I'm not the only runner who will have experienced the "post-race blues." ...

Once you’ve settled into a run routine, the next challenge can be staying motivated. Some days running feels energizing and exciting. Other days it feels hard to get out the door. In How to Start ...

Endocannabinoids and CB1-type cannabinoid receptors are a key driver behind the motivation to voluntarily seek aerobic exercise in the form of running, according to a new study (Muguruza et al., 2019) ...

It’s entirely too easy for people to criticize their own performance, and harder to be kind to themselves when they don’t have the race or run they’d hoped for. As the saying goes, we’re our own worst ...

I arrived at boarding school on an unbearably humid day in September of 1989, my curiosity about everything I would experience during my years there an untamed fireball. The school required ...

Nicole Hagobian, a marathon runner, running coach and sport and exercise scientist at Cal Poly, knows just how hard it can be to lace up her running shoes and get herself out the door. Here is what ...

Radio DJ Jo Whiley is no stranger to an endurance challenge – back in 2020, she completed three consecutive triathlons in aid of Sport Relief. But that doesn’t mean she’s run every day since or kept ...

Think of your willpower as a muscle that gets tired with use. You may push yourself to get the report done at work, push yourself to choose salad over pizza at lunch, and then push yourself to call ...