On Sunday, more than 24,000 people will run the 26.2 miles of the L.A. Marathon from Dodger Stadium to Santa Monica — a good chunk of them first-timers. Without knowing quite what they were getting ...

Once you’ve settled into a run routine, the next challenge can be staying motivated. Some days running feels energizing and exciting. Other days it feels hard to get out the door. In How to Start ...

Even the most avid runners experience a day here or there when they just don’t feel like running. We’ve all struggled with running motivation at one point or another. Taking a day off from running can ...

It’s entirely too easy for people to criticize their own performance, and harder to be kind to themselves when they don’t have the race or run they’d hoped for. As the saying goes, we’re our own worst ...

Endocannabinoids and CB1-type cannabinoid receptors are a key driver behind the motivation to voluntarily seek aerobic exercise in the form of running, according to a new study (Muguruza et al., 2019) ...

If you’re new to running, or coming back from an injury or time off, the most important thing to do is to make your running routine just that—routine. Consistency is key, whether your goal is to get ...

Whether you’ve just completed your first marathon or ticked off another half, finding the motivation to keep running without an end goal in sight can be a struggle. Here, running experts share their ...

When the first running boom hit the United States in the 1970s and 1980s, it was all about racing. A runner’s daily running was called “training,” and geared toward running fast at the weekly 10k race ...

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