High School Mountain Bike Racing Is About Much More Than Who Finishes First Tracy Ross|December 14, 2017 In the Colorado High School Cycling League, kids discover a thousand different reasons to love riding. When I ask my son, Hatcher, what hi...
You’re Going to Eat What?! Morgan Sjogren|May 8, 2017 Pro runners dish about the strangest foods they've fueled with on the trails I don’t even like stinky cheese, but there I was gnawing on ...
8 Races You Can Run with Your Dog Corey Buhay|April 6, 2017 Your pup has been your loyal pacer, alarm clock, and morale manager on every single training run. Bringing him to race day every once in a w...
Muscles and Miles: How One Ultrarunner Makes Room for Both Christine Yu|March 23, 2017 Crystal Seaver looks more like a gym rat than an ultrarunner, but she races among the best thanks to her devotion to strength training. O...
How to Crush Your Next Trail Marathon Morgan Tilton|March 16, 2017 You’re in and—according to some—you've gone off the deep end. You signed up for your first 26-mile mountain race (in my case, the Leadville ...
The Fight for Gender Equality at the Mountain Running Championships Morgan Sjogren|March 13, 2017 Why mountain running struggled to keep pace with social justice norms—and how it finally caught up. 2017 marks the first year that women ...
How to Ace a Stage Race Heather Johnson|February 21, 2017 Plan wisely, and not only will you finish, but you'll finish strong. When running a trail marathon or ultra, you can tackle the hills lik...
Myth: You Shouldn’t Have Sex the Night Before a Race Corey Buhay|February 14, 2017 Does your pre-race strategy include some night-before romance? Maybe it should. Athletic forums debate the efficacy of all kinds of worko...
Trail Rookies Are Dominating the Race Scene Morgan Sjogren|January 23, 2017 More and more pros are trading in the track for the trails—and they're coming out on top. Sitting inside a dimly lit dive bar in Moab, Ad...
The Masochist’s Ultrarunning Bucket List Corey Buhay|December 15, 2016 Lace up your shoes, hit the trails, and grit your teeth to victory. Looking for a sufferfest? How about 10? Behold the toughest races in ...
The Dirtbag’s Guide to Trail Race Travel Morgan Sjogren|December 6, 2016 One elite runner shares her top tips on how to race on a budget. I crawled out of my cave at 6 a.m., deep in a dark Moab Canyon as a herd...
Alexi Pappas’ Guide to Fueling Your Race Alexi Pappas|November 3, 2016 Because what you eat and drink on race day is just as important as how you train Over time I’ve learned how to stretch, how to warm up, h...