Like the Wind Storytelling
Movement is Art
Zach Litoff is both an artist and a runner. It’s this duality that gives him a unique understanding: how motion is inherently creative. Through his work, Litoff’s main mission is to show that movement in and of itself …
I Hope I See You on The Trail
I hope I see you on the trail. I hope that as you pass, we exchange a quick nod, Pained gazes intersecting for a split second, The prelude of a smirk grazing the corners of our mouths, A brief connection, a mutual understanding.
A Women’s Place is on the Start Line
Even though the running boom of the past 20 years has been driven by increased female participation, negative racing experiences for women remain a broad and endemic problem that seems baked into the very structure of many events.
Dave Goes West
Loud Dave (aka Dave Cook) is Still Quite Loud, as it goes, and the central figure in Dave Goes West, an independent film charting a fundraising challenge to run 10 marathons in 10 days up the coast of Western Ireland …
Ask Stef
This issue of Like the Wind examines, celebrates and questions what it means to be a female runner in 2024. But it isn’t all that long ago that female runners themselves were a rare breed …
It’s Empowering to Run Because you Want to
Two days before the 2022 Boston Marathon, William Jones III – a panel guest at a sponsor event – sat in front of 40 panel attendees, reflecting on his running journey.
More than Sport
Many people only know of Afghanistan via the news or history books as a terrain that has faced centuries of war and conflict. But for me, Afghanistan is a country of immense natural beauty and a resilient, passionate people.
The Dating Game
I’ve been running for 40-plus years now and have logged more than 150,000 miles, yet when I go to bed at night I can hardly wait to get up in the morning for my run. I’ve been very fortunate in my running, but when I look back …
What he talks about when he talks about running
It’s late February; I’m standing outside the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building. Geisha girls are readying the starting flag, helicopters are circling, thousands of people are jostling for position on the track and a typhoon warning is in place.