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 Tries to Solve the Marathon

Jen A. Miller/NYT: Pre-Race Day Jitters And more.

Mo wins. Chicago Marathon results.

Joan Benoit Samuelson Talks Emotional Finish With Daughter …Joan, 61, finished in 3:12:13, while daughter Abby finished in 3:11:20. …BTW, the weather was lousy. Warm. Rain. Wind. …Even with that, Rupp was only 43 seconds off the American Record.

“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?

Learning from native people.

The Man Who Paddled a Kayak From Germany to Australia

Ken Goe has the inside story on Galen Rupp. …Inside because Salazar and Rupp will return his calls.

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 Milwaukee airport. Here. Where you put yourself together again.

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 fast food more often than lower-income families. The corollary is that lower-income families are smarter.

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 a Concept-2. Nine minutes = mile.

Why Is Jakob Ingebrigtsen So Good?

Brad Stulberg on fake strength