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Week That Was Q&A with Olympic Medalist (and Avid Naturalist) Lynn Jennings …Update with pardner Bernd Heinrich. What’s with Lauren Fleshman’s silence? She once camped out in Vin’s driveway when he was the athletic director at Oberlin College (2003-2005).

Mark Covert, 68, ran at least one mile every day for 45 years, the second longest retired streak in modern history, 149,653 miles, (159,651 career miles), or 66.8% of a run from Earth to the Moon. You can read our … Continue reading →

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez To Ask That A Tax On Distance Running Be Added To Green New Deal. And lots more. April Fool, n. The March fool with another month added to his folly. ~Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary The 5000m has … Continue reading →

IAAF World Cross Country Championship Results One Shoe, No Problems Man Who Exercised Every Day Dies at 111. Even when he had to get out of his wheelchair to do it. The Coddling of the American Mind Jen A. Miller: … Continue reading →

Margaret Bailes Johnson, 17, won a gold medal in the 4 x 100 relay at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. And never raced again. How many cigarettes in a bottle of wine? Video: Running the Oregon Trail Video: Stress, … Continue reading →

Deena Kastor on the hardest race in the world. Steve Magness: The college admissions scandal and our obsession with status What my DNA told me: Avoid fast food, eat vegetables. …Uh, that’s what my mother told me. Watch what you … Continue reading →

It is a hundred times more difficult to burn calories than to refrain from consuming them in the first place. Every problem you have is your responsibility, regardless of who caused it. And 86 other important truths. Regular Running Can … Continue reading →

the morning shakeout. Ches is going for the world record at Carlsbad. Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum name change sacrifices tradition for money Politicized kids’ books are a new low in parenting 5 Lies You’ve Been Told About “Following Your Passion” … Continue reading →

New approaches to the old problem of old age Doctors want to limit sugary drinks for kids, teens. …Why the focus on the young? Lotsa obesity in every age group. Tougher than thee and me. Women Becoming Marines: ‘I’ Will … Continue reading →

Jen A. Miller/NYT: What you can do when you can’t race. With links. Killer eggs? Jockology: How your office job is affecting your metabolism The Harsh Reality of Video-Game Addiction