Journal

Alex Hutchinson  | Figuring out how long, how often, and when to train in the mountains remains an art for endurance athletes. The basic idea is pretty straightforward: you head to the mountains (or crawl...

Scott W. Tunis MD FACS  |  We are often asked if herbal supplements, also called phytonutrients, have any real beneficial effects on health, athletic performance and recovery from training. 95% of athletes who are asked...

Krissy Brady  | Carb loading, carb cycling and carb backloading have become trendy strategies for optimizing our diets. But are they effective?   Love them or hate them, the feelings you have toward carbs are probably strong...

This Is What Happened When I Stopped Using Exercise as a Way to Lose Weight Olivia Muenter  |The secret to writer Olivia Muenter's happiness was changing why she works out. For most of my adult life, my relationship...

Aaron Saft | I’ve been asked so many times how I got my kids into running. It’s like asking where their red hair came from (my wife and I are both redheads). If you’ve read...

Tehrane Firman - Well and Good | Even with all the information available on what to eat before and after a workout, it might seem tricky to find the right options to help you power through...

Following the 2019 London Marathon, there are 6,133 World Marathon Majors Six Star Finishers worldwide. Pam Keenan is one of only seven people from North Carolina to complete the Abbott WMM and earn the Six Star Finisher Medal. The woman who...

Heather Braithwaite, MD |  Endurance Sports are Not for Those Who Require Instant Gratification You’ve invested the time. Fourteen weeks (or more) of faithfully following your plan despite early morning wakeups, blustery rainy runs, ugly...

We tested three new kicks that incorporate the controversial feature By Martin Fritz Huber | In 2017, Nike released the Vaporfly 4%, a racing shoe engineered to dramatically improve running economy and help the world’s fastest...

  Anna Lane Maltby is one of the happiest runners we know and she always seems to find that runner's high. We asked her a series of questions to find out what running means to...

We asked Brenda Estlack a series of questions to learn a little more about what running means to her, why she runs, and how she balances running with life, family and work. Read her story and her running...

By: Kyle Phillips, Without Limits Athlete | There is a perception of isolation and loneliness with endurance sports. Competing in marathon, triathlon, and ultra running seems a wholly individual endeavor to an outsider. There is...