David Willey

The time was right, in more ways than one. Why I’m leaving and where I’m going (at least on Patriots’ Day 2018).

A conversation with Nike CEO Mark Parker about the company’s Breaking2 Project, the state of the sport today, and the difference between a running geek and a running “puke.”

A welcome return from injuries for RW’s editor-in-chief and a new look for the magazine.

Diagnostic tests? Done. Goal Race? Check. Now it was time to begin training in earnest for my moonshot marathon. At least, that was the plan.

With help from the experts who are aiming to break the two-hour marathon, a mid-pack runner will attempt a moonshot of his own: a long-sought Boston Marathon qualifier.

It took me all year to finally do my first-ever obstacle-course race. Turns out it couldn’t have come at a better time.

Sexual harassment is a pernicious social plague. I used to think running provided a refuge. Turns out I was wrong.

There have been several running booms over the decades—and running continues to boom, just in new ways.

Behind every Olympian is another sublime athlete who dreamed just as long and trained just as hard, but who just missed—sometimes by a painfully small margin.

Learn more about Sundays Race to Recover.

To honor a late friend, two runners are putting on a unique marathon—and gaining a new appreciation for race directors everywhere.

Nike was founded by upstart running geeks and has evolved into a $30 billion sporting conglomerate. But running, and a runner, are upfront once again.

We are introducing two new podcasts, bringing Runner’s World to life in a whole new way.

Feb 4, 2016.

After 39 years, RT will no longer exist as a stand-alone magazine. But its attention to the dedicated runner will live on in Runner's World.

The Runner's World reissue of George Sheehan's book, Running & Being, introduces a new generation of reader-runners to the man who identified the value of living an active, fulfilling, and authentic life.

Learn more about Sunday's Race to Recover.

Jun 28, 2012.

Health & Injuries.

May 4, 2017.

The joys of running aren’t always about the run.

Join Runner's World Editor-In-Chief David Willey as he gets an inside-out perspective of this unprecedented cross-country event