Training
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OutdoorsThe 10 Best Minimalist Running Shoes
The original minimal movement and natural running got joggers quick stepping on the track and trail. Then came the backlash: those saying minimalism leads to injury, hurting more than it helps.
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TechSound and Fury: The Best Sports Headphones
We put over a dozen headphones through their paces on long runs, bike rides and bodyweight exercises to find the best sports headphones for every budget.
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Archive10 Best Triathlons for Beginners
For the “Ironchild” on the road to a true Ironman, or maybe just the casual triathlete, these are the ten best races for the budding triathlete. None of them are easy, but they are all great places to become a fitness fanatic.
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FitnessMachine-Free Home Gym Essentials
Building up your own home gym is easier than it sounds and can even produce great workouts.
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Food & DrinkThe Benefits of Berries
For anyone uncomfortable with pills, powders, shots and gels, Mother Nature offers an alternative way to stay healthy this winter. We’re talking berries, those tart little packets of juicy goodness.
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OutdoorsConquering La Ruta de Los Conquistadores: The Film
Nearly a year after his training began, Dirk Shaw called from Costa Rica, where he had just completed the final mission in The Road to La Ruta: the race itself. He explained how he’d learned to enjoy the process as much as the culminating event.
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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 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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FitnessEverything You Need to Go Lap Swimming
Everything from the suit to shampoo to streamline your morning swim routine.
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FitnessTested: Total Immersion Swimming
It made me angry that the obese woman could swim faster than me. In my bubble of intense training for my first triathlon I’d fashioned an idea of justice that allowed fit people to just naturally be better than other people at everything.
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OutdoorsPlanning (and Going Balls Out) is Everything: The Road to La Ruta, Part 2
This is the second part of an eight-part original GP series, The Road to La Ruta, in which contributor Dirk Shaw chronicles his training for the Fool’s Gold 100 and La Ruta de Los Conquistadores — one of the toughest mountain bike races in the world. Check back throughout the summer to watch the story unfold.
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OutdoorsThe Ultimate Triathlon Kit for Summer
For gearheads and Quantified Selfers triathlon is a chance to ride bikes that look like DARPA prototypes and collect more personal information about themselves than a Stasi collaborator, respectively; for Alphas it’s a chance to get ripped and grab bragging rights; for some people it’s just a fun way to get in shape. Whatever the reason, the tri gear is abundant.