Like the Wind Storytelling
On Your Marks! Set! Chug!
Beer and running are undoubtedly a match made in heaven. But for most runners, the idea is a couple of cold drafts to refresh and reward after a run. For a few hardy folk, though, the beers and running happen concurrently.
A Line in the Sand
I remember being six years old and my dad explaining to us how our white Ford Escort estate came to be covered in strange red droplets one spring morning. It was Saharan sand, blown thousands of kilometres north until it reached …
Bring me Joy
I was fortunate to grow up in South Africa, where sport is almost as important as an education – some might say more important. Circumstances meant that my path into adulthood was driven by teachers and coaches …
Where my feet take me
In 2012, I became the first Saudi Arabian woman to compete in track and field at the Olympics. My route to the games was definitely atypical; it was something I never had anticipated — even a year prior to the 2012 games.
Right to Movement
Taking pictures at the first ever Palestinian marathon was quite the journey. The race itself marked the realisation of an ambitious and heartfelt project from two girls — Lärke Hein and Signe Fischer.
Ode to the “Kilometre-effort”
How do you measure a race effort? Was my race more difficult than yours? Do I deserve to brag more about my 100 miler than about your 100 miler? Our creative director Julie Freeman is Swiss.
Billy Yang at the UTMB
One of the best running film makers in the world, Billy Yang already has an impressive list of titles to his name. Now he has created an ode to a group of American athletes who came to Europe to take on the UTMB and CCC.
Tobias Mews and the 50 Races To Run Before You Die
We recently caught up with friend of the magazine, Tobias Mews, who has put pen to paper and written about many of the most iconic races that he has done, to find out more about him and what inspires him as a runner and a writer.
Interview With Lizzy Hawker – Like the Wind TV
For Lizzy Hawker endurance has always been a way of life, not only as a sport but also through an enduring passion for the mountains and wilderness. Having trained as an environmental scientist she fell into the world of ultra …