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Sick of pounding the pavement? Reap the body-sculpting, stress-shedding benefits of an off-road run. By Michelle Hamilton If your idea of exercising in the great outdoors entails inhaling car fumes, [...]

Want to run your best 26.2 ever? These 10 marathons have speedy courses, cool weather, and great organization. Now all you have to do is train BY MICHELLE HAMILTON Running [...]

To perform your best on race day, practice mental strategies throughout your training By Michelle Hamilton RACING WELL is as much a product of mental strength as physical readiness, whether [...]

Mentally wrecked? Dispel self-doubt with these confidence-building workouts BY MICHELLE HAMILTON BEFORE THE 2010 USA 20-K Championships, Stephanie Rothstein was excited. And worried. After two years of sickness and injury, [...]

Byline: Hamilton, Michelle New year New you : A 1st to remember This is the year you're going to make your marathon debut. These 10 races will ensure your first [...]

Byline: Hamilton, Michelle View Finder 10 reasons to tackle the stunning Big Sur International Marathon in California By Michelle Hamilton Kodak Moments Many runners carry cameras to capture views of [...]

Byline: Hamilton, Michelle RW 2010 HEROES THE HUMANITARIAN Tara Livesay Text by MICHELLE HAMILTON WHEN TARA LIVESAY GOES for a run in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, she does her best to ignore [...]

Byline: Hamilton, Michelle Perfect timing When to train, eat, stretch, and do everything to run your best By Michelle Hamilton Runners live by the clock. Whether measuring minutes in a [...]

Byline: Hamilton, Michelle A Step Ahead A new sports-medicine center takes a team approach to injury prevention BY MICHELLE HAMILTON AT THE SHINY new home of the University of California [...]

Byline: Hamilton, Michelle Back story : Shalane Flanagan Shalane Flanagan, 29, Portland, Oregon The Olympic bronze medalist (10,000 meters) will run her first marathon 1] Why the marathon? It's the [...]

Byline: Hamilton, Michelle ELITE SPEAK In this marathon season, if you hit the wall, know you're not alone DEENA KASTOR U.S. Olympic marathoner in 2004 and 2008, on her win--by [...]

Byline: Hamilton, Michelle Quick Step By Michelle Hamilton On June 13, 8-year-old REILLY JOHNSON (in pink) beat three-time winner Melody-Ann Schultz, 68, in an age-adjusted start to become the youngest [...]

Byline: Hamilton, Michelle Into the Wild : Inside job Before you head out to cover new ground, work these exercises into your training routine By Michelle Hamilton Roads, for the [...]

Byline: Jhung, Lisa; Hamilton, Michelle Into the Wild : If you want to get technical Ready for steep descents, downed logs, and raging waters? How to navigate the obstacle course [...]

Byline: Hamilton, Michelle Into the Wild : Scramble to Finish The best races for rookie trail runners--plus life-list options for advanced dirt devils only* By Michelle Hamilton Pagoda Pacers Mt. [...]

Byline: Hamilton, Michelle Back in the saddle Buoyed by the success of thousands of communities, Americans might be ready to let their kids ride to school again. By Michelle Hamilton [...]

Byline: Hamilton, Michelle A magnificent mile Women around the world have been running to aid victims of unspeakable violence in the Congo. Then these survivors experienced the power, freedom, and [...]

Byline: Hamilton, Michelle Beat the clock : Half-marathon edition Training for and racing 13.1 miles requires just as much guts as a full marathon. Especially when you're running down a [...]

Byline: Hamilton, Michelle Biz Stone Cofounder, Twitter, Inc. 36, San Francisco, California Interview by Michelle Hamilton I got a Nike Plus and after my first run with it I was [...]

On a roll A tool that boosts flexibility and recovery By Michelle Hamilton If you use a foam roller only to rehab injured muscles, you're not getting the most out [...]

Byline: Hamilton, Michelle Finish strong Learn to pick up the pace at the end of your run for better fitness--and results By Michelle Hamilton At time USA Track & Field [...]

Byline: Hamilton, Michelle The Slow Road Downshifts in training every day, week, and month will help you reach your goal By Michelle Hamilton By nature, runners chase goals-- whether that's [...]

Byline: Hamilton, Michelle The magic mile How to adapt this time-tested workout to boost your fitness or set a PR By Michelle Hamilton When it comes to effective workouts, mile [...]

Byline: Hamilton, Michelle Racing ahead The distance you can handle this fall depends on how much you've run this summer By Michelle Hamilton What did you do this summer? When [...]

Byline: Marcus, Jon; Hamilton, Michelle Big time By Jon Marcus The half-marathon is the fastest growing distance in our sport. In fact, the number of people who've raced 13.1 miles [...]

Byline: Hamilton, Michelle The marathon mystique : What draws the world's most famous cyclist to distance running? By Michelle Hamilton Like many runners, lance Armstrong seems to have fallen for [...]

Byline: Hamilton, Michelle The Roundup : Readers report on races from around the country By Michelle Hamilton Rose Bowl Half-Marathon Pasadena, California December 8 After just one running, the course [...]

Byline: Hamilton, Michelle World Mountain Running Trophy: U.S. Team scores big at championships for elite mountain runners By Michelle Hamilton On the flight home from the World Mountain Running Trophy, [...]

Byline: Hamilton, Michelle Chasing history : A world-class field and seaside charm lured runners to Falmouth in the '70s--and bring them back today By Michelle Hamilton Cigna Falmouth Road Race [...]

Byline: Hamilton, Michelle; Rinkunas, Susan The Roundup Readers report on races from around the country Beach to Beacon 10-K Cape Elizabeth, Maine August 4 In the final 20 meters of [...]

Byline: Hamilton, Michelle Switching Gears My Running Life: Desiree Ficker, 30, Austin, Texas. After this month's Ironman World Championships, a pro triathlete aims for another goal--the Olympic Marathon Trials By [...]

Byline: Hamilton, Michelle Q+A The accidental marathoner Interview by Michelle Hamilton Like most pacesetting rabbits, Steve Sundell expected to drop out midway through the Napa Valley Marathon. Instead, Sundell, 24, [...]

Byline: Hamilton, Michelle One For The Corps By Michelle Hamilton On the morning of March 31, a group of 25 Marines pulled on fatigues, tied their combat boots, and strapped [...]

Byline: Hamilton, Michelle Betting on Santa : Runners in Las Vegas and Liverpool go race to race in a quest for a Guinness World Record By Michelle Hamilton Las Vegas [...]

Byline: Spence, Evelyn; Hamilton, Michelle The Roundup: Readers report on races from around the country Denver Marathon and Half-Marathon Denver; October 15 By Evelyn Spence Dave McGillivray has no shortage [...]

Byline: Hamilton, Michelle Hike Yellowstone's Gallatin Range By Michelle Hamilton Trying to digest a park as diverse as Yellowstone in a single trip would be like racing to see every [...]

Byline: Hamilton, Michelle Danger Signs: Avalanche Ah, spring. Flowers bloom, days get longer--and snow still covers mountain trails. Don't be fooled: Even now, it takes just one trigger--a person, a [...]