Featured in Like the Wind #1. Words by Scott Jurek – photography by Ian Corless. Hippie Dan made Thunder Cookies that were like chocolate chip cookies on steroids, with oatmeal and whole wheat flour and peanut butter and tons of butter. They were the best cookies I had ever tasted. (Rumor has it he once […]
This article originally featured in issue #1 of Like the Wind Magazine. When I said I was going to run a 24-hour race, the reaction of most non-runners was: “Why would you want to do that?” Some runners understood, but when I added the words “round a one-kilometre loop”, even they tended to recoil in […]
This piece was featured in issue #1 of Like the Wind Magazine. Words by Dick Beardsley – illustration by David Wardle. I’ve been running for 40-plus years now and have logged more than 150,000 miles, yet when I go to bed at night I can hardly wait to get up in the morning for my […]
Featured in Like the Wind #1. Words by Reuben Tabner – Photography courtesy of Roy Belchamber. I dream. I dream about running in the mountains. Running free, with great vistas before me. I run strong on the uphills, powering through each rise and turn. I dream of running fast and free on the descents, skipping […]
“When I was younger, I would skateboard by myself for hours and hours, I just loved it. I’d just work on one trick specifically or build a little wooden box in the front yard and ride it for hours, whether there was someone with me or not. I feel like I’m like that with the […]
“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” Walt Disney There was a sense of disbelief when we unloaded boxes – dozens of them – containing issue one of Like the Wind magazine, from a van emblazoned with the printer’s logo on the side. Disbelief that people had contributed stories. That […]
Words by Alex Francis – Illustration by Frederick Saunders A little over a year ago, I stood with my wife Laura on the start line of the Trans-Alpine Run (TAR) in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. We were nervous and excited – this would be the first stage race either of us had attempted and we’d picked a big one: […]
On Saturday 9 November 2019, 11 runners set out together on a 10-mile trail run in the Dart Valley in south Devon. Nine of them were guests on a writing retreat hosted by the other two, running authors Adharanand Finn and Richard Askwith. As part of the retreat, everyone was tasked with writing something short […]
#WhyWeRun – a new chapter Like the Wind was launched with a mission; to explore why we run and get to the heart of what draws each of us to put one foot in front of another. Through the stories we’ve published over 21 editions, it is clear that why someone runs is almost as […]
Whilst running around the Mont-Blanc on their honeymoon, Like the Wind founders Simon and Julie Freeman came up with the idea for a unique running magazine that would share stories of why people run rather than focusing on how to run. Over five years later, with 20 magazines and well over 450 published stories, we’re […]