Running
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OutdoorsFinally, Trail Running Gear That Doesn’t Make You Look Like a Geek
Time to stop looking like a grade school gym teacher.
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BriefingsRunners: Nike Just Killed the Race Bib
For decades, the runner’s bib has been nothing more than a piece of paper slapped on with a few safety pins.
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OutdoorsThe Running Shoe That’s Going to Win the Olympics
A track spike to help Olympic athletes run even faster.
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Fitness3 Ways to Become a Stronger, Faster Runner — Today
Record-holding marathoner Michael Wardian shares a few exercises he does to improve his running.
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OutdoorsArc’teryx Launches Its First-Ever Trail Running Shoe
The brand’s first trail shoe sports some impressive tech.
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OutdoorsA Kenyan Brand Is Trying to Make the Greatest Running Shoe in the World
A shoe worthy of the Kenyan running tradition.
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Outdoors5 Ways to Train Better for Your Next Marathon
There’s the right way and the long way to take on a marathon.
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OutdoorsHow to Layer for Cold-Weather Running
Like to run when everyone else is inside keeping warm with red wine and braised short ribs?
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OutdoorsHow To: Run Faster in the Mountains
Mountaineer and ultra runner Ben Clark shares his tips on becoming a faster runner, whether your aim is a local 5k or, like him, 14,000-foot peaks over 100 miles.
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FitnessHow to Run a Faster Marathon
Sequels tend to suck (Caddyshack II, I’m looking at you), and when they’ve got 26.2 miles of pavement in them, the suck-potential goes exponentially up. After my second marathon, I came up with some advice to my former self, who was still prepping for his first.
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OutdoorsCushion for Pushin’: Maximalist Running Shoes
Is “maximalist” the next big thing in running? There’s certainly a lot to love.
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OutdoorsPhoto Essay: Running the Zion Traverse
Mountaineer and ultra runner Ben Clark shares photos from his single-day run across Zion National Park, also known as the Zion Traverse.
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FitnessA Guide to Trail Runs, in New York City
In urban settings like New York, walking, let alone running, is hard enough. With the abundance of hazards — from reckless taxis to sharp-eyed grannies — hitting the streets in your new pair of kicks often means putting your life on the line.
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OutdoorsThe Complete Guide to Running Your First Ultramarathon
You’ve probably been hearing more about them: occasional murmurs of very long distance races, men and women running six marathons across the Sahara, a 3,100 mile race in Queens, NY, in the middle of summer. Ultrarunning, or running more than a 26.2 mile marathon in a single shot, seems an unlikely pursuit — and it is.
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OutdoorsKit: Vermont 50 Ultramarathon
There are basically two schools of thought when assembling a kit for an ultramarathon: comprehensive preparation and more weight, or as minimalist as possible. For first-time ultra-distance runners, the decision can be a little confounding.
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ArchivePhoto Essay: Vermont 50 Ultramarathon
It was around around mile 23 of the Vermont 50 that I thought about the duck. I’d read in On Food and Cooking by Harold McGee that the common green-headed mallard stores as much as a third of its carcass weight in fat for fuel and insulation so it can fly continuously for hundreds of miles.
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OutdoorsThe Complete Guide to Running Your First Marathon
In the marathon origin story, Pheidippides runs from Marathon to Athens to deliver a message of victory and then promptly dies. We’ve come a long way since 490 BC, and today most people run marathons to compete, challenge themselves physically or raise money for charity — and they rarely kick the bucket at the end.
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OutdoorsAdidas Boost: What’s It All About?
In the age of smartphones and tablets, sports companies have scrambled to embrace technology as a new vehicle for pushing the limits of athletic performance. Even so, the Adidas Boost Running Shoe ($150) hopes to prove that re-thinking existing footwear construction still offers plenty of game-changing potential.