John Brant

Alsu Kurmasheva was jailed in a Russian prison on false charges. Separated from her family with no end in sight, she turned to the one thing that kept her hope alive.

For almost 40 years, ultrarunners have battled wild weather, precipitous elevation, and terrifying hallucinations in their attempts to finish the Barkley Marathons. In 2023, for the first time in six years, three relentless competitors conquered the beast.

The attack on a group of Oklahoma high school runners killed three teammates. Two years later, the survivors are still figuring out how to heal.

I wrote two books with the coach and have every reason to feel betrayed.

Kihachiro Onitsuka drew inspiration from octopuses, slept on benches, and built the first running shoe empire.

By all accounts, Frank Shorter is the father of the modern running boom. He spins a captivating narrative about winning the ’72 Olympic Marathon, leading the fight against illegal doping, and being the last person to see his friend Steve Prefontaine alive. The story he hasn’t told is the dark truth about his own father, a truth Shorter has run away from all his life but that ultimately has defined him as a runner, and as a man.

A runner begins her afternoon workout and vanishes without a trace. Her husband spends his every minute and hour organizing a search effort. But he won’t take a lie-detector test. What happened to Amy Wroe Bechtel?

Is it possible to be fat and fit? Healthy and happy as well as heavy? At 250 pounds, distance runner Mirna Valerio provides an inspiring example.

At age 30, Chris Mocko left a lucrative tech job to take a shot at an elite trail-running career.

Despite a rare, incurable disease, Amy Frohnmayer Winn ran joyfully through her limited time on earth, making the most of every mile—and every moment.

It’s been called the fattest city in the country—but two native sons are trying to change that, one runner at a time.

An older, wiser, and (surprisingly) leaner Rupp could be ready to do what his longtime mentor Alberto Salazar never could.

An American marathon champion, suspended several years ago for doping, finally revealed the truth behind the charges—and why he sought redemption.

In 1982, they battled stride for stride for more than two hours in the most thrilling Boston Marathon ever run. Then the drama really began.

On April 17, 2006, Dick and Rick Hoyt, the most inspiring father-son team in sports, took their hallowed place at the Boston Marathon for the 25th time.

Terry Fox died before he could reach his goal, but retracing his route shows his legend to be very much alive.

Thirty years ago this month, a band of extraordinarily gifted American athletes resurrected the Olympic games and changed distance running forever.

Fate picked the right runner to knock down when the bombs went off—nobody gets up quicker, or more resolutely, than Bill Iffrig.

Jon Tumilson accomplished a lot in life.

While on a trail run, a family of runners were attacked by dogs and lived to tell the tale.

This is a sad story about Jenny Crain, a gifted runner who may never run again. It's about loss and heartbreak and bad luck that could befall any of us. But this is also a story about love and hope and the grace of the running community.

Darren Brown never wanted to be like his running-obsessed father. In one way, at least, he's done just that.

Forty years ago, a tiny magazine began tracking the ready-to-boom world of distance running. Today, the sport's more popular than ever, and Runner's World keeps telling its always-changing story

Dick and Rick Hoyt, the most inspiring father-son team in sports, always found a way to keep on rolling.