Becoming a Sustainable Runner: A Guide to Running for Life, Community, and Planet

For runners, one of the most important components of strength is the ability of joints and tissues to absorb the forces created from thousands of foot strikes every time we run.

Remove Ourselves From Conversations About Someone’s Body This one can be tough and can make some interactions awkward, but it will have an impact on us and may also inspire others to rethink their effect on conversations. When we contribute to or stay in conversations that are based on judgments of other people or judgments of ourselves, we are rei

No one wins at it. You can sit for 30 years and still be a beginner. I love this as a counterbalance to my competitive side as a trail runner.” Getting started might be the hardest part, particularly for those of us who feel uncomfortable or downright itchy when forced to sit with our thoughts and feelings. Like many folks, your brain might feel li

Apparel brand Tracksmith came up with a smart way to encourage runners to reuse pins by providing four gold pins with every Van Cortlandt racing singlet sold and a dedicated patch in one corner for the pins to reside between races.

If you are frequently injured, overtrained, or sick, it is time to remove stressors and take time to rest and recover. If more sleep is not an option, how can you limit additional calories spent on other activities? Recovery runs should be completed at a pace comfortable enough to talk to others. Do not select a specific pace beforehand, but run wh

Sure, there will be breakthrough moments that leave us hungry for more—but most of the time, progress in running (like in life) is slow and we learn to embrace and look forward to the process rather than the outcome. It may take a while to learn that lesson, but when we “get it,” everything in life levels up.

In running, as in climate action, the most sustainable pace is not all-out, all the time. That doesn’t mean you aren’t giving your best. Far from it. It just means you’re setting yourself up to give your best in the long run. Tina and Zoë used to believe that the “best” way to run was to go for it with every fiber of their being, to burn a hole in

You’ll create lifelong relationships with people you never thought you would have, and you’ll push each other through your hardest day. As the saying goes, ‘iron sharpens iron.’” And Joshua recognizes the impact community has had on his running journey: “Some of my best memories have been made in the sport from club, elementary, middle school, high

Agriculture isn’t just a driver of climate change but is also a victim of its shifting conditions as the climate grows less stable and increasingly unpredictable. As Jonathan Safran Foer wrote in his book We Are the Weather, “Changing how we eat will not be enough, on its own, to save the planet, but we cannot save the planet without changing how w