Sure, for years the couch potatoes and others who like to pooh-pooh exercise have insisted that long-distance running can't be healthy - it's not good for the knees, they say, and people can drop ...

For many people, the idea of distance running is not that appealing — from the outside, it can look monotonous and exhausting. But for others, a run is just the perfect way to keep fit and de-stress.

Distance running does not wreck the knees of most runners. Instead, it fortifies them, leaving joints sturdier and less damaged than if someone had never taken up the sport. (Mikhail Druzhinin ...

In a race, people try to run as fast as they can for a given distance, which means someone might jog slowly during a marathon, but sprint at top speed during a 100-metre event. But Jessica ...

A study published in the journal Motivation and Emotion found that focusing on a stopping point in the distance ... a previous study people who were randomly assigned to run on a treadmill ...

Perhaps the most intense rivalry in distance running currently ... helping to improve running economy. “A lot of people say, well, people recover faster from training in the super shoes and ...

TJ Trudo chuckles at the memory of his first run this summer with Go The Distance, a Portland nonprofit that for three years has helped people recovering from drug and alcohol addiction build ...

The second time he tries this stunt, someone ... and still running in the annual Great Ethiopian Run. He’s mostly deaf, but eager to talk. He even manages to produce a mid-race photo of himself ...

Often, people talk ... when you're in the running-only stage. For example, you might need to add in some walking on days when you're extra tired or tackling a longer distance than you've done ...