Audubon • 3rd September 2024 This Runner Is Completing a 100-Mile Ultramarathon in Every State—For Owls Ten years ago, Pete Ripmaster was running through the frozen Alaska woods in the middle of the night, lost and alone.
Runner's World • 24th January 2024 Ari Hendrix Wants to Keep Breaking Barriers for Black Women Until 2012, Ari Hendrix wasn’t a runner and certainly didn’t imagine herself lining up at the Olympic Marathon Trials. But that’s where she’s headed on February 3, and she now holds the title of the third-fastest American-born Black woman marathoner of all time.
Starting Line 1928 • 21st December 2023 Patti Catalano Dillon — Starting Line 1928 In 1980, Patti Catalano became the first American woman to break 2:30 in the marathon. She has held American and world records at various distances—including the 5 mile, 10 mile, 10K, 15K, 20K, 30K and half-marathon.
Outside Online • 30th November 2023 Rosalie Fish Steps Up Advocacy for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women When Rosalie Fish was running as a high school senior in 2019, she drew attention for competing with red paint in the shape of a handprint over her mouth and “MMIW” on her leg as she ran for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People (MMIW/MMIWP).
The Seattle Times • 27th October 2023 Why I wanted to run with a bunch of (mostly) strangers in Alaska This week’s cover story tells the story of a runner finding a sense of belonging on an Alaskan retreat for people of color.
The Seattle Times • 27th October 2023 A runner finds a sense of belonging on an Alaskan retreat for people of color I’M RUNNING THROUGH the woods in Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula with about a dozen other people. The air is cool, and the trees’ leaves are shiny and wet from the morning’s rain.
Well+Good • 19th October 2023 Yes, Even Recreational Athletes Can Get REDs—Here's What Anyone Who's Active Should Know REDs happens when athletes don’t eat enough to fuel their bodies. At the center of this syndrome is low energy availability: Essentially, if you’re not taking in enough food, your body will use up your calories on exercise, leaving you without enough left in the tank to support your day-to-day bodily functions.
Outside Online • 7th September 2023 Alison Mariella Désir Leads BIPOC-Only Running Retreat in Alaska Ever since she founded Harlem Run in 2013, Alison Mariella Désir has been building community in the world of running—and uplifting people who are underrepresented in it. In August, she led a running retreat exclusively for Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) in Alaska.
Starting Line 1928 • 22nd June 2023 Sika Henry — Starting Line 1928 Sika Henry has made a name for herself in triathlon and in running. She became the first African American woman to qualify for her pro card in triathlon in 2021, and in 2022, she broke the Virginia State 100K Road Record.
RIDC • 8th May 2023 How Committed to Racial Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Is Your Favorite Running Brand? — Running Industry Diversity Coalition (RIDC) Many runners want to support brands that share their values—including those related to racial and social justice.
Global Sport Matters • 12th April 2023 Youth Sports Are More Important Than Ever for Kids' Mental Health Sports participation has mitigated the pandemic’s harmful effects on kids’ physical and mental health, so it may be more important than ever to make opportunities to play easily accessible, particularly for kids of color.
the Guardian • 2nd March 2023 Only 28 US-born Black women have broken three hours in the marathon. Why? Running historian Gary Corbitt has been tracking the American-born Black women who have broken three hours. Now it’s known simply as “The List,” and it’s beginning to get more attention in the running community.
Hidden Compass • 7th February 2023 Beyond the Waves Sitara Siverls is sitting at the bedside of a bald Caucasian man in a dimly lit intensive care unit (ICU) room, holding his hand. Outside in the hall, doctors and nurses move briskly.
Starting Line 1928 • 5th January 2023 Cheryl Treworgy — Starting Line 1928 In December 1971, Cheryl Bridges (now Cheryl Treworgy) became the first woman in the world to break 2:50 in the marathon. This marathon was her second—she had run the first a year earlier, and she had hit the wall at Mile 20, so she wanted another chance.
Well+Good • 14th November 2022 These Running Shoes Are Made From Captured Carbon Emissions Running shoes are typically pretty terrible for the environment. But On Running is working to reverse this trend. The brand recently developed the first shoe made from carbon emissions—basically turning industrial pollution into foam for running shoes.
Model D • 10th November 2022 ‘Running While Black’ author to visit Detroit on national book tour Alison Mariella Désir found distance running at a low point in her life, and it saved her life, she says. But when she started, she explains that she was the "only Black person in a crowd of white people."
Outside Online • 21st October 2022 Patti Catalano Dillon Becomes Head Coach of Wings Elite Team for Native Runners The nonprofit organization Wings of America has been supporting Native youth in running for decades, and now it has launched an elite team. The Wings Elite Program for Native athletes is the first of its kind, and Patti Catalano Dillon has been appointed as the team’s head coach.
Global Sport Matters • 11th October 2022 The Newest Pro Ultimate League Centers Racial and Gender Equity Professional ultimate frisbee is fast-paced and fun, and people with various athletic strengths can excel in it. But in 2017, in the pro league, many of the players thought women weren’t getting much of a chance.
Outside Online • 16th September 2022 Meet The Team of Adaptive Athletes Who Completed The Hood to Coast Relay One of these 1,046 teams featured 12 adaptive athletes: Several are amputees who run on prosthetic legs, one is blind, two have spinal cord injuries and race in push-rim wheelchairs, and others have different physical challenges.
Starting Line 1928 • 18th August 2022 Ann Gaffigan — Starting Line 1928 At the 2004 Olympic Trials, Ann Gaffigan won the 3,000-meter steeplechase and set an American record. But the women’s steeplechase wasn’t yet an Olympic event, so it was only an exhibition event at the trials, and Gaffigan’s win didn’t earn her a ticket to the Olympics.
