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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 features in the magazine—but with the intimate and immersive aspects only audio can provide. Each week, we share a...
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Episode 29: See You on the Road
For Human Race's final episode, we share several of your stories.
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Episode 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 doctor told h...
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, Amy’s...
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 of a pace...
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 stories a...
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 from all ov...
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 twin girls...
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 three rel...
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 asked him if...
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 organizati...
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 place. Pope h...
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 of 30 peopl...
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 Monday bon...
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 collapsed in the...
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!
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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 in his gro...
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 qualifying race....
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 Carrier c...
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 nearly 2,000...
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. Randy is 4...
Episode 14: Recovery Run
Candice Caesar is 44 years old with a son in college, a master’s degree, and a job as a speech pathologist. A dedicated runner, Candice spends her wee...
Episode 13: Bravo
A few years ago, Don Bravo was “one WrestleMania buffet” away from weighing 400 pounds. After his doctor warned that his weight would shorten his life...
Episode 12: Villains and Vigilantes
In April 2015, a viral post on Facebook about the Boston Marathon kicked off a wave of controversy. In this week’s episode, we explore how that contro...
Episode 11: Bright Eyes
Anthony Butler, a native of the Bronx in New York City, lost his sight eight years ago. For many people who lose their ability to see in adulthood, th...
Episode 10: The Cut Off Queen
About half of all runners who enter the Leadville Trail 100 don't finish. What stands between them and a finisher's belt buckle? Sandy Monahan.
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Quick Update
We have reached the end of the first season of Human Race. But don't worry. We won't be gone for long. Season two will resume in about a month.
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Episode 9: Close to Home
Greg O’Brien is 66 years old and open about his struggles with early onset Alzheimer’s. When a story about Greg appeared on NPR detailing how he uses...
Episode 8: Crossing the Country
The last time someone broke the record for the fastest crossing of America on foot was 1980. Frank Giannino Jr. traveled from San Francisco to the Bro...
Episode 7: Barkley Marathons
In the Barkley Marathons' thirty years, only 14 people have ever completed it. But it’s not for lack of trying. Some 1000 runners have attempted to co...
Quick update
Human Race is taking a two week hiatus. We'll be back on July 5th with a new episode.
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Episode 6: The Ballad of Katy Schilly
This week’s episode is a sprint—a short story—about how a chance meeting kicked off one woman’s incredible running career. But between that first surp...
Episode 2: Wonder
This week on Human Race, we’re sharing a sprint—or a short story. We’ll be alternating long stories, like the Tin Man story last week, with shorter st...
Episode 1: Tin Man
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 runne...
Human Race Trailer
Coming in May. Subscribe now. Human Race is a new podcast from Runner's World. Hosted by Rachel Swaby, Human Race focuses on long-form storytelling. I...