Abby Carney
Writer
Abby Carney is a writer and journalist in New York. A former D1 college runner and current amateur track athlete, she's written about culture and characters in running and outdoor sports for Runner's World, Why run like the wind when you can run without it, Would you take this tasseled dress shoe on the trails, and other outlets. She also writes about things that have nothing to do with running, and was previously the editor of a food magazine.

At age 77, Jeannie Rice’s VO2 max stunned scientists – her daily habits could change how you run
The marathon world-record holder for the 75-79 age category didn’t start running until she was 35: “You can start anytime, and you just keep moving forward.”

At age 76, Jeannie Rice just keeps running fast and scientists finally know why
Rice, who ran a world record in the marathon in the 75-79 age group last year, has an incredibly high V02 max.
A half marathon gave runners reused paper cups at water stations
The race has since apologised for the incident

Hoka has unleashed its most unhinged shoe yet: Meet the 'Speed Loafer'
Runners World, Part of the Hearst UK Wellbeing Network?
50-year-old runs 526 miles on a treadmill to break the seven-day world record
Ultrarunner Michal Šuľa took indoor training to the next level

Have the Ingebrigtsen brothers just dropped the song of the Olympics?
Wåååooh! It’s pretty catchy...

Introducing the drag-reduction device helping Olympians to run faster
Why run like the wind when you can run without it?

Runner breaks world record for fastest barefoot half marathon on ice
Josef Šálek of Czechia clocked a cool time of 1:50:42, wearing nothing but a pair of shorts in freezing temperatures

Camille Herron runs 560 miles to set new women's 6-day world record
At Lululemon’s Further event, the 42-year-old averaged 93 miles of running a day and broke a total of 11 world records

Female student murdered while out for a run on university campus in the US
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Miho Nakata sets new 24-hour world record of 167.996 miles
The Japanese runner broke Camille Herron’s previous record by just 246 meters, averaging 8:34 mile pace at the competition in Taipei.

Titus Ekiru receives a 10-Year Ban for doping
Would you take this tasseled dress shoe on the trails.

92-year-old’s marathon world record finally ratified
Mathea Allansmith now holds the Guinness World Record as the oldest woman to have completed a marathon.

Sarah Webster Breaks 100K British Record
The 43-year-old ran 7:03:40 to break the previous record, which has stood since 1993, by 23 minutes.