running while female

male runners may be shocked to learn how often women must endure on-the-run harassment. many female runners have come to just expect it – and that should upset us all.

second wind

skyrun participants embrace suffering. they’re often utterly miserable while they’re actually running the race – exhausted, bruised, swearing they’ll never do it again. but when they look back on the challenges they’ve overcome, they remember their race as the best thing they’ve ever done. these ultra-humans say life will never be the same again – that’s what keeps them coming back for more.

Monties Then & Now

This Year, I Had the Opportunity to Follow in My Dad’ S Foot Steps: I Took on the Old Mutual Wild Series Mont Aux Sources Challenge ( ‘montie S’, for the Cool Kids), Some 18 Years After He Tackled It. In That Time, a Lot Has Changed – but the Important Bits Are the Same as They Always Were.

Patience is a Virtue

How to cope with the agony of not running.

Treadmill Power

A DIEHARD OUTDOOR RUNNER FINDS THAT NEW APPS AND MACHINES MAKE POUNDING THE SLABS MORE FUN AND EFFECTIVE (FINALLY).

The Run-To-Lose Problem

TRYING TO SHED A FEW KILOS? YOU’LL WANT TO AVOID THESE COMMON DIETING TRAPS, SO YOU CAN RUN HEALTHY – AND HAPPY.

The Sensory Run

TUNING INTO YOUR BODY, INSTEAD OF TUNING OUT WITH TECH, CAN REVIVE A STALE RUNNING ROUTINE. HERE’S HOW.

For Dad And Depression

ZANELE HLATSHWAYO IS RUNNING 18 RACES – CULMINATING IN THE WASHIE 100-MILER – IN CELEBRATION OF THE MAN HER FATHER WAS BEFORE SHE LOST HIM TO SUICIDE, AND TO RAISE AWARENESS OF MENTAL ILLNESS.

The Running Safari

A veteran travel writer thought he’d seen and run it all – then he stepped onto a remote African savannah to experience the trip of a lifetime.

The Runway Queen

Tshepang ‘Twiggy’ Mollison is a wellrespected fashion blogger from Soweto, who has made her mark on the urban running scene – a movement that has attracted a younger, cooler crowd. It’s become commonplace to see millennials training on city streets in ‘crews’, wearing the latest running threads. Here, the South African style icon shares her fashion secrets for today’s runner.

Crush It. Then Cool It

New research suggests you may enjoy runs more if you get the tough parts out of the way early.

Stretch Your Limits

 Add yoga to get faster and sidestep injuries.

The End Of Pain?

A stubborn injury is a runner’s WORST NIGHTMARE. Luckily, sports-medicine experts are developing NEW TECHNIQUES to provide relief – without surgery. Here’s a guide to five CUTTING-EDGE THERAPIES.

(B)Roadies

A running bromance forged on tar.

Running The World - Siberia & Mongolia

THE WORLD’S DEEPEST AND LARGEST LAKE, AND THE FEARSOME GENGHIS KHAN

So Far, So Good

Run your best in a far-flung race by minimising the effects of long-distance air travel.

The Low Down

How do you maximise the benefits of running downhill while minimising the harm?

Get Off On The Write Foot

How a journal can help you plot your best running performance

The Supplement Story

What you take can actually be detrimental

I Can Feel Something Good Coming

With his eye on three more golds at the Rio Olympics, a relaxed Usa in Bolt talks to RW’s Kerry McCarthy about medals,fame and ugly feet.

The Gross Side Of Running

Let’s be real: sh*t happens. Here’s how to deal.

Can Smiling Make You A Better Runner?

The science behind how training your facial muscles can impact your results.

Lean In For Speed

One simple tweak could make running so much easier – and more enjoyable.

Tears Of Joy

Ultra-marathon star Ann Ashworth reveals what it took to win the women’s race at the comrades marathon.

Own It

Can running help you accept yourself?A Joburg Man’ s journey – from the madness of drugs to the joy of finishing one of the world’s most iconic marathons.

Why The 5K Is Better Than A Marathon

IN SA, WE TEND TO PUT THE MARATHON ON A PEDESTAL. BUT THERE’S MORE TO LIFE THAN ENDURANCE, SUFFERING, AND ENDLESS TRAINING.

Paws For Thought

EVER WONDERED WHY THE ONLY ANIMAL PEOPLE RUN WITH IS THE DOG?

I've Got The Body That My Behaviour Deserves

SOMETIMES, IN LIFE, you need to embrace new ideas. It’s amazing how locked in I can get with my running.

Best Of 2018

IN THE LAST 71 MONTHS WE'VE BEEN AWED BY CHAMPIONS, AMAZED BY TECH, HUMBLED BY RACES AND INSPIRED BY ORDINARY RUNNERS. HERE'S OUR PICK OF THE BEST IN RUNNING THIS YEAR.

Yummy Mummy

A persistent parent banished her baby weight.