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There’s New Evidence on Heart Health in Endurance Athletes
Simple. Long time runners have enlarged atria. If that’s you, like Don, it’s unlikely a cardiologist will tell you to stop running.
Malcolm Gladwell on self-driving cars and how it bodes well for runners and cyclists. …Here
Getting Over Gold: Athletes and Mental Health
Finished Lieberman’s Exercised. Excellent. Compelling chapter on endurance and aging.
You are old, Father William,” the young man said,
“And your hair has become very white;
And yet you incessantly stand on your head—
Do you think, at your age, it is right?”
–Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Results from the 7/22/21 OTC All-Comers here. Craig Godwin, now back on track after his second heart attack earlier this year, ran the best 3000 in the U.S. this year for a 54 year old. Along with Craig, we.ve done Q&As with Justin Gallegos, Becky Sisley (now 82 and still heaving the javelin), and Jill Mestler, the meet director.
The 61-Year-Old Shepherd Who Shuffled His Way to an Unlikely Ultra Win
Imagine yourself at the 2021 USATF National Masters Track & Field Championship. Competing. …Results
Everesting. I’m going for it. On Spencer Butte and Skinner Butte. Since 7/6, five efforts, 7040′ to date.
Peter Sellers: A Hard Day’s Night
Bernd Heinrich on his ‘unusual’ life as a runner and biologist in Maine …Among his many books, we liked are Why We Run, Racing the Antelope, and The Snoring Bird (his memoir).