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Weekend, 2/23-24/19

The Busier You Are, the More You Need Quiet Time

Going it alone: What drives solo endurance athletes?

Jen A. Miller/NYT: Running. With great links.

In Eugene, and probably your town too, the Indoor Championships will be televised on Saturday at 3:30 PM on NBCSN, at 1 PM on Sunday. …Results.

Perhaps the next (even better?) Ajee Wilson. Athing Mu …5-10, 124, DOB 6/8/2002

Athing Mu wins, new American record. Results.

Friday, 2/22/19

USA Indoor Track & Field Championship preview.Schedule and TV information

It’s time to let Vin Lananna lead

Thursday, 2/21/19

The USATF Indoor Track & Field Championships will be this weekend. Details. …On Saturday the USATF Board of Directors will meet in a secure bunker. The fate of Vin Lananna, their President on leave for the past 12 months, will be discussed. It’s believed they will have a meeting with Vin on Sunday, almost certainly not one involving prayer or joking around.

Video: Ingebrigtsen sets World Junior Record & defeats WR Holder Tefera

The Library Book. When working or living in the area, I used to hang out there. Recommended.

How to travel to India.

A Neuroscientist Explores The Biology Of Addiction In ‘Never Enough’

Gymnastics then and now

Wednesday, 2/20/19

Tefera races today in Dusselldorf. Only 19 years old. …Entire meet on free live stream.

100 year avalanche on Mt. Shasta. …No. 1 son lives at 3600′ in Mt. Shasta City.

Tuesday, 2/19/19

the morning shakeout

What’s Best for Weight Loss: Sprints, HIIT, or Steady-State Running? …Actually, it’s avoiding booze, sugar, and other naughty stuff.

Like: Colorized Photos Bring Walt Whitman, Charlie Chaplin, Helen Keller & Mark Twain Back to Life

Monday, 2/18/19

Row, row, row for fun and fitness. …Yes, it’s an awesome workout from head to toe. You can measure your efficiency and effort on every stroke. My PR is 9:51 for 2000m.

Video: NCAA All-time great, Porsha Lucas at 10.3 m/s (23.0 mph)

Scientific American: Does Eating Organic Reduce Cancer Risk?

We run, not because we think it is doing us good, but because we enjoy it and cannot help ourselves. ~Sir Roger Bannister

Weekend, 2/16-17/19

New indoor world record. In an upset. Men’s 1500. Results. …It was 3:31.18, set by Hicham El Guerrouj in 2/01/97. …More.

Declutter your mind. …AKA time management.

Breaking news from JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Associations, publishing since 1883): Push ups or die.

Ready for some digital hygiene?

Jen A. Miller/NYT: Running. Follow the links.

Tracktown Fitness warm up drills video

50 photos from 50 years ago.

Indoor 1500 meters world record video

About a week ago, Yomif Kejelcha ran a 3:48.46 in the Wanamaker Mile, fastest mile indoors or outdoors in five years. Shortly after, when the meet ended, coach Alberto Salazar had him doing a workout. Attend.

Cross Country, best sport on the planet, since 1819. …Yes, I suppose a case could be made for boys and girls chasing each other.

Friday, 2/15/19

40 y/o Anthony Famiglietti runs a 3:59 mile with his dog

Runner details how he strangled a mountain lion to death. Here.

Near the summit of Spencer Butte. Overlooking downtown Eugene. A three mile, unrelenting climb to the top. A favorite place to run.

Eight life lessons from Shalane Flanagan

Jordan Peterson on Marriage, Depression, Exodus, and More …Read 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

Oliver Sachs, the neurologist, on steam engines, smartphones, and fearing the future.

Thursday, 2/14/19

Vin Lananna to File Grievance Over His Removal as USATF President

I have forgotten how to read

Time for Happiness

Aging Athletics

Wednesday, 2/13/19

Week That Was

Sports Drinks Are Overhyped. But They Work. Though sugared water might work just as well.

More Alex. Ice baths, cryosaunas, sleep trackers: If it feels good, should you do it?

What is right is more important than who is right. ~John Wooden

Major study indicates smoking pot in your teens is linked to depression in later life. Pot is legal in Oregon. In Eugene there are probably more pot stores than gas stations.