Elite & professional athletes
Profiles and stories of top-level runners.
Time for change
After five minutes or so, the dancing comes to an end. The women make their way to rows of plastic chairs arranged under a gazebo. The organisers take their seats in a second gazebo facing the main group.
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.
“Do you think that’s wise?”
Whatever challenge she takes on, Courtney Dauwalter continues to amaze, pushing herself beyond her limits to reach new highs. Writer Sarah Barker has known Courtney since the ultra runner was in high school with her daughter …
What a Difference a Day Makes (or, How I Became an Elite Athlete for 24 hours)
Only the most talented runners receive star treatment. But what if, by some quirk of fate, it actually happened to you? It did to one runner.
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 …
EXCLUSIVE: Lucy and the Larapinta
After a crazy last 18 months of lockdowns and cancelled races, many athletes sought out ways to challenge themselves that were different from what they were used to. Professional trail runner Lucy Bartholomew has carved out a stellar career for herself, winning and …
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.