Editorial Editorial200815 min A Real-World Course—and Race Everyone at this late date knows the outcome of the U.S. men’s Olympic Marathon Trials in New York City’s Central Park over ING…
Editorial Editorial200818 min Run Wild Children, those little sacks of raw energy, left to their own devices, resemble wild animals in their enthusiasm for life and movement. Watch a litter…
Editorial EditorialNovember 200718 min Run Under Control For many a runner—especially a long-distance runner—learning to run under control (that is, with self-control and discipline) is more difficult than the training…
Editorial EditorialSeptember 200722 min The Glory of Rest Every time you turn around there are reports of how overworked and overtired Americans are. A recent study concluded that Americans have…
Editorial EditorialJuly 200733 min The Endless Summer—& Beyond In the tradition of many magazines before us, our July/August issue is our Summer Reading issue, which means we save a lot…
Editorial EditorialMay 200722 min Words and the Numerosity of Their Meanings Because English is a living language, some words force themselves into use—sometimes overuse—while others become anemic and die. You…
“Young John” Kelley FeatureMarch 200731 min Top: 26.2 miles and all smiles: Stephanie, Debra, and Kate after the race. Bottom: Still standing: Debra and her crew chief extraordinaire, husband Peter…
Editorial EditorialMarch 200717 min Transition For as long as I’ve been running long distance, I’ve known people who went longer still, into the wonderfully wacky world of ultras. The realization…
Editorial Editorial200747 min An Experiment of One Dr. George Sheehan, running’s mad monk and philosopher, used to claim that each of us who runs long distances is an experiment of…
Editorial EditorialNovember 200627 min People & Pages Many moons ago, in another lifetime, I began writing stories about stock car drivers. This was in the late 1960s. I was just…
Editorial EditorialSeptember 200620 min Journalism No, not the kind of journalism that journalists used to practice: the Who, What, When, and Where kind of objective reporting of an event. In…
