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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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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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Memes for Boulder County's zombie Health Board: To be useful, a mask must "definitely stop" droplet transmission. If it "can" merely "reduce" this, it's…
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Joe Biden will probably be forced to step down by the end of the month, if he survives until then
The Democratic Party can't risk the galactic and deeply penetrating rot impeachment hearings would expose
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