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What is running culture?
Running has never been more popular, so many are questioning what exactly running culture is, and where we go from here.
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Crying & Running in San Francisco
An in-person event about consumer culture in one of the coolest running stores in the world, and why I won't stop writing about important issues.
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Oh, the humanity! with Josh Lynott
Find out how Australian runner and poet Josh Lynott - famous for his inspirational running notes on Instagram - started thinking more deeply about…
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Community First: Run Clubs Then & Now
How do you navigate both building and maintaining a community in the blooming running scene. Some key Los Angeles run club leaders share their insights.
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How Tracksmith changed the (running) world
Matt Taylor always wanted higher quality storytelling in running and Tracksmith was how he finally did it
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My teenage Nike love affair
And a live conversation on running community in Los Angeles
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Making Track Cool Again
There are eyes from around the world on how Erin Groll has been hyping up track nights in South Africa. It feels like now is the perfect time.
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How do you make a new runner?
Plus: my pre- and post-run fueling strategy.
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Adding Black culture to the Boston narrative
Sidney Baptista is determined to take Black culture to the running masses, but he started by bringing running culture to his Boston neighborhood
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Tell me about your first run
Writing about running is like dancing about architecture - it's really a stupid thing to want to do
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Why are runners so annoying?
A question on the lips of many runners and non-runners alike. Plus: Hello, New York!
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