How to Use Active Rest to Break Up Your Day of Sitting
Even taking a short break from sitting can improve your health and your running.
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Malissa Rodenburg
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Here’s What To Know About Recycling Your Running Shoes
Learn when it’s better to rehome your running shoes and when it’s best to let them take on a new life.
You Can Eat Healthy and Avoid Food Waste—Here’s How
A 2020 study from the journal Current Developments in Nutrition found that healthier diets also often equal more food waste.
How Exercise Might Protect You From Severe COVID Illness
A new study out of Kaiser Permanente Southern California looks at the correlation between activity level and COVID hospitalizations and mortality.
5 Tips for Sticking to Running Once the Pandemic is Over
You adjusted to running in the “new normal”—now we have to remember how to train as life returns to what it was.
Here’s Everything You Didn’t Know You Needed to Know About Running in Cicada Country
The 17-year cicadas are back—and making a lot of noise.
5 Things We Learned from Out and Back by Hillary Allen
Allen’s story is about what happened after tragedy—and the life she continues to live.
How Air Pollution Affects Runners
From wildfires to car traffic, all runners should be aware of the air quality before working up a sweat.
The New Podcast From Tina Muir and Knox Robinson Is Worth Your Time
Using momentum from her hit podcast, Muir teams up with Robinson on a new kind of podcast to tackle the most challenging topics in the running community.
Eat Your Greens: Researchers Find a Key to Muscle Strength in Salad
Plus, eight easy ways to get more vegetables into your day.
For This Baltimore Runner, Mental Health is Like Running a Marathon
Marathoner Denise Williams has had running come and go in her life, but now sees outdoor recreation as essential to her continued self-care.
40 of Runners’ Favorite Books Right Now
Looking for a recovery day read? Here are the books our readers recommend.
Sexual Assault and Harassment Survey Aims to Improve Safety for Trail Runners
Researchers at California State University, Channel Islands, and the Runner’s Equity Alliance launch a study to understand how trail and ultrarunners are affected by sexual assault and harassment.
The Cool New Science Grandma’s Marathon is Using to Get Runners Back to the Start Line (Safely)
Race directors plan to host the 45th Grandma’s Marathon in June using crowd science software to implement social distancing.
We Tried It: What It’s Like Running in Thinx Period Leggings
The menstruation mavens at Thinx recently launched an entire activewear line, including leggings and training shorts.
Study Finds Less than 1 Percent of Professional Athletes Developed Inflammatory Heart Disease After COVID-19
Professional sports leagues extensively tested COVID-positive athletes to learn more about myocarditis risks.
Planning a Post-COVID Vacation? These 3 Run Towns are on Our List
And we got the inside scoop from local runners.
The Pain In Your Foot Could Be Plantar Fibroma
Should you be running if you feel a knot on the bottom of your foot?
Should You Drink Coffee Before or After Your Run?
Maximize the benefits of your caffeine consumption by timing it around your run.
What Happens When You Stretch? And What Happens When You Don’t?
How dynamic and static stretching can work in your routine to keep you running.