Many runners believe their natural stride could be improved. Here’s what to know before trying to change yours. By Christine Yu Want to get better at tennis? Fine-tune your serve. Swimming? Perfect ...

"Faster, mommy, faster!" Allison's toddler squealed as she ran down the hill by her house with her jogging stroller. As a longtime runner and running biomechanics researcher, she found herself in the ...

In 2011, two years after his book Born to Run launched the barefoot boom, Christopher McDougall offered a clarification. “The ‘one best way’ isn’t about footwear,” he wrote in The New York Times ...

Slippery rocks, loose dirt and protruding roots keep trail runners on their toes. They also require footwear manufacturers to have a plan for trail running traction. All these traction questions ...

“Faster, mommy, faster!” Allison’s toddler squealed as she ran down the hill by her house with her jogging stroller. As a longtime runner and running biomechanics researcher, she found herself in the ...

Whisper it: there’s a way of becoming a faster, more efficient runner that doesn’t involve training harder or sweating more. No, it’s not about buying the latest super shoe – it’s about improvng your ...

If you find yourself exhausted by a culture obsessed with optimization and relentless self-improvement, you’ll be relieved to hear that your running form may be just fine the way it is. Tinkering with ...

Easy running, by definition, should feel easy. But as any runner knows, those long, slow runs can sometimes be the most difficult of a training program—both mentally and physically. Some good news: ...

Running is not typically related to higher-than-usual incidences of lower back pain. However, excessive running without sufficient recovery time, improper running form, and other factors may ...