Short stories
Brief, word-led narratives that capture snapshots of the running experience. These pieces are compact and focused, offering readers a quick but resonant story.
Leon Lutz: Why Do You Have to Run So Much, Daddy?
My dear Lily (and your little sister, Piper Bea), If I’m being honest – and for the sake of both you and Piper Bea, I must and will be – I’d seen the question in your eyes a time or two before you actually spoke the words.
Simon Wheatcroft: Running the Line
In the blackness of the early morning I stood in a car park at the foot of the Half Dome, a beautiful mountain in Yosemite National Park. In my pocket I had a ring and in my mind a plan.
Kirsty Reade: Coming Around Again
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 horror.
If I’m not a runner any more, what am I?
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 …