As the majority of the Gophers track and field team travel to Louisiana State University for their final regular season meet of the year, the women’s distance runners stay in Minnesota, prepping for ...

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Last winter, a study startled the running world when a team of researchers concluded that, under the right circumstances, Kenyan superstar Faith Kipyegon could break a barrier long thought impossible ...

From city streets to rural trails, here are the best pairs for any locale—as recommended by runners who’ve logged the miles.

A study suggested that Faith Kipyegon, the female record-holder, could do it under the right conditions. She is set to try in June. By Jeré Longman A star runner from Kenya, Faith Kipyegon, is set to ...

A half dozen years ago a marathoning psychologist named Robert Deaner began publishing papers (find them here) that seemed to show women athletes are less competitive, on average, than male athletes.

On May 6, 1954, a lanky medical student named Roger Bannister pushed through the finishing tape at Iffley Road track in Oxford, England, and collapsed into the arms of friends after becoming the first ...

BOSTON — Nina Kuscsik, who campaigned for women’s inclusion in long-distance running and then won the Boston Marathon the first year that they were officially allowed to enter into the race, has died.

OLD LYME – Back in the mid-to-late-70s, Jan Merrill-Morin was one of America’s top female runners. She held American and world records on the track. She was a silver medalist at the World Cross ...

A female runner is dead at 30 years old months after winning a prestigious marathon. Shewarge Alene, an Ethiopian athlete, won the 2025 Stockholm Marathon earlier this year. The 30-year-old Ethiopian ...

Vitamin B12, also known as cobalamin, is extremely crucial for runners and female athletes as it supports red blood cell production, oxygen transport, repair tissue properly and generate energy from ...

On May 6, 1954, Roger Bannister pushed through the finishing tape at Iffley Road track in Oxford, England, and collapsed into ...