Molly Huddle and the Perks of Running Dangerously

You’re Never Too Old to Train at Intensity

Steve Magness: 8 Rules to Do Everything Better + Don’t Skip Steps

IAAF Visit To Oregon Leaves Unanswered Questions

The chocolate science hype machine

Motivation is Overrated

How to Survive 75 Hours Alone in the Ocean

Why we need a coach. Most injuries are due to stupidity.

Just rinse and spit. Swallowing salt water at mile 24 worked for me. The boost was almost immediate.

Our Best Hope for Civil Discourse Online Is on … Reddit. …Is it possible you’re wrong, and just don’t know enough to have a belief on this or that?

Celebrate Winter With These Traditions

Ditch the mouthwash?

the morning shakeout

Deadly flu now considered epidemic

Ways to avoid getting sick

Brad Stulberg: Calm Determination

Higher Education Is Drowning in BS

The shaming of jaywalking
…Ever play touch football in the street? It was considered normal back when. My last game was in 1975.

Ray Bradbury said Fahrenheit 451 was about people “being turned into morons by TV.”

When the Lung Cancer Patient Climbs Mountains. …21,247-foot Mera Peak in Nepal.

Still Not Convinced You Need a Flu Shot? First, It’s Not All About You

Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?

How Walking Fosters Creativity

Video: How to Train Like Kilian Jornet

How Quickly Do You Lose Fitness When You Stop Running?

The Trans Am had never been won by a woman… Read.

Eat, Then Sleep (A Radical New Injury-Prevention Plan)

Why We Need Quiet Spaces

The darkest, quietest and cleanest places left on Earth

Best Diets Overall

A Millennial Job Interview

NYT: Are You Really a Runner? And more.

Master’s University Winter 5K results

Last night in Seattle, UW Indoor Preview results. Hart and UCLA alum Austin O’Neill goes 8:02.70 in the 3000.

Keep Our Mountains Free. And Dangerous.

Brad Stulberg: 8 Rules to Do Everything Better

Raevyn Rogers, NCAA 800 Champ, turns pro. Note the discipline and assistance to the D1 scholarship athlete. It’s required from every such athlete, and especially so in the first two years. At UO, first year, you sit with your tutor (usually a grad student) 12-15 hours a week (I forget the actual number).

Video: Sprint mechanics for distance runners. Imagine how much better we could be with Steve Magness doing the same for us, with a program to force us to correct our weaknesses. …That would make us faster and reduce chances of injury.

More In-Real Life Community + The First Step to Expertise

Improving Ourselves to Death

Read du jour: Peter Snell, Three Time Olympic Gold Medalist in the 800 and 1500. An early idol.

Should male and female cross country races be the same distance? The answer, of course, is yes.

Do speed. You lose speed as you age. So why not work to retain as much as you can?

Steve Magness: How to Deal with Pain and Suffering: The Calm Conversation

We must undergo a hard winter training and not rush into things for which we haven’t prepared. ~ Epictetus

Oprah

Ooh la la. Dining as Nature Intended

Three Japanese soccer elites vs 100 school children. Video.

7 Tips for Reading More Books in a Year …Most tips I get on books come from old ladies.

Semi-Rad: I Must Have My Coffee First Thing in the Morning

Just Eat More Fiber

Women Writing About the Wild

U.S. Army elite does 10 X 800, 2 minute rest interval. Video. Shouldn’t we be doing something like that?

Did you get a flu shot? Consider.

Virtual reality gyms

Looking for a Winter Challenge? PR the Mile

the morning shakeout

Why Are Improvements from Training Different Among Athletes?

Dance Me to the End of Love. The lessons of age, pain, and injury.

Just finished: The Midnight Line. 512 pages in 24 hours. Now reading My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry. Hilarious. Next up: Robicheaux