Monthly Archives: April 2018

Eleanor Fulton, “a card-carrying Nervous Person,” on Pre-Race Anxiety and Why it Doesn’t Matter William Blake in Doc Martens. Totally kick-ass. Will Mt. SAC, Eugene, or Sacramento host the 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials? Scientific American on dog farting. Possibly all … Continue reading →

Andrew Wheating, The Coach To avoid back pain, lift heavy things. Brad Stulberg: The Case For Not Changing a Thing How to Enhance Performance on Competition Day Ryan Holiday’s 42 Books That Will Make You A Better Person (Each Described … Continue reading →

She Used Bananas for Axle Grease and Elephant Fat for Motor Oil Coach suspended for holding a voluntary track and field practice on a snow day Tracktown Tuesday recap. OK, but fails to reflect on the spirit and warmth and … Continue reading →

Alex Hutchinson: Best Way to Pace a Marathon A Woman’s Struggle With the Fear of Camping Alone Perhaps you need a Palatial Mountain Getaway Are You Serious or Curious? Scientific American: Resisting Technology, Appalachian Style Concern Yourself With Running Well. … Continue reading →

Week That Was In Praise of Bernard Lagat Finally! Clothes washing mystery solved by physicists. …What is your surfactant gradient? Bananas beat sport drinks A Runner’s Mysterious Illness, With Her Dad at Her Side Video: When Mountains Speak Rupp is … Continue reading →

E-Bikes: Dorkmobiles or Saviors of the Universe? Q&A With Gwen Jorgensen on Her Move to Marathoning When 26.2 miles just isn’t enough. Biggest plus about ultras, in my view, is that it gets you into the mountains. the morning shakeout … Continue reading →

How Nike dominated Oregon high schools in one fell swoosh. …Any concerns about that? Allie O. talks about her “pool party” and about always moving forward. Here “Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There … Continue reading →