Back in high school, I joined the cross country team, and I came in last place during every single 5K race. At the time, I was incredibly self-conscious and embarrassed that my friends were faster ...

Running has been the sport of the moment for the past couple of years. There were a record number of London Marathon 2026 entries this year, running events are popping up everywhere, and there was a ...

When it comes to running, slow and steady wins the race. Well, okay, maybe not wins the race, but finishes—and finishes strong. Just ask the self-described “slow runners” on TikTok, who wear the label ...

Martinus Evans didn’t mean to start, or even be part of, a movement like slow running — he simply needed to move. In 2011, a doctor told him he had to start exercising or he would die. Evans said he ...

Amber Sayer, MS, CPT, CNS, is a fitness, nutrition, health, and wellness writer and editor. She holds two masters degrees and has been a certified personal trainer and running coach for 15 years. Nick ...

Jonathan Melville works for breakaway coaching and analytics. Dan Gordon and Matthew Slater do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would ...

It’s a modern parable: you can improve your 10-kilometre time by 5 per cent, but first you’ve got to let that 87-year-old guy overtake you. Such is the paradox of the “easy run”. Personal trainers and ...

For a lot of people, running feels like it’s something that’s everyone else and not them. A uniform of obligatory tight lycra, and social media posts boasting race-worthy pace statistics, right? Not ...

I’ve never been “a runner”, whatever that is (presumably, a person who can run, which surely a lot of people are?). When it came to sports day at school and I was forced to take part, I always picked ...

For many runners, embracing the concept of slow and easy runs is a game of mental gymnastics. Can you really become a better, faster runner if you’re consistently going at a pace that feels easy and ...