Runners are trained to be competitive and push past pain; yogis are trained to be accepting and loving to the body they have to work with in the moment. While the two activities seem counterintuitive... More»

The road, the trail, the treadmill are all places where I pound out frustrations, clear my head after a long day at work or... More»

It's month two of my intern year in a major NYC hospital. My time has never been less my own. I've never worked longer hours, or struggled harder to get to a yoga class. Just getting to the... More»

After a day of gratefulness, there are many different ways we choose to enjoy our post-Thanksgiving bliss. For some of us this involves detoxifying yoga classes or conscious consumerism, but our dear friend, Ironman champ, Hillary Biscay, has much more ambitious plans. More»

Sara Hall is one of the best runners in the world today, having won the national 5k road championship and the prestigious Fifth Avenue Mile here in New York City. She also earned four runner-up finishes in NCAA championship track races while running for Stanford, where she met her husband, marathoner Ryan Hall. More»

If you’ve read Christopher McDougall’s inspirational, best-selling book, Born to Run (a 2009 MBG favorite; see our interview with McDougall here), then you probably recall one of the races that figured prominently into the story – the Leadville Trail 100... More»

Ryan Hall is the fastest American marathoner on the road today with a personal best of 2:06:17. He won the Olympic Marathon Trials in 2007 and owns the American half-marathon record. For Ryan, running is spiritual, and is part of an overall holistic lifestyle. More»

I won’t waste your time here with a treatise on the benefits of exercise, of getting in shape, or of having an athletic goal. Once you set foot out your door, having conquered the temptation of an extra hour of sleep, or of the sofa and a nightly cocktail, you will understand... More»

There are few people on the planet as fit as ultra-distance endurance athlete Rich Roll. Even among the elite, disciplined cadre of Ironman athletes, Rich sets new precedents for endurance challenges. Men's Fitness magazine named him one of the "25 Fittest Guys in the World" -- and he made PETA's list of "Sexiest Vegetarian Celebrities."... More»

There are few athletes who enjoy training and competing as much as Ironman champion Hillary Biscay. Hillary's peers, some of the toughest athletes in the world, will even admit that Hillary eats better, trains harder, and takes care of her body like no one else. More»

Christopher McDougall's best-selling book, Born to Run, is one of those game-changing books that comes along every ten years or so. It was the book everyone talked about in 2009, as it racked up critical acclaim in The New York Times, Sports Illustrated, and even Jon Stewart. It also won our "Book of the Year" and... More»

Scott Jurek hopes he can break the American ultramarathoner record by running 162 miles in 24 hours. He needs 5,000 to 8,000 calories a day to fuel his running regimen, and he gets them without consuming animal products. More»

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We knew that Laird Hamilton was fan of walking and running barefoot, and now there's a new study that further supports its merits. More»

Since 1985, Scott Willett has been living and dreaming about triathlons. As he developed his passion, he also worked to give life to others' triathlon dreams. Scott has participated in multisport events of all lengths from sprint to ultras. More»