For a long time, the idea of any human running a mile faster than 4 minutes was thought of as the impossible. But in the months after England’s Roger Bannister finally broke that record in 1954, ...

Beginner runners sometimes feel like their legs are heavy, as if they don’t have the strength to push off from the ground in order to get some speed. Of course, the more they run, the less this ...

A pulled muscle hinders your workout routine; sometimes, it feels like it takes forever to heal. Pulled muscles are one of the most common injuries for runners, and they can definitely slow you down ...

When women—runners or not—hear “pelvic floor,” their minds likely go straight to kegel exercises. And that’s no surprise, really, given the history: A doctor in the 1940s, Arnold Kegel, worked with ...

Tens-of-thousands of runners are expected to take part in the gruelling 26-mile London Marathon this weekend. Here, experts reveal the extraordinary toll undertaking a marathon has on the body, before ...