This Is Running is released in Spring 2026 via Batsford Books / Rizzoli Publications

A terminal cancer diagnosis made Jack Faint reassess his whole life. Now he’s running the length of India to show everyone what the human body can do.

Plus a new South Asian Runners IG account to follow

Hattie Williams has written a stunning novel that explores ideas of running through its troubled protagonist

Thinking about why we run is one thing, but deep academic research into why and where we run as a population can lead to a less anecdotal answer.

The (separate) problems with run clubs, trail running, and insecticides.

At the heart of running’s new explosion in popularity is the digitally native generation making the sport fashionable, communal and more diverse than ever

Running 100 miles is nothing for Iröndäd, so he’s using his superhuman abilities to raise awareness of the dire environmental issues surrounding the Salton Sea in Southern California.

Zara, the fast fashion behemoth has launched an Athleticz startup brand, including affordable high-tech running shoes. Can we trust this gear to run a marathon in?

Aaron Garcia found himself leading a Latino community to a race in a city that declared itself unfriendly to immigrants. It was nothing new to him.

+ Starbucks panic button, the 'first machine war,' ghost town vacays, DeepSeek drama, NFLtubers, and the White House begins credentialing content creators

Are t-shirts just a souvenir, or can they be a window into a person's personality? What's this got to do with running??

Dozens of humanoid robots expected to join April half-marathon in Beijing, their first such appearance in a full session.

Injury, illness, and wildfire smoke will come to you, and they're out of your control. So what do you do next?

A note on the new year, new diets, new exercise regimens, and old, copyrighted ideas in the Satisfy vs Nike fiasco.

Step deeper into running culture through deep-dive commentary and interviews with fascinating people. Click to read Running Sucks, by Raziq Rauf, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

Some running luminaries' favorite albums from 2024, and some thoughts on the benefits of listening to music and podcasts while running.

Step deeper into running culture through deep-dive commentary and interviews with fascinating people. Click to read Running Sucks, by Raziq Rauf, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

Huge swaths of the web are vanishing. What does that do to our culture?

It’s either happenstance or its a reflection of the current mood in the camp, but two of the newsletters I read posted about the slow but definite ebb away from social media.

We expect great athletes to accurately perceive their abilities, then follow through to accomplish big things. These expectations concern the virtue of magnanimity.

After a serious slipped disc, Chris McBride battled back to complete the IMTUF 100-mile race just 6 months after surgery, and a lifetime of setbacks