trail running

Trail runners: you don’t need to run an ultra

It’s easy as a trail runner to think that at some point, you have to do an ultramarathon to be seen as serious in your sport. That’s simply untrue, and here’s why


Paris 2024

Florida runner mounts curious GoFundMe for “Olympic marathon” journey

Is she racing for gold, or just raking it in?


evening runner

Try this 4/3/2/1 interval workout when you’re time-crunched

If you only have 30 minutes, this countdown interval workout maximizes every minute


Fred Kerley

American sprinter Fred Kerley: “There will be a world record the next time I touch the 100m”

Usain Bolt’s world record of 9.58 seconds has remained untouched since 2009. Kerley will next compete in the 100m on May 30 in Oslo


ROry Linkletter

Four more Canadian athletes named to 2024 Paris Olympic team

Rory Linkletter (marathon), Moh Ahmed (10,000m), Evan Dunfee (race walk relay), and Olivia Lundman (race walk relay) are the four athletes who will be joining previously nominated athletes Malindi Elmore and Cam Levins in Paris


Paris 2024

French Olympic marathon hopeful facing possible suspension for doping violation

Mehdi Frère is facing a possible two-year suspension for “whereabouts failures” (i.e., three missed doping tests) and could miss the Paris Olympics


Phoebe Gill

WATCH: 17-year-old British woman surges to record-setting 800m time

“I’m in shock, because I was late for the race,” said 17-year-old Phoebe Gill after running 1:57.86


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Why are humans so good at long distance running?

A new anthropological study supports the “endurance pursuit hypothesis,” arguing that endurance running was crucial to our ancestors’ survival


Resting heart rate

Training methodologies made simple

This chart helps runners understand what “easy” and “hard” efforts mean in the context of more data-driven training methodologies


Michael Roth Canada

Canadian sprinter loses NCAA conference title for showboating

A hand gesture at the finish line ends Canadian 400m sprinter Michael Roth’s NCAA season


runners cartoon

What your running horoscope has in store this month

As we race into summer, what do the stars say about your running?


Sporting Life 10K

Canadian triathlete Tamara Jewett wins Toronto’s Sporting Life 10K

Professional triathlete Tamara Jewett ran 32:02 to win Toronto’s Sporting Life 10K—the fastest women’s winning time in the last decade