Friday, 2/9/18

Old Finnish Joke: A Finnish introvert looks at his shoes when he talks to you, and a Finnish extrovert looks at your shoes.

Q&A with Stephen Haas, Cheserek’s Coach. Tonight Ches will try to become the fourth man to break 3:50 in the mile indoors. …And tomorrow he races the 3000? Details.

How New Zealand made Edmund Hillary, the man who conquered Everest

Alex Hutchinson: The New Science of Training Your Gut

In praise of slow thinking in the internet age

American adults who believed that they were less active than their peers died younger than those who believed they were more active — even if their actual activity levels were similar, research shows. Study. In my day, when misbehaving I’d be instructed to “take a lap.” …Now I have a Fitbit Charge 2. Throughout the day it will buzz me, albeit discretely, usually unnoticed, if I haven’t taken 250 steps in the past hour.