Monthly Archives: December 2019

2020 January Oregon Track Club Newsletter …Includes our Q&A with Bob Welch and a book review.

Best? Kenyan. Attend St. Patrick’s High School Extreme Aging

Why Writing Better Will Make You a Better Person

Dave Barry’s Year in Review

In May of 2019, at the age of 52, I was accepted to the Eli Whitney student program at Yale University… My semester with the snowflakes

Work on these things …Marginal Revolution is one of my go-to sites.

Are You a Jerk?

A book by John Brant 245 pages, published by Ballantine Books Julius Achon, 12, in strife-torn Uganda, is kidnapped with 14 others by a rebel band He escapes. He self-coaches to a full scholarship in the best prep school. At … Continue reading →

Breaking news from the British Journal of Sports Medicine: Any Amount Of Running Linked To Significantly Lower Risk Of Death Roger Robinson: Peter Snell He was awesome. I saw him race in 1962.

Grit; The Power of Passion and Perseverance A book by Angela Duckworth, 282 pages, published by Scribner, 2016 Grit is a contemporary classic, a must read for parents, teachers, athletes and others with a passion for improvement in themselves and … Continue reading →