Enjoy a week of events from April 17th-24th, culminating with the debut of nine trail-related films live (that you can watch until May 2nd).
A review of the Blyss Running Distance Short and the Blyss Running Skirting Around Crop.
Bryon Powell writes about looking forward from the spring of 2021 with renewed hope.
Desiree Linden unofficially sets a new 50-kilometer world record of 2:59:54.
Science-based recommendations for more safely running and traveling to races during COVID-19.
A video interview with Keely Henninger after her win of the 2021 Peterson Ridge Rumble 36 Miler.
This Week In Running’s trail and ultra recap for April 12, 2021.
An interview with Joe McConaughy after he set a new men’s supported fastest known time on the Arizona Trail in 2021.
After being crewed by his son Logan many times over the years, AJW writes about crewing him.
An essay by Hannah Green about how landscapes move us emotionally and intellectually.
Why and how to use time trials as part of your run training.
Catching up with dietitian, weightlifter, and ultrarunner Abby McQueeney Penamonte.
AJW’s love letter to the Continental Divide Trail between Bannock Pass and Janke Lake in Idaho.
Reviews of the Brooks Cascadia 15 and the Brooks Cascadia 15 GORE-TEX trail running shoes.
The Western States 100 announces it will becomes the Western States 200 in 2022.
Support Jennifer Pharr Davis’s trailblazing professional and personal ventures.
A look at the G-SHOCK MOVE GBDH1000 watch and its companion smartphone app, the G-SHOCK MOVE App.
Addie Bracy’s book “Mental Training for Ultrarunning” will help you develop your mental run skills.
Catching up with professional road, track, and trail runner Grayson Murphy.
The Trail Sisters Childcare Grants presented by The North Face help women with childcare so they can run.
Buy Hillary Allen’s book “Out and Back: A Runner’s Story of Survival Against All Odds.”
Support Emelie Forsberg as an athlete, entrepreneur, and mother.
AJW writes about running the 2021 Three Days of Syllamo stage race in Arkansas.
Buy coffee and support the Girls Gotta Run nonprofit which gives running and academic scholarships to Ethiopian girls.
A review of the Scott Kinabalu Ultra RC trail running shoes.
The 2021 Women’s Outdoor Summit is a free, virtual summit about making the outdoors an equitable space for women.
An essay about how ultrarunning seems to both stretch and shrink time.
Read this introduction to trail running fueling to learn about when and how to fuel while trail running.
Catching up with ultrarunner and coach Addie Bracy.
Zach Miller writes about turning off distractions and tuning into our thoughts and the world around us.
A review of the Rudy Project Propulse running sunglasses.
Sabrina Little’s essay about how virtues might help you perform better as a runner.
The science of how strong self-efficacy can help you run well.
Catching up with ultrarunner and father Timothy Olson.
An essay about the importance of repetition for success in both life and running.
A profile of indigenous runner, activist, and nonprofit founder Jordan Marie Brings Three White Horses Daniel.
A review of the Smith Pinpoint sunglasses for running.
Five benefits of running with friends: more fun, accountability, collective effort, endless enthusiasm, and friendly competition.
Here are physiotherapist Joe Uhan’s novel, side-door strategies for improving hip mobility in runners via deep hip-tissue massage.
Catching up with ultrarunner and national-park employee Dave James.
A review of the Hillsound Flexsteps Crampons winter running traction device.
Enter to win one of four sets of Patagonia’s High Endurance Kit.
AJW’s love letter to the Priest and Three Ridges route.
An essay about crossing paths with those who’ve come before us.
A video review of the Salomon Wildcross trail running shoes.
An interview with 57-year-old Katie Holmes.
A guide to trail running in Oakland and the East Bay of San Francisco in California.
Coach Alex Nichols looks at what we can learn from a disappointing race.
Catching up with ultrarunner, adventurer, and DDP Yoga instructor Payge McMahon.
A review of 5 Drymax running socks models: Drymax Trail Running 1/4 Crew, Drymax Lite Trail Running 1/4 Crew, Drymax Lite Trail Running Mini Crew, Drymax Extra Protection Running Mini Crew, and Drymax Hyper Thin Running Mini Crew.
“Ultra Running: How Not to Run 55 Miles” is a video about BBC Radio presenter Reece Parkinson training for an ultramarathon.
AJW writes about training for transitions in running and in life.
Hannah Green shows us the creative overlap of running, the arts, and nature.
A review of the Osprey Dyna 6 and Osprey Duro 6 hydration packs.
The Running on Native Lands Initiative is a way for runners, races, and community leaders to acknowledge and advocate for first peoples and their lands.
Read Jennilyn Tockstein’s poem “The Martyr and the Saint” about nature’s power to both harm and heal.
The book “I Hate Running and You Can Too” by Brendan Leonard publishes on March 16, 2021.
Learn the basics of trail running hydration, including drinking to thirst and carrying water on the run.
“Adam Campbell: Finding Solace” is a film about Adam Campbell running through nature to find inner peace.
