To the 25,000 Strava athletes who took the survey and shared their whys: this project wouldn’t have been possible without you. Thank you and we’ll see you out there on the roads and trails!

Special thanks to our advisory panel of athletes: Mirna Valerio, Martin Yelling, Mary Kate Callahan and Megan Roche, and to white paper author, Blair Evans, Ph.D., Asst. Professor of Kinesiology, Penn State University. To the 24 runners who opened their homes and agreed to be interviewed while running, we're grateful to each of you for your insights, sweat and sense of humor. Our hope is this project inspires many more people to love-hate (but really love) this crazy thing we do.

Why We Run was created in partnership with BAMM, Polygraph, and Imprint Projects.