Author Archives: Don McLean

Just in. My Conversation with Alexander the Grate

Why are women winning ultramarathons outright? Read

The invisible addiction: is it time to give up caffeine?

Good books read since previous lists on 12/20/20 and 1/24/21. What am I missing? The Private Life of Chairman Mao by Dr. Li Zhisui Becoming Madame Mao by Anchee Min A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell The Obesity … Continue reading →

An Olympic Athlete Speaks Out on the Participation of Transgender Athletes in Women’s Sports In Praise of Peeing Outside

About Haruki Murakami, runner and a favorite contemporary novelist, here.

Oregon Track Club Newsletter, July-2021 …Includes our Q&A with super volunteer Jill Mestler. The incredible, super, amazing, thrilling Olympic Track & Field Trials Karsten Warholm breaks 29-year men’s 400m hurdles world record

A $270-million spaceship in remote Eugene is not how to grow track and field in America …Uh, Abrahamson lives in Los Angeles.

We’ve attended the Olympic Trials. The new Hayward Field is stupendous. Mostly thanks to money from Phil Knight. But then there is this. …Business is just business?

Last night we raced Pre’s Trail Revival Run, second oldest of 197 finishers. Results. …Linda Prefontaine, Pre’s younger sister, made some, uh, pre race remarks. Pre’s Trail video.