News / Updates

Timely announcements and updates from Like the Wind and the wider running community. This category covers magazine news, event updates, launches, and other current happenings to keep readers informed.

Celebrate Running Dads

Celebrate Running Dads

We’ve curated a thoughtful selection of gifts to celebrate the runner in your life and bring a smile to his face.

Finish Lines

Finish Lines

Finish lines are special places. Sometimes they’re just a streak of chalk across a stretch of tarmac. Other times they take the form of a towering construction, complete with digital clocks and colourful carpet.

Summer in the city

Summer in the city

Being in New York City, I am surrounded by many different running communities. Because New York is undoubtedly a running city. And over the past two years – through all the lockdowns and quarantines – I saw a lot of folks pick up running on their own.

Time for change

Time for change

After five minutes or so, the dancing comes to an end. The women make their way to rows of plastic chairs arranged under a gazebo. The organisers take their seats in a second gazebo facing the main group.

Remembering Joss Naylor

Remembering Joss Naylor

From time to time a single athlete defines a part of the running world. Usain Bolt in the 100m and 200m; Kilian Jornet on mountain trails; Eliud Kipchoge over the marathon distance; Emil Zatopek in seemingly everything he tried.

Better Faster Farther – an exclusive interview and book excerpt

Better Faster Farther – an exclusive interview and book excerpt

In June 2024, Maggie Mertens book Better Faster Farther: How Running Changed Everything We Know About Women will be published by Algonquin Books. Here is an exclusive interview with the author followed by an excerpt from Mertens’ book.

It’s uniquely your challenge. And your reason why.

It’s uniquely your challenge. And your reason why.

When it comes to running, everyone is engaged in a solo battle. Whether the athlete is competing in a 100m Olympic final or trying to get out of the door for a 30 minute easy run, the challenge is singularly personal. Does that make running unique as far as sport is concerned?

The camera never lies

The camera never lies

After more than a decade in banking, Jean-Baptiste Joly-Lavrieux swapped his suit for a pair of trail shoes and moved to the French Alps to pursue his joint passions of trail running and photography.

RUN//CLICK 2022 Gallery

RUN//CLICK 2022 Gallery

Selected from over 450 shots submitted by over 150 photographers, here are the 9 winning photos. Each receives a cash prize and is being exhibited in London and New York.

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