Sitemap - 2018 - Beck of the Pack
On to 2019: Reviewing your year, part two
On to 2019: Reviewing your year, part one
Still operating despite the shutdown
Stephen King's novel featuring a world-class runner
Adventures in courtroom lying, part 5: Kim Duclos really ought to vet her own stories
The glut of Olympic Trials qualifiers at the California International Marathon
Adventures in courtroom lying, part 4: Kim Duclos is extremely chill for a petrified person
Through a lens of morbidity and decay
A lesson from the Massachusetts All-State Cross-Country Championships
Adventures in courtroom lying, part 2: Kim Duclos falsely accuses a runner of cheating (audio)
Adventures in courtroom lying. part 1: Kim Duclos dissembles about our "relationship" (audio)
I'm a professional piano player, and I don't keep track of notes or sound
Two things in the world of road racing that suck right now
Another runner's paradox: Seeking to demolish "impenetrable" barriers
A mostly satisfactory race, and the value of being self-defeating
Elite-level motivation: It's not (quite) what you think
Dodging eight common half-marathon mistakes
If unrestrained yammering met startling-line caution
4 on the 4th and other powers of two
The U.S. is producing more 2:15 marathoners than it did circa Y2K
Reconciling passive nihilism and legitimately supporting others
10 running articles we might see before the industry goes extinct
Review: "Running Is My Therapy," by Scott Douglas
Form matters: Limitations on assessment
The freak show is being relocated (or colocated)
Rumors about your running form are greatly exaggerated
Marathon Training Basics: Part 4 -- Have you been neglecting tempo runs, or doing them all wrong?
Extreme negativity at the New Hampshire D2 State Meet
Marathon Training Basics: Part 3 -- How specific is your race preparation?
The New Hampshire divisional state meets are this weekend
Marathon Training Basics: Part 2 -- Are you running too hard on easy days?
Marathon Training Basics: Part 1 -- Are you running enough?
Marathon Training Basics: Introduction
Mike Platt's visualization strategies
The marathon: the perfect race for everyone
Quintessential Boulder (and a few huge, absolutely vital, totally crucial updates)
The Colorado State Track and Field Championships, and the musty boys' 1600-meter record
Random ideas experienced on the plod lately
A foolproof method for identifying the toughest runners
When it rains, it pours...unexpectedness: Boston 2018
A solid example of why this blog should be repealed and run through a shredder
Runners born before 1970 who should even bother: a comprehensive list
Things informed runners would admit to if injected with a strong barbiturate
Running, social media and the Dunning-Kruger effect
A new equilibrium (wonkish) and various observations (petty)
Why exercise is underutilized in fighting depression (warning: it's a bummer)
Blaming clean athletes for the doping of others?
The diamonds establish the ugliness of the rough
10 running article titles we'd enjoy seeing (and never will)
1988 NHIAA Indoor State Championship (video)
Instagram and the rabble effect
With apologies to the Farrelly brothers: My program stops at EIGHT-mile long runs!
This is what everyday insanity looks like
Yet another false nutritional dilemma
Lunatic troll doubles down on self-abasement: part 89 in an infinite series
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering
A mini wrap-up, new stuff, and people whose 2018 has begun badly