RUNSPIRITED

When it comes to choosing the best products for fueling and recovering from workouts, it’s best to look beyond the marketing hype.

For years, I used Ucan as a pre-workout fuel before long runs and race. At first, I felt that it helped my performance but I had no real ba...

Tina Vaziri never thought she would get coronavirus.

Even though her city, Chicago, was among the first U.S. cities hit, even though her animal hospital implemented precautions immediately, even though she committed to safe practices before the term social distancing wa...

I've written previously about my journey from a fairly standard western diet to pescatarian to (almost) vegan. I prefer to call myself plant-based now.

I’d estimate that I am about 98 percent vegan. The exceptions are fish once or twice weekly and the eggs my wife uses...

In this era of social distancing InsideTracker has made it easier for its customers to get reliable tests, valuable data and personalized recommendations.

Following the coronavirus outbreak, InsideTracker added a Home Kit to its options. This allows the client to draw h...

With most races were canceled this summer due to the pandemic, part of me felt fortunate that the 8-Hour Endurance Run in Indianapolis was a go for July 18. But another part of me was concerned about running a narrow 3.1-mile loop course for eight hours with about 250...

It’s a chicken or the egg question. Which came first for Howie Stern, his love of running or passion for photography?

“It was definitely running,” says the well-known runner and race photographer who first learned the craft in high school. But after graduating he set th...

Editor’s note: This is the last in my four-part series on trail running for new runners.

In the first three parts of this series, I covered the basics on how to get started with trail running, offered some guidance for when a new trail runner ventures out and detailed s...

Kaylo Littlejohn grew up angry, isolated and abused. He acted up in school, one of the few African-Americans in the predominantly white community in Maine where he lived.

“It was kind of rough for me in the sense that I always felt pretty isolated from everyone else,”...

Editor’s note: This is part three of a four-part series on trail running for new runners.

In the first two parts of this series, I covered the basics on how to get started with trail running and offered some guidance for when a new trail runner ventures out.

Hopefully by...

The determination to never give up is embedded in Luke Tyburski’s DNA.

After injuries forced Tyburski to retire from soccer, the sport he dedicated his life to since age 4, he sought physically grueling challenges. And we’re not talking about a road marathon, a tough ul...