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We ranked the 10 greatest training montages in movie history—not just for the hype, but for what they say about grit, glory, and transformation.
Some will surprise you. Some might piss you off. footnotes.substack.com/p/top…
This video perfectly captures that pre-race buzz — the trembling anticipation at the starting line.
Read about the beauty and absurdity of *beginning* — the sacred ritual of the start.
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"To walk across the street in America is to trespass."
The hidden history of pedestrian erasure in U.S. urban planning.
A must-read for anyone who’s ever felt unsafe on foot.
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50 stations across 131 miles in just 6 hours!
Can we do it?!
Follow along @peterhartlaub and I as we attempt the @SFBART speed run challenge today for @sfchronicle! 🚇 – at Fremont, CA
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Though all the blood, sweat, tears, dirt, vomit, and whatever else the trails can throw at us... we always find our way back. 🏃🏔️
🎥: run_rhandi_run via Instagram
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📣The 2025 Old School Ultras have been announced! ➡️ See if your favorite long standing race made the list. Find out what makes a race "old school". ultrarunning.com/old-school-…
#oldschoolultras #ultramarathon
ALT Old School Ultras 2025
Mario Fraioli breaks down the new running boom live on @xfootnotes : open.substack.com/pub/footno…
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"Unlike San Francisco, a city of windswept sand dunes and crowded wharves, Oakland was a city that, if designed differently, could have been a model for urban greenery in America..." footnotes.substack.com/p/par… via @xfootnotes
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“Our splits were 1:59 1:57 1:57 and 1:58”
“So you broke 8:00 in the 4x800 sir?”
“8:03”
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Excellent essay on the origins of Oakland's highways: "Resting beneath the world we inhabit are decisions that shape how we move..." footnotes.substack.com/p/run… via @xfootnotes
"It is power that forces you to wait compliant at an intersection, to yield the right of way to wheeled metal, or to risk citation, injury, or death by choosing not to yield."
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The Ouray 100 is coming up this weekend. Take a look back at this race report, where we are reminded that everyone has their own version of "winning" a 100 mile race.
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#ouray100 #100miles #ultramarathon
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More brands are using UTMB-Mont Blanc week to showcase of their latest models, which were put to the test in the UTMB World Series Finals races.
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“When it comes to falling in trail running, it’s not a matter of if, but when," Chris Twiggs once told AJW.
In his latest, Andy writes about a recent fall he took in a race.
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Why spend your layover doomscrolling when you could claim a CR in front of hundreds of bewildered travelers? Here are the top 10 @Strava Airport Segments. @StravaMetro #running
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To be good, to be really good, you must be like the clock: ever rotating, optimizing, and training. Focus on the small gains, incremental improvements. This is what it takes. footnotes.substack.com/p/don… #running
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How Crossing American Streets Became Impossible (Can you guess which Oakland intersection this essay is about without looking?) footnotes.substack.com/p/how… cc: @IDoTheThinking @fermoso
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Tomorrow the 50 mile world record holder (4:48:21) .@lawrence_char is aiming for a new 100K world record (6:05:35). 5:53 mile pace for 62.1 miles.
Why spend your layover doomscrolling when you could claim a course record in front of hundreds of bewildered fellow travelers?
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