From September 25 to 28, some of the world's top mountain running and trail running athletes gathered in Canfranc, Spain, for the 2025 World Mountain and Trail Running Championships (WMTRC) to represent their countries in four different events. Historically, many top runners have opted to skip the world championships for various reasons, including busy race schedules, sponsorship conflicts, and financial considerations.
Released in September 2025, just in time for the winter season, the Kahtoola Microspikes Ghost ($105) is an exciting option for microspike lovers who are looking for something light and flexible for winter trail running that provides incredible traction on icy, hardpacked conditions. Kahtoola, in my mind, is the de facto leading brand in winter traction devices for all sub-crampon endurance activities,
Sprints: Running at maximum effort. Races: By their very nature, these are run at 100% effort. Strides and hill sprints: Performed at 95-100% of maximum speed. Heavy weightlifting: The focus was on strength and power, not endurance or muscle growth. Long runs: Two hours or more of running, which has similar effects to running very fast. Plyometrics and drills: These included power-focused skips, bounds, and jumps. Hill workouts: Running uphill at various speeds against gravity.
Training theory is rapidly evolving. What we know today dwarves what we knew 20 years ago! Understanding the history of training is an undeniable advantage. In the 1950's, Roger Bannister ran incredibly little while doing a massive amount of intense speed work. That approach was flipped on its head in the 1970's as American runners focused on lower intensity but very high mileage running.
Q&A is incredibly important to me as a coach because it represents a return to strategy: solving problems and decisively moving forward helps you train more effectively. Without this clarity, you may waste weeks, months, or even years of time with subpar approaches to running. You might... never add more weight to your lifts in the gym, preventing any strength progression only do pilates, thinking that it's "enough" when it comes to getting stronger desperately try to run a faster marathon... but never run more than 40 miles per week try every recovery strategy imaginable to stay healthy, while you never strength train at all
It's probably no surprise that it took Brian Gregan 15 months from his last race to announce he's finished as an athlete at the age of 35. Gregan doesn't like quitting, never has.
"I've never heard of anybody running any of the train lines. So I was like, you know what? Let's get this f---ing going," Richards said. "I looked at the map... and I was like, man, this is gonna be one hell of a feat."
Nicholas Thompson, CEO of The Atlantic and the author of the new book, The Running Ground: A Father, a Son, and the Simplest of Sports, has spent years developing that relationship. (He's also a very fast runner - the type who wins races rather than just finish them.) And on this episode of The Vergecast, he describes his approach to running and to running tech.
she was 17th overall and almost 34 minutes ahead of the second-place woman - she's been a world-class athlete in other sports nearly her entire life. At 33 years old, she's won world championship titles in six different sports, ranging from skyrunning to ski orienteering to snowrunning, and is currently tied for the most successful foot orienteer with 23 world titles, 11 of them won consecutively.
One of the most common complaints of trail runners using treadmills for year-round training is the lack of realistic pacing and real-world terrain simulation. This discomfort runs so deep that many refer to the devices as "dreadmills" when forced to jog indoors due to gnarly winter weather. Thankfully, the legendary cycling brand Wahoo is revolutionizing the running space with its high-tech , now 25% off through December 1.
Running in bad socks sucks. If clocking up more than 65 marathons and 20 ultras, and plodding most of the way across Europe has taught me one thing, it is this: A runner is only as happy as his or her feet. You can drop hundreds of bucks on the best running shoes, but if you stick your foot into an old gym sock, you still risk ending up with blisters.
Comfort is a luxury that many with narrow or "regular" feet take for granted. People with wide feet have a much smaller selection of shoes to choose from, and they'll tell you that a lot of wide-fitting shoes still miss the mark even after incorporating special sizes, stretchy materials, and adjustable closures. The feature they say actually matters the most is the one brands often overlook-shape.
From running with his father, with whom he had a seemingly difficult and complex relationship, to using running to navigate recovery from thyroid cancer, to diving deep into training with Nike to try to run the Chicago Marathon in a new personal best at the age of 44, Thompson explores how this simple sport has driven, dictated, and helped him navigate the bigger questions in life.
SF Parkour hosts a free Beginner's Parkour Class at noon on the second Saturday of each month. It is geared towards first timers and lasts 1.5 hours. Location: Each month the location rotates through Sunnyvale, UC Berkeley and the Embarcadero in SF. Please check the SF Parkour Facebook page to make sure you have the right date and location before heading out.
On Sunday, Nov. 2, thousands of Queens locals and spectators lined the streets of Long Island City with electrifying enthusiasm and spirited cheers for the 2025 TCS New York City Marathon. The sound of cowbells, stadium horns and rhythmic beats from Fogo Azul NYC energized the atmosphere, offering a much-needed boost to marathoners ahead of the Queensboro Bridge - one of the most physically challenging sections of the race.
Doylestown, Pa -- Zach Peckman is 16 years old and already making a name for himself in the international jump rope community. Peckman, who specializes in the speed category, remembers becoming fascinated with jump rope as a small child. He joined the Zero Gravity Jump Rope Team and practices frequently at the Doylestown YMCA. Peckman recently took his talents to the 2025 American Jump Rope Federation National Championship in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
The location served as the starting point for Urban Iron, the latest addition to a bustling category of hybrid racing events that combine running with functional fitness. To overstate the current popularity of these types of events is almost as difficult as completing a hybrid race itself. While Urban Iron participants laced up at the Brooklyn dealership, 250 like-minded athletes toed a different starting line halfway across the country, ready to kick the tires of LIFE TIME's inaugural LT Games in Minneapolis.
I managed to spot Eliud Kipchoge on Bedford Ave around 10 a.m., cranking 4:50-something miles with men half his age. He was the man everyone wanted to see, and this was made easier by his unexpected uniform: a perforated long-sleeve shirt, with air vents at the elbows and armpits. Everyone around him was wearing a singlet. This felt typical: beyond being the greatest marathoner ever, Kipchoge has always been a good soldier for Nike.
Dower ran 13:31 on trails for 100 miles. She won by almost a full hour, and it was way up on Camille Herron's old 14:03 course record from 2021. The time makes Dower the second-fastest North American woman over 100 miles ever, and the win also offers an automatic entry back into Western States in 2026 for a redemption run.
The 2025 edition of the TCS New York City Marathon week kicked off on an energetic note with the annual Kids Kickoff event hosted by New York Road Runners (NYRR). Bringing together young runners, families, and supporters, the Kids Kickoff provided a spirited start to marathon week festivities, highlighting the fun and positive energy of the youth movement, community engagement, and active lifestyles.
