Zoom, Zoom!

Sprints, strides, and surges can make you a stronger runner.

Just Five Minutes

Take a little time to enliven your routine.

The Early Ferd

NOT EVERYTHING THAT CHIRPS CATCHES THE WORM.

The Mayor Of Running Takes His Last Lap

Bart Yasso has punched in at Runner’s World US for 30 years. He started in the post room, rose up to rep RW at expos – some 1 280 of them – and went on to help edit memorable features, judge our annual cover contest, and naturally, test hundreds of shoes. He’s also held the most enviable job on our masthead: Chief Running Officer. In that role, he’s championed thousands of runners at events around the world (he ran Comrades in 2010). As one editor put it, “From Olympic medallist to beginner, anyone who dares to try is an important member of Bart’s running tribe.” On his retirement this month, our mayor, chief, and runner-hero leaves running shoes impossible to fill. Luckily, we’ll always have his good advice. Read it here, in this excerpt from Bart’s newest book, Race Everything.

Running The Country

A POLITICIAN POSTS IN CELEBRATION OF GOOD HEALTH.

Start Where You Are

How fit are you – right now? Take these tests, and use the results to reach this year’s goals.

Fit and Jolly!

Make time for even a few kilometres this holiday season.

The SPF Menu

Running outside leaves skin more vulnerable to the risks of summer sun, but our menu provides the key nutrients that will protect your outer layer from the inside.

Nimble Nurse

Marianda became the poster child for her practice’s preaching.

Running The World

Unlike most other regions of boot-shaped Italy, Umbria has no border with the sea. It’s brown and cold in winter, but in spring and summer it transforms into the green heart of the country. Thousands of olive groves, and ancient hilltop towns, are among countless good reasons to run there…

Talk Yourself Up

Practise silencing negative thoughts to run your fastest.

Adventure By Design(er)

This young graduate finds the fun wherever she goes – all over SA, and abroad.

Mind Over Matter

A victim of fat-shaming discovers the secret to self-confidence.

​​​​​​​The First Shoe I Really Loved

The New Balance 1400 v3.

Against The Grains

When the sand, suffering and self-sufficiency of the marathon des sables was exported from Morocco to the harsh but beautiful Ica desert on Peru’s Pacific Coast, the running adventure of a lifetime was born.

Love Means Never Having To Say 'I Hate You All.'

REGULAR READERS WILL KNOW an essential truth about me: I love runners.

Why I Finished A Marathon Carrying My Son

The morning after the New York City Marathon, Robby Ketchell learned a picture of him and his son, Wyatt, had gone viral. He shared the story behind the photo with Runner’s World.

To Believe Women Are Weaker Over Any Distance Is Nonsense

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That Guy Who Always Tells You To Have A Good Race

THERE’S ALWAYS ONE. BUT THERE’S MORE TO THE CHRONIC RACE WELL WISHER THAN MEETS THE EYE.

Can't Run? Relax. Here's How

RUNNING’S A GREAT RELAXATION TOOL . BUT WHAT IF – FOR WHATEVER REASON – YOU CAN’T RUN? NO PROBLEM: JUST KEEP READING.

Dynamite

ANNIE BOTHMA HAS BATTLED A RARE CHILDHOOD CONDITION AND SURVIVED A SERIOUS MOTOR ACCIDENT TO BECOME WHAT SHE IS TODAY... ONE OF SA’S MOST EXCITING RUNNING TALENTS.

New Model

MORGANE TRADED IN ADDICTION FOR A GLAMOROUS CAREER.

How to Identify – and Recover From – Overtraining

WE RUNNERS TEND TO BE A LITTLE OBSESSIVE, DOING TOO MUCH, TOO QUICKLY, TOO INTENSELY. HERE’S HOW TO STOP OVERTRAINING BEFORE IT CRIPPLES YOU.

Finding Grace

The most rewarding thing about running might be the most intangible.

Ready, Set, Snooze

A good night’s sleep does wonders for race day – but what if it just doesn’t happen?

Perfect Your Form

To get from Point A to Point B as efficiently as possible, remember these simple cues.

Hot To Trot

Only runner in the family? Not this year, after a holiday race!

Balancing Act

Training secrets from the world’s fastest marathoner.

The Singlet

Because running isn’t just about string vests.

Cruise Control

How a marathoner at sea finds time to do it all.