Sun, Sep 27 2020

Molly Seidel ran her first marathon in February at the U.S. Olympic trials in Atlanta -- finishing second and qualifying for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The games have been postponed, but Seidel, 26, continues to train and will compete in her second…

In the game of Mindball, two players compete to push a ball whose motions are dictated by their brain waves, as measured by electrodes on their scalps. The harder you try, the weaker the force you exert on the ball. This (as the author and…

Allyson Felix is one of the most decorated athletes in track and field. When athletes like her speak out about the injustices they face, they are taking a stand for us all. So after Allyson publicly called out her sponsor at the time, Nike, for…

I had COVID-19 symptoms, and it's the sickest I've ever been. On Saturday, March 7, I won a 5K race in Mount Berry, Georgia. It was my fastest finish since college; my time, 20:11, was nothing fancy for me, but after years away from competitive…

Despite the well-known benefits of physical activity, four out of five children and adolescents in the United States fail to meet current physical activity guidelines. Underlying this statistic is an even more worrying one: girls are less…

iRunFar.com – Meghan Hicks – Sep 23, 9:00 AM

This summer, in collaboration with artist and runner Abby Levene, iRunFar published the Happy Trails digital coloring book! The coloring book is available for purchase in the iRunFar Store. The book contains 10 pages, and each page depicts a scene…

If you're a trail runner, you might find road running to be very annoying. There are a lot of things that road runners have to worry about, like traffic, fellow pedestrians and much more. There are definitely things that runners need to be ready…

Homepage / Community / The Perks of Being a Back of the Pack Runner Even on a good day, I can feel self-conscious about my pace. I tend to identify as a “jogger” for fear that the term “runner” would be an inaccurate…

An update on our planned restart in England from parkrun Global Chief Executive Officer Nick Pearson. Sadly, after significant consultation and discussion, circumstances outside of our control have dictated that parkrun cannot return in England by…

When the runners and activists Alison Desir and Lauren Fleshman first learned about the 1977 torch relay, they were shocked. More than 2,000 women participated in the relay run, which stretched 2,500 miles over more than a dozen states to symbolize…

When Ben Chan, 38, completed the Great Virtual Race Across Tennessee (GVRAT) on July 31, he was excited to share his accomplishment and recap his run in the race's Facebook group, as many of the race's thousands of participants had done over the…

It was getting dark when I hit the first riffle of my trip down Utah's Green River in a canoe. My plan was to set out while it was cool and log some mileage before nightfall, but dusk came on quicker than I thought. Because I'd been in a rush to…

Devin Kelly | Longreads | December, 2019 | 15 minutes (3,955 words) I'll begin this essay the way I introduce myself to a fellow runner when meeting them for the first time: By telling you that I've run two 4:48 miles back-to-back. That I've run…