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Workouts

Never Doubt Your 5K and 10K Race Efforts Again With This Fartlek Workout

These 1-minute intervals will prime your system to know what race pace feels like—without relying on your watch.

Hiruni WijayaratneSeptember 1, 2026

Racing

What's a 'Good' Mile Time? Here's What the Data Says

Presidential Fitness Test flashbacks, anyone? Here’s how mile times have evolved and how your fastest mile compares to the latest results.

Brian RockJune 24, 2026

Racing

7 Pro Tips to Shave Seconds (or Even Minutes!) Off Your Race Time

These simple race-day tweaks don't require any additional training and could help you nab your fastest time yet.

Lauren WingenrothJune 22, 2026

News

UTMB World Series Unveils New Race in the U.S., Inaugural Pacific Trails Event Cancelled, How to Watch Chiang Mai Thailand

The UTMB World Series will feature 62 events (and counting) across six continents in 2026.

Abby LeveneDecember 4, 2025

Culture

Multi-Day Runners Are Alarmingly Sane

Those who pursue the craziest endurance races on the planet do it for reasons that make perfect sense

Martin Fritz HuberJuly 10, 2025

People

No, Kelvin Kiptum Is Not the Next Kipchoge

But Sifan Hassan just might be

Martin Fritz HuberJuly 10, 2025

Road Shoes

When It Comes to Running Shoes, How Light Is Too Light?

Supershoes are shedding weight, but whether that helps or hurts regular runners’ performance is still up in the air

Ashley MateoOctober 2, 2023

Training Nutrition

What To Do When It’s Hard To Fuel

Common causes and solutions for when it’s hard to eat during a race.

Lexi MillerAugust 22, 2024

Getting Started

Our Greatest Running Tips of All Time

We’ve been sharing running advice for over 40 years. Here are the 30 best tips, tricks, and ideas we’ve ever shared, your one-stop shop for all things running.

Jay BouchardJune 9, 2023

Racing

UTMB: A Fanfare for the Common Runner

UTMB is a brutally challenging race, but the race-week hype, world-class competition, and global party vibes have a way of making every runner feel special

Brian MetzlerAugust 6, 2024

People

Edna Kiplagat Is the Queen of Persistence

Some words of wisdom from one of the most consistently excellent marathoners of the past decade

Martin Fritz HuberJuly 10, 2025

News

Why We Should Embrace Post-Race Emptiness

Jakob Ingebrigtsen may be a 21-year-old wunderkind, but he’s already learned an important truth about the fleeting satisfaction of success

Martin Fritz HuberJuly 10, 2025

Road Shoes

A Zero-Drop Super Shoe? Meet Altra’s Vanish Carbon.

The brand took its time entering the super-shoe race, but its new, responsive model for marathoners was worth the wait

Brian MetzlerApril 25, 2022

History

The Remarkable Story of the First World Marathon Championship

In this excerpt from his new book ‘Running Throughout Time: the Greatest Running Stories Ever Told,’ Roger Robinson surfaces an incredible bit of sports history: the Great Marathon Derby of 1909.

Roger RobinsonJuly 10, 2025