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You’re midway by a run when it hits you, the primary second in three days the place your thoughts feels quiet as a substitute of heavy. For simply these couple of minutes, the fog lifts sufficient to recollect what “regular” used to really feel like. If you happen to’ve been fighting melancholy or nervousness, you’ve […]

[Author’s Note: This article is part of an occasional series on the unique opportunities and challenges of growing older as a runner.] Within the final half-decade, I’ve spoken with and coached dozens of 50-plus-year-old athletes who’ve struggled with motivation. Actually, the motivation to coach is one thing all of us grapple with, nevertheless it appears significantly acute for

(tank, shorts) I used to be completely spoiled yesterday. Spoiled. I’m out of city subsequent week for my birthday, so my mates took me out in town yesterday for miles within the morning and dinner. 11.44 miles @ 8:27 tempo within the sunshine. We have been right down to tanks after just a few miles.

Stack peak is just the quantity of cushioning between your foot and the bottom. After we discuss medium stack trainers, we’re often referring to that go-to every day coach with average cushioning. These sneakers dwell in that candy spot, not max cushion, not tremendous near the bottom. You get sufficient foam for consolation on longer

Skylar Sieben solely stepped away from NCAA observe and area in 2023; by 2024, she was pushing a bobsleigh. Now, the 25-year-old from Cochrane, Alta., is ready to make her Olympic debut at Milano Cortina 2026 as a bobsleigh brakewoman for Workforce Canada. Skylar Sieben (brakewoman) representing Workforce Canada in bobsleigh. Picture: AP Picture/Seth Wenig

You’ve logged the miles, nailed the exercises, and dialed in your race-day vitamin. However because the beginning gun approaches, your rigorously constructed race plan begins to crumble beneath the load of racing ideas and a pounding coronary heart. Sound acquainted? Analysis exhibits [1] that as much as 78% of runners expertise vital pre-race nervousness, and

The Hoka Speedgoat 7. All images: iRunFar/Eszter Horanyi Coming to market a number of months sooner than anticipated, the Hoka Speedgoat 7 ($165) has arrived with a brand new higher, a extra full of life midsole, and an up to date lug sample on a Vibram Megagrip outsole. In some ways, this beloved path working

The night time earlier than a long term is the right time to gasoline your physique proper, and it’s approach less complicated than most runners assume. And no, it doesn’t should be a giant ol’ plate of pasta both. Marathon coaching brings with it an entire host of latest questions. How will we run thus far

When Élisa Morin moved from France to Montreal in January 2020, she didn’t count on her working profession to shift from the observe to the paths. Six years later, she is a two-time Canadian path working champion, a top-10 finisher at UTMB’s OCC occasion and now an expert path runner with Brooks Working. Canadian Working

Meet artist-athlete Abigail West. Abigail hails from Athens, Georgia, the place the plush mountains and forests of rhododendrons infuse each her path operating adventures and her paintings. Abigail has collaborated with and designed items for a number of corporations, together with UltrAspire, Terignota, and the Path Operating Movie Pageant. She additionally designed a collaboration between