Markelle Taylor started running as part of the 1000 Mile Club in San Quentin State Prison. Now he’s returning as a mentor.
Category: Running
-
‘Run With Joy and Love’
Markelle Taylor started running as part of the 1000 Mile Club in San Quentin State Prison. Now he’s returning as a mentor.
-
Why Some Top Runners Prefer to Train Without a GPS Watch
An increasing number of elite distance runners don’t wear activity tracking or GPS watches. They think they are better athletes because of it.
-
Mexico City Marathon Opens Investigation After Cheating Claims
In previous years, thousands of runners have been disqualified for course cutting. Runners are under scrutiny again.
-
What Courtney Dauwalter Learned in the Pain Cave
The agony of running ultramarathons is bearable, she discovered — even instructive, if you think about it the right way. And she learned how to win as few have ever won before.
-
‘The Mountain Will Make Cowards Out of All of Us’
Two former pro football players entered the Leadville Trail 100-mile race, a grueling slog over Colorado peaks. They were used to challenges, but this was a new kind of pain.
-
Ser-Od Bat-Ochir of Mongolia Returns to the World Championship
There is no one else quite like Ser-Od Bat-Ochir. The 41-year-old marathoner has represented Mongolia at every major competition since 2003.
-
Yared Nuguse, World Championship 1,500-Meter Contender, Runs for Fun
Yared Nuguse, a podium contender at the world championships in Budapest, will only run as long as it’s fun, but he also wouldn’t mind a trip to the Paris Olympics.
-
Tom Courtney, Sprinter Who Lunged to Grab Olympic Gold, Dies at 90
In 1956 in Melbourne, he was dueling with another American when an English runner burst toward the finish line. But Courtney had one last surge in him.
-
Long-Distance Runner Alicia Monson Finds Time to Stand Still
The American runner enters the preliminaries on Wednesday in the 5,000 meters at the world championships in Budapest amid a remarkable year.
-
Sha’Carri Richardson Wins World Championship
Richardson outran Shericka Jackson and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce to take home her first major world championship title.
-
A Track Mentality in the Boxing Ring
Some of boxing’s most well-known fighters have been helped by Larry Wade, a strength and conditioning coach who was an elite hurdler.