Running Is Growing By Leaps and Bounds
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The average runner is 44 years old, rich, smart and married (categories obviously not mutually exclusive), this according to the 2006 Runner's World Subscriber Study as reported recently by Running USA.
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The evolution of a physique for long-distance running is what made humans look the way we do now -- whether winning a marathon, nursing a strained Achilles&#39; tendon
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A new breed of marathoners has emerged, and they are more inclined to complete than compete.
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When Dan Browne runs, he thinks about more than crossing the finish line first.
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Thereâs one more activity emerging to give prepubescent go-getters a leg up these days: sports performance training.
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Nick Symmonds is at the head of a rising U.S. running class and in the middle of a training renaissance that track officials hope will transform the sport over the next decade.
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The runners, jumpers and throwers of the 2004 Athens Games may not have set world records, but at least they outdid their immediate predecessors.
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By DIANE SCARPONI     NEW HAVEN, Conn.  -- Runners over age 50 improve their performance more quickly than younger runners, a Yale study found, reinforcing past research on older athletes and the benefits they get from exercise...
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Opponents aren't the only ones having a tough time matching Max Darrah's pace. Record-keepers are struggling to keep up, as well.
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Somebody's been hitting the 57, because this stock is moving.
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The sports world is giving New Yorkers more than their usual quotient of agita recently.
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The violence that has ripped through Kenya has made training for runners increasingly dangerous. Some of the sportâs biggest names remain unaccounted for in the chaos.
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Two years ago, questions swirled about whether US long-distance running could be saved, and how? Coming into today&#39;s New York City Marathon, the answer is a resounding yes.
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Ryan Hall, who won the United States menâs Olympic marathon trial in November, and Dan Browne, a 2004 Olympian in the marathon, joined the field for Saturdayâs United States cross-country championships in San Diego. The first nine finishers in the menâs 12-kilometer race will qualify for the world championships March 30 in Scotland. But if the 25-year-old Hall qualifies, he said he was unlikely to go.In a telephone call from his training base in Big Bear Lake, Calif., to the New York Track Writers Association, he said, âI donât think I would go because I donât think it would fit into my buildup.âThe buildup is for the London Marathon on April 13. Last April, Hall ran London in 2 hours 8 minutes 24 seconds, the fastest marathon debut ever by an American. In November, he ran 2:09:02 over a more difficult course in the Olympic trials in Central Park. He said he was pleased to become one of the worldâs elite runners. âThe Olympic trials were the highlight of my career so far, and Iâm happy to be able to enjoy it,â he said. âIt really opened up my mind to what I could do.â.
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Runners older than 50 improve their performance more quickly than younger runners, a Yale study found, reinforcing past research on older athletes and the benefits they get from exercise.
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Of all the ways manufacturers are rushing to jump onto the âenvironmentally friendlyâ bandwagon, inserting a biodegradable midsole into an otherwise everlasting running shoe seems like a fairly minuscule step.
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A new wave of talent will be on display when track and field takes center stage at the Olympic Games.