A hollow victory is more fun than a respectable walloping

The Doc muses on the transferable skills of a bike racer

Colombian climber Julián Arredondo was never one to do anything by halves: ‘I was mixing drugs with alcohol and women. I took a little bit of everything, but it never filled this deep emptiness I had

Taking on rides of hundreds of kilometres, Audax is a true test of endurance and resilience. India Paine meets four women helping to reshape a male-dominated discipline

Dr Hutch isn’t a hoarder, but if you saw all his old kit, there’d be questions

Runners may take the records and the race wins, but support crews are vital to their success. Here we salute the teams behind the scenes that make the extraordinary possible, and explore the complex art of crewing