Monties Then & Now

This Year, I Had the Opportunity to Follow in My Dad’ S Foot Steps: I Took on the Old Mutual Wild Series Mont Aux Sources Challenge ( ‘montie S’, for the Cool Kids), Some 18 Years After He Tackled It. In That Time, a Lot Has Changed – but the Important Bits Are the Same as They Always Were.

Patience is a Virtue

How to cope with the agony of not running.

Scratch New Surfaces

SAFELY CHANGE UP YOUR RUNNING TERRAIN WITH TIPS FROM PRO ULTRAMARATHONER SAGE CANADAY.

Can You Outrun A Bad Diet?

IF YOU THINK A DAILY EXERCISE HABIT GIVES YOU CARTE BLANCHE TO EAT WHATEVER YOU WANT, THINK AGAIN.

Ever Forward

ON THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS BOSTON MARATHON WIN, FORMER USA RUNNER’S WORLD EDITOR-IN-CHIEF AMBY BURFOOT SHARES THE LESSONS THAT HAVE STUCK WITH HIM.

Mark And The Millennial

AN ‘80S RUNNER TIME-TRAVELS 35 YEARS INTO THE FUTURE – AND FINDS SOME THINGS HAVEN’T CHANGED AT ALL.

Age Defying

BRIAN PRISSMAN RETURNED TO RUNNING IN HIS LATE FIFTIES – AND LOST 27KG.

The Back Markers Project

WE ALWAYS CELEBRATE THE WINNERS – BUT THERE’S SO MUCHMORE TO EVERY RACE. THIS STORY IS ABOUT THE SLOWEST ULTRA-MARATHON RUNNERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD.

The Joy Of Finishing Last

ON RACE DAYS, THIS LONDON MARATHONER FOCUSES ON MAKING MEMORIES, NOT SPEEDY TIMES.

Crunching Numbers Underfoot

A TAX TECHIE FINDS HIS PASSION AND INSPIRATION IN RUNNING SOLO.

have it all

how to be a family guy, a corporate wizard and a runner.

running while female

male runners may be shocked to learn how often women must endure on-the-run harassment. many female runners have come to just expect it – and that should upset us all.

second wind

skyrun participants embrace suffering. they’re often utterly miserable while they’re actually running the race – exhausted, bruised, swearing they’ll never do it again. but when they look back on the challenges they’ve overcome, they remember their race as the best thing they’ve ever done. these ultra-humans say life will never be the same again – that’s what keeps them coming back for more.

A Runner's Worth

A FORMER EMOTIONAL EATER LEARNS TO LOVE HERSELF AGAIN.

Anti Social

THE INJURED RUNNER DISHES OUT KUDOS FROM THE CYBER SIDELINES.

For The Love Of Trail

PHOTOGRAPHS ARE LIKE KEEPING AN ADVENTURE DIARY.

Take It Inside

TURN A TIRED TREADMILL ROUTINE INTO AN EXCITING PART OF YOUR SUMMER-RUNNING ARSENAL.

fast fixes

injured? these strategies help speed your healing.

China Is Obsessed With Running - And The Trend Could Transform The Country

IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, A RUNNING BOOM HAS HIT THE WORLD’S MOST POPULOUS NATION. UPWARDS OF 20 MILLION CHINESE ARE EXUBERANTLY TAKING TO URBAN STREETS AND VILLAGE TRAILS, AND GRADUALLY SHIFTING THE IDENTITY OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC IN THE PROCESS.

The Gross Side Of Running

Let’s be real: sh*t happens. Here’s how to deal.

Can Smiling Make You A Better Runner?

The science behind how training your facial muscles can impact your results.

Lean In For Speed

One simple tweak could make running so much easier – and more enjoyable.

Tears Of Joy

Ultra-marathon star Ann Ashworth reveals what it took to win the women’s race at the comrades marathon.

Own It

Can running help you accept yourself?A Joburg Man’ s journey – from the madness of drugs to the joy of finishing one of the world’s most iconic marathons.

Treadmill Power

A DIEHARD OUTDOOR RUNNER FINDS THAT NEW APPS AND MACHINES MAKE POUNDING THE SLABS MORE FUN AND EFFECTIVE (FINALLY).

The Run-To-Lose Problem

TRYING TO SHED A FEW KILOS? YOU’LL WANT TO AVOID THESE COMMON DIETING TRAPS, SO YOU CAN RUN HEALTHY – AND HAPPY.

The Sensory Run

TUNING INTO YOUR BODY, INSTEAD OF TUNING OUT WITH TECH, CAN REVIVE A STALE RUNNING ROUTINE. HERE’S HOW.

For Dad And Depression

ZANELE HLATSHWAYO IS RUNNING 18 RACES – CULMINATING IN THE WASHIE 100-MILER – IN CELEBRATION OF THE MAN HER FATHER WAS BEFORE SHE LOST HIM TO SUICIDE, AND TO RAISE AWARENESS OF MENTAL ILLNESS.

The Running Safari

A veteran travel writer thought he’d seen and run it all – then he stepped onto a remote African savannah to experience the trip of a lifetime.

(B)Roadies

A running bromance forged on tar.