Monthly Archives: June 2020

USATF Board Deals With Fallout From CEO’s Salary… A continuing train wreck. Leurene Hildenbrand stays active in multiple sports at age 84 …Even more so at 88. A profile in the June 28th Wall Street Journal has the details. She … Continue reading →

Confirmed cases and hospitalizations around the U.S. have already crept up to concerning levels as states and cities reopen. By July, most schools will have to make a final decision about holding athletics in the fall… Read.

Oregon Ducks’ decision not to report the number of athletes testing positive for coronavirus raises oversight concerns Ya think?

Reexamining the Mythology of the Tarahumara Runners Born to Run is a silly book. Ditto barefoot running and minimalist shoes. I started running barefoot, a 10th grader in 1961. We trained and raced barefoot. We rarely wore the crap shoes … Continue reading →

Gogol wrote a short story about a drunk who wakes up and finds a nose in his breakfast. Crazy, eh? Perhaps no more so than what we see in the news each morning. The Nose

Everesting Twice in one week!!! Read. Runners and hikers, how much elevation can you achieve in one month?

Original Gangsters of Running (Frank Shorter)

Crazy! Don’t know or care what side you’re on. Read. Concatenation Awesome form. Karsten Warholm Now three months ago, quarantined, some guy Rx’d Longmire. On Netflix. So I watched the first one, and the remaining 62 episodes. Crazy, I admit. … Continue reading →

65-Year-Old Ultrarunner Errol “The Rocket” Jones Is a Philosopher of Pain

The 6/11 5K cancelled. Doesn’t meet the governor’s rules. Damn. …Maybe next month. Just run with your feeling