you ever woken up and groaned as you fought with yourself to get out the door to run? You are not alone. That is in our biology. We evolved to want to conserve energy. The idea of exercising is only something that we’ve been doing relatively...
of the best-selling book, Born to Run, Christopher McDougall rejoins The Nation over 11 years since its publishing. Over 3 million copies have been sold. Find that bag of chia seeds, make some Iskiate and lace up your huarache sandals. Do you still...
famous Western States 100 began from a horse race that started back in 1955. SIX years prior to this (1949), Pack Burro racing had been a prize-paying sport that started in the mountains of Colorado.Here is a fun video produced by Salomon a couple...
is our first Simul-podcast. It only makes sense that we would do this with our favorite British corespondent, Warren Pole, one of the founders of 33 Fuel. They recently started a podcast that is devoted to endurance fueling: 33Fuel PodcastWe...
knew watching someone walk would be a more popular spectator sport than baseball, football or horse racing? During the 1870s and 1880s, that was the case. Sold out arenas watched competitors walk around tracks almost non-stop for six days straight...
Jimmy Dean Freeman joins The Nation to walk down memory lane. 34 years ago Ultrarunning Magazine published its first issue. What has changed in the last 34 years? You’d be surprised. Take a look at the old issue HERE JDF’s dancing...