Monthly Archives: October 2018

Hey. Take a Hike. With people you love. Often. Malcolm Gladwell and Alex Hutchinson explore the benefits of enduring pain. …they (elites) didn’t know whether they would be able to instruct their children in the joys of suffering. Gwen Jorgensen … Continue reading →

“Sorry, but I won the Boston Marathon,” Yuki Kawauchi told his boss. “Is it possible to have another day off?” Must Read. Alex Hutchinson: How dopey is ultramarathoning?

Cross Country is also… We Slow as We Age, but May Not Need to Slow Too Much Hayward Field rounds a corner The Total Reinvention of Gwen Jorgensen Will Galen Rupp beat the American Record in Chicago? After security at … Continue reading →

Cross Country is… Week That Was Steve Magness: The Simple Principle of Training Extreme Athleticism Is the New Midlife Crisis Are You a Lawnmower Parent? 1 in 3 US adults eat fast food each day. More surprising, higher-income families ate … Continue reading →

As if you needed reasons. Coffee up!!! And a flu shot. 80,000 Americans died of flu last winter. Cross country is a metaphor for life Alex Hutchinson urges us to paddle or row. …Before the treadmill, I warm up on … Continue reading →

Why Is Jakob Ingebrigtsen So Good? Brad Stulberg on fake strength