net Before Thursday, I doubt that many people would have picked Jenny Barringer Simpson to end the title drought in American distance running that has persisted, stubbornly, since the mid 1980s. When Barringer Simpson went wide into lane three in…
We've heard of sport specific footwear, but this shoe takes the cake. As you can see in the video below, the testing sessions for the Five Ten Atlas Pamplona resulted in more than just blisters. The company sent 150 runners out with red kicks at this year's…
Last Thursday, the IAAF, track and field's international governing body, announced a plan to drug test every single athlete at the world championships in Daegu, South Korea later this month. It will be the first comprehensive testing ever performed at a world or Olympic final in track…
Breakfast is necessary if you want to tear up the countryside, hit the pool, or simply get through a gym workout. Pick the right one.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=6smGf875jck Double-amputee Oscar Pistorius will realize his dream to compete against the fastest athletes in the world in next month's World Championsips. Recently, South Africa picked the 24-year-old sprinter for their team after he shaved a half second off his 400-meter time last month at a…
Ultramarathoner Josh Cox's attempt to break the 50K world record through proper nutrition and hydration
Sometimes I get blisters on my feet. What can I do to treat them so I dont have to stop running?
John Stamstad (Photo courtesy of John Stamstad) John Stamstad lives to push limits. He earned a spot in the Mountain Biking Hall of Fame after completing the first crossing of Australia by bicycle, going 65 hours straight…
Brett Hochmuth, Eagle Eye Photography In late 2008, Marshall Ulrich ran across the United States in 52 days. Ulrich would later say that the run was the most challenging event of his career, which includes…
The Badwater Ultramarathon started yesterday, July 11th, at Badwater, Death Valley, the lowest place in the Western Hemisphere at 280 feet below sea level. And after 135 miles and two days of what I…
I recently bought a set of resistance bands. What moves should I do to make myself a better runner?
Cooling Agents: Our favorite ultralight gear for sweltering summer runs, including Saucony's Vortex sleeveless top.
Cooling Agents: Our favorite ultralight gear for sweltering summer runs, including the Oakley Fast Jacket sunglasses.
Cooling Agents: Our favorite ultralight gear for sweltering summer runs, including the North Face Better Than Naked jacket.
Cooling Agents: Our favorite ultralight gear for sweltering summer runs, including the Wrightsock SLC socks.
Cooling Agents: Our favorite ultralight gear for sweltering summer runs, including the Garmin Forerunner 610 watch.
Cooling Agents: Our favorite ultralight gear for sweltering summer runs, including New Balance's NBx five-inch shorts.
Cooling Agents: Our favorite ultralight gear for sweltering summer runs, including the Brooks Sunshield visor.
In 2003 and early 2004, in the months leading up to the Athens Olympic games, Kenya's Paul Tergat was obsessed with winning an Olympic marathon title. Tergat was one of the best runners in history and held the world marathon record, but his two Olympic medals were silver, and a…
The ten best ways to have a great time at the Fiesta de San Fermin, without taking a horn or nightstick to the head.
Advocates of barefoot running argue its the way evolution wants us to runand theyre right. However, this ignores the fact that we spend the majority of our lives locked into regular shoes. Rarely do we go barefoot anywhere. Before you start running, let your feet adjust to your new barefoot…
Can humans hunt the worlds fastest animals by running them down? Elite marathoners investigate in the New Mexican desert.
MOVNAT‘s Erwan LeCorre demonstrates the natural way to run barefoot. Read Nick Heil’s story the Workout that Time Forgot.
Ive been a slow convert to the barefoot-running phenomenon. Whats holding me back: jarring a body part, the cave-woman aesthetic, and my attachment to traditional running-shoe cush. But I have friends who swear by barefoot shoes and run trails in Vibram FiveFingers (vibramfivefingers.com). The benefits, they say, are that…
Design and Technology Special: The world's most streamlined and innovative new gear, gadgets, tools and toys, including Nike's + SportWatch GPS.
Kyle Simonett Runners at the Teva Mountain Games could participate in any (or all) of three events last weekend: the Vail Pass Half Marathon, the 10K Spring Runoff and the Mud Run. The Mud Run, which sold out at 400…
窪蹋勛圖厙 reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the PowerSox APF Lo-Cut Socks.
窪蹋勛圖厙 reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Hydrapak E-Lite Hydration Vest.
窪蹋勛圖厙 reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including The North Face Better Than Naked shirt.
窪蹋勛圖厙 reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Brooks Essential Run Vest.
窪蹋勛圖厙 reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Sole Dual Anti-Blister Socks.
窪蹋勛圖厙 reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Arc'Teryx Cita Bra.
窪蹋勛圖厙 reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Helly Hansen Pace Singlet.
窪蹋勛圖厙 reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Merrell Atalaya Skirt.
窪蹋勛圖厙 reviews the best gear in the 2011 Summer Buyers Guide, including the Nathan Trail Mix.