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A person wearing running shoes is sitting on the floor, only the upper legs visible.

Only assholes do that

As I step out into the chilly air, I can feel the weight of the past year bear­ing down on my shoul­ders. My Achilles ten­don still aches, a con­stant reminder of the injury that has slowed me down for so long. And yet, despite the pain and the set­backs, I lace up my shoes and begin to run. It’s the first day of a new year, and I am deter­mined to make it a suc­cess­ful one.

Quick Links — Week 43

«NNor­mal Kjer­ag Full Review — Kil­ian Jor­nets trail run­ning shoe» — Run­ning with Marc, YouTube « ‹Push the bound­aries›: Aus­tralian ultra­run­ner on pace to break dai­ly marathon world record» — Don­na Lu, The Guardian «I just ran my first marathon. Here are the 20 prod­ucts that got me through my train­ing» — Jil­lian Tra­cy, CNN «What Love Has to Do With Run­ning After 50» — Sarah Humphrey, Trail Sis­ters «For Ukrain­ian Run­ners, a Bru­tal Race Made Sense When Lit­tle Else Did» — Jared Beasley, The New York Times «How to Make Your Own Ener­gy Gels» — Becky Wade, Out­side Mag­a­zine  «Present — Redis­cov­er­ing the joy of run­ning» — Suun­to, YouTube «Run­ning doesn’t wreck your knees. It strength­ens them.» — Gretchen Reynolds, The Wash­ing­ton Post  Quick Links are usu­al­ly added once a week to this blog and cov­er every top­ic possible.

Quick Links — Week 42

«Fol­low­ing Trails Through An Unsta­ble Future» — Astra Lin­coln, Trail­run­ner Mag­a­zine «Why I Love My Local Gear Shop (More Than Any Big-Box Store)» — Jakob Schiller, Out­side Mag­a­zine «The 9 Longest Trails In The World» — Amber Say­er, Marathon Hand­book «Fall is a great time to try trail run­ning. Here’s how to get start­ed» — David Glad­ish, The Seat­tle Times «Is Run­ning Car­dio?» — Lizzy Den­ing, Live Sci­ence «I Run With Noth­ing But Cof­fee In My Stom­ach. Is That Destroy­ing My Insides?» — Alex Bor­suk Hasenohr, Trail­run­ner Mag­a­zine «Cat Bradley | Reflec­tions On Pro­fes­sion­al Trail Run­ning» — Sin­gle­track Pod­cast, YouTube «The Sober Life» — Emi­ly Rudow Quick Links are usu­al­ly added once a week to this blog and cov­er every top­ic possible.

Quick Links — Week 36

«How Running’s White Ori­gins Led To The Dan­gers Of ‹Run­ning While Black› » — Gene Dem­by & Nick Michael, npr «Belief, A Jour­ney from Ill­ness» — Valerie Collins, Trail Sis­ters «Should You Buy Run­ning Shoes A Half Size Big­ger? A Guide To Get It Right» — Amber Say­er, Marathon Hand­book Quick Links are usu­al­ly added once a week to this blog and cov­er every top­ic possible.

Quick Links — Week 35

«Inside the Pain Cave With Ultra­run­ning Goat Court­ney Dauwal­ter» — Mirin Fad­er, The Ringer «Ryan Sandes› Ode to Fail­ure: Life Lessons from Run­ning» — Salomon TV, YouTube «The sto­ry of PAOS and the ASICS logo» — LogoArchive «700 Sum­mits & the FKT: Trail Run­ner Shares His Green Moun­tain Obses­sion» — Jil­li Cluff, Gear­Junkie «He qual­i­fied for the Boston Marathon while run­ning in prison. Now, he’s a free man with big­ger goals» — CBS Morn­ings, YouTube «Six Tips for Hill Train­ing With­out Hills» — Doni Per­ry, Trail Sis­ters «An Intro­duc­to­ry Guide to Foot Care for Run­ning» — Meghan Hicks and Bry­on Pow­ell, iRun­Far «Rep­re­sent­ing a Nation on TV, and a Run­ning Team on Insta­gram» — Kevin Drap­er, The New York Times Quick Links are usu­al­ly added once a week to this blog and cov­er every top­ic possible.