Travel & Outdoors
October 20, 2021
Hit the Ground Running at These Trails Around the State
Take advantage of cooler weather along these picturesque jogging routes.
Running
Health
June 22, 2021
Austin’s Comedor Run Club Is Sprinting Toward Better Health for Restaurant Staff
The group of chefs, servers, and restaurant owners is starting a movement to replace the post-shift drink with a pre-shift run.
Sports
December 17, 2020
In ‘The Infinite Race,’ Indigenous Athletes Tell Their Own Stories
Inspired by a 2017 Texas Monthly feature, the new documentary for ESPN’s ‘30 for 30’ series is as spiritual as it is political.
Sports
June 5, 2020
Remembering Bobby Morrow, the Texas Sprinter Who Was Once the World’s Fastest Man
A Rio Grande Valley native, Morrow returned to a quiet life of farming after winning three gold medals at the 1956 Olympics.
Tacos
October 30, 2019
What Do Trail Racing and Tacos Have in Common?
I might have come in last place, but I learned a lot while walking in the woods of San Antonio during El Taco Loco.
Sports
May 1, 2019
‘White Lightning’: This Houston Kid Might Be the Youngest Person to Ever Break the Ten-Second Barrier
And his performance isn't even expected to peak until the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
Style & Design
January 15, 2019
Fun Ways for Texans to Meet Those New Year Fitness Goals
Do yoga with a goat, work out on a trampoline, or run your way to a glass of free beer. Studios and gyms across Texas offer all kinds of options.
Sports
January 20, 2013
Marion Jones’s Backpack
The athlete shows us what she carries along on the road and to the gym.
Sports
November 6, 2012
Texan Tweens Turning Heads In Adult Endurance Athletics
Meet the two preteen sisters from Alvin who compete against, and beat, adult runners.
News & Politics
October 25, 2012
Texas Politicians Hit a Different Kind of Trail
From Bush to Hutchison, Texas proves politicians are no slouches when it comes to exercise.
Border & Immigration
March 1, 2012
Home Run
A jogging path along the Rio Grande was a treasured, secret place—until it became part of the front lines in a war I still don’t understand.
Sports
May 31, 1998
Best Feet Forward
When Austinite Paul Carrozza says he doesn’t like a running shoe, the shoe companies listen- and so do hordes of running enthusiasts in Texas and around the country, who know him to be the sport’s newest guru.
Sports
July 31, 1984
The Fastest Nice Christian Boy in the World
Bobby Morrow was America’s most celebrated Olympic athlete in 1956. Today he wishes he’d never left the starting blocks.