Chloe Abbott admits that she loves performing on a stage as much as she loves performing on a track. Turns out, the Los Angeles-based professional sprinter is equally talented singing a wide range of pop songs as she is running the 200- and 400-meter events. Since growing up in Detroit, her two biggest dreams she’s been working toward are the opportunity to sing in a competition on TV, and to run on the track with legendary American sprinter, Allyson Felix. Last year, when she joined Bobby Kersee’s high-level post-collegiate training group, Abbott trained alongside Felix during her final seas ..read more

At the awards ceremony at the 2018 Wildflower Triathlon, professional triathlete Kelly O’Mara wondered if she should quit her birth control pill. She was sitting with several other athletes and they couldn’t believe she was still on birth control. They claimed the pill was bad for performance. Didn’t she want to be fast? It wasn’t the first time O’Mara had heard this advice. This time around, it seemed like everyone was off birth control. She’d previously looked for research into the link between hormonal contraceptives and athletic performance and had come up empty-handed, but the anecd ..read more

Global shoe giant Adidas has a problem on its hands: $1.3 billion in Yeezy sneakers are collecting dust in warehouses across the globe, unable to be sold. The shoes were designed by recording artist Ye (who formerly went by Kanye West), and Adidas severed its ties with him last October after he made a series of antisemitic remarks. Initially, Adidas said it would continue to sell Yeezy shoes and apparel, but that decision was met with a barrage of criticism that forced the company to try and figure out what to do with the remaining products. Each option is fraught with potential fallout. For ..read more

Welcome to Tough Love. We’re answering your questions about dating, breakups, and everything in between. Our advice giver is Blair Braverman, dogsled racer and author of Small Game and Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube. Have a question of your own? Write to us at toughlove@outsideinc.com. I’d love to hear your advice on how to develop more body confidence. Not to be weird, but I know you were on Naked and Afraid, and I imagine that takes a lot of comfort with yourself. Do you have any suggestions for feeling less judgmental of myself and more confident in my body? A few years ago, I flew s ..read more

This story originally appeared on SKI I have a pair of first-generation Nordica Enforcers from 2015 that I still ski most days. They look terrible—like a truck ran over them on the interstate. The tips are wavy from collisions with pieces of mountain. The bases have a who’s who of core shots. And the edges haven’t been edgeable on hardpack in years. And you know what? They still absolutely rip. Like a dependable adventure dog, those skis and I have built a solid foundation of trust. We’ve experienced a lot together—the best chalk-filled chutes of my life, slightly reckless speeds, hundreds of ..read more

You head to your favorite yoga teachers’ classes for a reason. There’s something that keeps you going back again and again, whether it’s their cues, sequences, or ability to make you laugh during even the hardest poses. When I head to Alyssa Case’s “We Flow Hard” yoga class at Y7, there’s one thing I’m anticipating throughout the 60-minute practice, and that’s her final “3-minute push.” It comes after we rest in Child’s Pose, a place in the practice where Case always reminds us to steady our inhales and exhales remember our breath and tap into our power. As I begin to transition out of that r ..read more

Greg Grano shared his story with producer Stephanie Aguilar for an episode of The Daily Rally podcast. It was edited for length and clarity. I’m 32. I, and most people that know me at all, have identified me with my partner. My entire adult life has been that identification. We hit our most tumultuous period, where it really felt like we had reached some kind of fork in the road. Maybe we needed some time apart to ground ourselves in our individual experiences. Who can I be as an individual? I’m a cishet white man who grew up in New Jersey and now lives in Los Angeles. I had spent my entire ..read more

Everybody has a dream–something that motivates them, gets them out of bed in the morning, compels them to pick themselves up again even after they fall down face-first in the mud. For an athlete, it’s clinching a championship. For an actor it’s winning an Academy Award and haranguing everyone about your political beliefs. And for the bike-hater, it’s implementing some sort of scheme whereby people must obtain a license and registration in order to ride a bicycle.   Here in New York City, the latest attempt comes from State Senator Simcha Felder, who, in the wake of a recent bike-on ..read more

Nike Vaporfly NEXT% 3 Review MSRP: $250 Weight: 5.8 ounces (women’s 8), 7.0 ounces (men’s 10) Stack Height: Not yet revealed, but less than 40 millimeters heel Heel-toe Drop: 8 millimeters) If running shoes had a king, the Nike Vaporfly would wear the crown. When it debuted in 2016, it created a new class of racer, the supershoe, which quickly made all other racing shoes obsolete. Supershoes’ ability to enhance running economy caused world, national, and personal records to fall faster than a neatly organized string of dominos. Like all monarchs, however, there comes a time when the current ru ..read more

Adventures to exotic locales aren’t always possible. You can, however, infuse exotica into your taste buds at your own dinner table or breakfast nook, in the simple form of a creative condiment. Here are our current favorites. Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce Quick and hot, great on rice and will turn your morning eggs into a Huy Fong Foods festival. Made right down the road from Move Press HQ in Rosemead, CA, from sun-ripened chilies. Try it on burgers or to turn your hot dog into another, more interesting experience. West meets East. Hela Curry Gewuz Ketchup (delikat) Billed as a mild curry ketchup ..read more