“Four-minute miles are almost routine. Middle schoolers are beating college runners. Inside the youth track boom that’s turning kids and teens into speed machines.”
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The Back Meets the Nose
“It felt like a stabbing. It felt like a burning. It felt like a dull ache, then a sharp one, then it radiated all the way down.”
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Has David Roche Cracked the Code? Or Is He Just Another Crackpot?
“The Boulder athlete claims to have developed a radical recipe to revolutionize long-distance running. I decided to find out if his training program would make me faster on the trails—and, maybe, better at life.”
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What It Takes to Crew the Hardest Race on Earth
“Every year, ultrarunners sign up to compete in a brutal race that stretches 135 miles across Death Valley in the high heat of summer. Because of its harsh conditions, the Badwater 135 is perhaps the most intensely crewed ultra in the world, and without these dedicated support teams, for most, the race would be impossible.”
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The Curse of Kenya’s Long-Distance Runners
“Kelvin Kiptum had the world at his feet. Then it all ended in an instant.”
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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.”
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How Far Can Running Take You After a Decade of Addiction?
“Ammons thinks his experiences as an addict help him endure the worst that running can dish out.”
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The Struggle Is Awesome
“Erin Azar’s back-of-the-pack antics made her a TikTok star—and inspired millions of runners to forget about speed and just get out there.”
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Running Wild
“What could possibly motivate someone, what could sustain them, and what could they really get out of running around a small track for an entire day?”
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Before Desiree Linden Won Boston, She Almost Quit Running
“Tolerating what most people would consider intolerable is the flip side of endurance.”