In this issue

THE CLOWN PRINCE OF TRACK IS READY TO WIN
After heartbreak at the Olympic Trials, Craig Engels found happiness and a new path to the Games.
By Jessica Taylor Price

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO BUILD A STRONG CORE
The guidance, gear, and exercises to build strength that will reduce injury and increase your speed.
By Amanda Brooks

How to Recover From Any Training Skid

SOME OF MY most memorable runs. include the times I've explored new locations, caught up with great friends, and crushed long distances to boost my confidence during a training cycle. But I don't remember just the positive experiences-I also make room in my memory bank for plenty of bad runs. Why? Because they teach me something every time and provide an opportunity to grow.

2 mins

She Helps Postpartum Runners Return to the Sport

COLETTE BERRY CALLS her first post-pregnancy run a disaster.

2 mins

Run Confidently When You're Just Starting Out

PEP TALK

3 mins

Tap Into Your Greatest Running Power

RUNNERS LOVE THEIR data, and there are so many ways to analyze performance: distance, pace, heart rate, cadence-and now, power. Cyclists have long tracked power as a metric for effort, but it's a little harder to measure when you're not settled into a saddle. With technological advances, though, devices like the Stryd foot pod, NURVV running insoles, certain running watches, and treadmills can track running power from your foot or wrist.

5 mins

Can These Trendy Foods Really Help Your Health?

JUST LIKE WIDE-LEG jeans and crop tops, certain foods have their moment in the spotlight. Sometimes these items offer health gains. Other times they just don't live up to the hype. Here, a few of the latest and whether you should make a purchase or take a pass.

3 mins

Why Mental Strength Needs a Place in Your Training Plan

MEDITATION HAS LONG been used to promote calmness and relaxation, cope with stress and illness, and manage anxiety and depression. As its list of positive effects grows, so too has the number of adults in the U.S. who reported meditating-up from 4 percent in 2012 to 14 percent in 2017, per the most recent National Health Interview Survey. During the pandemic, those numbers continued to rise, too, according to app data.

5 mins

Running's Class Clown Is Back And He Wants to Be THE BEST IN THE WORLD

Back from the brink of retirement, Craig Engels & is doubling down on his commitment to everything that makes him different.

10+ mins

THESE 13 RUNNING MYTHS ARE DATED, DANGEROUS, AND SLOWING YOU DOWN

THE SPORT'S TOP EXPERTS CALL B.S. AND SHARE WHAT WILL ACTUALLY HELP YOU RUN STRONGER AND SMARTER THAN EVER

10+ mins

IS MAINSTREAM RUNNING READY ΤΟ GET HIGH

Thai Richards is creating a new kind of running community with a radical mission: TO DESTIGMATIZE THE WAY WE THINK ABOUT WEED AND WELLNESS

10+ mins

Tech That Can Take the Guesswork Out of Racing and Fueling

TEST ZONE

6 mins

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