We Must Be Nuts!
Today’s run (where I slipped and fell on some black ice) reminded me of this cartoon from the […]
Long Distance Log
#tbt: Quit Kicking about Sitting and Kicking
Runners often decry the “sit-and-kick” race strategy. People have called it “boring”, “unethical“, “less effortful“, and even “pathetic“. The […]
#tbt – Ron Clarke, 1965
Ron Clarke, one of the best-known distance runners in the world in the 1960’s, died yesterday in Australia. […]
#tbt – Dick Buerkle Remembers Pre
May 30th was the 40th anniversary of Steve Prefontaine‘s death in a car accident. Dick Buerkle, two-time Olympian […]
#tbt – How Kickstarter Worked in the 60’s
In 1964, Ted Corbitt spearheaded an effort to get a runner from the US to England for September’s London-to-Brighton […]
#tbt – The Beatles could have played the first San ...
They’re holding the 2015 San Diego Rock and Roll Marathon at the end of this month. I’ll always have […]