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“I ran my PR and almost snagged a medal. My whole Olympic experience was a blast, and to top it off with a great performance made it especially memorable.” – Don Kardong, 1976 Olympic marathoner TRIGGER WARNING: What follows is CRT – Critical Running Theory. CRT is the highly insightful albeit often inexact academic study…
If adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad. – Jane Austen Audain Wins Bonne Bell Championships (’82) Boston, USA. October 11, 1982. – Some 7700 women entered the 6th Annual Bonne Bell 10K Championships. As third-place finisher Francie Larrieu put it, “Just to be a part…
A fit body, a calm mind, a house full of love. These things cannot be bought – they must be earned. – Naval Ravikant 20 Quotes for a Mindfully Happy & Healthy New Year! By Athena Staik, Ph.D. Happiness is more than getting what you want. A happy and healthy New Year begins with you. It’s…
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. – William Shakespeare Why Quieting Your Mind is Key to Unlocking a Better Life Ryan Holiday on saying no, staying calm, and the costs of chasing after the wrong things. BY CLAY SKIPPER for GQ With the books Ego is the Enemy and The Obstacle…
Jogging through the forest is pleasant, as is relaxing by the fire with a glass of gentle Bordeaux and discussing one’s travels. Racing is another matter. The frontrunner’s mind is filled with an anguished fearfulness, a panic, which drives into pain. – Kenny Moore Kenny was special to all of us. We knew him as…
The old man was way too slow. But he was still on the move. As you get older, three things happen. The first is your memory goes, and I can’t remember the other two. – Norman Wisdom…… Could I really have been born in the first half of the last century? I actually like being…
“What makes you think you can take on a woman with five kids?” Seattle’s James Gang was among the first to retail RUNNING magazine. And then I became a store owner myself. Remember one day I sold a single pair of shoe laces for eighty-one cents. Only sale of the day. I’m telling you, retail…
I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. – Albert Einstein I covered the inaugural Waikiki Mile in 1994 for Track & Field News. I know I did. You’d think I could find the results somehow. But no….
After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say ‘I want to see the manager.’ – William Burroughs You are perhaps aware of my affinity for William Burroughs. Not the best guy in the world. Understood. But he was an amazing creature. Studying his Cut-Up style of composition, I decided I’d…
You may have raced away, But your legacy runs on. The Garage still Gold. I got this e-mail. I had no idea. I was shocked. Subject: Some Sad News The news of Mike Fanelli’s death hit me hard. Real hard. Haven’t been this struck by a runner’s passing since Steve Prefontaine’s. I never really knew either…