It’s entirely too easy for people to criticize their own performance, and harder to be kind to themselves when they don’t have the race or run they’d hoped for. As the saying goes, we’re our own worst ...

If you’re new to running, or coming back from an injury or time off, the most important thing to do is to make your running routine just that—routine. Consistency is key, whether your goal is to get ...

Once you’ve settled into a run routine, the next challenge can be staying motivated. Some days running feels energizing and exciting. Other days it feels hard to get out the door. In How to Start ...

Over the span of my running career I’ve gone from devouring every publication of Runner’s World to reading all the best running books. More are released each year, which means my fun never ends and ...

I arrived at boarding school on an unbearably humid day in September of 1989, my curiosity about everything I would experience during my years there an untamed fireball. The school required ...

Endocannabinoids and CB1-type cannabinoid receptors are a key driver behind the motivation to voluntarily seek aerobic exercise in the form of running, according to a new study (Muguruza et al., 2019) ...

June 3 marks Global Running Day and this year runners are asked to Run 1 Tag 1 to play a game of virtual motivational tag. The movement asks participants to run a mile for someone who inspires them ...

I’m not a natural jogger. My short legs slow me down and getting up a hill often resembles rolling tumbleweed or a less elegant version of that swimming sloth from Planet Earth II. I’m also not great ...

There's no form of exercise that's more divisive than the humble run. Hardcore runners swear by the mystical 'runner's high', but for those of us that are yet to fall in love with running, even the ...