Runner's World

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SCRATCH NEW SURFACES • SAFELY CHANGE UP YOUR RUNNING TERRAIN WITH TIPS FROM PRO ULTRAMARATHONER SAGE CANADAY.

RUNNING ON EMPTY • LOGGING MILES AFTER A HARD DAY’S WORK MAY FEEL LIKE A STRESS RELIEVER—BUT IT COULD BE SABOTAGING YOUR RUN.

BEAT THE BRAIN DRAIN • HERE’S WHAT THE PROS RECOMMEND.

ARE YOU MENTALLY FATIGUED?

UP AND AT ’EM • EXACTLY HOW TO USE HILLS TO BOOST SPEED AND ENDURANCE.

STICKY NOTES • KINESIOLOGY TAPE COULD BE THE SECRET TO SPEEDIER SHIN-SPLINTS RECOVERY.

RAY BANS • SUN’S OUT, ’SCREENS OUT. REACH FOR THESE UVB PROTECTORS BEFORE YOUR NEXT OUTDOOR RUN.

#MOMBOD • THESE TRIED-AND-TRUE ESSENTIALS MAKE GETTING BACK INTO SHAPE AFTER BABY A LITTLE LESS DAUNTING.

SUN SEEKERS • SOLARBOOST IS THE NEW ITERATION OF ADIDAS’S SIGNATURE TECH.

PROBIOTIC POWER • THE PATH TO IMPROVED PERFORMANCE MAY BE THROUGH NURTURING THE BUGS IN YOUR GUT.

THE RUN-TO-LOSE PROBLEM • TRYING TO SHED A FEW POUNDS? YOU’LL WANT TO AVOID THESE COMMON DIETING TRAPS, SO YOU CAN RUN HEALTHY—AND HAPPY.

COVER THE SPREAD • THESE NEW SMEARS ARE PERFECT FOR A TASTY, HEALTHY SNACK.

FACT OR FICTION? • WE SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON THESE WIDELY DISCUSSED NUTRITION TOPICS.

ACTIVATING MIAMI • ONE MOTIVATED RUNNER CAN CHANGE THE LOOK OF AN ENTIRE CITY.

BOOK IT • A GROUP OF L.A. RUNNERS ARE TAKING A PAGE FROM THE BEST RUNNING TITLES AROUND.

READ ON • THE RECOMMENDED LIST FROM THE RUNNING BOOK CLUB.

THE JOY OF FINISHING LAST • ON RACE DAYS, THIS LONDON MARATHONER FOCUSES ON MAKING MEMORIES OVER SPEEDY TIMES.

CARD-CARRYING RUNNERS • A TRIO OF WOMEN SAW A HOLE IN THE GREETING CARD INDUSTRY. SO THEY TOOK A GOOD IDEA AND RAN WITH IT.

THE RUNNING TREATMENT • AFTER AN UNEXPECTED HIV DIAGNOSIS, LACING UP TAUGHT ME HOW TO COPE.

Ask Miles • He’s been around the block a few times—and he’s got answers.

RUNNING UNFILTERED • HOW ONE ARMY CAPTAIN TURNED INSTAGRAM INFLUENCER IS HELPING HER FOLLOWERS KEEP IT REAL.

SPRING   FEVER • FREEDOM. MAGIC. JOY. AFTER MONTHS OF ICE AND COLD, WARM-WEATHER RUNNING INSPIRES ALL KINDS OF FEELINGS. THAT FIRST GORGEOUS RUN—SEEING PLANTS AND TREES BURSTING WITH COLOR, FEELING THE HEAT OF THE SUN ON YOUR BACK, SENSING THE BREEZE HIT YOUR ARMS AND LEGS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MONTHS—IS A POTENT REMINDER OF WHY YOU ARE A RUNNER. HERE, PROS, COACHES, AND RUNNER’S WORLD READERS SHARE WHAT THEY LOVE MOST ABOUT THE FIRST PERFECT DAY. OH, LET IT PLEASE COME SOON.

power couples • JUST AS SUMMER AND RUNNING GO BETTER TOGETHER, SO DO THE FOLLOWING FIVE FOOD COMBOS. MORE THAN JUST DELICIOUS, THESE DUOS ARE PROVEN TO BE HEALTHIER FOR YOU WHEN EATEN TOGETHER, AND FOR RUNNERS, THEY’LL FUEL YOU TO GO FARTHER, FASTER. LOAD UP THAT PLATE.

THE TRANSFORMER • SAM ANDERSON WAS A STEREOTYPE—A TATTOOED AND SURLY NEW YORK CITY BARTENDER WHO PARTIED AS HARD AS HE WORKED. THEN ONE SHORT, HARD RUN BROKE THE MOLD, CHANGING HIS LIFE, AND THE LIVES OF A CASCADE OF INDUSTRY FRIENDS HE TURNED ON TO THE SPORT.

SLINGING IT FORWARD • THANKS TO SAM ANDERSON’S INFLUENCE, SOME OF THE BEST NEW YORK CITY BARTENDERS AND BOOZE PURVEYORS ARE RUNNERS. WHAT’S MORE, THOSE RUNNERS HAVE PASSED THE PASSION ON TO THEIR FRIENDS. HERE, HOW ONE PERSON CAN HAVE A WATERFALL OF POSITIVE EFFECTS ON AN INDUSTRY.

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