Human Interest
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March 27, 2024
Self-Confidence: An Interview with Jasmin Paris About Her 2024 Barkley Marathons Finish
Jasmin Paris (U.K.) made history on March 22 in the waning minutes of the 2024 Barkley Marathons, when she came around the final corner of the finishing road. No woman had ever finished four laps of five-lap race before, let alone the whole thing. After two previous attempts at the event in...
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March 20, 2024
Finding a Groove: An Interview With Camille Herron About Her 6-Day World Record at the 2024 lululemon FURTHER Event
Camille Herron of the U.S. has set yet another world record, this time the women’s 6-day world record by running 560.330 miles (901.764 kilometers) at the 2024 lululemon FURTHER event in La Quinta, California. The race was held on a 2.55-mile loop around Lake Cahuilla made up of largely dirt. Ten women, all lululemon-sponsored athletes,...
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March 12, 2024
She’s 12. She runs an under-3-hour marathon. And she’s prepping for the 2028 Olympics
The 5-foot-tall sixth-grader placed second among all girls and women at the Ventura Marathon in February when she ran the 26.2-mile course in 2 hours 58 minutes, averaging less than 7 minutes per mile. Her goal this year is to run the fastest recorded marathon for a 12-year-old of either gender — she's...
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March 1, 2024
Erin Ton Breaks Speed Records in Marathon Hike of Manitou Incline
The Manitou Incline is considered one of the most challenging hikes in Colorado, but Erin Ton completed it at record speed — thirteen times. Ton took on the "Inclinathon" challenge — going up and down the Incline's 2,744 steps thirteen times, over around 26 miles, just short of the length of a marathon —...
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February 21, 2024
Uniting Female SAR Communities: Meet the ‘Women in Rescue’
Rescuers who are women have been called “pretty mules” by patients who they’re carrying out of the backcountry; they’ve even been called “wimps” and “b*tches” for being perceived as too cautious or too assertive. This isn’t uncommon for women in SAR. Many of them regularly face harassment and unfounded questioning from...
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February 13, 2024
Few Triathletes Look Like Sika Henry. She’s Working to Change That.
Sika Henry signed up for her first sprint triathlon in 2013. She didn't even own a bike. Fast forward 10 years—she's been an IRONMAN 70.3 podium finisher five times, competed in the IRONMAN World Championships, and earned her Pro Card as the first Black female professional triathlete in 2021. She...
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January 24, 2024
Meet the Female Mountain Guides Who Made Rogers Pass Safe to Ski
There is a seismic shift happening in mountain culture and outdoor adventure right now. Female athletes, rescuers, guides, and recreationalists are getting more representation, becoming more prevalent, and gaining the respect they’ve always deserved. Sylvia Forest and Danyelle Magnan, who star in the Arc’teryx film “The Pass,” have been at...
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December 12, 2023
Women at Work: Why Timberland PRO’s Emily Miller Designs for the Trades
Even with a rock-solid design framework, creating durable and dependable footwear for tradespeople is not easy or simple. For one, making shoes and boots for some of the toughest wear environments can be aesthetically limiting. But there are also a lot of industry standards and safety tests that Timberland PRO...
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November 23, 2023
Kristin Armstrong Q&A: ‘I retired, had a baby, and then won Olympic gold’
Kristin Armstrong is one of the greatest time trialists of all time. She became world champion in the event twice during her career, and won three successive Olympic gold medals, at Beijing 2008, London 2012 and Rio 2016. The American is now a coach and ambassador for the virtual cycling...
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November 16, 2023
For Shalane Flanagan, Community Is An Essential Part of Women’s Running
For Shalane Flanagan, community is an essential part of women’s running. The Olympian, NYC Marathon champion, and coach shares how the social side of the sport elevates performance. Women's Running (possible paywall)
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October 21, 2023
How Olympian Alyce Wood approached pregnancy and returning to sport postpartum
Eight months after the birth of her first child, Florence, dual Olympian Alyce Wood returned to competition. With an eye to competing at next year's Paris Olympics, Wood remained extremely active during her pregnancy. The 31-year-old tapped into resources from the Australian Institute of Sport's (AIS) Female Performance & Health Initiative...
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September 8, 2023
Lindsey Vonn Is Learning How to Rest. Kind Of.
Lindsey Vonn is perpetually in motion. Now that she’s fully retired from her championship career on the U.S. Ski Team, she’s running her foundation, keeping up her wellness routines, and was even spotted at the U.S. Open praising Billy Jean King. She’s also halfway through a series of knee-replacement surgeries...
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August 30, 2023
Unsung heroes: Antri Christoforou on being the odd one out, life as a bike mom, taking her own path
The 31-year-old didn’t come from a particularly sporting family, certainly not one that was at all interested in cycling, but she found the bike at a young age and loved it. She had a lot of energy to burn as a child, and cycling was a good way to get...
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August 25, 2023
Shikha Tandon | How I transitioned from swimming in the Olympics to a career in sports tech
Shikha Tandon, a former Olympic swimmer who is now director of partnerships at exercise intelligence firm Svexa, outlines what steps the sports business needs to take to empower more athletes to have their say in the future of the industry. SportsPro
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August 24, 2023
Meet These Five Moms Competing at the World Champs
Becoming a mother used to be thought of as a sign of retirement for professional athletes, but we now know that for many, it’s just the beginning. These five moms represent some of the amazing mothers lining up at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest. Women's Running
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August 3, 2023
British mom pumps breast milk while running 100-km race—and wins
A 43-year-old mother of five came in first at the recent 100-kilometre Race to the Stones in southern England, a tough feat made all the more challenging by the fact she was pumping breast milk for her eight-month-old son while tackling the course. Canadian Running
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June 11, 2023
Sponsors lining up for Rose Zhang, the LPGA’s newest star
A few days before winning her first LPGA event, Rose Zhang partnered with Michelle Wie as both signed a sponsorship deal with Delta Airlines. That same day, Adidas announced a multi-year endorsement with Zhang too. Before turning professional, Zhang became the first collegiate athlete to sign a name, image, and likeness (NIL)...
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May 11, 2023
How Motherhood Made Me a More Successful Pro Athlete
For Chelsey Magness, motherhood helped up her game as a professional endurance athlete — here's how she balanced those lives and makes the best of both worlds. Gear Junkie
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May 10, 2023
First female Boston Marathon runner Bobbi Gibb on starting a running revolution: “We knew the world was never going to be the same”
It wasn’t until she was 21 that Gibb learned for the first time what a marathon was. Knowing how much she enjoyed running, the father of one of her high school friends suggested Gibb go and watch the Boston Marathon to see elite runners in action. And as soon as...
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May 1, 2023
Kirsten Neuschäfer Wins the Golden Globe Sailing Race, Dubbed a Voyage for Mad Men
On the evening of April 27, as the sky darkened over the Atlantic coast of France, a 36-foot sailboat drifted slowly on a windless sea. South African sailor Kirsten Neuschäfer, 40, stood alone at the helm of Minnehaha, whose once-white hull had gone dingy with algae. An entourage of rubber...
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April 19, 2023
San Diego Wave FC Is Making Waves In The NWSL And In Women’s Sports
Team president Jill Ellis reflects on the franchise's record-breaking inaugural campaign and how it intends to keep the ball rolling in 2023 and beyond. Forbes
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March 23, 2023
The Gritty-est Trail Running Group in Delaware
What started as a Facebook page for group runs and became dinners, workshops, and a community on the East Coast. In just over a year, GRIT has become a community of over 160 people, mostly moms from Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey. Women's Running
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March 17, 2023
Mom, Athlete, Western States Competitor — Dreama Walton Is One Bad Mother
Dreama Walton never thought she’d be an ultrarunner. But, as she says in the trailer for Dreama Team — the upcoming documentary about her journey — she “caught the bug.” Ultrarunning is a hell of a bug to catch. The sport places huge demands on time, relationships, and the body....
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March 16, 2023
Giant’s chairperson tells industry to reach out to women
Bonnie Tu, chairperson of Giant Group, speaking at the annual Bicycle Leadership Conference, offered a personal look at her role in developing Giant’s LIV brand of bicycles and cycling apparel scaled for women. BRAIN
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March 15, 2023
First woman to run Boston Marathon recounts how she snuck into all-men’s race in 1966
Gibb, a native of Winchester, Massachusetts, is a legend in the sport of distance running, as she is the first woman to ever run and complete the Boston Marathon. In 1966, the Boston Marathon was still an all-men's race, but Gibb applied to run in it anyway. She received a...
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