Daily runs can be a grind for high school athletes, even cross-country runners who love the sport. Finding motivation over summer break can be even harder. Some coaches send out training plans, others ...

When I started at Runner’s World in March of this year, I walked into an office filled with accomplished marathoners and ultrarunners. Meanwhile, my running résumé consisted of a few seasons of middle ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — In this week’s episode of Run For Fun with Leigh Spann, we look at the difference between being motivated to exercise and making it a habit and part of one’s lifestyle. If you ...

Despite warm weather and sunshine during the day, it was dark and cold when I finally got out for a run one evening last week. Bundling up against a chill wind, I was beginning to think, as some of ...

Over the span of my running career I’ve gone from devouring every publication of Runner’s World to reading all the best running books. More are released each year, which means my fun never ends and ...

Endocannabinoids and CB1-type cannabinoid receptors are a key driver behind the motivation to voluntarily seek aerobic exercise in the form of running, according to a new study (Muguruza et al., 2019) ...

Nicole Hagobian, a marathon runner, running coach and sport and exercise scientist at Cal Poly, knows just how hard it can be to lace up her running shoes and get herself out the door. Here is what ...

I’ve been running for most of my life, logging miles almost every day. But come winter, a dark cloud takes over that very nearly squeezes that running spark out of me, turning running into a dreaded ...