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Your Story, Your Why: Community, Culture, and Unplugged Running with Massimo Alpian
When Massimo Alpian sets out for a run today, it is far more than routine physical exercise. For the Head of Marketing and Communications at Tracksmith, distance running serves...
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The Ultimate Chicago Marathon Week Guide: Pop-Ups, Shakeouts, Panels, and Parties
The Bank of America Chicago Marathon isn't just a 26.2-mile race on Sunday morning—it is a full-blown, weeklong celebration of global running culture that...
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Your Story, Your Why: From Strength Training to the Starting Line with Inga Dengel
Running has a way of serving as a mirror for life. For Inga Dengel—a global runner with Russian roots, a German passport, and a...
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Your Story, Your Why: Overcoming Obstacles and Finding Freedom with Aniruddh Munde
Running has a way of serving as a mirror for life. For Aniruddh Munde—a Seattle-based software engineering manager originally from India—lacing up a pair...
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Your Story, Your Why: From Accidental Cross Country to 15 Marathons with Stephanie Platt
When Stephanie Platt tried out for her middle school basketball team at age 11, she was cut from the roster. Unsure of what to...
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Your Story, Your Why: From Midlife Start to 13 Marathons with Paul Latham
Growing up in the primary school system in Jamaica, Paul Latham was always active and constantly outdoors. While Jamaica is globally renowned for its...
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Your Story, Your Why: Replacing Addiction with Purpose with Patti Shawber
Running has a way of meeting us exactly where we are—even when we feel completely broken. For Patti Shawber, laced-up running shoes weren't part...
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Your Story, Your Why: From Midlife Crisis to Marathon Goddess with Julie Weiss
At 37 years old, Julie Weiss was facing a midlife crisis—feeling depressed, overweight, and going through the daily motions as a single mother. Needing...
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Your Story, Your Why: From 20-Year Wait to Six Stars with Tatiana Rojas
Tatiana Rojas was a former gym teacher and long-time social worker in New York when she decided to tackle her first marathon at nearly...
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Your Story, Your Why: From Punishment to Potential with Claire Boyce
Running has a way of revealing who we are long before we ever cross a finish line. For Claire Boyce—a runner, stepmom, and Greenville,...
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Your Story, Your Why: Outsuffering the Standard with Michael Ottesen
In the high-stakes, hyper-quantified world of modern marathoning, it’s easy to get lost in lactate thresholds, shoe foam densities, and pristine pacing charts. But...
