"Our Father in Heaven wants us to find joy in the process .... He wants us to be happy now,” taught Ty Hopkins, professor and chair of the Department of Exercise Sciences at BYU. In his Tuesday ...

Next week, the 2016 Summer Olympics begin in Rio de Janeiro. One of the most compelling events is the marathon, a 26.2-mile endurance contest with roots dating back to ancient Greece. It may be that ...

I don't think of the 14 campers at this year's high school journalism institute as future journalists. True, the camp hired me to teach journalism to our young charges. But -- and I may be alone among ...

Endurance racing has been around for over a century. The first organized 24-hour race on record took place in Columbus, Ohio, in 1905. Fast forward to this year, the most famous 24-hour race in the ...

Endurance athletes rarely walk into a clinic with a single, obvious problem to fix. More often, they arrive with pain that defies imaging, symptoms that recur despite rest and a singular frustration: ...

Working at a German school is not just about reading and writing, maths and singing songs, says newly minted Syrian assistant teacher Hend al-Khabbaz. She was surprised to discover there is also a ...

It’s hard to say what the average weekend warrior can take from a study of ultra-athletes who ran thousands of miles in a European foot race — aside from inspiration and a sense of awe. But for those ...

Racing sled dogs are best known for their "mushing" each March during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, the world's longest sled race. They are the premier ultra-endurance competitors, covering 1,100 ...

The selection, training, preparation and management of Britain’s endurance squads will come under fire at next month’s Endurance GB annual general meeting in Coventry. This follows the performance of ...

Forget pommel horses and gym mats, these schoolchildren have endured the ultimate PE lesson - a gruelling army commando assault course of barbed wire, swamps and fire dubbed 'the world's hardest ...