John Brant

For almost 40 years, ultrarunners have battled wild weather, precipitous elevation, and terrifying hallucinations in their attempts to finish the Barkley Marathons. In 2023, for the first time in six years, three relentless competitors conquered the beast.

The attack on a group of Oklahoma high school runners killed three teammates. Two years later, the survivors are still figuring out how to heal.

Following Terry Fox.

Kihachiro Onitsuka drew inspiration from octopuses, slept on benches, and built the first running shoe empire.

By all accounts, Frank Shorter is the father of the modern running boom. He spins a captivating narrative about winning the ’72 Olympic Marathon, leading the fight against illegal doping, and being the last person to see his friend Steve Prefontaine alive. The story he hasn’t told is the dark truth about his own father, a truth Shorter has run away from all his life but that ultimately has defined him as a runner, and as a man.

A runner begins her afternoon workout and vanishes without a trace. Her husband spends his every minute and hour organizing a search effort. But he won’t take a lie-detector test. What happened to Amy Wroe Bechtel?

Is it possible to be fat and fit? Healthy and happy as well as heavy? At 250 pounds, distance runner Mirna Valerio provides an inspiring example.

Ashton Eaton in the wake of record-setting decathlon.

Despite a rare, incurable disease, Amy Frohnmayer Winn ran joyfully through her limited time on earth, making the most of every mile—and every moment.

It’s been called the fattest city in the country—but two native sons are trying to change that, one runner at a time.

An older, wiser, and (surprisingly) leaner Rupp could be ready to do what his longtime mentor Alberto Salazar never could.

An American marathon champion, suspended several years ago for doping, finally revealed the truth behind the charges—and why he sought redemption.

In 1982, they battled stride for stride for more than two hours in the most thrilling Boston Marathon ever run. Then the drama really began.

On April 17, 2006, Dick and Rick Hoyt, the most inspiring father-son team in sports, took their hallowed place at the Boston Marathon for the 25th time.

Terry Fox died before he could reach his goal, but retracing his route shows his legend to be very much alive.

Thirty years ago this month, a band of extraordinarily gifted American athletes resurrected the Olympic games and changed distance running forever.

Could 17-year-old Mary Cain, with Alberto Salazar's help, be U.S. running's next big crossover star?

Marathoner Fee helped create Achon Uganda Children's Fund.

As he readies himself for New York, is America’s most extravagantly gifted distance runner finally ready to realize his promise?

When Dogs Attack.

Fate picked the right runner to knock down when the bombs went off—nobody gets up quicker, or more resolutely, than Bill Iffrig.

Oct 11, 2013

When Dogs Attack.

The legendary distance running coach's career skyrocketed in 2012.

The 1984 Los Angeles Olympics: A Run to Glory.

While on a trail run, a family of runners were attacked by dogs and lived to tell the tale.

Theres Something About Mary.

Special Feature: Duel in the Sun.

Is America's best distance runner's contentment a weakness, or a strength?