Video: Running Trails in Eugene, Oregon …We live three houses from an entry to the Ruth Bascom Riverbank Trail.

Pre Can’t Be Stopped

How Eugene Became “The Track Capital Of The World”

Butte to Butte 5K results.  In the thrilling 75-79 male competition, friend Les Castle kicked by in the last 25 yards, Don 40 seconds slower than age group record set in 2021.

Our friend Collleen Milliman, 95, won her age group, set record with a 51:43. She ran smiling the whole way. …Recently, she set a world record in the mile. Watch.

Tethered to, always on your gizmo? Get a life!

Books read in June. Five favorites with astericks.

There’s No Basketball on Mars by Craig Leener*
Gratitude by Oliver Sacks
South And West by Joan Didion
Flowers For Algernon by Daniel Keyes*
The Power of Regret by Daniel H. Pink
The Dip by Seth Godin
The Minimalist Home by Joshua Becker
Outwitting Squirrels by Bill Adler, Jr.
Track Town, USA by Kenny Moore*
Knife Fights by Lt. Col. John A. Nagl (Ret.)
Read On…Life Stories by Rosalind Reisner
The Social Animal by David Brooks
26.2 Marathon Stories by Katherine Switzer and Roger Robinson
The Final Case by David Guterson
Admissions: Life as a Brain Surgeon by Henry Marsh
Chasing Summits by Garry Harrington
From Strength to Strength by Arthur C. Brooks*
Smarter Faster Better by Charles Duhigg
Now Go Out There (and get curious) by Mary Karr
Running To The Edge by Matthew Futterman
Lemay: The Life and Wars of General Curtis Lemay by Warren Kozak*
Over the Edge of the World: Magellan’s Terrifying… by Laurence Bergreen

How would you like to see Kipchoge and the rest of the best six times in one marathon? The World Athletics Championships will be on a three loop course in Eugene-Springfield, and you can position yourself to conveniently see the the pack twice on each loop. Here.

Weed users nearly 25% more likely to need emergency care and hospitalization

Harvard Medical School: Pot makes you stupid. Way more potent than in the past.

Bill Walton sez, Hello, World. Meet Oregon!