Author Archives: likethewindmag
Better Faster Farther – an exclusive interview and book excerpt
In June 2024, Maggie Mertens book Better Faster Farther: How Running Changed Everything We Know [...]
Jun
Global Running Day: LtW Stories from Around the World
Like the Wind is published by a team dedicated to sharing meaningful storytelling about running. [...]
Jun
Running on Thin Ice
This is Swedish Lapland. Lying inside the Arctic Circle, it’s Europe’s last remaining wilderness and [...]
Jun
Run for Freedom
Nike! Nike! Nenikekamen!” “Victory! Victory! Rejoice, we conquer!” 490BC. Pheidippides, a messenger, finally arrives at the [...]
Jun
The future is a land of possibilities
One of the great challenges in running today is finding a way to combine sustainability [...]
May
[Re]Collect
Boston, Massachusetts. The century-old Longfellow Bridge that spans the Charles River, the first of its [...]
Apr
The time is now
If you take a moment to think about where you live, the opportunity to set [...]
Apr
Now and then on the same track
Saturday night, 14 May 2016, was cold and overcast in Manchester, England. On the Sportcity [...]
Mar
It’s uniquely your challenge. And your reason why.
When it comes to running, everyone is engaged in a solo battle. Whether the athlete [...]
Mar
A sense of place
Humans are excellent at adapting to their surroundings. The specific challenges of different environments prompt [...]
Mar