Monthly Archives: March 2019

Tuesday, 3/19/19

Top American Pros and Coaches React to USATF’s New Olympic Qualification Process 95 year-old embarks on second cross country run. Don’t be a fool. Read: Good to Go: What the Athlete in All of Us Can Learn from the Strange … Continue reading

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Monday, 3/18/19

Video: Pedaling Across Continents AKA Lawn Mower Parenting Another way. From charcoal dealer to world-class half-marathoner, Kenyan Joan Chelimo is reinventing herself again The Communist Party is top dog in the Chinese App Store. Something the entire family can use. … Continue reading

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Weekend, 3/16-17/19

Utter madness: USATF WILL NOT Honor Top-Three Finish at The US Olympic Trials Unless You Have The Standard More madness. From Scientific American. Can Cannabis Solve the Opioid Crisis? Jen A. Miller/NYT: How to Feed a Runner Guide. …And links. … Continue reading

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Friday, 3/15/19

2019 OTC Monthly Race results. Don was second oldest in the race, second in age group. Classic Cheapies. …About decent and inexpensive wine. Layne Witherell was in my 1966 Navy boot camp company. Friends ever since. We will celebrate our … Continue reading

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Thursday, 3/14/19

Pearls Before Breakfast …Seven years later at Washington’s Union Station. Exercise vs. Drugs to Treat High Blood Pressure and Reduce Fat Athing Mu, only 16, on recording the second-fastest indoor 600m time in history Alex Hutchinson’s Q&A with Brad Stulberg … Continue reading

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Wednesday, 3/13/19

These Concerts Are for Very Lucky Hikers Only Is breakfast the most important meal of the day? Einstein didn’t have a smart phone

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Tuesday, 3/12/19

the morning shakeout It’s Complicated: Athlete Relationships with Social Media. Fascinating. And disturbing. Why Do New Yorkers Walk So Fast? And drive like maniacs? So let me tellya, having lived and worked there for 2.5 years in the early 70s. … Continue reading

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Monday, 3/11/19

Athing Mu defeated by high school freshman. Story Remembering Dan Jenkins, the Most Influential Sportswriter Ever. And funniest. The Amazing Franz Kafka Workout. …Only 15 minutes a day. Naked, of course.

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Weekend, 3/9-10/19

Jen A. Miller/NYT: Slow Enough to Be a Sponsored Runner. …And other good links. Must read: Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked. …What are your addictions? …One of the possible cures he mentions … Continue reading

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Friday, 3/8/19

How Muscle Memory Works What the Wright Brothers Can Teach Us About Coaching.

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