172 Runners Started This Ultramarathon. 21 of Them Never Came Back.
“As temperatures dropped toward freezing and rain pelted the trail, runners in China’s Yellow River Stone Forest 100K knew they were in danger.”
Twelve Minutes and a Life
White people are allowed to go jogging. When Ahmaud Marquez Arbery did, he got lynched. “That Maud’s jogging made him the target of hegemonic white forces is a certain failure of America. Check the books—slave passes, vagrancy laws, Harvard’s Skip Gates arrested outside his own crib—Blacks ain’t never owned the same freedom of movement as whites.”
The Writer Runner
Enter the world of literary sensation and dedicated runner Jamie Quatro. For her, running is essential not just to her writing process but also the themes of her work.
Frank’s Story
Frank Shorter is the father of the modern running boom. An enduringly popular speaker, he spins a captivating narrative about winning the 1972 Olympic Marathon. The story he hasn’t told is the dark truth about his own father. “I explained how I tried to anticipate my father’s moods and movements, and about the enormous daily effort it took us kids to keep out of his way. I talked about searching for an outlet for my fear and anger, and finding it in running. I admitted that I ran to escape. I described the guilt I felt for not being able to save the rest of my family.”
