Author Archives: Don McLean

Breakfast yesterday with Lance Deal, Olympic silver medalist, American record holder in the hammer for the past 22 years. We’re working on a Q&A. Fun guy. NYT: Sitting for More Than 13 Hours a Day May Sabotage the Benefits of … Continue reading →

Stulberg/Magness: Shalane Flanagan and the Power of Going All In. An excerpt from The Passion Paradox. Are You Overdosing on Caffeine? How Adventure Athletes Deal With Fear The Case for Nothing

How to Write Email with Military Precision Dietary supplements do not help you live longer…

OTC Elite heads to Flagstaff for altitude training. Apparently, they live high and train high. Another view is to Live High, Train Low. …Galen Rupp, in Portland, sleeps high (in a thin oxygen tent) and trains low. LAT: The bizarre … Continue reading →

We’re staying at the Prospect Hotel. Crater Lake is buried in snow (110 inches), but the plan is to go up there anyway and snowshoe as best and as close as we can. What Gives With So Many Hard Scientists … Continue reading →

Would life be better without alcohol? And healthier? About the parents indicted in the college admission scandal. They Had it Coming Read the whole thing. It’s like a Tom Wolfe novel. How to Become Great at Just About Anything Every … Continue reading →

NYT: The Heart of a Swimmer vs. the Heart of a Runner Are sports drinks sending us to an early grave? One in five people are eating themselves to an early death: Global study Please just go outside and play. … Continue reading →

Week That Was Q&A with Olympic Medalist (and Avid Naturalist) Lynn Jennings …Update with pardner Bernd Heinrich. What’s with Lauren Fleshman’s silence? She once camped out in Vin’s driveway when he was the athletic director at Oberlin College (2003-2005).

Mark Covert, 68, ran at least one mile every day for 45 years, the second longest retired streak in modern history, 149,653 miles, (159,651 career miles), or 66.8% of a run from Earth to the Moon. You can read our … Continue reading →

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez To Ask That A Tax On Distance Running Be Added To Green New Deal. And lots more. April Fool, n. The March fool with another month added to his folly. ~Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary The 5000m has … Continue reading →