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December 2024

When music hits you, you feel no pain
Some running luminaries' favorite albums from 2024, and some thoughts on the benefits of listening to music and podcasts while running.
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Raziq Rauf
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Fast fashion makes faster friends
If run clubs are the new nightclubs, can the line between social run crews and athletics clubs be fully blurred with a high-end racing singlet?
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Raziq Rauf
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Sharing it all on social media
It’s either happenstance or its a reflection of the current mood in the camp, but two of the newsletters I read posted about the slow but definite ebb…
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Raziq Rauf
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The art of running 100 miles on a busted spine
After a serious slipped disc, Chris McBride battled back to complete the IMTUF 100-mile race just 6 months after surgery, and a lifetime of setbacks
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Raziq Rauf
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Strava says it's the year of Run Club
That's what Strava's data says, for multiple reasons, but did you know how your Strava data is helping to optimize cities?
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Raziq Rauf
Maybe I am old, actually
Plus: the world's first run crew; running because you enjoy it; and reality TV
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Raziq Rauf
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November 2024

Meet the man who invented Run Club
21 years ago, NYC Bridge Runners became the first run crew on the planet, and its inspirational founder Mike Saes has been the figurehead we need from…
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Raziq Rauf
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My first time at The Running Event
I flew all the way from Los Angeles to Austin, Texas to look at shoes and talk to people about running...
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Raziq Rauf
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PRing in your 40s
Plus: has the influencer bubble burst? Or is it just changing, like it always has?
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Raziq Rauf
4
Run clubs now more than ever
What is the role of run clubs during the second Trump administration, and who is welcome?
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Raziq Rauf
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