1. Zola Budd stripped of comrades title
2. Seven-time NCAA champ Abby D’Agostino signs sponsorship deal with New Balance
3. if you’re into shoes and marketing (I am!), then this will fascinate you
4. How to structure your training to maximize fitness gains
5. Man vs Horse: the world’s most eccentric race
1. First of a series on how to train for stage races
2. The Oatmeal gives the “dos and do nots” of running your first marathon
3. Five tips for night running My friends doing the BUTS Race Against The Sun, might need these
This blog is about running (and soon to be about marketing of endurance gear), mainly. But I also love to deal with stories of a sentimental nature, as you’ve maybe seen when I write about my dad or my sons. I saw this story this morning in my Facebook feed and couldn’t help but share the links here. We are being upworthied to death with tear-jerking stories and emotional appeals to help others. Nothing wrong with that. I just hope we don’t get so jaded by the click-bait sites like Upworthy or 22 Words that we miss genuine acts of kindness that deserve sharing.
Here you go:
Aren’t You a Little Short to Be A Stormtrooper?
1. Widow of rock-n-roll runner speaks out
2. Nice profile of Gary Knipling
3. Black bear stalks runners…scary
4. On un-becoming a runner. Good post from a guy who has seen life demands affect what he was. I can identify a bit in terms of my long layoff from surgery and the quest to drop the few pounds gained from inactivity and return to my leaner, faster days.
1. SF Marathon embraces homeless runner
2. Molly Huddle runs American Record 10K (31:37)
3. Cool summer program for High School runners
4. Why you’re more likely to get heat stroke in a shorter race than in a marathon
1. This high school is in my hometown, about 60 miles away
2. Nice interview with Anton Krupicka
3. Interview with Betsy Nye
4. Just discovered this website. Nice
5. I’ll be here all day today
1. What was the greatest running grace of all time?
2. Five key muscle groups for strong running
3. Zola Budd DQ’d at Comrades for a bogus reason
4. “This Will Never Catch On” a new doc about Western States
1. Vietnam vet and amputee runs first race since 1960s
2. Seven olympians will run Peachtree
3. Dakota Jones riffs on salads
5. Corporate rivalries extend to the street
Happy Birthday to my son, Preston!!!
1. The importance of the warm up
2. Nothing can prepare you for the feelings of finishing your first marathon
3. Man and his goat walk across the country
4. Tuning in to the right headspace
5. Top 6 training mistakes in core work
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