Toxic masculinity?

Like we’ve never seen him before. Galen Rupp

Supershoes …Got an early version of the Vaporfly. On the first outing I reduced my 5K time by 40 seconds. …The sales guy, a Nike employee. told me in confidence that the Vaporfly magic dissipates after 100 miles.  That and the dissipation of old age makes racing prospects a bit grim.

Why Did American Kids Stop Walking to School?

Extreme Gamers? You/anyone you know or love?

I nominate John Colter for runner of the year in 1808. …Read

The Principles Of Pot

OMG: Chicago marathon adds nonbinary division

Books enjoyed in September. Five favorites with astericks.

The Sex Lives of Cannibals by J. Maarten Troost
The Old Limey by H.W. Crocker III
The Convict and other stories by James Lee Burke
Our Story Begins by Tobias Wolff
The Geography of Genius by Eric Weiner*
God On The Starting Line by Marc Bloom
How We Die by Sherwin B. Nuland, M.D.
Intellectuals by Paul Johnson*
The Renaissance by Paul Johnson
Back In The World by Tobias Wolff
The Barracks Thief by Tobias Wolff
The Sinner’s Grand Tour by Tony Perrottet
The Twilight World by Werner Herzog
The Heir by Vita Sackville-West
Route 22 A.D. by Tony Perrottet*
Racing The Clock by Bernd Heinrich
The Human Comedy: Selected Stories by Honore De Balzac
Droll Stories by Honore de Balzac
Amazing Racers by Marc Bloom*
Mark Twain On The Dammed Human Race edited by Janet Smith
Your Guide To Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village by M. Johnson & J. Cooper*

Before the pandemic, about 36 percent of 5- to 11-year-olds were considered overweight or obese; during the pandemic, that increased to 45.7 percent. …Read

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