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ELIUD KIPCHOGE'S HIGHER PURPOSE

HIS BIG DREAMS AND SERIOUS AMBITIONS GO FAR BEYOND RUNNING.

The Best Reasons for Adding Track Workouts to Your Training

THE OVAL AT your nearest high school or college can serve up equal parts intimidation and welcomed challenge. Running on a track means you have a predictable and controlled environment to check off 400-, 800-, or 1600-meter repeats. But you also have that next curve or lap staring you in the face, hollering at you to run a little faster.

THIS IS KIPCHOGE'S WORLD

PAST MARATHON LEGENDS SHOWED US WHAT WAS POSSIBLE. ELIUD KIPCHOGE MADE US BELIEVE IN THE IMPOSSIBLE.

A Quick and Easy Guide to Optimize Postrun Nutrition

WHEN YOU FINISH a run, you might think that the important work is behind you. But your goal of becoming a stronger, faster runner has really just begun.

THE FASTEST MARATHON SHOE EVER

THERE ARE FEW SECRETS SURROUNDING NIKE'S ALPHAFLY, YET SCIENTISTS STILL STRUGGLE TO EXPLAIN WHY THE SUPER SHOE IS SO SUPER.

THE CHALLENGER

AFTER YEARS AS A RUNNER-UP ON THE WORLD MARATHON STAGE, EVANS CHEBET HAS BEEN ON A WINNING STREAK. CAN HE UNSEAT HIS HERO?

MEAN DOGS & MARTIAL ARTISTS

WHAT YOU CAN DO TO PROTECT YOURSELF

ANKO ITOSU

YOU MUST DECIDE IF KARATE IS FOR YOUR HEALTH OR TO AID YOUR DUTY

THE HOWARD UNIVERSITY TAEKWONDO CLUB, PART 1

Even though I’ve studied the martial arts for decades, I had no idea about the astonishing history of taekwondo at Washington, D.C.’s Howard University, one of the top Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the United States.

WHERE ARE YOU?

In the late 1960s, Donn F. Draeger represented shinto muso ryu at a prestigious public demonstration in Tokyo. Many of Japan’s oldest martial arts — its classical koryu — were demonstrated. It was one of the first times a non-Japanese had been invited.

FINAL-PHASE: JEET KUNE DO

HOW TO USE NO WAY AS YOUR WAY!

CLARESSA SHIELDS HAS CONQUERED PRO BOXING AND THE OLYMPICS

NEXT ON HER TO-DO LIST: BECOME AN MMA WORLD CHAMPION!

WHY THE AMERICAN TAEKWONDO ASSOCIATION'S TOURNAMENTS ARE THE PLACE TO BE!

The martial arts are bifurcated. A significant percentage of our community loves competition, while probably a similar portion has no interest. If you’re a tournament lover, read on to learn about a unique circuit you might want to join. If you’re a tournament hater, you’ll want to read on, too — you just might change your mind afterward.

PUNCH. KICK. REPEAT.

WITH MARTIAL ARTS PIONEERS JOE CORLEY AND JEFF SMITH AT THE HELM, THE NEW PKA IS ON THE HUNT FOR THE GREATEST STRIKERS ON THE PLANET!

BEST PRE-EMPTIVE STRIKES AND PALMS VS. FISTS, PART 3

Palm-strike detractors like to point out that fingers are vulnerable to fracture because they stick out when making contact. This definitely can happen, but no one I know personally who has used palms — including Bas Rutten — has ever fractured a finger in barehanded combat.

MARTIAL ARTS 1, STROKE O

Statistics state that 1 in 5 people will suffer a stroke.

ENDLESS DRILLING

A common question from martial arts rookies and intermediate practitioners — and, if we’re honest, even some long-timers — is “What’s next?” “What’s the next supersecret neato technique I have to master?”

MASTER THE ARMBAR

THE RESULTS FROM THE GROUNDBREAKING ARMBAR RESEARCH STUDY WILL SERVE AS YOUR SECRET WEAPON!

GROW YOUR SCHOOL WITH WOMEN'S SELF-DEFENSE WORKSHOPS

“It doesn’t matter why they come in. All that matters is that they do. If people were coming in to get free pencils, that would be just fine.”

THE BEST BIKE IS A TIME MACHINE

FROM THE 16-INCH WHITEWALL TIRES OF MY FIRST pink, banana-seat Schwinn to the high-end two-wheeled beauty I currently race, and every pieced-together commuter bike and fixie and beach cruiser in between, bicycles have been not only vehicles for transportation but portals to another time and place and version of my life.

THE BEST BIKE IS ONE THAT GETS YOU OUT OF YOUR CAR

UGH. I'M IN THE CAR AGAIN.

THE BEST BIKE IS A STEP-THROUGH

AS A CHILD, I GOT INTRODUCED TO GENDER AND BICYCLES AT ABOUT the same time. My parents had matching pearlescent green Diamondbacks, but my dad had a large front triangle while my mom had a step-through.

TREK FUEL EXe

BEST E-MOUNTAIN BIKE PRICE $14,000 (9.9 XX1 AXS) WEIGHT 40.9 LBS (MEDIUM)

THE BEST BIKE IS ONE THAT BRINGS YOU JOY

PICKING MY LINE DOWN THE STEEP, RUTTED double-track took more concentration than I expected, as the quickly setting pale November sun created a magical scene on a day that kept getting better.

YETI SB120

BEST TRAIL BIKE PRICE $9,600 (AS TESTED) WEIGHT 29.4 LBS (MEDIUM, T3)

ENVE MELEE

BEST ROAD BIKE PRICE $5,500 (FRAMESET) WEIGHT 16.2 LBS (52CM, AS TESTED)

THE BEST BIKE IS AN OLD TRACK BIKE

AFTER YEARS OF OFFICE-PARK CRITERIUMS AND FAST-PACED TWILIGHT races, where the streets are lined with barricades and partying spectators, I finally accomplished my long-term goal of reaching Cat 1 status as a road racer. And yet I found myself further from cycling glory than at any point in my nearly decade of competing.

RIVERSIDE GRVL 900

BEST ADVENTURE BIKE PRICE $4,000 WEIGHT 21.8 LBS (56CM)

CERVÉLO R5-CX

BEST GRAVEL/ CYCLOCROSS BIKE PRICE $9,000 (COMPLETE) $5,500 (FRAMESET) WEIGHT 18 LBS (58CM)

CANNONDALE SUPERSIX EVO HI-MOD

BEST ROAD-RACING BIKE PRICE $8,300 (HI-MOD 2) WEIGHT 17 LBS (52CM)