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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Sports from cricket to soccer hold World Cups every four years to determine the ultimate team. Even bakers have the Coupe du Monde de […]
On August 9, 1936, legendary track-and-field athlete Jesse Owens won his fourth gold medal at the Olympic Games in Berlin after running the first […]
The fastest man to ever set foot on the Earth, Usain Bolt is the only runner in history to complete a “triple-triple” with three […]
On August 4, 1984, legendary track-and-field athlete Carl Lewis won his first of nine Olympics gold medals he would claim over the course of […]
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 […]
Gyms are replete with mirrors ostensibly for fitness junkies to admire the transformation of their own physique. But the mirrors also serve a double […]
On July 15, 1912, legendary American Indian athlete Jim Thorpe won a gold medal in the decathlon event despite wearing ill-fitting, mismatched shoes. A […]
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. […]
Back when the Atari 2600, Colecovision, Intellivision, and Nintendo Entertainment System were all the rage, Seth Meyers got the little-known Jorbus from Montgomery Ward […]