Jamaica's most decorated female athlete, Veronica Campbell-Brown, is now a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador. Goodwill ambassadors are celebrity advocates of UNESCO who use their talent or fame to spread the organisation's ideals, especially attracting media attention. Read More »


Tom Wilhelm really doesn’t think that how far and how often he runs is very interesting.

“I’m not an elite runner,” the 49-year-old Napa man said. “I’m not a religious runner. Like, I don’t get bent out of shape if I miss a day or two of running.” Read More »


AS THOUSANDS RUN the Marine Corps. Marathon this weekend, the rest of us — briefly — will probably feel bad about being couch potatoes who lack that special motivation to pant those 26.2 miles. (We're not even going near those doing the whole thing barefoot.) We schlubs need some inspiration, no? N Read More »