LtW Notes Interview: Rose George Like the Wind exists to tell stories about running. So we are always delighted to meet people at the intersection of storytelling and running. Rose George is one such person. Rose has written for the Guardian, Independent, New York Times, London Review of Books as well as for Like the Wind. She is also the […]
LtW Notes Interview – David Laney We have known David Laney since the earliest days of LtW. We’re a big fan of his approach to training (when we first came across David he was sleeping in the back of his car so that he could spend the maximum amount of time in the mountains running […]
A Ring Around Mont Blanc Words by Katie Grossman – Photography by Katie Grossman and Matt Trappe This story first appeared in issue #18 of Like the Wind I handed Dom the small piece of red ribbon, clipped from the signature bracelet they affix to all starters of the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc, and asked […]
An Olympic Dream by Reinhard Kleist – Introduction by Simon Freeman This story first appeared in issue #9 of Like the Wind Samia Yusuf Omar was born in Somalia in 1991, the first of six children. Born into poverty and part of one of the country’s minority ethnic groups, Samia had to overcome many barriers on the […]
Words by Seba Vandermolen This story first appeared in Like the Wind #13 Belgian ultra-runners Weking Van Reeth and Sebastiaan Vandermolen decided to cross the American continent from north to south, with their wives following them in self-built 4×4 campers. Like the Wind caught up with them halfway through their journey in Panama City to […]
Running Through History – A Like The Wind feature on the Mount Gaoligong Ultra Photography by Alexis Berg This story first appeared in Like the Wind #14 Through the foothills of the Himalayas and around some of China’s most biodiverse forests, a new ultra race burst on to the racing calendar at the end of 2016. With […]
Like the Wind is a project born of love. At its core is the love of a simple act of putting one foot in front of another. Whether on the road, trail or track, we love running. And that is why we run. (See what we did there?) We also feel the love from the […]
Border crossings Words and Photography by Gavin Boyter This story first appeared in issue #18 of Like the Wind On 13 May 2018 I became, briefly, an illegal immigrant in Romania. A stern and professionally displeased border patrol officer shook his head at my proffered British passport and sent me back the way I’d run. “No […]
Like Father, Like Son Words by Imogen Lees and Bob Becker Photography by Alexis Berg “The experience was so emotional. I tend to be emotional anyway but this was way beyond that.” Most runners feel heightened emotions during a race, especially when we’re physically trying so hard to achieve our best. But when that physical […]
Words by Marcus Ryder – Illustration by Natasha Smith This story first appeared in issue #16 of Like the Wind I love reading Like the Wind. Writing a piece in the magazine is a real honour because I see all of us reading Like the Wind as being part of a special community. I know […]