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The 2023 Manchester Invitational: Byron Grevious snags Derryfield Park record as Vermonters and prep-schoolers beat up on New Hampshire kids…
How many precocious male talents in the town of Gilford is too many? And how should we handle Concord's dismaying slide into a post-mediocrity…
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Biden administration, MSM confirm government-media fusion in first openly collaborative effort
Playing another game of "I should have ended this years ago" and picking an appropriate historical date
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In 2020, the grandfunders of Wokism sought to fracture minority communities by reversing hopeful trends. The project is going nicely
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Ashley Paulson is a misdirection queen who has worked hard for the right to be mistrusted and scorned
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No shoe company, media outlet, or pro runner would be dumb enough to support a belligerent scammer like Latoya Shauntay Snell
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Infiltrating the Runner's World "Join the Movement" issue (III)
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The real Keira D'Amato story: Gaining 2:19 fitness on 8 miles a day
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The Tinman effect
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Runner SMASHES and BLOODIES FACE in fall; says "We get through this stuff," then CRUSHES previous best cross-country performance--and…
A shout-out from Colorado to Hayden's homeboy Craig
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What if the entire effect of "super" racing shoes was increasing stride length by one inch?
It's gotta be something like that
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Cross-country is well underway is Colorado: The #8-ranked girls' team in the U.S. has already raced #4 and #1, and the results were…
Like the stock market, high-school running in the Rockies has stubbornly risen in value since the housing-market crash no matter what else has gaily…
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iRunFar's attempt to flatter Zoe Rom is instead a detailed explanation of why she sucks at her job and should quit being an editor
There's failing while at least demonstrating effort, consistency, and a willingness to respond to criticism. Then there's the bubble of solipsistic…
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What my own "tempo runs" typically looked like
Tip: All of this works better if you don't pause to drink like a fish for a week every few months
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Alison Wade gives another "let the poor girl DOPE!" seminar, this time on behalf of protégé-of-scumbags Addy Wiley
The milking of assigned female victimhood for every drop of sour discharge this leathery teat can provide has no place in sports punditry
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POLL: Which is more impressive, Camille Herron's 48-hour world record or Courtney Dauwalter's summer hat-trick?
Reminder: At most two right answers exist, so choose wisely but randomly
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