4th of July, 2018

Main
Don McLean
July 4, 2018
0

Best wishes on your racing today.

Japan’s World Cup team cleaned their own locker room and left a thank you note after losing to Belgium

Forty-Five Things I Learned in the Gulag

A Short Talk With Legendary Nature Writer Ruth Kirk

Brad Stulberg writes: Consider making a “Bullshit List.” Take some time each month to write down all the stuff in your life that is bullshit—of little to no value. Then, commit to cutting all that bullshit. Might be hard at first, even cause angst. But over time saying “no” to dumb stuff is great.

Don’s results. Almost two minutes slower than last year. But happy notwithstanding. Still standing. Still racing.

From Santa Clarita. Independence Day Classic results.

Tuesday, 7/3/18

Main
Don McLean
July 3, 2018
0

the morning shakeout

Breaking news: The World Is Getting Better

About accepting responsibility. It’s not you, it’s me.

There Is Nothing More All-American Than the Veggie Burger

On fitness gizmos and technology.

Ross Tucker: The stark implications of today’s Chris Froome decision

Are you racing tomorrow? Hope so. If not, I’m guessing you once did every July 4th, as I did in Santa Clarita and now do in Eugene. Usually, it’s the same course year after year, same conditions, same competition. The key opportunity to judge your current fitness against people you know and have raced for years. Don’t wuss it, don’t miss it. …Lauren Fleshman agrees. …It’s not a grim or scary ordeal. Smile.

Conversation with Juan Pablo Villarino …world’s greatest hitchhiker. Tip of the day: Read Marginal Revolution daily.

Monday, 7/2/18

Main
Don McLean
July 2, 2018
0

Ken Goe: Saying goodbye for now

What One Woman Learned Trying to Run Across California

The Strange Brain of the World’s Greatest Solo Climber

Weekend, 6/30-7/1

Main
Don McLean
June 30, 2018
0

73 Year Old Sets Western States Record.

George Hood, 60, Sets World Record with 10-Hour-Long Plank

And then there is The shortcut crowd

There’s no limit to longevity

Neighbor calls cops on 12-year-old mowing lawn. There’s a good ending.

US vs. UK Youth Development: How to Train Successful Endurance Athletes. There might be a clue therein for the rest of us.

We liked Oregon’s Amazing Painted Hills

Jen A. Miller/NYT: The State of Running, etc. …Last year, 59 percent of road race finishers were women, up from 57 percent in 2016.

Idaho:

1. 80 MPH!!!
2. Republican
3. Religious. Lotsa Mormans.
4. Inexpensive. We stayed with wealthy, retired Medical Doctors. 5 bedroom, 3 bath house, Beverly Hills quality landscaping, in best neighborhood. Valued at $360,000.
5. It’s legal to ride in the back of a pick-up.

Dave Barry: Annapolis

Ken Goe on track’s decline.

Scientific American on strength training, soccer, and concussions.

Link to 2018 July OTC Newsletter. …Don in photo at Masters Tuesday night workout.

Highly recommended: Won’t Your Be My Neighbor?

Friday, 6/29/18

Main
Don McLean
June 28, 2018
0

Learning To Be Funny

How Long Can We Live? …We traveled a long way to meet a lovely lady, so funny and wise, and 105 years old. …She loves to read. An Art History major at Bryn Mawr, class of 1934, she gave me a tip on The Madonnas of Leningrad. We gifted her with Chernow’s Hamilton and McCullough’s The Greater Journey. …Curiously, our 105 year old friend was raised in Johnstown, PA. Her mother was a resident, 4 years old, at the time of the flood.

States That Exercise Least

The Week That Was