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How Canada’s backyard ultra stars brace for sleep starvation

Success in the competition demands enduring long days and nights on little to no shut-eye, but is that something you can actually prepare for?

Hot tub offers similar benefits to running, say researchers

A steamy soak confers many of the perks associated with exercise, but runners might not want to throw in the towel just yet

Amanda Nelson breaks own national backyard ultra record on her final Big’s lap

By completing her 57th loop at Big’s Backyard Ultra World Championship, the Woodstock, Ont., athlete has run farther than any Canadian female in the race format’s history

Canada’s Sawyer Nicholson, 11, breaks world age-group record at Niagara Falls 5K

The fleet-footed phenom ran a blistering 17:28.1 to set a new global benchmark and win the race overall

British runner helps police haul in bundle of cocaine she found washed up on beach

The Isle of Wight woman made the startling discovery during her last training session before heading to Morocco for a desert double-marathon

Canada’s Rémi Leroux scales podium twice at Slovenian mountain races

His silver and bronze finishes at the 2023 Smarna Gora have shot the Quebecer to third place in the World Mountain Running Association World Cup standings

Boot-wearing Brit sets world record for fastest half-marathon in wellies

Aileen Raynos put a literal spin on “blistering pace” with her painful feat

Elizabeth Waywell shatters two Canadian masters records at Chicago Marathon

The Guelph, Ont., runner topped her division in Chicago on Sunday to claim her eighth and ninth Canadian masters records

9-year-old breaks parkrun world record for age

Louis Robinett said he felt “on top of the world” after finishing the 5K event in Poole, England in 17:40

3 ways gratitude can support you as a runner

Cultivating small but deliberate expressions of thanks can make running an even richer experience

Scot breaks M65 800m world record held by Canadian for nearly 30 years

Britain’s Paul Forbes ran 2:13.74 at the European Masters Athletics Championships, shaving half a second off Earl Fee’s longstanding record

90-year-old woman sets U.S. half-marathon age-group record

Dot Sowerby said her 3:33:47 finish at the Life Time Chicago Half Marathon and 5K shows “older people can do anything”