Features
These stories showcase the heart of Like the Wind: powerful storytelling that explores why we run. From intimate portraits to expansive journeys, this category brings together the magazine’s most engaging narrative writing. Whether delivered through immersive Long Reads or concise Short Stories, these features capture the emotion, culture, and human experience of running in all its forms.
Drive
I run trails for the mountains, the wildlife and solitude. I run through the countryside during the spring for the lambs, the flowers and the smell of horse manure. I run at night for the moonlight, the stars and the harassment from drunks.
John vs Life
He might not move like superman. He doesn’t even run – or walk – like we all do. But John Jansen lives for running like nobody else. And that is what makes him the coach all of us could use.
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
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.
Only the Brave : The Speed Project
You’ve got to have some nerve to take on The Speed Project, the legendary 340-mile Los Angeles-Las Vegas relay. You’ve got to have even more nerve putting yourselves out there as a group of older Black women in what can often seem like the white-thirty-something-male-dominated world of ultra running.
Under African Skies
“Wear some woolies if you want.” For a morning run in Ethiopia? Pull the other one. Come 5am, I hoicked on my bobble hat, microfleece and a scarf. Addis Ababa is fresh before first light. I fumbled for gloves, my eyes seemingly glued together.
Global Running Day: LtW Stories from Around the World
Like the Wind is published by a team dedicated to sharing meaningful storytelling about running. The heart of what we do is publishing stories that connect runners from around the world, providing inspiration and insight into the lives of people for whom running is a way of life.
Running on Thin Ice
This is Swedish Lapland. Lying inside the Arctic Circle, it’s Europe’s last remaining wilderness and the heartland of the indigenous Sámi people. This region, Jokkmokk municipality, covers an area the size of Wales yet only has a population of around 3,000 …
Run for Freedom
Nike! Nike! Nenikekamen!” “Victory! Victory! Rejoice, we conquer!” 490BC. Pheidippides, a messenger, finally arrives at the end of his 26-mile run from a battlefield in Marathon to the Acropolis in Athens to deliver news of an unexpected Greek victory over Persian invaders.