Danish high jumper Janick Klausen practices on absurdly-high high hurdles
If you’ve ever happened upon a track with the high hurdles set up and gave them a go, you’re probably well aware of how […]
Shoes? Andrew Snope don’t need no stinkin’ shoes — he runs barefoot 137 miles in 24 hours
Nike and Reebok’s worst nightmare may be the appendages attached at birth to legs everywhere, otherwise known as feet. As barefoot running grows in […]
Norwegian Olympian Ezinne Okparaebo gives new meaning to StairMaster
The StairMaster became an ubiquitous piece of fitness equipment shortly after its 1983 debut, but now a real-life, flesh-and-blood stair master has taken Instagram […]
Finding Traction: Ultra runner Nikki Kimball takes on 273-mile Long Trail in Vermont
The vast majority of people will live out their lives having never run a half-marathon, let alone a full marathon of 26.2 miles (42.195 […]
Monday Motivation: Barkley Marathons are distance running on steroids (or ayahuasca?)
The brutal Barkley Marathons is competitive distance running on steroids, or perhaps more accurately, distance running on ayahuasca, as it pushes runners to places […]
105-year-old Japanese sprinter Hidekichi Miyazaki still holds 100-meter dash world record
Japan’s Hidekichi Miyazaki didn’t start running until he was in his 90s, but he wasted little time in rewriting the record books for sprinters […]
Fail Friday Follies: Pole vaulting world records and world wreckers
Centuries ago, pole vaulting originated in the Netherlands as a means to cross canals and marshy areas without getting one’s wooden shoes all mucked […]
Fire Sport: Firefighter challenge includes ludicrous ladder climbing, Herculean hose pulling
Sports from cricket to soccer hold World Cups every four years to determine the ultimate team. Even bakers have the Coupe du Monde de […]
Monday Motivation: Badwater 135 ultramarathon pushes the human body to its limits in Death Valley
The annual Badwater 135 ultramarathon bills itself as “The World’s Toughest Foot Race” and there’s nothing to suggest the tagline is hyperbole. Taking place […]
Treadmill Challenge: Chicago Marathon expo visitors try to keep pace with Eliud Kipchoge
How long could you hang with marathon runner Eliud Kipchoge? Attendees of the Chicago Marathon expo got the chance to find out—with some hilarious […]
Marathon Dog: Ludivine the bloodhound runs half marathon during pee break, finishes 7th
In 2016, a two-year-old bloodhound by the name of Ludivine finished the Trackless Train Trek Half-Marathon in Elkmont, Alabama with a time of 1:32:56 […]
Usain Bolt outraces James Corden, Owen Wilson, cast of thousands on ‘Late Late Show’
When you’re the fastest man in the world, it’s your fate to be called out time and time again by everyone and their grandfather. […]