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The 2024 London Marathon is here, prompting wild yet compelling guesses about the outcome based on the shakiest of ironclad reasoning
Blane climate change for any inaccuracies
Apr 21
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The 2024 London Marathon is here, prompting wild yet compelling guesses about the outcome based on the shakiest of ironclad reasoning
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Edna Kiplagat, 44, just ran a hilly 10K in 32:12. Wait until you see what she did for a warmup jog
Between the somehow-still-expanding magic of supershoes and whatever else is in the world-class distance mix, age is just one more irrational number
Apr 18
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Edna Kiplagat, 44, just ran a hilly 10K in 32:12. Wait until you see what she did for a warmup jog
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Wearing sexy uniforms erodes female Olympians' confidence, but males poaching their medals does not
Raging envy plus seismic projection equals the logic of the modern liberal feminist
Apr 17
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Wearing sexy uniforms erodes female Olympians' confidence, but males poaching their medals does not
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5 Moronic Predictions About the 2024 Boston Marathon—And Why You Should Bet All Your Bitcoin They'll Come True
Anyone who forecasts Boston Marathon results correctly has merely made lucky guesses. Instead of boring prediction contests, we need to pray for…
Apr 15
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5 Moronic Predictions About the 2024 Boston Marathon—And Why You Should Bet All Your Bitcoin They'll Come True
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MUT motormouths: Your sport is a hobby for vocational slackers, not a career, which is why no one else cares about it
Too many self-entitled, fuzzy-minded equity goons under one roof creates a mess inside the house
Apr 12
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MUT motormouths: Your sport is a hobby for vocational slackers, not a career, which is why no one else cares about it
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This totally awesome version of professional track may soon (sniff) become a lot more expensive to watch
Plus a few collisions with collateral nonsense on Boston Marathon weekend
Apr 12
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This totally awesome version of professional track may soon (sniff) become a lot more expensive to watch
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Alison Desir is still spouting racist absurdities, and runners who have amplified her lies remain in high demand in a demoralized sport
Running's gamete-deniers, self-hating white harridans, and racist Afrogluttons need to assemble on single sturdy stage and allow Beck of the Pack to…
Apr 9
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Alison Desir is still spouting racist absurdities, and runners who have amplified her lies remain in high demand in a demoralized sport
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High-school runners are obviously doping in significant numbers
Even assigning these kids a one-second-per lap penalty in the distance races to account for the advent of superspikes doesn't come close to explaining…
Apr 7
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High-school runners are obviously doping in significant numbers
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Gemini AI performs an instantaneous marriage of Weini Kelati and Rupert Holmes
Maybe Taylor Swift would be willing to stand in for Weird Al for the studio version
Apr 2
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Gemini AI performs an instantaneous marriage of Weini Kelati and Rupert Holmes
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Run Your Best Marathon. Really.
A put-all-your eggs-in-one-basket program that works if you let it
Apr 1
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Run Your Best Marathon. Really.
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March 2024
Two of Outside's forty or so most dilapidated articles this week
The combined message—"learn to be okay with competing in vain with millions of other neurotics bullshitters for attention"—could use a few refinements
Mar 30
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Two of Outside's forty or so most dilapidated articles this week
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By Labor Day, a tempo run should feel like a nap in a hammock on a sunny autumn day after multiple bong hits and a few scoops of…
There's literally no shame in being shameless
Mar 28
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By Labor Day, a tempo run should feel like a nap in a hammock on a sunny autumn day after multiple bong hits and a few scoops of Xanax-infused Cheez Whiz
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