The human ability to run long distances may be more than a side effect of adaptations for walking, two scholars say. It may have been a major factor in shaping how the species evolved. Human beings ...

Long before anyone ever ran a 10K or a marathon, humans were running down wild animals. Meat, not medals, was the reward for the hunters who scampered barefoot through the wilds. "We evolved to run," ...

Stephen Vrska, a marathon and ultra runner from Chesterton, Indiana, first discovered the joy of running back in the 6th grade. “My middle school didn't offer football until the following year, so I ...

It’s an age-old question: how fast can the average human actually run? We’ve all witnessed those awe-inspiring displays of speed and endurance in races like the Olympics, leaving many of us wondering ...

Beijing held what’s being called the world’s first half-marathon for robots, allowing bipedal bots to compete alongside human runners, and as one might expect, ridiculousness ensued. The robots, which ...