Media Contributions

More Women Than Ever Are Going Full Glam for Race Day. Here's Why the Trend Is So Divisive.

More Women Than Ever Are Going Full Glam for Race Day. Here's Why the Trend Is So Divisive.

We’re almost always faster than we think; we’re just measuring ourselves against the wrong benchmarks.

We’re almost always faster than we think; we’re just measuring ourselves against the wrong benchmarks.

Jess McClain Took a 2-Year Break From Running—and Came Back Faster Than Ever. Here’s What You Can Learn From Her Impressive Return.

Jess McClain Took a 2-Year Break From Running—and Came Back Faster Than Ever. Here’s What You Can Learn From Her Impressive Return.

Whether you’re a novice runner or you have several marathons under your belt, you could find yourself falling prey to this pre-training-run phenomenon. Use these expert tips to cope.

Whether you’re a novice runner or you have several marathons under your belt, you could find yourself falling prey to this pre-training-run phenomenon. Use these expert tips to cope.

You’re entering the most challenging part of training. Here’s how to get ready.

You’re entering the most challenging part of training. Here’s how to get ready.

While riding daily is fun and streaks are impressive, cyclists need recovery periods to stay healthy, ride stronger, and avoid burnout. This advice from a coach and a sports psychologist helped me rethink rest.

While riding daily is fun and streaks are impressive, cyclists need recovery periods to stay healthy, ride stronger, and avoid burnout. This advice from a coach and a sports psychologist helped me rethink rest.

Why Anti-Trans Hate Makes a Toxic Environment for Women Athletes

Why Anti-Trans Hate Makes a Toxic Environment for Women Athletes

Emotional processing on foot, in community and in nature, helped this Canadian ultrarunner grieve and heal.

Emotional processing on foot, in community and in nature, helped this Canadian ultrarunner grieve and heal.

This could be the secret key to making your century ride even better.

This could be the secret key to making your century ride even better.

Ever wonder just how fast you could ride 100 miles?

Ever wonder just how fast you could ride 100 miles?

Not every workout needs to be a PB, a sexy new interval set, or at a new trail. Sometimes, boring is best.

Not every workout needs to be a PB, a sexy new interval set, or at a new trail. Sometimes, boring is best.

Build a strong mental (and physical) game to help you during intervals rides, long rides, or races.

Build a strong mental (and physical) game to help you during intervals rides, long rides, or races.

Former contributing editor at Runner's World and author Dimity McDowell's narrative-driven prescriptive book on reckoning with the end of an athletic journey--and what's next.

Former contributing editor at Runner's World and author Dimity McDowell's narrative-driven prescriptive book on reckoning with the end of an athletic journey--and what's next.

How do we know whether the desire to run a particular race is truly ours, or whether it is influenced by friends, magazines, social media and the culture of sport itself?

How do we know whether the desire to run a particular race is truly ours, or whether it is influenced by friends, magazines, social media and the culture of sport itself?

Even if you ticked all the boxes in training and left no stone unturned, some high-pressure environments like ultra trail running in the mountains can make you freeze, miss the cutoff or DNF.

Even if you ticked all the boxes in training and left no stone unturned, some high-pressure environments like ultra trail running in the mountains can make you freeze, miss the cutoff or DNF.

How Minnesota families can help teen athletes manage stress and anxiety. Here is advice and examples of how teenage athletes can manage stress caused by sports, but also use sports as a mechanism to heal.

How Minnesota families can help teen athletes manage stress and anxiety. Here is advice and examples of how teenage athletes can manage stress caused by sports, but also use sports as a mechanism to heal.