Russia Faces Track and Field Expulsion Over Doping Denials

New world record in Dubai. Watch

Bannister: Everest on the Track. Watch

Enough with the Podium Girls Already. OK. But most ladies I know spend way-more time than guys to look their very best. And dare I say, most fetching? Burkas anyone?

Steve Magness: Running Mechanics: Are you optimizing for efficiency or power? …Vin Lananna and Ian Dobson (Vin coached Ian at Stanford) on efficiency: Run tall. Butt in. Land on mid foot. Arm swing straight ahead, wrist to waist. Every motion straight ahead. During practice at Stanford, Vin prowled the track, watching like hawk, whispering form admonitions.

Swimmer, 99, ‘breaks world record’ in Australia. Looks great, eh? …Today I’m interviewing Colleen Milliman. Now 91, she started her running and racing career at age 90.

Why Runners Need Strong Arms

It’s official. UO Football Trumps World (and sport of) Track & Field

Today in Facebook.

Five of America’s Great Milers Remember Sir Roger Bannister

the morning shakeout

Jane Brody’s Personal Secrets to Lasting Weight Loss

Alex Hutchinson: What We Can Learn from Roger Bannister

Ultra Running Through China’s ‘Beastly’ Mountains

Enough with the Helmet Shaming Already. …Ditto for fat shaming and all the other stuff we do to put down others not at our level of perfection.

His first summer job was changing sprinkler pipes, seven days a week, in the vast grazing pastures and alfalfa fields nearby… David Ribich shows that no place is ‘too small’ to succeed.

Roger Robinson on Roger Bannister. …Yes, I admired the fellow. Before the present Rufus, our last cat was named Roger.

Is it wrong to be blunt about obesity?

How Your Brief High School Track/XC Career Can Change Your Life Forever

Phogging? Try it. You’ll feel better about yourself and your town.

The performance enhancing effects of Tylenol. It’s legal. But is it moral? What would you think about your coach if he/she suggested you take it before a race?

ONLY RUNNERS CAN SAVE THE WORLD!!!!

How Pro Runner Katie Mackey Got Out of Her Head

Your Outdoor Pursuits Make You Better at Your Job

Why We Ride

Good reads on Christian Coleman and Chris O’Hare, with his Oklahoma posse, coached by Terrence Mahon

NYT Running: Beachy Keen Runs, Weighted Blankets and 8,000 Calories

Trevor Habberstad Invitational results

Skyler Mikesell, an All American runner at Masters University, was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident. Help Skyler Pay His Medical Bills

Roger Bannister, RIP

Do read the Bannister autobiography. Twin Tracks. Such a superlatively productive life after his brief track career, while a leading neurologist, he kept taking on unpaid assignments and duties because no else was equipped to do them so well. A great family man, thinker, writer, leader, moral authority…

Snow day yesterday at No. 1 son’s place in Mt. Shasta City. …Can you see the cat?

Raw Dorsey High Schooler Jumps 7 Feet

Dick Fosbury chosen for National High School Hall of Fame. Finally. …Watch.

The secrets of the 40 yard dash. Has your favorite cross country team lost because one finisher didn’t finish with their best possible effort? Did the team coach, or someone, coach the finishing kick?

Bob Coomber Wants to Cross the Sierra in a Wheelchair. …Must see video.

In my whole life, I have known no wise people (over a broad subject matter area) who didn’t read all the time — none, zero. You’d be amazed how much Warren (Buffett) reads – and at how much I read. My children laugh at me. They think I’m a book with a couple of legs sticking out. ~Charlie Munger

Steve Magness: Recommended Reads.

Coach Vern Gambetta recommends

Gene Blankenship owns 1500 books on running.

Steve Martin & Robin Williams Riff on Math, Physics, Einstein & Picasso

Turkey at the Eugene Whole Foods Market

No One Wins When the FBI Doubles as the NCAA’s Enforcement Arm

The Scientific Case for a Big Breakfast

Winter Olympics. Too Much?

March, 2018 Oregon Track Club Newsletter

World Indoor schedule and results

Gangster turkeys overwhelm Eugene

Two years ago today at a park down by the river in Eugene, OR. Photo. Live chickens in the cage on the top of the bus.