As a child, I ran for the blue ribbons. I loved those tiny blue ribbons that some PTA mom probably stapled to a little square of cardboard that said “Lockwood Elementary Track and Field.” I earned ...

David L. Ryan/Boston Globe / Getty Images Myths about women in sport date back at least to the dawn of the Olympics 2,800 years ago, when women weren't allowed to compete. These myths "remain hard to ...

Myths about women in sport date back at least to the dawn of the Olympics 2,800 years ago, when women weren’t allowed to compete. These myths “remain hard to shake,” according to sports journalist ...

At Runner's World, our test team includes women runners with different foot shapes, running economies, and arch types. The same goes for the half of our 300+ local testers who evaluate women’s running ...

As of June 2024, the data shows that of women who uploaded their runs to Strava, the average finish time for those aged 44-59 ...

From city streets to rural trails, here are the best pairs for any locale—as recommended by runners who’ve logged the miles.

What is RUNGRL? The founders of the site talk about representation and health equity for Black women in running and so much more. “How I got started running was really community,” Jasmine Nesi tells ...

I still remember my first long run. I was 19, home from college, and it was one of those perfect summer days: bright and blue and not too humid. When I got to the end of the trail, my typical ...

In February 2024, Laken Riley, a 22-year-old Georgia nursing student, was murdered while out for a morning jog. Months later, Alyssa Lokits, 34, was shot and killed while running in Tennessee, two ...

Rebecca Cheptegei loved chickens. She reared them and collected their eggs each morning. Her family would gently joke she loved them too much. “She was always laughing,” says her mother, Agnes. “You ...