Marathon, running, trail... what makes us run?

Why mountain biking didn’t prepare me for running — but still saved me when everything started to hurt

Photo: Hannah Morvay However flawed my beliefs about fitness may be, I believe the ability to run even a short distance is a hallmark of being fit. I want to delay my loss of that as long as possible, even if it’s at a slow pace.  I believe the same about doing a pushup, a pullup, squats, and basic rotational and core exercises, also known as the basic movement patterns of the body. We can push and pull with our upper body, we can push and pull …

Running Marathon: This is how to prepare and get fit for running for beginners, from the training plan to the health check. Tips from experts for your first marathon.

A multiple BMX world champion, Matthias Dandois talks in detail about his preparation for the Paris marathon and his new passion for running.

Neighbourhood races, marathons, trailing and ultra-trails like the UTMB, why is there ever more registrants? Concerned about performing and appearing, looking for extreme sensations, or looking for oneself? This article was originally published on The Conversation.Course is more perceived today as a strange thing, annodine, even marginal! Nor as a passing fashion. But on the contrary as a mass practice that has settled in the daily lives of an e…

Over 200 are all registered — and it is filling up quickly for the Sognefjord Trail Run at Kaupanger.