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In a new series, we’ll be following along as Jacky prepares to take on her biggest challenge yet: running 240 miles across the desert and mountains around Moab.

One Indigenous runner didn't see her community reflected in running media, so she set out to build her own community based on representation and an intersectional awareness of barriers many runners of color still face.

The Rocky Mountain Slam, a series of five races through the Rockies, is the quirkiest and toughest race series in ultrarunning.

With three international additions and nothing below 100k - this change is sure to shake up the startline at the U.S.'s most competitive 100 miler.

Athletes responding to their mental health isn't weakness. It's awareness.

How one woman is using an epic stage race to make running more inclusive.

Does alcohol have a place in a sport promoting health and wellness?

An Indigenous runner reflects on her relationship to land, language and running.

“If you’re going to run at that effort, it’s almost like jumping off a dock—as soon as you jump, you’re going in the water. You can’t turn around,” Merry explains.

Starting in 2022, The Hardrock 100 Endurance Run will update its lottery to get more women to the startline of the iconic mountain race.

Through a new study, researchers are trying to understand bone health in female ultrarunners.

How the trail running legend continues to inspire others after years in the sport.

For Meghan Hicks, running her third Hardrock 100-miler isn’t just about returning to competition for the first time in a year and a half — it’s about reuniting with the trail running community.

Dinée Dorame is the one-woman host, creator, and producer of the Grounded Podcast, on the intersection of running, culture, land and community. Through all of her work, Dorame builds upon a legacy: the values that her family and community have passed down to her.

How pregnancy complications and a long term debilitating injury have reshaped ultra-runner Katie Grossman’s relationship with the sport she loves

The hardest 100-miler in the U.S. returns for the first time since 2018

How science is bridging the gap between physical and mental health.

Certain groups and individuals are considering how gender and race interact to limit women’s access to, and experience on, the trails.

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In late June or early July, Adam Merry will attempt to claim the FKT on Colorado’s Mount Yale 360 trail. As he looks forward to this attempt, Merry is grateful for a coaching philosophy that centers both mental and physical training, and the opportunity to race and train in HOKA ONE ONE Zinal shoes.

Denver’s Berkeley Park Running Company heads to a new retail trailhead.

At age 56, Catra Corbett is just getting warmed up.

A historic day for the women's field, decisive leads from the male and female leaders and temperatures topping 101 made for an interesting day at the U.S.’s most competitive 100-miler.

After facing down 2020’s challenges as a healthcare worker, Katie Asmuth talks balance and resilience in getting ready for Western States.

Western States is famously competitive - and this year is shaping up to be one of the toughest competitions yet with hot temps, and a stacked field.

Here's how the septuagenarian has trained his body and mind to face the challenges of the WS-100's difficult course and expected blistering heat.

The Olympic marathoner turned ultra-champion shares how she navigates the training.

An excerpt from Hillary Allen's Out And Back

How the quirky thrills of a Ragnar Trail Relay stoked my running fires

Some high points require expert skill, a bit of luck, and probably some suffering. Not these. Here are 14 peaks—high on views, low on effort—that don’t play hard to get.

What are carbon offsets, and how can trail runners use them to run more sustainably?

Trail Access Series: Sabrina Pace-Humphreys, and UK-based Black Trail Runners, provides a powerful example for the global trail running community

Howard sat down with iRunFar’s managing editor Meghan Hicks to talk about training and aging.

Race director and runner Elizabeth Reese has a message for the world: running isn’t the same thing as therapy.

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AI is the inevitable future of athletics posed to revolutionize the endurance sporting industry. Here’s where we are, and what we can expect to see in the coming years.

Colorado runner covers 226 miles while criss-crossing the Grand Canyon five times

Meet Enzo Molinari, Chamonix France’s four-legged herder of trail runners

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What went wrong, and what we can all learn from the tragedy at the Yellow River Stone Forest 100K

Not. Today.

Why Joining O+ will help you train, adventure and connect—better.

I was young and healthy when I had a stroke. Would two decades of running prepare me for this setback, and help me keep it in perspective?

Here’s how to start meditating, and why even the most restless runners should try it.

Award-winning storytelling and journalism to inspire and challenge how you train, think and adventure.

Learn about your one-stop hub for all your outdoor pursuits, from trail running to mountain biking to climbing to backpacking to yoga … and much more.

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How the pandemic affected our tribe-like racing culture.

For a man who has been running off-road since the mid-1960s and quietly made a name for himself in Colorado’s trail community, you need know only this to appreciate Bill Lee’s staying power: He has run every World Championship burro race since the late eighties.

Running changes your brain chemistry in a lot of ways. Here's exactly what happens before, during and after a run.

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Racist names are part of our public land’s fraught history and contribute to inequality and erasure today.

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