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‘They’re Waiting for Me to Die’: A 72-Year-Old Runner Will Not Let This Race Go

Oregon Running Legend Steve Prefontaine By Paul Clerici, The History Press, 144 pages. A review by Don McLean Yes, another Pre opus, and a good one. The book offers details about Prefontaine we devotees never knew. Excellent forwards are included … Continue reading →

Books read in July. Five favorites with astericks. Do No Harm by Henry Marsh* Lamentations Of The Father by Ian Frazier Strong by Kara Goucher Oregon Running Legend Steve Prefontaine by Paul C. Clerici A Walk Toward Oregon by Alvin … Continue reading →

Malcolm Gladwell’s A Modest Proposal. He’s right, high school cross country is tons of fun. But his scoring proposal is goofy, not gonna happen. The focus should be on mass participation. The best teams are huge, a hundred kids. Just … Continue reading →

Video: Handle Hard Better

United States won 33 medals at their home championships, more than the next three nations (Ethiopia, Jamaica and Kenya) combined. …Photos.

Fun story on shoe companies renovating/taking over UO frat houses during the World Athletic Championships. ….Here There is a special NYT newsletter on running sent every Saturday. Sign up for it if you can. I’m no longer a NYT subscriber, … Continue reading →

Another good one from Cathal Dennehy on Ryan Crouser The Beautiful Mystique of the Hayward Field Tower Definitely on the to-do list. Like Don, I’m sure there were thousands of others who wanted in during the Monday night session .

Must see. On You Tube. Race video of the finals of the men’s 400 meters and 400 hurdles. …And while there, check out the women’s and men’s 200 meter prelims on Monday. Our seats immediately next to the start, in … Continue reading →

About the World Athletic Champs. We were there last night. In our $95 per seats. Packed house. Smart, friendly, courteous crowd, volunteers and administrators. A compelling, memorable three hours. Loved it all. …Why aren’t you here?