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Candy-ass

Things that ten people in the professional running world probably aren't inclined to say

Nobody will beat this

An amalgam of weak excuses and rationalizations

Putting clothespins on athletic genitals

Sprinkler dancing, Olympic prep, and abject moral confusion

Every runner's humblebrag

Lies and spin

Pointless PSA: Boulder Book Store event on Sept. 7

"Boston Marathon: An Unfair Disadvantage": fair conclusion, wrong reasoning

5K double track and wood chip trails with hills

High activity at low ebb

Malcolm Gladwell vs. LeBron James, yes; LeBron sub-4:40, no

The two biggest pathos of the 2017 World Champs

Why I won't actively rehab this or any injury

Where's the sport's ideal finish line?

Why cross-train? (Part II of more than I)

Why cross-train? (Part I of more than I)

No trophies or stylized photos for reading this one

Training, week of July 10 through July 16 (middle fingers in the air edition)

Washington Post distributes fake running news

Training, week of July 3 through July 9 (Chinese buffet edition)

Eat a variety of shit and eventually die

Training, week of June 26 through July 2 (Four on Fourths edition)

Sorry for the teasing, June

Training, week of June 19 through June 25 (Speaking-in-code edition)

Mortal apathy

The Goldilocks syndrome: the ersatz overachiever vs. the accomplished layabout

Training, week of June 12 through June 18

Training, week of June 5 through June 11

Train(ing) wrecks

Training, week of May 29 through June 4

Age, altitude, and frantic mental masturbation

False dichotomies, and what keeps people running

Thanks for putting up with me, May

2017 Bolder Boulder 10K

Training, week of May 22 through May 28

Training, week of May 15 through May 21

Gaughan shatters N.H. 3200m record; crickets cheer enthusiastically

"There's never a reason to pay for running plans"

How distance running gets media attention in the United States, in brief

Training, week of May 8 through May 14: unimpressive junk on display

Young Runners at the Top: Get your discounted copy here

Training, week of May 1 through May 7

Not to give anything away, but...

Kipchoge's 2:00:25: broadening the gender gap

Training, week of April 24 through April 30

Don't let the door hit you in the ass, April

Doubles, motivation and game theory

Training, April 17 through April 23

Training, April 10 through April 16

Understated aspects of realistic goals

Best post-Boston Marathon article ever: The year I drank my way to a 2:28:28

Training, April 3 though April 9

Training, March 27 though April 2: Coxsmacked edition

Ciao, March 2017

Training, March 20 through March 26

Training, March 13 through March 19

Training, March 6 though March 12

The perfect (lack of a) storm, part two

The perfect (lack of a) storm, part one

Training, Feb. 27 through March 5

Runners are "needy," "addicted," and "fussy," and online coaching is a "hustle"...according to a self-described online running coach

See ya, February 2017

Training, Feb. 20 through Feb. 26

Training, Feb. 13 through Feb. 19

A boxcar of despair

Training, Feb. 6 through Feb. 12

Shrugging at the superb, marveling at the mundane

Not all hecklers are created equal

Choosing coaching clients wisely

Training, Jan. 30 through Feb. 5

University of Colorado threesome turns in historic performance

Later, January 2017

Training, Jan. 23 through Jan. 29

How can Americans beat the East Africans? (An unawaited follow-up)

Training, Jan. 16 through Jan. 22

How I've matured as a runner

Quick yet intimidatingly sophisticated thoughts on those calculoconverters

A brief PSA concerning comments

Training, Jan. 9 through Jan. 15

The fallacy of striking distance

Ruing the loss of the gap

Training, Jan. 2 through Jan. 8

Hey now, you're not quite an all-star

One of many absolutely brilliant, can't-fail, one-of-a-kind training schemes (Part II)

A brief, noncontributory interlude about running with music

Young Runners at the Top available for pre-ordering

Whither the faster local guys?

Wherein a familiar rascal brags about panning a book she never read

Young Runners at the Top to be published in June

Brief thoughts on ketogenic diets