navigationWhy alcohol after sport and exercise is a bad idea
Just in from 1656: How to Have a Healthy Summer
National Geographic: How Technology and Smarts Help Athletes Push the Limits
Why alcohol after sport and exercise is a bad idea
Just in from 1656: How to Have a Healthy Summer
National Geographic: How Technology and Smarts Help Athletes Push the Limits
You’re Faster with Friends, Even Uphill
More on the 98 year old guy who raced at Mount Washington, George Etzweiler. …More.
OMG: What Happens When You Leave Cell Service Behind?
Nice account by Eric Schranz on Sunny, his eight year old daughter, and her first 10K. …Kelley, her grandmother, and Kristen, her aunt, are terrific runners as well.
How to watch, get results on the USA Track & Field Championships
Why You Should Slack Off To Get Some Work Done. …Read
Lotsa good stuff from Ken Goe.
NYT: The Dangers of Belly Fat. If your waist measures 35 or more inches for women or 40 or more inches for men…
Science: Guess Which Place Is The Psychopath Capital of The US? …California is No. 3.
Can’t Do the 7-Minute Workout? Neither Can I. …It all counts.
“I’m Far From Perfecting The Race,” Says Michael Norman
98-Year-Old Conquers Mount Washington Road Race
Alex Hutchinson: Putting Napping to the Test
24 hour ultra at Dunkin’ Donuts. …From ’71 to ’73, Don had an apartment about a half mile from that location.
A walk with Gary Cantrell, creator and director of The Barkley Marathons, The Race That Eats Its Young
Ultrawomen. Badasses from yore.
Yikes: A ‘Just Say No’ Dad’s Struggle in the Land of ‘Just Say Yes’
Jonathon Marcus: Declare Victory
Steve Magness: The Placebo Response
What’s the deal with Hayward Field? …Len Johnson is a track writer in Australia. …Iconic, for sure, and yet accessible. Ten years ago, my love and I went there for the first time. It was open and we jogged a few laps even as Vin Lananna, the UO head coach, was talking to his runners at track side.
Jen A. Miller/NYT: Your First Marathon Training Cycle, and more
Brad Stulberg: Eating Disorders, Divorces, Risks of Really Going For Something, and Millennials
Jonathon Marcus: If You Want Success, Figure Out the Price
Funny/sorta naughty Father’s Day story. …More. …Halpern’s dad has a book.
Alex Hutchinson: The Art of Pacing Is More Complicated Than You Think
The original ‘Men of Oregon’ take a lap along memory lane
Abby Wambach, soccer champion, equal pay/LGBTQ activist, and badass extraordinaire: Failure is fuel.
Dipsea: A Trail Race Where ‘You’re Either the Hunter or the Hunted’
Pretty good movie about Dipsea. Trailer: On The Edge
Exercise vs. Standing? You Probably Need to Do Both
The Week That Was. …Mariah Castillo is mentioned.
What Happens to Your Body When You Climb Everest
Steve Magness: The Myth of the Non-Responder
How Long Do We Let Them Fail? …50% of California Kids Can’t Read …More
Semi-Rad: 20 things that take longer than the Caldwell, Honnold ascent of The Nose
Study: One in three Americans take meds with depressive side effects
Exercise is the best antioxidant
The Last Days of Stealhead Joe
Exercise is Medicine. I run on a treadmill at the gym. My view, if not a Kindle, is a pool wherein we often see an exercise class for oldsters, mostly fat and female. The fat old boys are bs-ing with weights, but more likely watching TV at home or dead. Same deal closer to home. Our street dead ends at a Willamette River trail head. 80% of the senior walkers are female. Fit and fat is better than dead.
Video: An Ode to the Radical Restoration That Is Wild Swimming