Like the Wind Storytelling
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.
Simon Freeman: It’s in the Bag
“It had been a busy day. In fact it had been a busy week. We had come to Chamonix for the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc and to launch the sixth edition of Like the Wind.
Scott Partenheimer: Winning Streak
Have you ever wondered about your running bucket list? What kind of running experiences do you want out of life before you ascend to the great trail in the sky? By the age of 33, I had tried every distance from the 5km to the 50km …
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.
Scott Jurek: The Wisdom of Hippie Dan
Hippie Dan made Thunder Cookies that were like chocolate chip cookies on steroids, with oatmeal and whole wheat flour and peanut butter and tons of butter. They were the best cookies I had ever tasted.
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 …
The Way Of The Runner
On Saturday 9 November 2019, 11 runners set out together on a 10-mile trail run in the Dart Valley in south Devon. Nine of them were guests on a writing retreat hosted by the other two …