180 Energy Runner Zac Freudenburg, record holder in the GO! St. Louis Marathon, qualified for the U.S. Mountain Running Team on Sunday by finishing second in the Cranmore Hill Climb, North Conway, N.H. The top three finishers earned a spot…

How did you celebrate?

Took a run in the wind and drizzle: pretty refreshing, considering the heat and humidity of the past few days.

We didn’t want this comment from our most frequent contributor to go unnoticed. We thought it deserved a headline and that regular readers would appreciate the sentiment. We all have running to thank for moments of spontaneous beauty, and I…

Big River Running’s Ben Rosario at Boston University Terrier Invitational Mile

Big River co-owner Ben Rosario finished with the sixth-best time in a field of 132 runners in the mile run at the Boston University Terrier Invitational.

“I”ll take it. I was…

GO! St. Louis will host six FREE training runs at the Forest Park Visitors Center on select Saturdays, beginning January 17.
Organizers will divide the group into runners/walkers with similar pace and goals.
Members of the running store staffs around the area…

How do you feel about this one?

I’ll state upfront that I’m not a fan of runners using MP3 players in a race. Runners who use them are turned inward, unaware of the sounds of traffic, fans and fellow runners. I’ve…

Big River Running finished 12th Saturday in the USA Track and Field Cross Country Club Nationals. Big River’s Ben Rosario was the top local finisher, in 36th.

Here are the team results.

Here are the individual results.

We’ll write more later, but here…

Way to go, Big River Running and Fleet Feet St. Louis. Each has again won national recognition.

Fleet Feet was named the No. 2 store in the Southern Midwest in Runner’s World Magazine’s 2008 Specialty Running Store Runner’s Choice Awards. The magazine honors…

Watch Big River’s Stephanie Hood win Canadian Cross Country Championships

Stephanie Hood, a runner for Big River Running co., won the Canadian Cross Country championships Saturday in Guelph, Ont. Thus, Hood will represent Canada at the World Cross Country Championships…

Miles for Food will benefit Operation Food Search

The Scouting for Food bag that the Boy Scouts left on my front lawn “jogged” my memory that I had received word of a way for runners to help in a canned food…