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“Sorry, but I won the Boston Marathon,” Yuki Kawauchi told his boss. “Is it possible to have another day off?” Must Read. Alex Hutchinson: How dopey is ultramarathoning?

Cross Country is also… We Slow as We Age, but May Not Need to Slow Too Much Hayward Field rounds a corner The Total Reinvention of Gwen Jorgensen Will Galen Rupp beat the American Record in Chicago? After security at … Continue reading →

Cross Country is… Week That Was Steve Magness: The Simple Principle of Training Extreme Athleticism Is the New Midlife Crisis Are You a Lawnmower Parent? 1 in 3 US adults eat fast food each day. More surprising, higher-income families ate … Continue reading →

As if you needed reasons. Coffee up!!! And a flu shot. 80,000 Americans died of flu last winter. Cross country is a metaphor for life Alex Hutchinson urges us to paddle or row. …Before the treadmill, I warm up on … Continue reading →

Why Is Jakob Ingebrigtsen So Good? Brad Stulberg on fake strength

Jen A. Miller/NYT: What Not To Do. And more. Who Lives and Who Dies After Climbing Accidents Video: Free Solo with Alex Honnold How should we judge appeals to identity More on the 50 Must-Read Books. My lady writes: “I … Continue reading →

Are you/Don a nightmare customer? Perhaps not, but who doesn’t brag about a purchase of the best product at the lowest price? 50 Must-Read Books on America, Categorized by State. I’ve read at least half. No stinkers. Will look today … Continue reading →

Week That Was Boys don’t read Born to sit? About your service snake News you can use! Should You Run or Freeze When You See a Mountain Lion? Dress code?

Roger Robinson on The Remarkable Ron Hill. …The British version of our Mark Covert. …Back when, barefoot racing in cross country was the norm. In 1961 and 1962, Don and most raced barefoot on the two mile cross country course … Continue reading →

Four decades later: Animal House Bravest and craziest: Alex Honnold the morning shakeout …Don’t miss the link to Kipchoge-12 reasons. More Young People Are Dying From Drugs, Alcohol and Suicide. …And with sharp rise in obesity, U.S. life expectancy is … Continue reading →