In this issue

DOES ALIPHINE HAVE YOUR ATTENTION NOW?
New mother and crocheting Etsy goddess Tuliamuk is a shark on the racecourse. Meet one of our favorite marathoners on the threshold of the Olympics.
By Andrew Lawrence

LILLIAN GREENECHAMBERLAIN’S LIFETIME OF RUNNING
A Q&A with the barrier-breaking champion: “I can’t solve the problems when I’m running, but I can determine the way I allow them to affect me.” Interview by Elizabeth Okosun

Redefine What Fast Means to You

HOW DO YOU get faster? This is a question I often get from runners looking to increase their speed, but there’s not an easy answer.

3 mins

How I Teach Runners to Have Difficult Conversations About Social Justice

In February of 2020, I began writing an article about my experiences competing as a Black woman at the elite level of distance running for RUNGRL, a platform dedicated to creating space for Black female voices in the sport.

5 mins

Steal the Mental Strategies of the Fastest U.S. Runners

BY THE TIME the Tokyo Olympics kick off in July, we’ll be clamoring to find out which of the world’s best runners have capitalized on the extra year of training, who defends their medals (or dethrones the champs), and who rewrites the record books.

5 mins

How to Get—and Stay— Motivated to Run

Running is one of the easiest sports to get into—you don’t need access to any fancy, expensive equipment.

3 mins

Practicing What I Preach With Runs

GROWING UP, I was extremely shy, to the point that finding my niche was a struggle.

2 mins

Does Aliphine Have Your Attention Now?

On a cloudless 46-degree February afternoon in Atlanta’s Centennial Olympic Park, Aliphine Tuliamuk was a vision of cool.

10+ mins

DEMYSTIFY YOUR HEART RATE DATA TO TRAIN SMARTER, RUN STRONGER, AND RECOVER FASTER

This unique method of training takes the guesswork out of the numbers and allows you to use data to your advantage, without letting it rule your runs.

8 mins

From National Champion to the United Nations: What Lillian GreeneChamberlain Has Learned in a Lifetime of Running

When Lillian Greene-Chamberlain, Ph.D., was growing up in Harlem in the late 1940s and ’50s, she was told she shouldn’t compete in sports: “You can’t do that; you can’t play that; you might get hurt,” she remembers. She proved naysayers wrong and went on to become the first U.S. national champion in the 440-yard run, as well as the first African-American woman to represent the United States internationally in 400-meter and 800-meter races. Greene-Chamberlain, now 81, later served as the first director of the Physical Education and Sports Program for the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) from 1978 to 1988 and speaks fondly of her time breaking barriers alongside other female athletes. “We didn’t have role models,” she says. “We were our role models. We stepped over hurdles.”

5 mins

THE NAVAJO ULTRA RUNNER AND THE IRREPRESSIBLE BORDER COLLIE PUP WHO SAVED HIM

LAST DECEMBER, ELI NEZTSOSIE FOUND HIMSELF 70 MILES FROM THE NEAREST TOWN, 40 MILES FROM THE CLOSEST GAS STATION, AND THREE MILES FROM HIS HORSE, WHEN DARKNESS FELL OVER THE ARIZONA DESERT.

10+ mins

THE TEST ZONE

NOTES,OPINIONS,USEFUL TIPS,AND THE COOLEST FROM INSIDE THE WORLD'S MOST RIGOROUS SHOE AND GEAR TESTING LAB

10+ mins

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