As attention turns to this year's New York City Marathon, observers will again ask a long-standing question: What do athletes draw upon when trying to complete this 26.2-mile run, especially at those ...

It’s entirely too easy for people to criticize their own performance, and harder to be kind to themselves when they don’t have the race or run they’d hoped for. As the saying goes, we’re our own worst ...

We each come to running for our own reasons. For me, it was at age 24, when I had a summer job in Seattle and was looking for the best way to get fit to climb the 14,000-foot volcano that beckoned ...

Despite warm weather and sunshine during the day, it was dark and cold when I finally got out for a run one evening last week. Bundling up against a chill wind, I was beginning to think, as some of ...

There’s still a shadow cast over everything we do (and can’t do) right now, amid the global coronavirus pandemic. Running is supposed to be a cure-all, but these unprecedented, trying times—now deep ...

Over the span of my running career I’ve gone from devouring every publication of Runner’s World to reading all the best running books. More are released each year, which means my fun never ends and ...

The omicron virus is raging amid winter’s chill. Can it get any harder to keep a resolution to exercise? That seems especially true for those deciding to chase daunting goals, like the Free Press ...

June 3 marks Global Running Day and this year runners are asked to Run 1 Tag 1 to play a game of virtual motivational tag. The movement asks participants to run a mile for someone who inspires them ...

Do you listen to music at the gym? What types of songs motivate you in daily life and during your workouts? Most gym-goers like to wear headphones and listen to self-selected music while they're doing ...

As attention turns to this year’s New York City Marathon, observers will again ask a long-standing question: What do athletes draw upon when trying to complete this 26.2-mile run, especially at those ...