Sun, Jan 24 2021

It was, at first, the kind of dreamily romantic attention that Cori Bush craved. She was 19 or so, barely making ends meet working at a preschool, and a new boyfriend was spooning on affection. He lavished her with gifts, too. “He would…

The Times – Richard Lloyd Parry, Tokyo – Jan 21, 9:00 AM

The Japanese government has privately concluded that the Tokyo Olympics will have to be cancelled because of the coronavirus, and the focus is now on securing the Games for the city in the next available year, 2032. According to a senior member of…

I am an elite masters runner, specializing in the mile, 5K, and cross country. I'm 57 years old now, and running has been my salvation for decades. My high school coach abused me more than 40 years ago, and I'm still coming to terms with what…

Olympian Molly Seidel doesn't take herself too seriously, and the proof of that is all over her Instagram. There she is in an August video, jogging as slowly as she possibly can, part of the Slow Mile Challenge. (She completed her slow 1-mile run…

In 2017, Ezra* was a high school senior and the co-captain of his cross country team in Maryland. It was only his second year competing on the boys team, having moved over from the girls team at the beginning of his junior season. He had been a…

The first time my hips locked up, the reason was at least a little bit glamorous. It was 2018, and I was returning from vacation in Sicily, which was the fanciest thing I'd ever done by several orders of magnitude. As I went through the…

In the previous post in this series, I exploded the fallacy that buying a better mountain bike is going to make you faster or help you overcome your limitations on the trail. In fact, for 99 percent of people, getting stronger and more stable is…

Officials of the Cherry Creek Sneak and Bolder Boulder, two of Colorado's largest running events, have yet to announce whether they will be held on their traditional dates this year or be postponed due to the pandemic. The Colfax Marathon, normally…

With just five kilometers to go in the Marathon Project, it was time for Bria Wetsch to channel her mental strength to capitalize on a difficult moment. You love running. We love running! As her quad muscles burned in the later stages of the course…

The best exercise for many of us may not be the briefest, according to a provocative new study comparing the head-to-head health benefits of short, intense, interval training with those of longer, gentler workouts. The study, published in Medicine…

Clumsy kids can be as aerobically fit as their peers with better motor skills, a new Finnish study shows. The results are based on research conducted at the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences of the University of Jyväskylä and the…

Drive, passion and resilience are important traits to have as an elite athlete. For American marathon specialist Sara Hall, it has been one of the biggest lessons she's learnt over her career. 'I've got pretty resilient at picking myself back up,'…

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, running has taken on a very different look. With no races and no group runs, we've all become lone soldiers, running solo mile after solo mile, eagerly awaiting the day we can crowd the start line of a race, or…

Worried about how social media use is affecting your teenager's well-being? University of Otago research has revealed you may be focusing on the wrong issue. In a study published in international journal Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social…

It's taken as read that exercise can make you happier, healthier and more resilient, at least if you actually enjoy running. Asics, with an eye on selling you a new pair of sneakers, recruited a researcher from Kings College London to put some…

Challenge breeds opportunity. Our current global climate requires coaches get creative—exploring new training modes with our athletes, helping them expand their athletic identity and embracing a deeper sense of themselves. Winter time also…

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share by Email Remember Vinicius, the combination of various Brazilian animals? Or how about Falah, the athletic falcon? There's Hero the Hedgehog, too, a classic from the 2017 world championships. Aaron Brown has…

It's not you. It's…just…everything. Self-care for women runners may seem like a laughable notion right now, we know. Let's face it, we're living in some historically trying times. We're 10 months into a pandemic that has robbed us of…