We Run the World
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We Run the World

A runner, a place, a distance, and what the run meant.

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798 runners · 1,007 runs · 14,051 miles

We Run the World is a public record of stories.

Interesting people around the world who use the practice of running to inspire their purpose and become a cultural center of gravity.

A social experiment by the Modern Athlete, intersecting culture, purpose, and geography to share those stories.

People who run the world, could run the world.

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Featured run — August 26, 2026

venice beach

1.00 mi

Did a run on the boardwalk of Venice Beach near Rose Avenue

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the map

71 cities mapped. Tap a pin to explore runs there.

Paris — 16 runsLagos — 14 runsHouston — 15 runsSan Francisco — 15 runsNew York — 16 runsNairobi — 14 runsLondon — 14 runsAtlanta — 15 runsMiami — 15 runsKansas City — 16 runsAustin — 15 runsMarrakesh — 14 runsVienna — 14 runsShanghai — 14 runsRio de Janeiro — 14 runsNashville — 14 runsPortland — 15 runsBeijing — 14 runsAthens — 14 runsVenice Beach — 1 runNew Orleans — 15 runsPhoenix — 15 runsHong Kong — 14 runsSeattle — 15 runsIstanbul — 14 runsAuckland — 14 runsDelhi — 14 runsDenver — 15 runsPrague — 14 runsChicago — 15 runsBuenos Aires — 14 runsMinneapolis — 15 runsLos Angeles — 15 runsOslo — 14 runsMumbai — 14 runsMadrid — 14 runsCairo — 14 runsSeoul — 14 runsDetroit — 15 runsAccra — 14 runsTel Aviv — 14 runsSao Paulo — 14 runsMexico City — 14 runsZagreb — 14 runsCape Town — 14 runsCopenhagen — 14 runsBarcelona — 14 runsSingapore — 14 runsWashington — 15 runsMelbourne — 14 runsStockholm — 14 runsBangkok — 14 runsBudapest — 14 runsToronto — 14 runsAmsterdam — 14 runsBoston — 16 runsPhiladelphia — 15 runsLisbon — 14 runsBerlin — 14 runsOsaka — 14 runsDublin — 14 runsMilan — 14 runsZurich — 14 runsDubai — 14 runsVancouver — 14 runsSydney — 14 runsTokyo — 14 runsRome — 14 runsJohannesburg — 14 runsWarsaw — 14 runsBelgrade — 16 runs

the log

1.00 mi

, United States

1.00 mi

Paul Juarez running in Sao Paulo

, Brazil

23.78 mi

Hana Gonzalez running in Milan

, Italy

4.67 mi

Shane Bell running in Lisbon

, Portugal

8.30 mi

Rohan Kumar running in San Francisco

, United States

13.42 mi

Hassan Williams running in Osaka

, Japan

13.93 mi

Nina Cruz running in Lagos

, Nigeria

2.38 mi

Cruz Tran running in Melbourne

, Australia

10.66 mi

Jo Meyer running in Cairo

, Egypt

13.09 mi

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