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Weekend, 5/4-5/19

What No One Is Telling You About Caster Semenya: She Has XY Chromosomes Jen A. Miller/NYT: The Fear of Trying Again. …The NYT paywall is absent through Sunday. Details. Against cheerfulness.

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Friday, 5/3/19

Our Q&A with Lance Deal, four time Olympian, silver medalist in 1996… May OTC Newsletter. …Here’s a Q&A with Lance in 1994. Yikes! London Marathon: slower runners ‘harrassed’ to speed up Seven Big Misconceptions About Heredity. …I’m still looking for … Continue reading

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Thursday, 5/2/19

Ross Tucker: Is It Kipchoge Or Is It The Shoes? The 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles is going to clear an absurd amount of money, about a billion dollars. Read.

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Wednesday, 5/1/19

Court Upholds Rules Barring Women With High Testosterone From Track Races Magness: Overtraining: Three Strategies to Reset Your Body Go slow. …Only fast with your intervals. …More Carl Honore. …(He talks fast.)

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Tuesday, 4/30/19

Q&A with Sage Canaday. Probably all you want to know about ultrarunning. the morning shakeout The Case for Doing Nothing 75 percent of people in the United States believe that it is beneficial to take higher doses of supplements than … Continue reading

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Monday, 4/29/19

The Science Behind Nike’s New, Even Faster Marathon Shoe. …Kipchoge and next three male finishers wore Vaporflys. Coincidence? Fair? Admirable? Who talks the most BS? Raising importance of literacy by reading a book while running marathon …How ’bout parents reading … Continue reading

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Weekend, 4/27-28/19

Jen A. Miller/NYT: What I Did During My Break From Running. …And check the links. Reveaked: How John Havlicek could run all day. …More Kipchoge Runs 2:02:37, Shatters London Course Record To Win 10th Straight Marathon. …Watch. Malcolm Gladwell/The New … Continue reading

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Friday, 4/26/19

We need to talk about East African runners and general trust vs skepticism in performances In Praise of Public Libraries Don’t Be Blinded by Your Own Expertise. …Socrates: “The more I know, the more I realize I know nothing.” At … Continue reading

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Thursday, 4/25/19

Video (2:02): Hayward Field Construction Update April 21, 2019 Mo Farah Runs on Treadmill Set at World-Record Pace, Falls Off Twice

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Wednesday, 4/24/19

3 Massive Reasons to Get Excited for the 2019 London Marathon. …Starting at 1:25 a.m. PST. A Book About Parenting Alex Honnold, by His Mom Video (3:18): Call of the Wild. …Recall mom told us to go play outdoors. A … Continue reading

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