In a world where fitness tracking devices and high-tech training plans dominate the running scene, ultrarunner Courtney Dauwalter has found success by keeping things simple. Dauwalter’s love for running started at a young age, with the Presidential Fitness Test in elementary school. “I started running in elementary school when we had to run the mile […]

The name Achilles is said to be a combination of two Greek words that together mean “grief of the people.” The injury that bears that hero’s name, in honor of his only weakness, certainly aggrieves many runners, with Achilles tendinitis accounting for around 10 percent of running injuries. Technically, Achilles tendinitis is acute inflammation of […]

Kieran Abbotts is a PhD student at the University of Oregon, studying human physiology. He earned his master’s degree in Metabolism and Exercise Physiology at Colorado State University. The lab where he now works studies exercise and environment and stressors on physiology. In other words, he’s an expert on how the chemicals in the body […]

Late on Saturday night, Courtney Dauwalter needed help getting up out of the chair she was sitting in at the south end of the Placer High School track so she could greet fellow competitor Katie Schide. Once up, she slowly and awkwardly limped about 15 steps, considerably slower than she had all day on her […]

Runners are adept at setting concrete, measurable goals for our running, from training volume to race times. When it comes to supplementary strength and mobility work, however, we tend to fall back on vague intentions of doing more—or simply doing any at all. Lacking measurable goals, however, makes it hard to know if we’re succeeding […]

Genevieve Clemons told her story to producer Ann Marie Awad for an episode of The Daily Rally podcast. It has been edited for length and clarity. I was in a dormitory with one other roommate, but because classes were online, we spent most of our time in this tiny room, taking online classes. And so […]

The Western States 100 Mile Endurance Run has been a canvas for inspiration, competition, and perseverance for five decades. Runners from varied backgrounds come together each year to celebrate the simple yet powerful act of movement. For Callie Vinson, this year’s Western States will serve as a celebration of her ten-year journey of personal transformation. […]

MSRP: $160Weight: 8.0 ounces. (women’s size 8), 9.2 ounces (men’s size 9)Heel-Toe Offset: 37mm in the heel, 30.5mm in the forefootStack Height: 6.5mm For years, the Adidas Boston was a performance training shoe designed to get you through both the high-mileage weeks and the faster workouts necessary for running a strong marathon like, say, Boston. […]

Though Shi Yan Ming is a world-renowned kung fu master, he was lucky to survive a poverty-stricken childhood as a peasant in China. He was born in 1964 in Henan Province, the heart-center of the country, where Chinese civilization is said to have originated, and food was scarce. Two siblings died of starvation prior to […]

Tori Bowie died from complications related to childbirth according to an autopsy report released June 12 by the office of the medical examiner in Orange County, Florida, where Bowie was residing. Bowie was eight months pregnant at the time of her death, and her child, a daughter, was reported as stillborn. Just four years removed […]