Athletes
Profiles and stories focused on runners at every level, from elites to everyday athletes, highlighting their journeys, challenges, and achievements.
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.
Turning Point
First the suspicion, then the revolution. Fifteen years ago, a young Catalan runner shook up the then small world of trail running. Accused of cheating in the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc, 20-year-old Kilian Jornet shook up the small world of trail running to the point of breaking its codes.
Facing the Elements
There are 48 peaks higher than 4,000ft in New Hampshire, in the north-eastern corner of the USA. On Thursday 15 July 2021, endurance athlete and adventurer Stefanie Bishop set out to climb all of them.
David Laney
Sitting in the garden, behind the house where David Laney is staying in Chamonix ahead of his fourth attempt at the UTMB, he appears to be his usual calm self. But before we start talking about David’s upcoming attempt at 100 miles of mountain trails …
Sofia Gonzalez – Overcoming Barriers
A couple of years ago, organisational psychologist and bestselling author Adam Grant wrote an article in the New York Times in which he argued that adults should stop asking children what they want to be when they grow up.
Yuki Kawauchi, Citizen Marathon Runner
“He was just a kid down at the local track. There always seemed to be something about him, but who could have guessed what he’d become? One of his country’s all-time greatest, an impetus for the rebirth of the rest of his nation’s men, recognised worldwide for his compelling realness.
Forgotten Champion
What I love most about running? Going fast. I am sure this is the case for almost all of us: the desire to do better, to run faster, to gain that ever-elusive PB. After several years of running I have come to value the running community.
The Legend of Alain Mimoun
In Like the Wind issue #8 runner and author Pat Butcher told the story of a man whose running destiny would forever be intertwined with perhaps the greatest distance runner of all time, Emil Zatopek.
Bob Becker: Like Father, Like Son
“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.