Runners' World: Screen Time Is Hurting Us

How Increased Screen Time During Coronavirus Outbreak Is Affecting Your Mental Health
Less exercise and more screens may lead to higher depressive symptoms, a preliminary study finds.
JORDAN SMITH/Runners World.com//AUG 21, 2020

As the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) continues to recommend physical distancing measures across the county to slow the spread of COVID-19, it’s taking a toll on everyone’s mental health. But how exactly does a change in exercise levels and increased screen and sedentary time affect you...?

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Podium Runner: Training Partners?

Running Free with the Pack
My dogs love every run, with no goals, measurements or expectations. I need that right now.
JONATHAN BEVERLY, PodiumRunner.com/AUGUST 18, 2020

For the past decade, I’ve had the privilege of running with a pack nearly every day. A pack of dogs, that is: three rescue pups with whom we’ve shared our rural home. They may be the luckiest dogs in the world, free to run leash-free with me over the trails and dirt roads of the high plains. When they’re not chasing rabbits or pheasants, they usually fall into a pattern: one out front scouting, one a bit behind herding, and one so close I can reach down and touch his head...

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Runner's World: Connecting Black Runners and Allies

In the Wake of the George Floyd Protests, This Run Club Connects Black Runners and Allies
By uniting the community through running, Dyani Cox hopes to empower them to make lasting change.
BY TAYLOR DUTCH JUL 31, 2020

Dyani Cox sees running as a gift that keeps on giving. In addition to empowering the 37-year-old Chicago resident to overcome personal challenges in her own life, running has inspired Cox to encourage more people in the Black community and beyond to develop a sense of agency in the fight against systemic racism...

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