Episode 29: See You on the Road
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Human Race
Human Race is a podcast from Runner's World. Hosted by Rachel Swaby, Human Race focuses on long-form storytelling. It brings the depth and reporting you’ve come to expect from ambitious feat...
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Listen to Human Race, a Sports & Recreation podcast by Runner's World / Panoply. Stream 37 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.
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20 of 37 episodesEpisode 28: Crash & Return
In his 20s, after running cross country in high school and college, Tim Manzer swore off running completely. Then, in his early 40s, his doc...
Episode 27: From The Rubble
When Amy Downs thinks about her life, it splits into two distinct sections: before the bombing and after the bombing. Before the bombing, A...
Episode 26: Pacers
In 2011, at the Western States 100-mile Endurance Run, Noe Castanon Mendez was a pacer in need of a runner. Thomas Wong was a runner in need...
New episode coming next week
I'm taking this week off. But you'll get a new episode of Human Race next Tuesday (8/8). In the mean time, I want to hear from you. Email me...
Episode 25: Rosco's Runners
Earlier this year, Human Race asked listeners to send in stories about their run clubs. We got inspiring, motivating, and touching stories f...
Episode 24: What would it take?
On January 1st, 1997, Karen Queally decided that running every day was something she could do for herself. She had recently given birth to t...
Episode 23: Don’t Call it a Comeback
Elite runner Brandon Hudgins had the storybook ending to a remarkable comeback at the 2016 Olympic Track Trials. Over eight years, he fought...
Episode 22: Skid Row Marathon
When Judge Craig Mitchell visited the Midnight Mission homeless shelter on Skid Row in Los Angeles in 2012, the organization’s president ask...
Episode 21: Twenty-Four Years
Run streakers people committed to running at least a mile every day. There are now Facebook groups filled with run streakers and a national...
Episode 20: Rosie
On Rosie Swale Pope’s 70th birthday, she jumped out of an airplane. But on Rosie’s list of nutty accomplishments, skydiving doesn’t even pla...
Episode 19: Little Mo
On May 6, 1967 in a suburb of Toronto, Canada, a 13-year-old girl named Maureen Wilton accomplished something extraordinary. In a marathon o...
Boston Bonus Episode
Runner’s World goes to Boston every year for the marathon. We always hear so many great stories while we're there. In this special Marathon...
Episode 18: Runner Down
Shortly after mile seven in the 2015 Chicago Marathon, Richard Sikorski had a sudden cardiac arrest. His heart stopped beating and he collap...
Quick Update
Rachel is back from maternity leave, and Human Race will be back with season 3 on April 11th. In the meantime, we want to hear from you! Tel...
Episode 17: Witold and Urszula
Two years ago, at the 2015 Fifth Avenue Mile, Witold Bialokur ran a seven minute time. He did it at 80 years-old. The second place finisher...
Episode 16: Running Clean
When Keith Giroux decided to run the Boston Marathon he had a number of logistical hurdles to overcome. For starters, he hadn't run a qualif...
Episode 15: Endurance
We've got two stories this week. The first is about why we run, not just as runners but as human beings. In the 1980s a biologist named Dave...
Episode 3: Sylvia
Sylvia Weiner is a prolific runner. She’s 85 years old, and she estimates that, during the course of her running career, she’s completed nea...
Episode 1: Tinman
A story about a man who lost his heart. And what he gained in its place. On this episode, we meet Randy Shepherd, one very unlikely runner....
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