Runner's World

RUNNER'S WORLD is filled with powerful information that will help you run faster and farther and have more fun doing it! Every issue brings you the strategies, tips and advice to fuel your performance, prevent injuries, burn fat, shed stress, and achieve your personal goals.

Inside Knowledge • WE BEGGED SOME OF THIS ISSUE’S COOLEST RUNNERS FOR THEIR BEST ADVICE

My Running Life • EXPERT HACKS, GEAR RECS & RUN-TESTED WISDOM FROM RW +

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Staff Meeting • IN WHICH WE CONVENE THE EDITORS TO SOLVE YOUR MOST PRESSING QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, AND EXISTENTIAL QUANDARIES

Members Only • THE LATEST NEWS AND COOL HAPPENINGS FROM RUNNER’S WORLD +

THE SHOE Q&A • Deputy Editor Jeff Dengate saw this question on the RW+ Community Page, where members frequently fire off training and gear questions to coaches, staffers, and experts.

8 Tips for Efficient, Effective Strength Training

Use Intuition to Bring Out Your Best Performance

HOW TO TAP INTO INTUITIVE RUNNING

Your Guide to Pasta Alternatives

How You Should Chase Your Big Race

How to Take a Running Break (and Actually Enjoy It)

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After Getting Sober, She Found Her Purpose in Running

3 MORE RW + MEMBERS WHO DITCHED OR CUT BACK ON DRINKING

THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO Crushing YOUR FIRST MARATHON • Everything you need to know to train smart, nail your fuel, and smash through “the wall”

The Golden Rules OF FIRST-TIME MARATHON TRAINING

OUR FAVORITE MARATHON GEAR

HOW TO AVOID THE Dreaded Wall

PROS TELL US THEIR PRE-26.2 RITUALS

IS THE 20-MILE TRAINING RUN OVERRATED?

THE BEST MARATHONS TO GET HOOKED ON 26.2

I FEARED THE MARATHON. I Ran it Anyway.

HOW LONG CAN RUNNING KEEP ALZHEIMER’S AT BAY? • When legendary endurance racer Mark Macy got his diagnosis, he was told he had two years to live. That was four years ago.

EVERYTHING YOU NEED FOR YOUR At-Home Yoga Studio

Gear to Get You Started

Moves to Open Your Hips and Hams • This mobility sequence decompresses the spine while gently targeting your hamstrings, hip flexors, and IT bands.

GEAR • Notes, Opinions, Useful Tips, and the Coolest Gear From Inside the World’s Most Rigorous Shoe and Gear Testing Lab

NIKE ZOOMX ULTRAFLY TRAIL

SAUCONY TRIUMPH 20

ASICS NOVABLAST 3

HOKA MACH 5

MIZUNO WAVE NEO WIND

The Cut Up

Runner's Products You'll Love • Get more out of every stride with tools and gear that will take you from track to trail. Check out our products at runnersworld.com/shop

How to Make Activewear More Accessible for Plus-Size Runners

FIT AND FUNCTIONAL

APPAREL HERO

THE COMFIEST ACTIVEWEAR FOR CURVY RUNNERS • These pieces are supportive, breathable, and available in colors other than black.

RW+ MEMBERS CHAT ABOUT PLUS-SIZE CLOTHING • We asked RW+ members what brands can do to make apparel more accessible for plus-size runners. Here are some of their answers.

GEAR OF THE YEAR

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TESTER NOTES • INSIGHT, EVALUATIONS, AND HELPFUL TIPS STRAIGHT FROM THE NOTEBOOKS OF OUR STAFF, MEMBERS, AND 250-RUNNER-STRONG WEAR-TESTING TEAM

Field Test • NEW GEAR OBSESSIVELY TESTED BY RUNNERS LIKE YOU

club notes • CATCHING UP ON THE MOSTLY RELATABLE TRIUMPHS OF RUNNER’S WORLD + MEMBERS

Running Changed My Life