Don's Diary

Fun video. What kind of runner are you?

Hayward in Hardcover …Check out the photos. Love that one of the infant at an All-Comers, a summer stable for men, women, and children since 1959.

No fall season in California high school sports

We’re Not Getting Back to Normal Any Time Soon

Magic happens in popup meet alongside the McKenzie River …An hour drive from Eugene. A terrific track in a very small town in the Cascades. …Watch The Big Friendly 2 on your smart tv.

Pac-12 players threatening to boycott season

Don’t miss the comments. What a hoot!

COWEN: What was your sport?
DELL: I did cross country.
COWEN: Running?
DELL: Yes.
COWEN: What is it that outsiders are least likely to understand about the joys of running, say, a hundred miles?
DELL: I think that the reason that I really like running long distances are you can get out, explore nature. And in some ways, it’s like a very, almost a very meditative activity. In modern life, we tend to be very focused on what we have to do next, on where we’re going to.
The reason that I really like running long distances are you can get out, explore nature. And in some ways, it’s like a very, almost a very meditative activity. In modern life, we tend to be very focused on what we have to do next, on where we’re going to.
Whereas, when you run long distances, all of that, in some sense, fades away, and you’re just focused on the activity of running, on where you are, and you stop worrying about what you’re going to do next, what happened previously. That, in some ways, is a very liberating experience.

…From a Q&A with Melissa Dell

How many hot dogs can a person really scarf down in 10 minutes? …Do we really need to carry a water bottle for runs less than, say, two hours?

Why she left the New York Times

Pot?

Marcia McChesney, RIP …Our profile of Bill and Marcia McChesney in the 2019 August OTC Newsletter

Q&A with Thomas “Tinman” Schwartz

Crazy time. Can’t race. Football OK. Read. …Could billions in lost revenue be a factor?