Hero detective trains kids to be strong
Bobby Salerno welcomed his newest group of athletes for an hour of what he calls "organized chaos" for a sweat session Saturday at KEEN FIT.
Donation-based yoga studio on Long Island
A donation-based yoga center where practitioners pay what they can afford is said to be a new concept on Long Island. It stands in stark contrast to the centuries' old practice of yoga.
Olympian Deena Kastor says the marathon is a community
Deena Kastor, of Mammoth Lakes, California, is an Olympian and American record holder in the marathon.
On eve of retirement, Bart Yasso reflects on being 'mayor of running'
In 40-plus years, Bart Yasso has run thousands of footraces on all seven continents, matched some great athletes stride-for-stride, celebrated with champions, and shared in the joy of a hard-fought finish with the runner at the very back of the pack.
Slow runners are athletes—and merit a police escort
A few years ago, Jill Grunenwald, a librarian from Cleveland, attended a storytelling event in town where a friend posed the question: "What would you do if you knew you could not fail?" She took that as a direct challenge and set out to write and publish a memoir.
Running to lose weight is easy to sabotage
America's distance running boom has many factors. But just Google "running and weight loss" and/or "weight loss running bloggers" and you get a sense that the popularity of running 5Ks, half-marathons, and marathons is at least partly related to America's obesity crisis and the resultant billion-dollar industry of trying—and often not succeeding—to shed the pounds.