The Salomon Adv Skin 5 ($145) has been with me since the beginning, and I was excited to see an updated version released this year (2025). Over a decade ago, the Adv Skin 5 was the very first running vest I ever bought, and I ran that original one into the ground. Starting out with a Salomon vest set the bar high for all other vests I've used in terms of comfort, fit, and functionality.
Are you prone to soft tissue overuse injuries? Maybe a serving of Achilles tendonitis, paired with some iliotibial band syndrome, and a splash of plantar fasciitis sprinkled on top? A helpful strategy for keeping these dreaded pains away is to avoid doing two consecutive runs that look the same. Changing the terrain, slope angle, footing, or intensity of your run can go a long way toward keeping your body healthy.
Jack O'Leary explains how his unusually low metabolism required a major change to his nutrition plan but it has been key to his incredible success in European cross country
It's easy to get excited when we see good performances by runners we aren't familiar with, or runners we are familiar with racing distances we don't normally see them do. When someone puts down a good performance that we aren't expecting, it can feel like it came out of nowhere. We become surprised and impressed all at once, and perhaps we sensationalize things.
Grand Slam Track, the league fronted by sprint great Michael Johnson that offered six-figure prize money for top runners, has filed for bankruptcy after canceling its final event and failing to pay athletes and vendors. Johnson boasted a $30 million bankroll at the outset, but in its Chapter 11 filing Thursday in Bankruptcy Court in Delaware, the league said it had less than $50,000 cash on hand, between 200 and 999 creditors, and owed between $10 million and $50 million.
The ASICS Megablast is the top-of-the-range trainer in the Blast family. It's designed to be a versatile, premium trainer for all types of runs. It costs $225. The midsole of the Megablast is made of only FF Turbo Squared, ASICS' new aliphatic TPU midsole foam. It provides a firm but energetic ride that feels better the faster you run in it. It's a very lightweight material, so it makes the Megablast feel like a sleek, fast racer without a plate in its midsole.
From September 25 to 28, some of the world's top mountain running and trail running athletes gathered in Canfranc, Spain, for the 2025 World Mountain and Trail Running Championships (WMTRC) to represent their countries in four different events. Historically, many top runners have opted to skip the world championships for various reasons, including busy race schedules, sponsorship conflicts, and financial considerations.
Released in September 2025, just in time for the winter season, the Kahtoola Microspikes Ghost ($105) is an exciting option for microspike lovers who are looking for something light and flexible for winter trail running that provides incredible traction on icy, hardpacked conditions. Kahtoola, in my mind, is the de facto leading brand in winter traction devices for all sub-crampon endurance activities,
Sprints: Running at maximum effort. Races: By their very nature, these are run at 100% effort. Strides and hill sprints: Performed at 95-100% of maximum speed. Heavy weightlifting: The focus was on strength and power, not endurance or muscle growth. Long runs: Two hours or more of running, which has similar effects to running very fast. Plyometrics and drills: These included power-focused skips, bounds, and jumps. Hill workouts: Running uphill at various speeds against gravity.
Training theory is rapidly evolving. What we know today dwarves what we knew 20 years ago! Understanding the history of training is an undeniable advantage. In the 1950's, Roger Bannister ran incredibly little while doing a massive amount of intense speed work. That approach was flipped on its head in the 1970's as American runners focused on lower intensity but very high mileage running.
Q&A is incredibly important to me as a coach because it represents a return to strategy: solving problems and decisively moving forward helps you train more effectively. Without this clarity, you may waste weeks, months, or even years of time with subpar approaches to running. You might... never add more weight to your lifts in the gym, preventing any strength progression only do pilates, thinking that it's "enough" when it comes to getting stronger desperately try to run a faster marathon... but never run more than 40 miles per week try every recovery strategy imaginable to stay healthy, while you never strength train at all
It's probably no surprise that it took Brian Gregan 15 months from his last race to announce he's finished as an athlete at the age of 35. Gregan doesn't like quitting, never has.
"I've never heard of anybody running any of the train lines. So I was like, you know what? Let's get this f---ing going," Richards said. "I looked at the map... and I was like, man, this is gonna be one hell of a feat."
Nicholas Thompson, CEO of The Atlantic and the author of the new book, The Running Ground: A Father, a Son, and the Simplest of Sports, has spent years developing that relationship. (He's also a very fast runner - the type who wins races rather than just finish them.) And on this episode of The Vergecast, he describes his approach to running and to running tech.
she was 17th overall and almost 34 minutes ahead of the second-place woman - she's been a world-class athlete in other sports nearly her entire life. At 33 years old, she's won world championship titles in six different sports, ranging from skyrunning to ski orienteering to snowrunning, and is currently tied for the most successful foot orienteer with 23 world titles, 11 of them won consecutively.
One of the most common complaints of trail runners using treadmills for year-round training is the lack of realistic pacing and real-world terrain simulation. This discomfort runs so deep that many refer to the devices as "dreadmills" when forced to jog indoors due to gnarly winter weather. Thankfully, the legendary cycling brand Wahoo is revolutionizing the running space with its high-tech , now 25% off through December 1.
Running in bad socks sucks. If clocking up more than 65 marathons and 20 ultras, and plodding most of the way across Europe has taught me one thing, it is this: A runner is only as happy as his or her feet. You can drop hundreds of bucks on the best running shoes, but if you stick your foot into an old gym sock, you still risk ending up with blisters.
Comfort is a luxury that many with narrow or "regular" feet take for granted. People with wide feet have a much smaller selection of shoes to choose from, and they'll tell you that a lot of wide-fitting shoes still miss the mark even after incorporating special sizes, stretchy materials, and adjustable closures. The feature they say actually matters the most is the one brands often overlook-shape.
