Cartoonist Alison Bechdel uses running to overcome a drinking habit, and Jack Kerouac self-destructs.

In 2017, Hillary Allen took a fall during a race that almost ended her life, and her running career. She says the survival story really begins the day...

Peter Sagal says he might not have been born to run, but he has used running throughout his life as a way of exploring success, failure, and all the l...

Breaking a world record caused Mike Foote to realize he needed help. And, T. S. Eliot re-invents modern literature while depressed.

A divorce led Ben Gibbard to reexamine his creative approach to songwriting and trail running. Plus, a brief history of Japanese ceramic repair.

Fresh out of the Air Force Academy, a wrong turn forced Jim Walmsley to reconsider the trajectory of his life. A few years later, another fateful turn...

Growing up on a Navajo reservation was hard, but Verna Volker tapped into the resilience that she associates with being an indigenous woman. When she ...

Amelia Boone struggled with an eating disorder since high school, well into her hears as a champion obstacle course racer. After she was diagnosed wit...

Alison Désir is a runner, mother, community builder and activist. After marathon training gave her a new outlook on life, Alison decided to use her ed...

Katie Arnold used running as a way to work through grief and anxiety in the wake of her father's death. But she never expected to win one of the count...