Why Portland is number one.
Bicycling
Edited by Dave Howard.
Photograph by Charles Gullung.
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Fixing Diane’s Brain
Diane Van Deren overcame epilepsy and then became a top ultramarathoner. Did her brain surgery help improve her pain tolerance, or is she just tough?
Runner’s World
Republished in Best American Sports Writing 2012.
Edited by Charlie Butler. Photograph by Evan Hurd.
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On With The Snow
The author launches a career as a nordic ski racer.
The Washington Post Magazine
Edited by David Rowell. Photos by Layne Kennedy.
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Flogging Genghis Khan
Bicycling to the world’s largest statue of Genghis Khan, in Mongolia. Edited by Tim Lavin.
The Atlantic
Edited by Tim Lavin. Photo by Jeffrey Kerby.
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The Green Bicycle Murder
On a warm summer evening in 1919, a comely young factory worker named Bella Wright set out for a bicycle ride through the country lanes outside Leicester, England. What happened next involved a revolver, a raven, and a shady character on a high-end green bicycle.
Bicycling
Edited by Bill Strickland. Illustrations by Chris Gall.
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The Boys from Brazil
American rodeo is taking on a Latin flair.
The Atlantic
Edited by Don Peck. Photo by Alison London.
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The First Dude in His Element
Todd Palin competes in the Tesoro Iron Dog, a 2,000 mile snowmobile race across Alaska.
Sports Illustrated
Edited by Chris Hunt.
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Wonder Boy
At the age of four, slum kid Budhia Singh ran 40 miles without stopping in the blistering heat of his native India. Then, afterwards, his childhood only grew stranger.
Runner’s World
Edited by Peter Flax. Photo by J. Carrier.
Republished in Going Long: The Best Stories from Runner’s World.
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The Wheels of Life
Facing down my demons on an excruciatingly tough bike ride through the green hills of Dominica, a tiny island nation in the Caribbean.
The Washington Post Magazine
Edited by David Rowell
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