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A video published on Monday showed a line of Newtown police officers barricading a segment of the Boston Marathon race from a group of racially diverse spectators.

There are dozens of shakeout runs, seminars and opportunities to listen to your favorite athletes, authors and influencers

How did the BQ happen? What purpose does it serve? How has the BQ system affected the sport and your own running?

They overcame challenges, confronted barriers and biases, and still succeeded at the highest levels.

Athlete and activist Alison Mariella Désir and sports medicine specialist Dr. Kelechi Okoroha explain how runners should dress when temperatures drop to the 50s, 30s and below.

NewPages.com welcomes guest posts for What I'm Reading. Share your thoughts on books, single stories, poems, essays, artwork, and more!

Welcome to Sasha’s Stories. Where do we even start? There’s just so much I want to share. I guess this story should start with who I am and why I love reading. Hi, nice to meet or re-meet you. I’m Sasha Gollish. I’ve been a member of Team Canada from everything from the 1500m to…

A Room of Ones Own livestream, discussing "Running While Black: Finding Freedom in a Sport That Wasn’t Built for Us," new book, with Uchenna Jones, on Crowdcast. RSVP for link.

Register here for the Crowdcast: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/running-while-black-a/register Running While Black: Finding Freedom in a Sport That Wasn’t Built for Us is a searing exposé on the whiteness of running, a supposedly egalitarian sport, and a call to reimagine the industry. Balancing the benefits of running in her life against the realities of white supremacy in the sport and in America, Désir realized that the very existence of being a Black runner can hold the power to disrupt the ...

The activist and new author talks about the importance of inclusivity in the running community.