“It’s hard not to admire trail runners - restless, amped-up joggers whose chosen activity demonstrates their elevated sense of aesthetics, their gleeful embrace of absurdist aerobic challenges and their propensity for recreational self-abuse. This is a valiant, nutty tribe that finds no heartbreak in the hills.” -Terry Wood
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by Laith Agha
Critics call them annoying, rude distractions. Supporters say they’re a needed pick-me-up that enhances the experience. Whether iPods and other MP3 players should be allowed in marathons and other running events is a divisive issue within the running community. The divide is part generational, part philosophical.
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by Becky Stoppa
WASILLA, Alaska - David Johnston ran his first marathon at age 25. He completed it, but he says the experience was so painful it took him six years to run another one.Now the 38-year-old Wasilla man runs marathons almost monthly, traveling Outside for many. He’s run the Boston Marathon for the past […]

by Casey McGuire
Aches and pains tend to be very common for runners. It is a bit ironic that being so healthy can come with a good amount of pain and discomfort sometimes. Someone once said to me that they thought it was healthier to sit on the couch than to be out running […]