From the monthly archives: January 2016

Nordic Tracks

By On January 26, 2016 · Leave a Comment

There are few things as frustrating as trying to keep up with Aaron in snow.  And most of them involve Sean Andrish*.  For me, hacking my way through snow feels like wading through cemented sand.  Somehow Aaron seems to flutter through like a jackass Snow Fairy, his spindly little legs too lacking in surface area to […]

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Ned

By On January 12, 2016 · Leave a Comment

Eric ‘Ned’ Nedeau missed going to the Olympics by a crushing tenth of a second.  At the 1996 US Olympic trials for the 1500m, he finished 4th in 3:44.11.  The 3rd and final Olympic slot went to Jason Pyrah, who edged him in 3:44.03.  In 1997 Ned accepted the head coaching job at Amherst College for […]

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Book Review: Fast Girl

By On January 9, 2016 · Leave a Comment

Fast Girl: A Life Spent Running from Madness (2015)

Suzy Favor Hamilton

Many athletes have a hard time retiring….This was not the case for me.  I had hated competing for decades, since high school really, and had been looking forward to retiring for years.  –SFH

I devoured Ms Hamilton’s memoir in three days.  Most running […]

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