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Get access to everything we publish when you sign up for Outside+. Hellen Obiri knows Ngong, Kenya, and Boulder, Colorado, are worlds apart, not only in distance, but also in vastly different cultures and many aspects of daily life. In fulfilling a long-term goal of transplanting to Boulder later this spring, Obiri, one of the

Get access to everything we publish when you sign up for Outside+. Over the past three years, some of the biggest news in women’s sport has exposed abusive coaching practices. Some (though certainly not all) of that malpractice is due to a lack of knowledge about how to keep young female athletes healthy and performing

Get access to everything we publish when you sign up for Outside+. The USATF Indoor Championships in Spokane, Washington, provided an opportunity for professional athletes to qualify for the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade, Serbia next month; the top two athletes in each event automatically qualified for world indoors, provided they also met the

A weekly news show with Matt B. Davis and Dave Claxton discussing items of the week for Spartan Race, Tough Mudder, and all other OCR-related news. Today on the show: Spartan Jax and AZ. Hyrox Germany. CrossFit 22.1 Intro and Outro Music by: Eric Leland ORM YouTube Channel Support Us On Patreon Listen below or

OCR Champion Faye Stenning and Olympian Jess O’Connell, have brought their coaching platform to the Obstacle Racing Media family of podcasts. We are joined with Spartan’s “Mind Doctor” Dr. Lara Pence. Lara is a licensed clinical psychologist whose clientele includes elite athletes and corporate executives. Lara is the Chief Wellness Specialist for Spartan and will

Our beginners are officially graduates. Congratulations on completing your training program! Intermediates, you’re in the home stretch with two weeks to go.   Let’s cover what’s coming up this week in the training check-in. Training Check-In: Beginner 5K Plan Although your official 360 YOU training program is over, you don’t have to—and shouldn’t—stop running. If you’re

Gear can help us explore the outdoors; but even the sturdiest pieces begin to show signs of wear and tear after lots of love and use. Frequent use, improper cleaning, postponing patching minor rips and tears, or stretching pieces in ways they weren’t designed for can shorten the lifecycle of your favorite pieces of gear.

Get access to everything we publish when you sign up for Outside+. There’s a saying out there that “there’s no such thing as bad weather, just bad gear.” When it comes to running in the rain and cold, some runners might opt to run inside or not at all. But, when the bad weather keeps

Get access to everything we publish when you sign up for Outside+. We love oats for numerous reasons, some of which are affordability, versatility, and of course the simplicity of using rolled oats as a standard base for any type of oat bar or snack to satisfy all your cravings. I’d like to present a

Get access to everything we publish when you sign up for Outside+. Running is a high-impact activity and though it has countless benefits, it can also be hard on the body. From musculoskeletal skeletal injuries to digestive distress, there are quite a few common struggles runners face. Pelvic floor pain also plagues many runners. While

Get access to everything we publish when you sign up for Outside+. I recently got into a discussion with my mom after I noticed she picked up my sink sponge and started to wipe up the pomegranate juice that my daughter had knocked over in the refrigerator. My type-A, germophobic self had a heart-attack watching

Track workouts are an excellent way to get in speed or interval work with built-in distance measuring and a nice flat surface. But if you’ve never been to a track before, it may be intimidating to hit the lanes for the first time. But it’s worth it: “Track workouts are my absolute favorite,” says Jamie

Get access to everything we publish when you sign up for Outside+. Almost two years ago, thousands of people around the world vowed to “finish the run” in memory and in honor of Ahmaud Arbery, the 25-year-old Black man from Brunswick, Georgia, who was murdered on February 23, 2020, by three white men who chased

Get access to everything we publish when you sign up for Outside+. Injuries are part of the running experience. Repetitive stress injuries (like Achilles tendinopathy, IT band syndrome, or runner’s knee) afflict up to 75 percent of runners every year, depending on the study, making the annual injury rate higher than professional football.  But injury

Get access to everything we publish when you sign up for Outside+. Female distance runners are proving that age is not always a barrier in athletic performance. In December 2021, 1500-meter specialist Sara Vaughn made headlines after her 26.2 debut, winning the California International Marathon in 2:26:53 at the age of 35. In January 2022,

Do you make a daily effort to roll your IT bands, but feel frustrated by continued tension and pain? You’re not the only one; the foam roller alone isn’t enough to fix this problem. You need specific stretches too, like the ones below. Done all together, they make a great 6-minute pre-workout routine for your