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THE SECRET BEHIND SUPERSHOE SPEED

ONE WEEK BEFORE the 2018 New York City Marathon, Olympian Jared Ward received a package from Saucony, his shoe sponsor. Inside were three early prototypes of what eventually became Saucony's first super shoe, the Endorphin Pro 1.

YES, YOU CAN WALK DURING A RACE

WHEN I STARTED racing, I thought I had to run every step of every race.

HEART BREAK HILL

TARZAN BROWN AND THE TRUTH ABOUT BOSTON'S INFAMOUS

DOCTORS BLAMED MY SYMPTOMS ON RUNNING.THEY WERE WRONG.

RUNNING AND MENSTRUATION entered my life around the same time, at age 13.

IT'S TIME TO DIAL BACK OUR BOSTON MARATHON WORSHIP

QUALIFYING FOR THE Boston Marathon is a grit meter for me. I have raced it every year since 2013 and will continue to do so as long as I make the cut.

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT YOUR PELVIG FLOOR

This underappreciated powerhouse is the secret to great running.

LET'S STOP GLORIFYING GRIT

I SAW A post floating around social media that made me roll my eyes: \"The person who chooses to run outside in the winter over a treadmill is a powerful person.\"

THE INCANDESCENT RISE OF SOFIA CAMACHO

THE WILDLY TALENTED NONBINARY DRAG ARTIST AND RUNNER IS AIMING FOR A PLACE ON THE SPORT'S MOST VISIBLE STAGE

YOU KEEP THE CHANGE, I'LL TAKE THE HARDWARE

The entry in my training log from that day reads: \"Patching the tire may have been harder than the marathon itself.\"

HOW TOXIC POSITIVITY AGGRAVATED ONE OF MY WORST EXPERIENCES

RECENTLY, I SUCKED. As soon as I started to run the 2024 New Balance 5th Avenue Mile in New York City, I lost my breath.

At 9 Years Old, He Fled War in Sudan. NOW HE'S MAKING HISTORY.

Dominic Lobalu is one of the top middle-distance runners on the planet. How he went from refugee limbo to the Olympic Games.

SHE HAS NO COACH, NO TRAINING PLAN, AND SEEMINGLY NO LIMITS

INSIDE THE CANDY-CHOMPING, PAIN-FUELED, INFECTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC WORLD OF COURTNEY DAUWALTER

BEST NEW SHOES YOU CAN BUY NOW

Anta. Rabbit. Nnormal. Mount to Coast. There are so many new running shoe companies that you may have trouble determining which, if any, might be right for you. That's where our wear-test team comes in. More than 200 runners logged thousands of miles in 74 different models of shoes-from not only new companies but also those established decades ago― to help find out how each performs best. Here are the trainers, racers, and trail shoes that stood out.

He Was One of the Best Ultrarunners in the World. THEN RUSSIA INVADED UKRAINE

Before his deployment to the frontlines, multitime Ukrainian champion Andrii Tkachuk had never run better. Would he race again?

HOW TO FIND CREATE YOUR PACES

IT WAS A hot summer afternoon on Cold Soil Road, and I had just finished the \"First Speed Run,\" a guided run in the Nike Run Club app.

COULD YOU TEACH YOUR CAT TO RUN?

**EYE OF THE TIGER' was written for you, Fiona!\" I cry, pointing at our one-eyed, 4-year-old black cat resting on our carpet. Hearing her name, she rolls onto her back, offering her stomach for a belly rub. But this is no time for pampering. I need to tell her my master plan.

RUN RIGHT PAST IMPOSTOR SYNDROME

GROWING UP, I played basketball, softball, and lacrosse, even dabbled in fencing, but always stayed away from running. Other kids were faster than me, so I left running to them. When I moved to New York in my early 30s, I discovered the joy of a 5K, and started to lace up regularly.

WHICH RUNNING GEAR IS-AND ISN'T-WORTH YOUR MONEY

RUNNING, AT ITS Core, is a relatively low-gear sport, but people love to bemoan that it's increasingly expensive. I agree-paying $120 for a long-sleeve T-shirt or shelling out hundreds for compression boots seems bonkers to me.

STOP TRYING TO IMPROVE THE SAFETY PIN. IT'S PERFECT AS IS.

DURING THE PARIS Olympics, Brodie Kane, a podcaster from New Zealand, posted a video to Instagram, railing against safety pins. The post garnered more than 11,000 likes and 750 comments.

WHY RACING A 5K FEELS MENTALLY MORE CHALLENGING THAN A HALF MARATHON

STANDING ON THE starting line of any race-but especially when I'm vying for a faster finish time-I feel a twinge of anxiety pop up, whispering worries in my ear that something might go wrong. For example, I'll miss my goal and all the hard work of training will have been for nothing. Or I'll end up slogging through the miles and regretting every step. Or worse, I'll find myself injured and sidelined.

TO RUN 26.2 IS TO FEEL ALIVE

THE SUN IS rising from the east, and the waves of the Pacific crash below to the west.

LEAVE IT UP TO A PIECE OF PAPER TO TEACH YOU TO RUN EASY

BEFORE I FELL for running, I thought the hardest thing about the sport was the fast stuff: the speedwork, the sprints, and the intervals.

WHY-AND HOW-YOU SHOULD RUN DOUBLES

Those are just a few of the titles entered into my training log for the second run of a day.

FIND YOUR RUNNING COMMUNITY, ONLINE OR IN PERSON

I SIGNED UP for my first marathon while sobbing in the back of a rideshare, on my way to the airport to fly to my uncle's funeral.

FUEL WITH WHAT YOU WANT TO EAT

AS AN ULTRARUNNER, I'm all too familiar with the saying that long-distance running is an \"eating contest with a running component.\"

AT THE FERTILITY CLINIC, MY PAST CAUGHT UP WITH ME

I SAT IN the fertility doctor's office white walls, bare wooden desk, opaque window-alone.

THIS IS NOT AN ESCAPE STORY

AT 15, DARLENE STUBBS WALKED AWAY FROM A POLYGAMOUS CULT-THEN DISCOVERED A NEW LIFE AND COMMUNITY THROUGH RUNNING.

RUNNING WITH HANK

How my daughter's rambunctious mutt saved my sanity while she was lost to the darkness.

WHEN I FOUND OUT I HAD MS.I THOUGHT I'D NEVER RUN AGAIN.

I checked the pins on my bib, shimmied my spandex shorts into place, and teed up the stopwatch on my wrist.

A RUNNER'S GUIDE to sleep

Nike rocked the running world in 2018 when it released the Vaporfly 4%, claiming that the shoe could boost a runner's efficiency by that amount.