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Get access to everything we publish when you sign up for Outside+. Nnenna Lynch is having a full-circle moment: She has been nominated to take the post of chairwoman of the New York Road Runners (NYRR) board of directors, the organization announced earlier this morning.  Lynch has been on the NYRR board since 2014 and

Get access to everything we publish when you sign up for Outside+. On Sunday, Emma Coburn won her tenth (yes, tenth) U.S. championship at age 31 with an impressive and seemingly effortless steeplechase race in Eugene, Oregon. Her sustained superiority in the sport is inspiring, as is her openness and vulnerability along with her success

Get access to everything we publish when you sign up for Outside+. It’s an all too familiar scene: You start a new training plan for your next marathon and things seem to be progressing well with your workouts. But as the mileage builds, you start to feel tired—and have trouble recovering from key workouts and

Get access to everything we publish when you sign up for Outside+. Olympic marathoner Aoife Cooke considers her sexuality to be an incidental detail—one that, in an ideal world, wouldn’t be worth a mention in profiles such as this. But the 35-year-old Irishwoman knows there’s also value in telling this side of her story, given

Get access to everything we publish when you sign up for Outside+. Most runners know they need to replace electrolytes lost in sweat—that’s the whole idea behind carrying sports drinks on long runs. But did you know that your daily diet is filled with a wide range of them from whole foods that enable many important

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Get access to everything we publish when you sign up for Outside+. In the U.S. championship finals today, Athing Mu utilized her go-to strategy for the 800: She went straight to the front from the gun, and then let a separate race unfold behind her. “That’s how I always run,” she said. “I don’t even

Get access to everything we publish when you sign up for Outside+. In 9:10.63, her fastest time this season, Emma Coburn won her tenth 3,000-meter steeplechase title today at the U.S. championships. Coburn has proved to be a prolific winner, with her first U.S. title in 2011—and snagging a title every year with the exception

Get access to everything we publish when you sign up for Outside+. The race began slowly. For the first two miles, the 23 women in the field moved as a unit, separated by inches rather than feet. It’s like they were running on top of each other. It’s a delicate act to run in a

Get access to everything we publish when you sign up for Outside+. In the final 100 meters of the women’s 1500-meter final today at the U.S. championships in Eugene, Oregon, Sinclaire Johnson used an impressive finisher to win in a time of 4:03.29. Johnson flew around Olympian Cory McGee coming off the final turn,  earning

Get access to everything we publish when you sign up for Outside+. Twenty-five women raced on Friday in the 3,000-meter steeplechase prelim at the U.S. Track and Field Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. Of those, 14 will advance to Sunday’s final, including the three fastest American women ever in the event.  The American

Get access to everything we publish when you sign up for Outside+. Runners can be uber serious when it comes to chasing PRs, finding a perfect running shoe, or shooting for the moon in a race. But running can, and should be, fun as well. Keira D’Amato, arguably in the best running season of her

What I needed as a new runner was a mentor: Someone who would let me know this journey can be an emotional rollercoaster at times, someone who could give me the secrets and tips to progress, and someone to just encourage me along the way. When I started out, I just didn’t feel like that

Get access to everything we publish when you sign up for Outside+. Just because there weren’t any finals in track events, doesn’t mean the heats at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon were lacking in excitement. The opening night of the USATF Outdoor Championships had its fair share of exciting upsets and fast times as racers

Get access to everything we publish when you sign up for Outside+. It’s been a year of celebration for women in sports, but particularly for women in running. We honored the first women to officially enter the Boston Marathon 50 years ago. We marked the 50th anniversary of the Mini 10K in Central Park this

Get access to everything we publish when you sign up for Outside+. As a nonbinary runner, clothing can make a big impact on Nikki Hiltz, especially when it comes to feeling comfortable. In previous brand partnerships, Hiltz, who uses they/them pronouns, was accustomed to receiving a box of apparel that would be clearly designated as