Running

Running backward can be a helpful training technique for preventing and recovering from stress injuries, improving balance and performance, and burning extra calories.

No matter your current fitness level, completing a 5K is both doable and fun. Here’s how to get yourself to the starting line — and across the finish.

Researchers find that a new interval-training program improves performance and health in half the time.

A new study shows that physical exercise increases memory.

How Olympic contender Lolo Jones keeps going—even when the going gets tough.

Your complete guide to training for a sprint triathlon.

What you need to know about how to prepare for your first sprint triathlon from the sport’s most respected expert.

Whether piling up the training miles or racing against the world’s top middle-distance runners, Olympian Carrie Tollefson just loves to run.

Plagued by chronic running injuries? Perhaps it’s time to try ChiRunning, an intuitive style that works with your body and draws from your physical and spiritual center.

Feeling the need for speed? Yearning to turn on your turbojets? Overspeed training may deliver the velocity you’ve been missing.

If the thought of pounding the pavement makes you want to head for the hills, trail running may offer profound appeal. Find out why millions of runners are taking to the trails.

Let go of your preconceived notions. Find your stride, seek your rhythm and discover the runner inside you.

In the swim lanes, on the road or on the run — here’s how to manage when you get dropped at your race.