by Jason McGill
ASHEVILLE, NC – Last year, Will Harlan ran for Africa. This year, he’s running for the world. Harlan helped raise nearly $25,000 toward water sustainability projects through his Run for Africa last year. The charity drew 42 relay teams and 18 soloists to Black Mountain’s Camp Rockmont for 24 hours of trail running, […]

by Aaron Carr
Since his untimely death while serving his country in Afghanistan last fall, numerous charity events have sprung up in honour of Cpl. Nathan Hornburg. The latest event is the Loops for Troops Run at the Currie Barracks in southwest Calgary on June 15 starting at 9 a.m. The event features a one-and-a-half-kilometre (military […]

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 Hanah Cho
Taking two weeks off from work to complete a 156-mile ultramarathon — and in the Sahara Desert of all places — doesn’t sound like much of a vacation. But vacationing wasn’t T. Rowe Price fund manager Jeff Arricale’s mission when he successfully completed the Marathon des Sables (Marathon of the Sands) several weeks […]

by Andrew Pridgen
Carson City, Nevada - Skinned elbows and knees. Blistered feet streaking up sun-bleached sandy banks leading up two major hills. An all-volunteer crew, subsisting without the benefit of an overbearing major corporate sponsor. But by the three hour-mark, when most participants were gathering for a breakfast burrito, the race that had inflicted so […]

Horton, Great Britain - 900 athletes and supporters descended on the tiny Yorkshire (England) Dales village of Horton on Saturday (26) to contend for the World Championship titles on offer for the winners of the 54th Three Peaks race.
Thankfully, the weather forecasters got it completely wrong and instead of the forecasted heavy rain, running conditions […]

by Donald Buraglio
One major distinction between road racing and ultrarunning, besides the obvious difference of race distance, is the degree of danger that competitors encounter on a regular basis.
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by Morgan Simmons
A late-season snowstorm recently enabled a Knoxville native to become the first person to snowshoe a 50 kilometer, single track, ungroomed trail in competition.
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by Laith Agha
A corny statement, for sure, but in the world of runners there is a culture clash surrounding this notion, between those who opt to run with their portable music players and those who prefer to be completely unplugged.
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