Don's Diary

Just in. My Conversation with Alexander the Grate

Why are women winning ultramarathons outright? Read

The invisible addiction: is it time to give up caffeine?

Good books read since previous lists on 12/20/20 and 1/24/21. What am I missing?

The Private Life of Chairman Mao by Dr. Li Zhisui
Becoming Madame Mao by Anchee Min
A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell
The Obesity Code by Jason Fung, MD
A Great and Terrible King by Marc Morris
Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf
A Master of Disguise by Antonio J. Mendez
Thunderstruck by Eric Larson
The Man Who Loved China by Simon Winchester
The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers by Maxwell King
News of the World by Paulette Jiles
The Slaughterman’s Daughter by Yaniv Iczkovits
A Gravestone Made of Wheat by Will Weaver
Old School by Tobias Wolff
A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal by Ben MacIntyre
Where The Sea Breaks Its Back by Corey Ford
Pearl of China by Anchee Min
My Mortal Enemy by Willa Cather
438 Days by Jonathan Franklin:
The Good Earth by Pearl Buck
Sea of Glory by Nathaniel Philbrick
Red Azalea by Anchee Min
Empress Orchid by Anchee Min
Red Ginger by Anchee Min
Paul Among The People: The Apostle Reinterpreted And Reimagined In His Own Time by Sarah Ruden
Martial’s Epigrams: A Selection by Garry Wills
Let Me Finish by Roger Angell
The Men Who Stare At Goats by Jon Ronson
Bright Shiny Morning by James Frey
Coach: Lessons on the Game of Life by Michael Lewis
The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest by Steig Larsson
A Life of Privilege, Mostly by Gardner Botsford
Lake of the Ozarks by Bill Geist
With The Old Breed by E.B. Sledge
Katherine by Anchee Min
The Cooked Seed: A Memoir by Anchee Min
The Music of Silence: A Memoir by Andrea Bocelli
The Night in Question by Tobias Wolff
Nanjing Requiem by Ha Jin

An Olympic Athlete Speaks Out on the Participation of Transgender Athletes in Women’s Sports

In Praise of Peeing Outside

About Haruki Murakami, runner and a favorite contemporary novelist, here.

Oregon Track Club Newsletter, July-2021 …Includes our Q&A with super volunteer Jill Mestler.

The incredible, super, amazing, thrilling Olympic Track & Field Trials

Karsten Warholm breaks 29-year men’s 400m hurdles world record

A $270-million spaceship in remote Eugene is not how to grow track and field in America …Uh, Abrahamson lives in Los Angeles.

We’ve attended the Olympic Trials. The new Hayward Field is stupendous. Mostly thanks to money from Phil Knight.

But then there is this. …Business is just business?

Last night we raced Pre’s Trail Revival Run, second oldest of 197 finishers. Results. …Linda Prefontaine, Pre’s younger sister, made some, uh, pre race remarks.

Pre’s Trail video.