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the morning shakeout | issue 548
Leading the Mile of Truth two Sundays ago before getting blitzed in the final 200 meters by Grant Johnson, who is running behind me here. I finished second in 4:35.9, less than a second off the win, a course PR by three seconds, and exactly a second faster than I ran as a senior in high school 26 years ago. Good morning! Kicking things off this week with a little bit of a rant. Let’s get right to it. I am more than a bit irked by how optimization culture has infiltrated running and the way we talk about the sport these days. Everywhere I seem to turn of late I’m met with fueling plans broken d
May 12, 2026
Running and Writing with Mario Fraioli and Raziq Rauf: Episode 1
Thank you to everyone who tuned in to our first live conversation about running and writing. We’re hoping to make this a semi-regular thing where we talk about running, writing, and where and how the two overlap, intersect, and interact. Unfortunately, and for unknown reasons, the first 15 minutes of the stream got cut off—sorry!—and with it the part where we spoke about our experiences at the recent Boston and London Marathons: the performances and extracurriculars at both events, why those things are significant, and the explosion of marathoning and running in general. That portion appears t
May 5, 2026
the morning shakeout | issue 547
A conversation with Ken Rideout, the performance-enhancing benefits of a pre-run poop, a nugget of wisdom from Steve Kerr, and a lot more.
May 5, 2026