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Monday, 1/7/19

Most gruesome NFL injury of the year

Try to Keep Up With Australia’s Fastest 92-Year-Old Woman

Just do nothing

Understanding Speed and Velocity

Weekend, 1/5-6/19

No. 1 son climbed Castle Crags

Jen A. Miller/NYT: Running

90 year old cyclist fails drug test

2018 Was the Best Year in Human History

Friday, 1/4/19

National Geographic: Best photos of 2018

Dr. Jack Daniels on the treadmill downhill. Because it’s often cold and rainy, I’m on the treadmill more often. Tried doing downhill 400s at 2%. About 35 minutes worth. Kinda fun and safe.

Recent reads I liked:

Never Missed

John Marshall: The Man Who Made the Supreme Court

Gentleman Revolutionary: Gouverneur Morris, the Rake Who Wrote the Constitution

Rules of Civility

What Would the Founders Do?: Our Questions, Their Answers

Where the Sea Breaks Its Back: The Epic Story – Georg Steller & the Russian Exploration of AK …Steller was the first Caucasian to step foot in Alaska. …Namesake of perhaps my favorite bird, Steller’s Jay. A lovely bird with attitude.

Past Tense …Mint condition. First edition. Autographed. $14. And then spilled coffee on it.

The Patch

Why Calendars are More Effective Than To Do Lists. On your resolve to lose weight, or other such worthy (maybe even life saving) goals, try short interim target dates, with a pass or fail grade on each date.

More Concept 2 stuff. On 12/23 I reported a 10:13 for the 2000m row. Today I did 9:53. Damper set on 3 and was below 2:30 per 500m pace on most strokes, and then kicked hard the last two minutes. Still had juice at the end. It’s fun. Really.

Thursday, 1/3/19

When Will The 2-Hour Marathon Mark Tumble?

Solutions

Party tricks and naked writing: the eccentric life of Victor Hugo …You really must read Les Misérables. It’s about 1300 pages. Includes 80 page essays on this and that. Skip ’em! (You won’t be tested on them.) It’s one helluva great novel. Unforgettable characters and story.

Introducing Santa Clarita Track & Field

Happy New Year

Imagine what we could do with our money, and hours, if we set our phones aside for a year. In Search of Lost Screen Time. Imagine people walking in the neighborhood. Even every day.

Eric Schranz: My First Year of Not Drinking Alcohol Was Weird

At our house, for the next 90 days, no naughty food or drink.

Last night we saw H.M.S. Pinafore. My first Gilbert & Sullivan. Loved it. …My lady was educated in private Quaker schools. Every other year, the 6th grade class put on a Gilbert & Sullivan operetta. Acting and singing the whole thing. …He is an Englishman

2019 January OTC Newsletter