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A few years ago, I ran a race wherein the winners were not the ones who got to the finish the fastest but rather the ones who got to the finish fastest when you also subtracted age-grading variables. For those who do not know, age grading stems from the undeniable fact that both men and [...]

Let me state this unequivocally.  There is no “purity” of ultrarunning. Why am I even stating this?
As the Winter Olympics end, and with the Summer Olympics over two years away, some people who love this international gathering of athletes and the spectacle (good and bad) with which it brings, have made clamoring about the possibility [...]

As runners we are often told, “I am sure you can eat whatever you want, you run so much.”
To some extent, especially for younger runners with their high-burning engines, this is true.  Any calories into the body will not spend a second hiding abs or piling onto hips or butts.  However, this is not necessarily [...]

Recently a discussion on a few Internet forums surfaced about the use of a personal best achieved on a course with either a moderate or large amount of downhill. With the rapid filling of the Boston Marathon this past fall, many were lamenting that too many runners had snuck in the back door by using [...]

Failing, at anything, is not fun. Fortunately, it is rarely fatal or final.
The first weekend of February, I was in Huntsville, Texas, to crush my 50-mile PR, win the race, and do it all in the name of training for my 204-mile solo running of the American Odyssey Relay in April. Well, at least I [...]

It matters not whether you are talking about a 5K, 15K, or 50K, when mentioning an upcoming race, you will run into someone who feels any sort of long-distance running is “crazy,” and they only run “if someone is chasing me!” Ha Ha!
Dealing with comments from non-runners is part of the task of being a [...]

How many times have you encountered a running friend who, perhaps in the middle of a slump or dealing with an injury, has said they “HAVE to do X miles today?” I readily admit I used to be one of those runners.
To clarify, I use the past tense in describing myself as such not because [...]

A wonderful thing has been happening in the past decade or so: Americans are running. From 5Ks on up to the marathon and beyond, the nation is experiencing a running boom unlike no other. The American elite is winning marathons while further on down the ladder, runners fill the ranks from age group aces to [...]

Atlanta’s Chattahoochee NRA is getting new trails

The Tough Guy Challenge is a regular event held in the dead of winter in Perton, UK where athletes race over an eight-mile course with 21 obstacles along the way. They run through fire, swim through freezing water, crawl through barbed wire, swing from ropes, muck through swamps…And thousands of people sign up for this [...]

Charity runner goes cross country barefoot

Runner will attempt half-marathon wearing gas mask

Famous road gets new race

Harness:
The harness needs to be comfortable enough to hang out in for hours and still have the features necessary to tackle anything from gym climbing to trad. The Misty Mountain Ranger is a new multi-purpose harness with some beginner-friendly features like double-backed, quick-adjust waist and leg loop buckles, which gives you one less thing to [...]

Slip on your spray skirt: The Southeast is whitewater country. Here are the best rapids for every level of whitewater, from easy class I floats to class V hairboating adventures.
Class I

The James River, Va.
Eagle Rock to Horseshoe Bend
For 343 miles, the James River sweeps across the state of Virginia, connecting the Allegheny Mountains with [...]