Tag: running

Most Saturdays, Hans Troyer, a professional ultramarathon runner, does loops of Pine Mountain. He summits 11 times in 4 hours, covering 25 miles and 7,395 vertical feet. His consistent training here has helped him burst onto the running scene. Most pros train in the mountains of California or Colorado, but Hans grew up in the suburbs of Atlanta and found his stride living out of a camper in the Georgia woods.

Oakland isn’t just a cemetery. It’s a stage, a wellness studio, and a sacred gathering space. Yes, it’s a place for mourning, but it’s also a place where joy lives on. I know I’ll keep returning to this cemetery—to run past the headstones, costumed and breathless, my dog Mya dragging me along.

“See, I was typecast by my family as bookish,” Senator Raphael Warnock says; it wasn't until his late 20s that Warnock found the gym. Now he runs the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Peachtree Road Race annually, along with running the treadmill at the Senate and biking on the Silver Comet Trail. Our managing editor joined him for a spring training run on the Beltline.

The forest tempted me, but I stayed away until I did a trail race up Smith Mountain in Helen. The pouring rain didn't bother me; the encounter with a bear did.

The Fourth of July is my favorite holiday. Not because I’m particularly fond of barbecues, fireworks, or overt displays of patriotism, but because of another Atlanta Independence Day tradition: the Peachtree Road Race.

On the first weekend of October, nearly 2,000 people ran through the streets of Southwest Atlanta as part of “The Race,” the largest Black long-distance running event in the country.

Want to start running with your dog? Here's some tips from local experts to keep them happy and healthy.

I have run on every single highway in this city. I’ve run every section of major railroad. I ran across a couple of lanes of the Connector in order to properly map Midtown.

Atlanta United holds its home opener against Cincinnati, the Atlanta Science Festival kicks off, and Phoenix Flies spotlights Atlanta's history

On February 29, more than 700 athletes will toe the starting line in Atlanta for the 2020 Olympic Team Trials Marathon. Among the hopefuls is 31-year-old Bridget Lyons Belyeu, a member of the Atlanta Track Club elite team whose 2:31 qualifying time puts her among the fastest 25 women in the field. Her feat is especially impressive given that Belyeu is an amateur athlete and working dentist. Here’s how the top runner has been preparing for the event.