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OCR Champion Faye Stenning and Olympian Jess O’Connell, have brought their coaching platform to the Obstacle Racing Media family of podcasts. Ryan Kent comes on to discuss his recent wins in Dekafit and Hyrox. Also, how he balances being an athlete with a full-time job and fatherhood. Plus some insight into his training. Faye Jess

It’s true that you must walk before you can run, but alternating between the two is a better way to really ease into running. Run-walking may be something you naturally gravitated toward when you first started running without even knowing you were engaging in an actual training method. The run walk method was first popularized

Get access to everything we publish when you sign up for Outside+. Since the start of January, my conversations with friends, family members, colleagues, and even my barista have approximately gone the same way. “How are you?” “You know…” “Yeah…” We look at each other with knowing glances. It’s a tough time. As another surge

Get access to everything we publish when you sign up for Outside+. Not all feet are created equal, and if you’re someone with flat feet, the type of flat foot you have will determine which types of shoes are best for you. “Some runners’ feet have high arches when they’re lying down but that flatten

For many runners, cross-training is seen as a burden at best—or optional at worst. But the truth is, cross-training is important to making sure you stay healthy and fit, and the myriad options mean anybody can find something they love to supplement their weekly miles. For Mary Cain, that’s swimming. “I’ve always found the pool

The Spartan Pro Team has been talked about so often in recent years, we can’t begin to recap it all in one article. Luckily, we’ve got some historical documents to which do a great job recapping the highlights. This article discusses the history of the Spartan Pro Team from 2012-2018. In 2019, the Pro Team

Get access to everything we publish when you sign up for Outside+. Imagine a middle-school girl who wants to run track but faces barriers. Perhaps her school lacks a team, and club membership fees—not to mention shoes—are too costly for her family. At a time of life when she most needs support, she’s shut out

Get access to everything we publish when you sign up for Outside+. The running community has gone through an awakening of sorts in the past year or two. “Some people are finally coming to recognize that these false notions that everyone has equal access to our sport, that our sport is super accessible and super

Get access to everything we publish when you sign up for Outside+. In a landscape dominated by hyper-filtered images and rail-thin fitness influencers, 38-year-old social media sensation Erin Azar stands out. Her self-deprecating “outfit of the day” photos and humorous running videos discussing everything from the realities of getting your period while running to stashing

Get access to everything we publish when you sign up for Outside+. When Dinée Dorame was growing up, her family would run together at night, and her dad was her track coach. Both running and storytelling have long been part of who she is as a Navajo woman. She brought the two together when she

Get access to everything we publish when you sign up for Outside+. As runners, we often hear about the importance of strength training as an integral adjunct to all the miles we run, whether on the roads, trails, track, or treadmill. Strength training, or resistance training, increases the strength in your muscles, bones, and connective

We’ve all been there. One minute we are vowing to eat healthier to benefit our training, the next we realize we just polished off a box of Girl Scout Samoas because it was the only food in the car. At least they’re carbohydrates, right? And look, one whole gram of protein! Eating empty fuel can leave

Get access to everything we publish when you sign up for Outside+. The mile might be the most underestimated distance in running: It is an incredible test of athleticism at every level; it is accessible to almost everyone; and, with the right mindset and training plan, it can be extremely fun. We asked Cory McGee

Get access to everything we publish when you sign up for Outside+. Looking to bring something a bit more fun to your next group track meet up? The following Tabata track workout, delivered from coach J’ne Day-Lucore, gives you the opportunity to tackle speed work in a collaborative, yet still competitive way. Not familiar with

Get access to everything we publish when you sign up for Outside+. Vegetarian enchiladas are one of those foods that have a direct line to the comfort and nostalgia centers of the brain. It’s something I remember being made at home growing up and a go-to order when my family would go out to eat

The latest zendesk update has just been released from Spartan Race concerning prize money. In prior years, every race had prize money attached to all distances. In a recent interview with Spartan, they informed us that moving forward, there were going to be some changes. In this video, we learned that Spartan was moving some