Culture

Living in a city doesn’t have to mean giving up running in nature

Dauwalter just won the prestigious Western States Endurance Run in a blazing fast time. We can all learn something from her training philosophy.

Thirty-one thousand miles later, the writer looks back at what a half-century running habit taught him about life, pathfinding, and working off lots of French wine

Brought to you on film by running’s greatest bromantical couple

Over the past decade, ultrarunning has gone from a fringe pursuit for distance freaks to a hypercompetitive sport attracting big-time sponsors. But a mysterious training condition is suddenly plaguing its ranks, robbing a generation of top athletes of their talents and forcing victims to wonder: Is it possible to love this sport too much?

Seeking the high all day, every day

Midway through her first 50-mile trail race, Katie Arnold finds out that running may just be the easiest thing in the world—once you get over the competition, pain, and landscape that doesn't seem to want to let you finish.