Lindsay Crouse

When it comes to my pregnancy, the only opinion I’m interested in is my doctor’s.

Americans have begun to take the team’s success for granted, even as we make its members fight for their legitimacy.

What drives a grown person to travel to a courthouse in Virginia to hurl insults at someone she has never met, about behavior she didn’t witness and money she is not owed?

Mariko Yugeta’s comeback story shows that regret doesn’t have to drag us down.

Instead of showing the best of what humanity can do, this year’s Olympics seem to reflect what we can’t.

I didn’t know how my workout had gone, or how I’d slept last night, until I opened the app.

Some star athletes seem to think you don’t have to follow public health policy — as long as you win.

A thought experiment for finding more happiness in the everyday.

Time to stop being a martyr to grit.

Time to stop being a martyr to grit.

Fielding the many invasive questions of my online tax prep service.

How do you compare yourself with one of the most famous women in the world?

In a cluttered world of boutique fitness studios and high-end gear, Guillermo Piñeda Morales reminds us that we don’t need much to be our best.

I’ve been one of Nike’s most widely marketed athletes. If I can’t secure maternity protections, who can?

Four of the top seven finishers in the women’s race were American, including last year’s winner — Shalane Flanagan — in third place.

The 34-year-old ran away from the field before the midway point and was never challenged. Ghirmay Ghebreslassie, 20, won the men’s race, becoming the youngest winner ever.

While most countries determine their Olympic running teams through a committee, U.S.A. Track & Field chooses its team solely through the top three finishers of the Olympic marathon trials.

Peter Ciaccia, who will assume Mary Wittenberg’s marathon duties, has a recreational running background and an event producer’s mentality, and will focus on the experience of the race.

While reporting on the first beer mile world championships, Lindsay Crouse found serious athletes gleefully recounting strategies that included stomach stretching and chugging time trials.

More than 150 runners will compete on Wednesday in Austin, Tex., in the beer mile world championships, which combine sprinting with chugging beers, one before each quarter-mile.