navigationWhen the Lung Cancer Patient Climbs Mountains. …21,247-foot Mera Peak in Nepal.
Still Not Convinced You Need a Flu Shot? First, It’s Not All About You
Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?
How Quickly Do You Lose Fitness When You Stop Running?
The Trans Am had never been won by a woman… Read.
Eat, Then Sleep (A Radical New Injury-Prevention Plan)
The darkest, quietest and cleanest places left on Earth
NYT: Are You Really a Runner? And more.
Master’s University Winter 5K results
Last night in Seattle, UW Indoor Preview results. Hart and UCLA alum Austin O’Neill goes 8:02.70 in the 3000.
Brad Stulberg: 8 Rules to Do Everything Better
Raevyn Rogers, NCAA 800 Champ, turns pro. Note the discipline and assistance to the D1 scholarship athlete. It’s required from every such athlete, and especially so in the first two years. At UO, first year, you sit with your tutor (usually a grad student) 12-15 hours a week (I forget the actual number).
Video: Sprint mechanics for distance runners. Imagine how much better we could be with Steve Magness doing the same for us, with a program to force us to correct our weaknesses. …That would make us faster and reduce chances of injury.
Read du jour: Peter Snell, Three Time Olympic Gold Medalist in the 800 and 1500. An early idol.
Should male and female cross country races be the same distance? The answer, of course, is yes.
Do speed. You lose speed as you age. So why not work to retain as much as you can?
Steve Magness: How to Deal with Pain and Suffering: The Calm Conversation
We must undergo a hard winter training and not rush into things for which we haven’t prepared. ~ Epictetus
Ooh la la. Dining as Nature Intended
Three Japanese soccer elites vs 100 school children. Video.
7 Tips for Reading More Books in a Year …Most tips I get on books come from old ladies.
Looking for a Winter Challenge? PR the Mile
Why Are Improvements from Training Different Among Athletes?
Dance Me to the End of Love. The lessons of age, pain, and injury.
Just finished: The Midnight Line. 512 pages in 24 hours. Now reading My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry. Hilarious. Next up: Robicheaux
Katherine Switzer on running and racing in your 70s.
Excellent: Q&A with Andrew Wheating
Alex Hutchinson: How to Survive the Most Frigid Winter Runs. …My 2 cents: Wear these under your gloves. Warm and dry for 2 cents.
Watching sprinters jog slow is interesting. They are highly inefficient going slow. Watch a distance runner sprint and they are often inefficient at max speeds. Running fast and slow are skills. ~Steve Magness
The science is in: exercise won’t help you lose much weight.
A love story for the books. I came across this ten minutes after putting down (nearly done) When Breath Becomes Air (recommended).
NYT: It’s Time for the Dreadmill, etc.
What Self-Awareness Really Is (and How to Cultivate It)
Spencer Butte. The larger of the two volcanoes (retired) in Tracktown. Eugene is under the cloud cover, the Cascades beyond all that. Photo by No. 1 son.
Get buff in the buff here.
Want a Better Workout? Just Breathe …When was the last time you were short of breath in the first mile of a workout or race?
How Would Jesus Drive? …As fast as you?
Lets Run reflects on the amazing career of Andrew Wheating. A really good, approachable fellow, a smile for everyone. …Predictably, Mary Slaney did a last minute bail on a speech at the OTC Masters annual party. Wheating filled in. Boffo performance. Confessed he had not been consistently diligent in his workouts. You don’t expect such honesty from a two time Olympian. …More.
When bailing is the right call.
Steve Magness: Wisdom and Pain
The Art of Goal Setting with Lauren Fleshman
OK, so it’s a coming-of-age novel involving ice hockey, fergodsakes, but I think you’ll like Beartown.
Confession. My kids attended Cow Pie High.
Bear in mind that brains and learning, like muscle and physical skill, are articles of commerce. They are bought and sold. You can hire them by the year or by the hour. The only thing in the world not for sale is character. ~Antonin Scalia
Tom Brady Is Drowning In His Own Pseudoscience
Speed/pre-race workout for the 800m specialist. …Too other worldly for you? Reminds me of a speed workout from at least 30 years ago. For several years or more, Gene Blankenship would ramrod a free ten mile relay race at Canyon High School. You show up, pick a partner, and alternate 800s (or 880s?) for ten miles. Think about it. Many lessons involved in the experience. And it was fun too.
Ed Whitlock stats.
Semi-Rad: The Great Dirtbag Pissing Contest
Andrew Wheating Retires. A class, fun guy.