I did it, I thought in disbelief, and I even sprinted at the end. Did
anyone notice, I wondered. I somehow managed to find it in me to sprint
across the finish line. Then I tried not to collapse right there on the
road....

I made a commitment not too long ago to do more training runs on hills,
and in fact to do some interval training on hills, but I have largely
failed to follow through. Some of that has been due to a series of races
I registered for, and some of i...

Overall, stretching did not provide protection against injury

To stretch or not to stretch? That's a question millions of runners ask
themselves daily, but results from a USA Track & Field-sponsored
...

reams were her gift. Every morning, she'd wake up and tell her husband, Al, how she'd dreamed about angels or daughters or catastrophe. Good or bad, she'd always wake up with a story to tell -- until the day she never woke up at all.

Al never had th...

The faster you run, the harder you breathe. Also, the longer you run, the harder you breathe. And if you sustain a fast running speed long enough, you will eventually find yourself breathing as hard as you can. Exercise scientists have a special term f...

Today’s Marathon & Beyond Monday edition is a tale written by ultra-marathon pioneer Gordy
Ainsleigh. Gordy is the man who — in 1974 — took part in the Western
States 100-Mile One-Day Ride … without a horse. Since then,...