RUNSPIRITED

Gabe Joyes says he’s been an athlete all his life. But it wasn’t until six years ago when he learned about a disease he’s had since...

I met Rob Steger before Training for Ultra was born. It was the day before we each raced one of the North Race Endurance Challenge Series...

(Photo by Martina Valmassoi) Corrine Malcolm remembers the unusual place where she fell in love with running. It was on a mountain ridge...

While he’s best known as his “Barefoot Ted” character, Ted McDonald is much more. Ultra runner, for sure. Entrepreneur, of course....

(Photo credit / Michael Scott photography) Nancy Hobbs has pretty much been a runner since she could walk. As her mom, Peggy, tells it,...

Eric Strand had been fascinated by long-distance running ever since Frank Shorter won the marathon gold medal in the 1972 Olympics. ...

The 200-mile ultra marathon has risen in popularity and curiosity in recent years. While only a select few runners — the craziest of the...

Today, it’s Global Running Day, exactly four weeks after I underwent emergency abdominal surgery. It’s a day when runners take to the...

Jeff Browning grew up running. He ran around the Missouri farm, doing chores. He ran to meet his friends at a creek a half-mile away. He...

Around the time he turned 30, David Trow received bad news from a cardiologist. The doctor explained that Trow had neurocardiogenic...