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The secret of getting ahead is getting started. ~ Mark Twain The Week That Was Q&As with Mary Cain and Katelyn Tuohy Chris Froome: Neither Saint Nor Sinner Laugh: Andrew Wheating’s Retirement Video Parents: let your kids fail. Snakes on … Continue reading →

Alex Hutchinson: The Curiously Elastic Limits of Endurance More Hutchinson: How top athletes dip into usually inaccessible reserves of strength and endurance And more Hutchinson. Hat tip from Malcolm Gladwell Runners Who Care Pick Up Litter. Back when, in Santa … Continue reading →

the morning shakeout Who belongs in the National High School Track & Field Hall of Fame? How about Jeff Nelson? He held the two mile record for 29 years. …More. The Olympic Moment When South Korea Left the North Behind … Continue reading →

Men’s Journal: The Most Adventurous Women of the Past 25 Years

Wait a sec. Coffee doesn’t fire the engine? Reasons to watch the Millrose Games. 1-3 PM on NBC. Have women already run the equivalent of a sub two hour marathon? Read The Healthiest People In The World Eat A Lot … Continue reading →

The Week That Was 26.2 to Life …The movie. I’m the Wife of a Former N.F.L. Player. Football Destroyed His Mind. Born in Ghana. Races for Navy. What Runners Should Know About Jack Daniels. Resilience is Not About Bouncing Back … Continue reading →

Brad Stulberg: When, Exactly, to Schedule Your Workouts Cool video: Morning Hill Climbs for Breakfast What Runners Can Learn From NFL Players Hits to the Head May Result in Immediate Brain Damage How to Tell If Someone Is Lying You … Continue reading →

Is icing good for runners? Q&A with Alysia Montano Kenny Moore loves Eugene. …Moore ran in the Olympic marathon at both Mexico City and Munich, finishing fourth in 1972. More Moore What Cross-Country Skiing Reveals About the Human Condition. I … Continue reading →

Goods Fats. Bad Fats the morning shakeout What You Can Learn from Fighter Pilots As it happens, I’m now reading Carrying The Fire. It’s terrific. The book was gifted to me, and my first thought was to give it pass. … Continue reading →

Brain training to maximize performance The 5K, Not The Marathon, Is The Ideal Race Competition in its best form is a test of self. It has nothing to do with medals. The winner is the person who gets the most … Continue reading →