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She Just Renewed Her License at 108. Her Fitness Secret Isn’t Complicated

108-year-old Susan Young Browne still drives, exercises daily, and lives alone. Nothing in her routine is extreme. That is exactly why masters runners should be paying attention.

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Elite Runners Have Fundamentally Different Gut Bacteria, New Study Finds. Here Is What That Means for the Rest of Us.

A 2025 study of 60 professional runners found endurance athletes carry a fundamentally different gut microbiome from sprinters. Here is what the research means for recreational runners.

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Female Runners Get Injured at Nearly Twice the Rate of Men. The Fix Is Not More Rest. It Is Testing Two Numbers.

Female runners are injured at roughly twice the rate of male runners. The two numbers that predict most of that gap are ferritin and cycle-phase estrogen, not training volume.

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Do You Need Sunscreen for Running Outside? A Runner’s Guide

Runners get higher cumulative UV exposure than the general population. Here is when sunscreen matters, what SPF actually works when you sweat, and what to do about it.

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The Training Change Every Woman Runner Over 45 Is Getting Wrong

A 2025 clinical study of women in perimenopause and postmenopause found a training change that outperformed extra mileage. Most running plans still miss it.

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His Doctor Told Him He Was Overweight at 67. He Ran Marathons Into His 90s.

A doctor told Sir Christopher Ball to lose weight before his 70th birthday. He picked up running instead. He is now in his 90s and still going.

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Sociologists Have a New Name for What Running Does to People in Addiction Recovery

A 2025 study followed people building a new life through running after addiction. What they found challenges the standard picture of recovery.

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Stress Fractures in Runners: The Bone Health Warning Signs Every Runner Over 35 Ignores

Stress fractures affect up to 20% of distance runners. Here are the warning signs, the RED-S connection, and the bone-health protocol every runner over 35 should know.

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Perimenopause and Running: What Happens to Your Pace, Recovery, and Injury Risk After 40

Estrogen fluctuations during perimenopause slow recovery, weaken bones, and raise injury risk in female runners. Here is what changes, and how to train around it.

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9 Things Physiotherapists Wish Runners Would Stop Doing (and What to Do Instead)

Static stretching cold hamstrings, running through shin pain, foam-rolling into pain. Here is what to do instead.