tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53517604701362877472024-03-05T18:15:07.716-05:00Coach Jack HeathJack Heath Distance Running BlogCoach Heathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01444353722924136815noreply@blogger.comBlogger210125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351760470136287747.post-21038954718546972502024-01-31T14:32:00.003-05:002024-01-31T14:37:14.298-05:00Wall Sits Lower Blood Pressure<p><b>Wall Sits</b></p><div class="grid-full-inner-standard" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Franklin, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; grid-column: 1 / 3;"><header class="w-100" data-qa="main-full" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 1200px;"><div class="PJLV PJLV-iklXUFA-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 1000px; width: 1000px;"><h1 class="PJLV PJLV-iirWFJy-css overrideStyles" data-qa="headline" data-testid="headline" id="main-content" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray20); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-headline); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-350); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-110); margin-bottom: var(--wpds-space-050); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 1000px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-025);"><span class="PJLV" data-qa="headline-text" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The surprisingly simple exercise that can lower your blood pressure</span></h1></div><h2 class="font--subhead font-light offblack mb-sm pb-xxs-ns subheadline" data-qa="subheadline" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray20); font-family: Franklin, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.25rem; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px 0px 16px; max-width: 1000px; padding-bottom: 4px;">This isometric exercise is found to lower blood pressure even better than some<br />cardio workouts</h2><div class="flex print-byline print-mt-none" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex;"><div class="byline-wrapper flex-column flex" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; max-width: 600px;"><div class="PJLV PJLV-ihSmMVC-css" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="PJLV PJLV-iPJLV-css mb-xxs overrideStyles" data-qa="author-byline" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">The wall sit, a simple bodyweight exercise that can be done virtually anywhere, isn’t just for building strength. It can help your cardiovascular health, too.</p></div><div class="wpds-c-PJLV article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">A <a href="https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2023/07/02/bjsports-2022-106503" style="border-bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2a2a2a; text-decoration-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); text-decoration-thickness: 0.0625em; text-underline-offset: 0.125em;" target="_blank">recent study</a> in the British Journal of Sports Medicine suggests that isometric exercises, like wall sits (also known as wall squats), can help reduce blood pressure even more effectively than other forms of exercise, including aerobic activity, weight training or high-intensity interval workouts.</p></div></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Franklin, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></div><div class="wpds-c-PJLV article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Franklin, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div class="mb-md hide-for-print" data-qa="subscribe-promo" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 24px;"><div class="wpds-c-dbVHzF wpds-c-dbVHzF-hDkAcj-variant-default" data-orientation="horizontal" role="separator" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 1px; width: 640px;"></div><a class="pt-sm pb-sm flex items-center bold font-xxxs font-xxs-ns offblack hover-blue-bright justify-between" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/newsletters/well-being/?method=SURL&location=ART&initiative=CTA?itid=lk_cta_ssinline" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="align-items: center; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2a2a2a; display: flex; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: 700; justify-content: space-between; padding-bottom: 16px; padding-top: 16px; text-decoration-line: none; text-underline-offset: 0.125em;" target="_blank"><span class="mr-xs flex items-center" style="align-items: center; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; margin-right: 8px;"><span class="ml-xs" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 8px;"><span style="font-size: 1.25rem;">The research is good news for people who struggle to meet physical activity guidelines that recommend at least 150 minutes of weekly moderate-intensity exercise, like brisk walking or bicycling. The new analysis found that about eight minutes of isometric exercise, three times a week, can lead to a meaningful reduction in blood pressure.</span></span></span></a></div></div><div class="wpds-c-PJLV wpds-c-PJLV-fuZjjX-isStandardLayoutAd-true article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Franklin, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></div><div class="wpds-c-PJLV article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);"><span style="font-family: Franklin, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This means holding a wall sit for two minutes and resting for two minutes. Repeat for a total of four wall sits with breaks in between. A single session, including rest, will take only 14 minutes.<br /></span><span style="font-size: 1.25rem;"><span style="font-family: Franklin, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><b style="color: #585858; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.3px; text-transform: uppercase;">On average, a regular isometric routine of wall sits lowered systolic blood pressure (the top number) by 10 mmHg and diastolic pressure by 5 mmHg, according to the research.</b><span style="color: #585858; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.3px; text-transform: uppercase;"><b> <br /></b></span></span><span style="color: #585858; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.25rem; letter-spacing: 0.3px; text-transform: uppercase;"><b><br /></b>The study’s authors say the findings support development of new exercise guidelines that go beyond recommending aerobic exercise for the prevention and treatment of hypertension.<br /><br /></span></p></div><div class="wpds-c-PJLV article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Franklin, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">“Our main message is that actually engaging in exercise is fantastic and any exercise might reduce your blood pressure,” said <a href="https://www.canterbury.ac.uk/people/jamie-odriscoll" style="border-bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2a2a2a; text-decoration-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); text-decoration-thickness: 0.0625em; text-underline-offset: 0.125em;" target="_blank">Jamie O’Driscoll</a>, the senior author of the study. “But if you’re an individual who is currently exercising to the guidelines and you’re still having a bit of difficulty reducing that blood pressure and you want to avoid going on medication, perhaps isometrics is an additional mode to complement the exercise you’re already doing.”<a class="wpds-c-iSKIAI wpds-c-iSKIAI-iedmEYU-css" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2024/01/30/wall-sit-isometric-lower-blood-pressure/?=undefined#end-react-aria-1" style="border: 0px; 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font-family: Franklin, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><h3 class="pb-sm pt-lgmod" data-qa="article-header" id="RAHFSMA3OZCJ7LGC3VOXAUSIOU" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Postoni, BodoniSvtyTwoITCTT-Book, georgia, serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 16px; padding-top: var(--lg-mod);"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;">Benefits of isometric exercises</div></h3></div><div class="wpds-c-PJLV article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Franklin, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">An isometric exercise refers to a static contraction in which the length of the muscle does not change, said <a href="https://www.canterbury.ac.uk/people/jamie-edwards" style="border-bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2a2a2a; text-decoration-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); text-decoration-thickness: 0.0625em; text-underline-offset: 0.125em;" target="_blank">Jamie Edwards</a>, the first author of the study and a PhD researcher at Canterbury Christ Church University.</p></div><div class="wpds-c-PJLV article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Franklin, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">“Any kind of an exercise that is holding tension in any position which doesn’t involve dynamic movement is generally isometric exercise,” he said.</p></div><div class="wpds-c-PJLV article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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font-family: Franklin, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">The research reviewed 270 randomized controlled trials that collectively studied 15,827 participants. The researchers looked at the blood pressure effects of three isometric exercises: squeezing a handgrip dynamometer, extending your legs against a fixed resistance and squatting with your back flat against the wall. (While planks are a popular example of isometric exercises, they were not included in the study.)<br /><span style="font-size: 1.25rem;"><br />T</span><b style="font-size: 1.25rem;">he researchers found that, overall, isometric exercise training was the most effective exercise for lowering systolic and diastolic blood pressures.<br /></b><b><span color="var(--wpds-colors-gray40)" face="var(--wpds-fonts-body)" style="font-size: 1.25rem;">“From a clinician standpoint, these are very promising findings,” said</span><span color="var(--wpds-colors-gray40)" face="var(--wpds-fonts-body)" style="font-size: 1.25rem;"> </span><a href="https://www.kines.umich.edu/directory/laura-richardson" style="border-bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; text-decoration-color: rgb(42, 42, 42); text-decoration-thickness: 0.0625em; text-underline-offset: 0.125em;" target="_blank">Laura Richardson</a><span color="var(--wpds-colors-gray40)" face="var(--wpds-fonts-body)" style="font-size: 1.25rem;">, a registered clinical exercise physiologist at the University of Michigan who was not involved in the study.<br /></span></b><b><span color="var(--wpds-colors-gray40)" face="var(--wpds-fonts-body)" style="font-size: 1.25rem;"><br /> “Being able to use isometric exercise as a therapeutic tool for those with hypertension is wonderful. I really think it’s a great way to get more individuals involved in being active.”</span></b></p></div><div class="wpds-c-PJLV article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Franklin, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">Isometric exercises effectively lower blood pressure because contracting a muscle and holding the position temporarily reduces blood flow to that muscle, O’Driscoll said. When you release that contraction, blood flow through the muscle tissue increases. This produces important signals that prompt blood vessels to relax more and creates<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;"> </span>less resistance to blood flow, which ultimately reduces blood pressure.<br /><br /></p><div class="wpds-c-PJLV article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><h3 class=" pb-sm pt-lgmod" data-qa="article-header" id="J4Q5BNEV5JG5PBZCQKR5REKF44" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Postoni, BodoniSvtyTwoITCTT-Book, georgia, serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 16px; padding-top: var(--lg-mod);"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;">How to do a wall sit</div></h3></div><div class="wpds-c-PJLV article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">To do a wall sit, find a wall that you can lean against. Take a couple of steps forward. Keep your feet hip width apart and slide your back down the wall until your knees are at about a 90-degree angle, as if you’re sitting in a chair, Richardson said.</p></div><div class="wpds-c-PJLV article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">The lower you squat, the more intense the workout. <u>Be careful of how much you bend your knees in the beginning. Work your way down to 90 degrees. If you can’t get there, Richardson recommends sliding down based on your knee flexibility and holding steady until you feel lower-body muscle fatigue.<br /><br /></u></p></div><div class="wpds-c-PJLV article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">Isometric exercises like wall sits engage a lot of muscles, help build strength and are helpful for improving balance and range of motion, Richardson said.</p></div><div class="wpds-c-PJLV wpds-c-PJLV-fuZjjX-isStandardLayoutAd-true article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div class="wpds-c-PJLV article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">“Primarily, you’re going to be using a lot of your leg muscles: your quadriceps, your glutes, your calves,” said Richardson, who is also a clinical associate professor at the University of Michigan School of Kinesiology. “If your back is flat against the wall, it’s going to help engage the abdominal muscles.”</p></div><div class="wpds-c-PJLV article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="wpds-c-VkPmP hide-for-print" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: var(--wpds-space-200); margin-top: var(--wpds-space-200); max-width: 100vw; min-height: 324px;"><div data-qa="inline-magnet" data-testid="inline-magnet" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div aria-roledescription="carousel" class="wpds-c-cFpcyF" role="group" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%;"><div class="wpds-c-fpCqEU wpds-c-fpCqEU-ifTWtaS-css" style="align-items: center; 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--tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font-family: "Inquirer Headline", "Noto Headline", "Georgia Headline", "Times Headline", serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 3.25rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 3.25rem; margin: 1rem 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Imhotep’s Jayden Horton-Mims, the top-ranked sprinter in the state, found his sanctuary on the track</h1></div><p class="inq-p--summary type-article-tease text-neutral-light-text my-0 mx-auto max-w-[542px] md:max-w-[813px] lg:max-w-[980px] mx-0" id="main-content" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; color: rgba(89,87,96,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font-family: "Inquirer Headline", "Noto Headline", "Georgia Headline", "Times Headline", serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.5rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 980px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The junior, who holds the state’s top spots in the 200, 300, and 400-meters, learned from a mistake that could have cost him everything. He identified track as the way forward.</p></div><section class="grid gap-[30px] gap-y-0 grid-cols-[100%] lg:grid-cols-[650px_300px] my-0 mx-auto max-w-[980px]" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px; display: grid; font-family: "Inquirer Text WEB", "Noto Text", "Georgia Text", "Times Text", serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; 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--tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-box-orient: vertical; -webkit-line-clamp: 2; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); display: -webkit-box; font-family: Grot10, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.875rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1rem; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.125rem; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">Jayden Horton-Mims, 16, of Germantown is a junior track standout at Imhotep Charter.<a class="inq-fig--expend-btn hidden-read-more" data-click-event="expand-caption" role="button" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); 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--tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">There was a time when Imhotep Charter’s Jayden Horton-Mims would finish a race head down, eyes low, seemingly uninterested in learning his time.</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; 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--tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">Fortunately for the junior phenom, whose record-setting 300-meter performance raised eyebrows at last week’s Armory Officials Hall of Fame Invitational in New York, the track has become a place of refuge.</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; 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--tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; display: block; font: inherit; height: 433.641px; margin: 0px; max-height: 75vh; max-width: 100vw; object-fit: contain; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible; width: 650px;" width="650" /></div><figcaption class="inq-image__caption" id="inq-fig--figcaption-jayden-horton-mims-w-caption" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5rem 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="inq-fig--caption type-caption text-neutral-text-color truncated" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-box-orient: vertical; -webkit-line-clamp: 2; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); display: -webkit-box; font-family: Grot10, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.875rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1rem; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.125rem; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">Jayden Horton-Mims warms up for practice with teammates inside Imhotep Charter on Jan. 24.<a class="inq-fig--expend-btn hidden-read-more" data-click-event="expand-caption" role="button" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; bottom: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: hidden;"></a></span><span class="inq-fig--credit type-author text-neutral-text-color text-sm mt-1 mb-2" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); display: block; font-family: Grot10, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.875rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.125rem; margin: 0.25rem 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Tyger Williams / Staff Photographer</span></figcaption></figure></div></div><div class=" relative w-fit mt-6 mb-0 font-inquirer-headline text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font-family: "Inquirer Headline", "Noto Headline", "Georgia Headline", "Times Headline", serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 1.5rem 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: fit-content;"><h3 class="block font-semibold mt-8 mb-4 text-5 leading-5 sm:text-8 sm:leading-8 lg:text-9 lg:leading-9" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; 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--tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">In some ways, Horton-Mims’ journey has always been difficult. He was born a month premature and weighed only 4 pounds, 6 ounces.</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">“He was a little guy,” said his father, Odell Mims, in a phone interview. “It took him a while to develop, but once he did, it was off to the races.”</p><div class="text-center
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" id="ad3505" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-image: none; border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px auto; min-height: 0px; min-width: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div></div></div></div><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">At first, Horton-Mims, now 16, often was a blur on the football field. He was on the Blackhawks squad that won the Pop Warner national championship in 2019.</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">He also played football his freshman year at Imhotep but has since focused strictly on track.</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">Ironically, his lack of focus stood out during his freshman year. Bishop, now in his fifth season at Imhotep, said he had seldom seen emotion from Horton-Mims before last week’s triumph.</p><p class="inq-p type-interstitial text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font-family: Grot10, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"><span style="color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">“Before when he ran a race, he’d finish, and he wasn’t even checking the time,” said Bishop, who runs two group homes in Germantown. “He just walked away with his head down.”</span></p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">Asked what occupied his mind back then, Horton-Mims said it was the fatal shootings of a few friends. He declined to go into specifics but said transcending the city’s violence is what motivates him now.</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">“Philly is like a war zone,” he said. “I’ve lost some friends to the streets because that’s the path they chose. I don’t want to choose that path. I want to make it somewhere instead of dying out here. That’s why I keep going.</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">“Because the streets won’t get you nowhere but jail or dead. The streets can’t get you far in life. Track can get me far in life.”</p><div class=" relative w-fit mt-6 mb-0 font-inquirer-headline text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font-family: "Inquirer Headline", "Noto Headline", "Georgia Headline", "Times Headline", serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 1.5rem 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: fit-content;"><h3 class="block font-semibold mt-8 mb-4 text-5 leading-5 sm:text-8 sm:leading-8 lg:text-9 lg:leading-9" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 2.25rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 2.25rem; margin: 2rem 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Back on track</h3></div><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">That doesn’t mean, however, that it’s been smooth sailing since Horton-Mims identified track as the way forward.</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">A misstep in school during his sophomore year cost him the entire season. Since then, he says he has learned to pick and choose his battles more wisely.</p><div class="text-center
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Bishop, a former standout sprinter at Martin Luther King and then Lincoln University, said he liked what he heard.</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">“But I’m from the ‘show me’ state,” he joked. “You have to show me, not just tell me.</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">“Ever since that boy stepped foot on the track this season — he’s shown me.”</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">Colleges, Bishop said, have already started to notice. More could follow if Horton-Mims continues to improve.</p><div class="sm:mx-auto -mx-5" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="inq-image--wrapper figure" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><figure aria-describedby="inq-fig--figcaption--jayden-horton-mims--caption" class="" role="figure" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 650px;"><div class="inq-image " style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100vw; object-fit: cover; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline; width: 650px;"><img alt=" Jayden Horton-Mims ran 32.92 in the 300-meter dash at the Armory Officials Hall of Fame Invitational, breaking the state record.
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--tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5rem 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="inq-fig--caption type-caption text-neutral-text-color truncated" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-box-orient: vertical; -webkit-line-clamp: 2; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); display: -webkit-box; font-family: Grot10, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.875rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1rem; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.125rem; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">Jayden Horton-Mims ran 32.92 in the 300-meter dash at the Armory Officials Hall of Fame Invitational, breaking the state record.<a class="inq-fig--expend-btn hidden-read-more" data-click-event="expand-caption" role="button" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); 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--tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); display: block; font-family: Grot10, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.875rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.125rem; margin: 0.25rem 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Tyger Williams / Staff Photographer</span></figcaption></figure></div></div><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">“That’s the main thing I’m happy about,” said Odell Mims, who added that his son’s mother, Mona Horton, also is a key supporter.</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">“I never went to college,” he continued. “It’s easy to go left out here. The way these kids are dying out here, I’m just so proud that he’s kept out of trouble.”</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">Horton-Mims has also shown his younger brothers, Keshon, 14, and Yakeese, 11, another way forward.</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">“Because if they see me doing the right things,” he said, “they won’t go down the wrong path.</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">“So, every step I take has a purpose. 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--tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I cover high school sports, focusing primarily on how the lives of young athletes intersect with life in and around Philadelphia.</span></div></div></div></div></ul></div></div></div></article></section>Coach Heathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01444353722924136815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351760470136287747.post-49141646450866662172023-11-19T19:36:00.001-05:002023-11-19T19:36:43.253-05:00Haverford College Coaching Great Tom Donnelly's Lessons<p><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font-family: "Inquirer Headline", "Noto Headline", "Georgia Headline", "Times Headline", serif; font-size: 3.25rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Haverford College’s Tom Donnelly, coaching icon, at the finish line with lessons for us all</span></p><div class="max-w-[980px] mx-auto lg:px-0 px-5 pb-5" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Inquirer Text WEB", "Noto Text", "Georgia Text", "Times Text", serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; 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font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.5rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 980px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Thirty-five of the hardest races I ever ran," Donnelly said of his own cancer treatment.</p></div><section class="grid gap-[30px] gap-y-0 grid-cols-[100%] lg:grid-cols-[650px_300px] my-0 mx-auto max-w-[980px]" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; 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--tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; display: block; font: inherit; height: 433.344px; margin: 0px; max-width: 100vw; object-fit: cover; object-position: center center; padding: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible; width: 650px;" width="650" /></div><figcaption class="inq-image__caption" id="inq-fig--figcaption-haverford-college-tr-caption" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5rem 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="inq-fig--caption type-caption text-neutral-text-color truncated" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-box-orient: vertical; -webkit-line-clamp: 2; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); display: -webkit-box; font-family: Grot10, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.875rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1rem; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.125rem; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">Haverford College track and cross-country coach Tom Donnelly is retiring after 49 seasons.<a class="inq-fig--expend-btn hidden-read-more" data-click-event="expand-caption" role="button" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); 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font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.125rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="inq-timestamp__label leading-5" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.25rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Published </span><time class="text-neutral-light-text inline-block type-article-details text-neutral-light-text inline leading-5" datetime="2023-11-17T05:00:47-05:00" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; color: rgba(89,87,96,var(--tw-text-opacity)); display: inline; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.25rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Nov. 17, 2023, 5:00 a.m. ET</time></div></div></div></div></div></ul><div class="relative -top-6" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -1.5rem; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="premium-message" id="premium-message" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div></div><div class="article-body-light" id="article-body" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">The value of competing. Tom Donnelly lived it, coached it, studied it, preached it. Donnelly thought he understood it. Competing was, in a sense, this man’s life’s work. Partnering with his athletes, guiding them until they could see it for themselves.</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">Some of the great middle-distance runners in the sport’s history have tales of Donnelly, fierce competitor. Some Haverford College runners who didn’t even know they were competitors turned out to be champions.</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">Late in his coaching career, Donnelly arrived at another conclusion — competing could save his life.</p><p class="inq-p type-interstitial text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font-family: Grot10, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"><span style="color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">In 2016, facing down a throat and neck cancer diagnosis, Donnelly was scared of … sneezing to death.</span></p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">“Terrified,” Donnelly said, sitting in his office last month.</p><div class="text-center
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" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">Donnelly, 76, volunteered this information during what in a sense was an exit interview. The last daily check mark has arrived on Donnelly’s desk calendar, his career as Haverford College’s track and cross-country coach ending Saturday at the finish line of the NCAA Championships.</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">You’re talking about a coaching run that may not be equaled around here, not just for longevity, but for impact, any sport. (You want to go back to Connie Mack, sure, maybe you have a case, but Mack had some down years, too.)</p><div class="text-center
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Donnelly’s runners won 29 individual NCAA championships.</p></li><li class="ml-5 mb-3" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.75rem 1.25rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">All these years later, can’t forget Donnelly was personal coach of the top miler in the world at the time Donnelly was working with him — Marcus O’Sullivan, now coaching up the road at Villanova. O’Sullivan and the great Sydney Maree trained with this man at the height of their powers, Donnelly not taking a dime.</p></li><li class="ml-5 mb-3" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.75rem 1.25rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">You wouldn’t think Haverford could produce a four-minute miler? The college did, the first in NCAA Division III history.</p></li></ol></div><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">Even all that … not it. Taking high school runners focused more on a Haverford education than winning races or even joining a team, turning them into competitors.</p><div class="-mx-5 sm:mx-auto " style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="inq-image--wrapper figure" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><figure aria-describedby="inq-fig--figcaption-haverford-college-tr-caption" class="" role="figure" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 650px;"><div class="inq-image " style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100vw; object-fit: cover; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline; width: 650px;"><img alt="Haverford College track and cross-country coach Tom Donnelly had 29 NCAA champions.
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--tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5rem 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="inq-fig--caption type-caption text-neutral-text-color truncated" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-box-orient: vertical; -webkit-line-clamp: 2; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); display: -webkit-box; font-family: Grot10, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.875rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1rem; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.125rem; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">Haverford College track and cross-country coach Tom Donnelly had 29 NCAA champions.<a class="inq-fig--expend-btn hidden-read-more" data-click-event="expand-caption" role="button" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; 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--tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); display: block; font-family: Grot10, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.875rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.125rem; margin: 0.25rem 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Jose F. Moreno / Staff Photographer</span></figcaption></figure></div></div><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">“Once they acknowledge it’s not a dirty thing to compete,” Donnelly said of where the race starts. “Especially at Haverford, there’s always that overtone, that <i style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">competitive</i> is a dirty thing. It’s BS. I don’t want to hear that.”</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">Donnelly might point out to young skeptics that they must have been competitive in their high school classrooms to get into Haverford.</p><div class="text-center
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He was annoyed during a race this fall. It wasn’t a big meet, his top runners had the week off. But watching, he missed a guy. “I know he’s out there, I saw him on the starting line,” Donnelly told a fellow onlooker, Michael McGrath, a long-ago assistant, now an attorney.</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">That day, 17 Haverford runners competed. He’d missed the runner because the guy was running faster than expected, and was wearing blue shorts instead of the usual black.</p><div class=" relative w-fit mt-6 mb-0 font-inquirer-headline text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font-family: "Inquirer Headline", "Noto Headline", "Georgia Headline", "Times Headline", serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 1.5rem 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: fit-content;"><h3 class="block font-semibold mt-8 mb-4 text-5 leading-5 sm:text-8 sm:leading-8 lg:text-9 lg:leading-9" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 2.25rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 2.25rem; margin: 2rem 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">‘She saved my life’</h3></div><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">Nathan Akerhielm,a team captain in 2021, went on a training run where he was working last year in Charlotte, N.C. He fell to the sidewalk, his heart suddenly gone into an arrhythmia. He lay on the sidewalk for 10 minutes before two other runners saw him and called 911. His heart was shocked in the back of an ambulance, and tests revealed he had a rare genetic condition. He needed a defibrillator procedure.</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">“Tom called me at the hospital,” Akerhielm said. “He shared with me a story from his cancer treatment in 2016, how the doctor had encouraged Donnelly to use the same mindset and consistent, daily approach he used to coach and run, apply it to the cancer treatment, which would be long and painful.”</p><div class="text-center
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" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 1.25rem 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">Donnelly thinks back to a 2016 conversation with former Haverford athletic director Wendy Smith.</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">“She saved my life,” Donnelly said.</p><p class="inq-p type-interstitial text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font-family: Grot10, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">There had been a biopsy, a cancer diagnosis — “in my throat, then it spread to my neck,” Donnelly said. “I had four tumors. It was pretty advanced.”</span></p><div class="text-center
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" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 1.25rem 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">The lifesaver to him was Smith’s telling him how former Haverford president Stephen Emerson had previously been chief of hematology/oncology at Penn. He got Donnelly in there.</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">“I started treatment the end of August,” Donnelly said. “Like 35 straight days of radiation …”</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">Tom is a detail guy.</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">“Except for Labor Day,” he said.</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">The radiation treatment was pretty much “22 to 25 minutes” of terror. A mask over his head with a long mesh front — “they stuck it on where it was so tight you couldn’t even blink your eyelashes. They bolted you in 12 different places on this table. You’re bolted down. It was like slightly downhill, so your head’s down there.”</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">The terrifying part … “When I sneeze, I never sneeze once. I’ll sneeze like eight, 10, 12 times.”</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">The fear was that with nobody in the room with him, by the time he signaled distress, it would be too late — “I would choke to death.”</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">The son of a roofer, who grew up in Logan, he shows a Donnelly roofing hat in his office, “roofing since 1878.”</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">“Older than the Phillies,” Donnelly noted. “The Phillies are 1883.”</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">“Tom can tell stories of his dad’s roofers extracting teeth with a shot of Jameson’s on a lunch break on a Philly roof,” said Donnelly’s friend of half a century Paul Keogh.</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">(Also, Keogh added, “He can explain the meaning and historical significance of a Beethoven symphony.”)</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">A story from Donnelly’s Villanova roommate, Dave Patrick: “One of the first things I think about with Tom was the NCAA cross-country championships in Laramie, Wyo., in 1967. We were defending national champions, but we didn’t realize all the impediments that were in our way. Laramie was almost 8,000 feet above sea level and the day was cold and windy with gusts up to 25 miles per hour.”</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">There was blowing snow and some ice on the course. The night before the race, Patrick said, “Tom somehow got food poisoning and it was a night of trying to get to the bathroom as soon as possible.”</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">Villanova coach Jumbo Elliott heard of this the next morning.</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">“He wanted to scratch Tom,” Patrick said. “But Tom spoke out and said to Jumbo, he didn’t come all this way not to run.”</p><p class="inq-p type-interstitial text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font-family: Grot10, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"><span style="color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Donnelly, a two-time cross-country all-American, was Villanova’s second finisher. The Wildcats held off Air Force by a few points to repeat. His points, all needed.</span></p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">Mention Patrick to Donnelly, he’ll get up and walk to a shelf and pull out a copy of a Sports Illustrated cover from 55 years ago, Patrick on the cover, as a Villanova undergrad, the headline noting “on the heels of Jim Ryun.” (In fact, Patrick won the mile at the 1968 U.S. Olympic trials, but that’s a whole different saga.)</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">In his own opinion, Patrick said, his old roommate might be the best coach in the world.</p><div class=" relative w-fit mt-6 mb-0 font-inquirer-headline text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font-family: "Inquirer Headline", "Noto Headline", "Georgia Headline", "Times Headline", serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 1.5rem 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: fit-content;"><h2 class="block font-semibold mt-8 mb-4 text-6 leading-6 sm:text-9 sm:leading-9 lg:text-10 lg:leading-10" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 2.5rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 2.5rem; margin: 2rem 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">‘I was ready’</h2></div><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">Donnelly never sneezed.</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">He’d prepare each day, he said, like it was a race — “35 of the hardest races I ever ran.” He’d psych himself up each morning driving down to Penn.</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">“When I went in there, I was ready,” Donnelly said. “My mind was so set.”</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">He knew firsthand the importance of that mental prep. There had been a trial run, Donnelly told to just put his hand up if he had any problem. ”They weren’t out of the room five seconds, my hand was up,” he said. “I hadn’t prepared myself. I thought I had.”</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">Starting the whole ordeal, “I didn’t know if they were going to have to remove my tongue. I’m the worst guy on a computer. How am I going to communicate with my team? I’m just envisioning walking out there, writing stuff down.”</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">This was during the fall. How quickly did he get back to his team?</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">“I never missed a day,” Donnelly said. “It’s the most proud thing for me coaching, ever. Because I was down at Penn half a day. And the two days I was down there for chemo, I was there all day.”</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">He was late for practice once.</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">“Five or 10 minutes,” Donnelly said. “That was just traffic driving back from West Philly.”</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">One more bit of torture.</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">“I had no pain through the whole thing,” Donnelly said. “The very last treatment, my body broke out into a rash.”</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">A parting gift of sorts.</p><div class="-mx-5 sm:mx-auto " style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="inq-image--wrapper figure" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; 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--tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100vw; object-fit: cover; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline; width: 650px;"><img alt="Haverford track coach Tom Donnelly (right) with former assistant Michael McGrath (left) and Robard Williams, who still holds five school records set in the late 1980s." class="inq-image visible-inq-image object-contain max-h-75vh h-full w-screen sm:w-full -mx-4 sm:mx-0" decoding="async" height="433" loading="lazy" sizes="(min-width: 1040px) 650px, calc(94.44vw - 15px)" src="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/ITnTI00kFzqI4SpIvctgxuRkjis=/filters:format(webp)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/X6AMSF6YTFEOJIO6GBU3D6VFYM.jpg" srcset="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/njxUwfFHrl5C7lcoVFMbyq3hjw4=/800x533/smart/filters:format(webp)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/X6AMSF6YTFEOJIO6GBU3D6VFYM.jpg 800w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/nLOIEoW_o2P7AdUUGUbt-UIaYtM=/700x467/smart/filters:format(webp)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/X6AMSF6YTFEOJIO6GBU3D6VFYM.jpg 700w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/xeMcQol57dN6OF6Q3_C72G1dy6E=/600x400/smart/filters:format(webp)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/X6AMSF6YTFEOJIO6GBU3D6VFYM.jpg 600w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/8ciJ1pxENhmQg-wh6TNaCJUy1jQ=/500x333/smart/filters:format(webp)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/X6AMSF6YTFEOJIO6GBU3D6VFYM.jpg 500w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/0MCjw5cXxDVzNEviKIvwYJ24c4g=/400x267/smart/filters:format(webp)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/X6AMSF6YTFEOJIO6GBU3D6VFYM.jpg 400w" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; display: block; font: inherit; height: 433.641px; margin: 0px; max-height: 75vh; max-width: 100vw; object-fit: contain; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible; width: 650px;" width="650" /></div><figcaption class="inq-image__caption" id="inq-fig--figcaption-haverford-track-coac-caption" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5rem 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="inq-fig--caption type-caption text-neutral-text-color truncated" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-box-orient: vertical; -webkit-line-clamp: 2; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); display: -webkit-box; font-family: Grot10, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.875rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1rem; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.125rem; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">Haverford track coach Tom Donnelly (right) with former assistant Michael McGrath (left) and Robard Williams, who still holds five school records set in the late 1980s.<a class="inq-fig--expend-btn hidden-read-more" data-click-event="expand-caption" role="button" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; bottom: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: hidden;"></a></span><span class="inq-fig--credit type-author text-neutral-text-color text-sm mt-1 mb-2" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); display: block; font-family: Grot10, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.875rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.125rem; margin: 0.25rem 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mike Jensen/Staff</span></figcaption></figure></div></div><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">“Like that for the next five weeks,” he said. “Nonstop itching. Everywhere except my face and my hands. The whole rest of my body.”</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">Never mind coaching, “I slept between 15 minutes and 60 minutes usually, every night, for five weeks.”</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">He worried about screwing up race entries.</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">“I remember coming over to the office, I couldn’t sleep,” he said. “I finally went out to an all-night diner. Got a traffic ticket, right on red.”</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">Small potatoes.</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">“It was a tough fall,” Donnelly said. “But a lot of people don’t make it.”</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">Tough fall for his squad? Their coach was so weak he could barely stand up.</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">“The guys were great,” Donnelly said. ”We had a good team. We won the conference.”</p><div class=" relative w-fit mt-6 mb-0 font-inquirer-headline text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font-family: "Inquirer Headline", "Noto Headline", "Georgia Headline", "Times Headline", serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 1.5rem 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: fit-content;"><h3 class="block font-semibold mt-8 mb-4 text-5 leading-5 sm:text-8 sm:leading-8 lg:text-9 lg:leading-9" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 2.25rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 2.25rem; margin: 2rem 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">‘Is that the way you would want to win?’</h3></div><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">There had been a race in 1980 when it looked like Haverford was going to miss the league indoor title by one point. (It turned out, Donnelly had counted wrong; his team actually won.) A team member, trying to be helpful — and hypercompetitive already — suggested a way to get that point, protesting that Widener did not have matching uniforms, a violation of league rules.</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">“Tom looked at me with such disappointment, and maybe sympathy in his face,” said Gerry Lederer, an attorney. “He asked, ‘Is that the way you would want to win?’ It’s 43 years later and I have never looked to win on a technicality since.”</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">A former runner, Chris Hood, said two decades back that Donnelly “understands that winning and running is as foolish and meaningless as anything else in life. Of course, if it’s as meaningless as all those things, it’s as meaningful. He wants his runners to commit with their whole mind and spirit, and that commitment is what they’re going to learn from. He really lives by that.”</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">“A human, not a god,” said the long-ago assistant, McGrath. “But he’s a <i style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">really </i>good human.”</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">Some years back, Donnelly had promised Haverford’s incoming freshmen that he’d stay through their four years. He just couldn’t foresee the COVID-19 pandemic, a year without Centennial sports competition — a couple of those freshmen still here for a last cross-country season before graduating in December.</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">“I just felt obligated to be here during their time,” Donnelly said.</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">Donnelly has always told his runners that they’re doing this for fun, that it’s a game. Pressure, he’d tell them, is a job interview with four hungry kids at home. But he’d tell them all, if you’re going to do this, whatever this is, be great at it. “If you’re going to be a small-time Philadelphia crook,” he’d say, “be a big-time Philadelphia crook.”</p><div class="-mx-5 sm:mx-auto " style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="inq-image--wrapper figure" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; 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width: 650px;"><div class="inq-image " style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100vw; object-fit: cover; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline; width: 650px;"><img alt="“A human, not a god,” a former assistant said of Tom Donnelly." class="inq-image visible-inq-image object-contain max-h-75vh h-full w-screen sm:w-full -mx-4 sm:mx-0" decoding="async" height="433" loading="lazy" sizes="(min-width: 1040px) 650px, calc(94.44vw - 15px)" src="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/OGByGhzYWEBJfYOronHno8dFmRE=/filters:format(webp)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/647E656IQVEB5CBFTF3X3OXAKA.jpg" srcset="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/TPevSuNIBcIrVwi4YaEAg0Mtcfc=/800x659/smart/filters:format(webp)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/647E656IQVEB5CBFTF3X3OXAKA.jpg 800w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/mZv8nWdlT2axDwdf07S10v7LZcU=/700x576/smart/filters:format(webp)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/647E656IQVEB5CBFTF3X3OXAKA.jpg 700w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/mY8XA7oBLqTuT9EWep_bqT7Ce9M=/600x494/smart/filters:format(webp)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/647E656IQVEB5CBFTF3X3OXAKA.jpg 600w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/wBlvsmGlY9oWgy26BW-C5Mu3k_Q=/500x412/smart/filters:format(webp)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/647E656IQVEB5CBFTF3X3OXAKA.jpg 500w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/Lf_ZdV0Q9qFf_iwwDKQbcXv6ets=/400x329/smart/filters:format(webp)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/647E656IQVEB5CBFTF3X3OXAKA.jpg 400w" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; display: block; font: inherit; height: 534.859px; margin: 0px; max-height: 75vh; max-width: 100vw; object-fit: contain; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible; width: 650px;" width="650" /></div><figcaption class="inq-image__caption" id="inq-fig--figcaption-“a-human,-not-a-god,-caption" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5rem 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="inq-fig--caption type-caption text-neutral-text-color truncated" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-box-orient: vertical; -webkit-line-clamp: 2; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); display: -webkit-box; font-family: Grot10, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.875rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1rem; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.125rem; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">“A human, not a god,” a former assistant said of Tom Donnelly.<a class="inq-fig--expend-btn hidden-read-more" data-click-event="expand-caption" role="button" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; bottom: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: hidden;"></a></span><span class="inq-fig--credit type-author text-neutral-text-color text-sm mt-1 mb-2" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); display: block; font-family: Grot10, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.875rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.125rem; margin: 0.25rem 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">CHARLES FOX / Staff Photographer</span></figcaption></figure></div></div><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">Assistant coach Matt Cohen, a former Haverford runner, mentioning all this, said Donnelly would tell their guys, “This team could be great, just by each runner being committed and being themselves.”</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">Which year? Every year.</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">Could this man offer important lessons on finishing the race? Sure, except that’s not the trick. Nearly everyone finishes. Make one big move, not a bunch of halfhearted ones, he’s always told his guys.</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">“That was always a Jumbo thing,” Donnelly said, referring to the legendary Villanova coach. “Just make one big move, one decisive move.”</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">Here’s the trick, Donnelly said. “You just have to figure out the right time.”</p><div class="-mx-5 sm:mx-auto " style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; 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--tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; display: block; font: inherit; height: 433.641px; margin: 0px; max-height: 75vh; max-width: 100vw; object-fit: contain; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible; width: 650px;" width="650" /></div><figcaption class="inq-image__caption" id="inq-fig--figcaption--“if-you’re-going-to-caption" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5rem 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="inq-fig--caption type-caption text-neutral-text-color truncated" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-box-orient: vertical; -webkit-line-clamp: 2; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); display: -webkit-box; font-family: Grot10, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.875rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1rem; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.125rem; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">“If you’re going to be a small-time Philadelphia crook,” Donnelly would tell his runners, “be a big-time Philadelphia crook.”<a class="inq-fig--expend-btn hidden-read-more" data-click-event="expand-caption" role="button" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; 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Over the years, I've covered Smarty Jones, World Cup soccer, and a memorable decade of John Chaney.</span></div></div></div></div></ul><div><span style="color: #595760; font-family: Grot10, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4zdgOYdcjxavtqr7xPIQHqbAhJeLQMQ9mPDYbxmZJtLVDy1QzWh2AoJSajZao7RkLWH3qvMqNQin0Yf1lWXIj9Zb8L3nukl7tNw3W3BiIvJc9EnaPkXsCmChwWUTKp5J5SSIni8LSR4OzTuXshIWob3pe1EHbTFeMBsVisTK5hDLozd-2DtNFK-E1JVU/s500/Marcus%20and%20tom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="335" data-original-width="500" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4zdgOYdcjxavtqr7xPIQHqbAhJeLQMQ9mPDYbxmZJtLVDy1QzWh2AoJSajZao7RkLWH3qvMqNQin0Yf1lWXIj9Zb8L3nukl7tNw3W3BiIvJc9EnaPkXsCmChwWUTKp5J5SSIni8LSR4OzTuXshIWob3pe1EHbTFeMBsVisTK5hDLozd-2DtNFK-E1JVU/s320/Marcus%20and%20tom.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tom Donnelly and Marcus O'Sullivan with Gloucester Catholic Cross-Country Team.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="color: #595760; font-family: Grot10, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div></article></section>Coach Heathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01444353722924136815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351760470136287747.post-4969163065237739552023-11-17T19:37:00.056-05:002023-11-19T19:50:15.282-05:00Will Ketchup Ever Replace Sports Gels?<p> <span style="color: #383838; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 38px;">Can ketchup really be used as a sports supplement, as a new advert suggests?</span></p><h3 class="border" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(51,168,204,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-attachment: initial; 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margin: 0px 0px 18px 60px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Lecturer in Sports Nutrition, University of the West of Scotland</span></b></p></li><li class="vcard" id="author-543846" itemprop="author" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(51,168,204,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; clear: left; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; 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--tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(51,168,204,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Libre Baskerville", serif; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></div></header></div></div></figure><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(51,168,204,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">In the world of endurance sports, how athletes fuel themselves can be the difference between success and struggle. Traditionally, athletes have relied on specialized energy gels for a quick and easily digestible source of carbohydrates during extended workouts. But now a surprising contender has emerged: Heinz ketchup packets, thanks to a</span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGfkwWTllyo" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(51,168,204,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: transparent; color: #4b4b4e; outline: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;">new ad</a><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">featuring runners using them as their supplement of choice.<br /></span><br />Taste is a crucial factor when choosing supplements, especially during strenuous endurance efforts. Traditional sports foods offer various flavors to cater to athletes’ palates. Heinz ketchup packets bring a familiar tangy taste, but the savory nature of ketchup might not appeal to everyone during a workout. Personal preference matters, as an unpalatable choice could lead to digestive issues and detract from an athlete’s true potential.</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(51,168,204,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Endurance athletes need to consume carbohydrates for sustained energy during prolonged activities. Carbs are the body’s go-to energy source, especially during intense activities, and Heinz ketchup contains carbs primarily in the form of sugar from the tomatoes. Having a readily available option like ketchup packets could offer a crucial energy boost during training or competition, although the practicality might be a limiting factor.</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(51,168,204,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">For workouts lasting under an hour, ketchup packets might suffice. However, standard energy gels on the market have around 25g of carbs, and the <a href="https://journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/fulltext/2009/03000/nutrition_and_athletic_performance.27.aspx" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(51,168,204,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; color: #4b4b4e; outline: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;">recommendation</a> for athletes engaging in longer exercises is 30–60g of carbs per hour. Each 10ml packet of ketchup contains 2.6g of carbohydrates. To meet the lower end of this range, runners would need about 12 ketchup packets per hour, posing a logistical challenge during a workout.</p><div class="slot clear" data-id="17" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(51,168,204,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background: transparent; border: 0px; clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="promo" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(51,168,204,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="lazyload-wrapper " style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(51,168,204,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="MuiBoxroot-0-1-95 MuiBoxroot-0-1-96 makeStylesbox-0-1-94" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(51,168,204,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background: rgb(248, 248, 248); border-radius: 4px; border: 0px; color: #383838; margin: 0px 0px 16px; outline: 0px; padding: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(51,168,204,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; opacity: 1; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 300ms ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;"><h5 class="MuiTypographyroot-0-1-111 makeStylestitle-0-1-97 MuiTypographyh5-0-1-120 makeStylesh5-0-1-102 MuiTypographycolorInherit-0-1-133" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(51,168,204,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background: transparent; border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Montserrat; letter-spacing: initial; line-height: 1.334; margin: 0px 0px 8px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-transform: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Libre Baskerville", serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Opening and consuming multiple ketchup packets on the go may prove to be an awkward task, potentially detracting from an athlete’s focus and efficiency. As someone who struggles to open a single packet at the best of times, the practicality of relying on a dozen packets during a long run seems doubtful. This raises questions about the real-world applicability of Heinz ketchup as a sports supplement.</span></span></h5></div></div></div></div></div><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(51,168,204,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Additionally, sports gels often have added electrolytes such as sodium, potassium, and magnesium. These electrolytes are lost through sweat during exercise and replenishing them is important for preventing dehydration and muscle cramping during endurance activities. Heinz ketchup will contain some electrolytes due to the salt content, but sports gels are often scientifically formulated to provide a more precise electrolyte balance, making them the preferred choice for athletes.</p><figure style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(51,168,204,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="placeholder-container" style="--aspect-ratio-percent: 56.25%; --background-color: #fff; --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(51,168,204,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: var(--background-color); background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class=" lazyloaded" data-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TGfkwWTllyo?wmode=transparent&start=0" frameborder="0" height="400" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(51,168,204,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background: transparent; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; display: block; filter: blur(0px); height: 424.125px; inset: 0px; margin: 0px; object-fit: cover; opacity: 1; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute !important; transition: opacity 0.5s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline; width: 754px;" width="100%"></iframe></div><figcaption style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(51,168,204,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #4b4b4e; cursor: default; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 6px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="caption" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(51,168,204,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The new Heinz ad.</span></figcaption></figure><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(51,168,204,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ketchup is also highly acidic due to the tomatoes and vinegar. Acidic foods may trigger heartburn and acid reflux, diverting your focus from peak performance. The combination of sugars and acid in ketchup can also <a href="https://www.dentalhealth.org/news/others-play-ketchup-as-tomato-sauce-is-crowned-king-of-the-summer-condiments" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(51,168,204,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; color: #4b4b4e; outline: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;">wreak havoc on dental health</a> – an often-overlooked factor in athletes. Sauces, such as ketchup, can harm teeth as they are sticky and can cling to them.</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(51,168,204,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">On a more positive note, tomatoes contain compounds like <a href="https://www.webmd.com/diet/health-benefits-lycopene" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(51,168,204,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; color: #4b4b4e; outline: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;">lycopene</a> and <a href="https://www.webmd.com/diet/what-to-know-about-dietary-carotenoids" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(51,168,204,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; color: #4b4b4e; outline: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;">carotenoids</a>. These antioxidants have been shown to <a href="https://journals.humankinetics.com/view/journals/ijsnem/28/3/article-p266.xml" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(51,168,204,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; color: #4b4b4e; outline: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;">reduce markers of muscle damage</a> after an endurance run.</p><h2 style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(51,168,204,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: small;">Impractical packets</span></h2><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(51,168,204,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">While ketchup packets may not enhance immediate performance, they could aid recovery following endurance exercise. However, consuming enough of these beneficial compounds from ketchup seems impractical.</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(51,168,204,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">If you enjoy ketchup, it can still be included in your diet in moderation. The reality is that the occasional packet is not necessarily going to stop you performing well. However, it is not likely to be a worthwhile supplement.</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(51,168,204,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">As a sports nutritionist, my advice if you are considering using Heinz ketchup as a sports supplement is to experiment with it in your training regimen before incorporating it into any important competitions. Testing its compatibility with your body and performance goals ensures that you are making informed choices about your fuelling strategies.</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(51,168,204,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Published in The Conversation:<a href="https://theconversation.com/can-ketchup-really-be-used-as-a-sports-supplement-as-a-new-advert-suggests-217747" style="background-color: transparent;">Can ketchup really be used as a sports supplement, as a new advert suggests? (theconversation.com)</a></p></div></div></div>Coach Heathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01444353722924136815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351760470136287747.post-42417622348594020062023-08-12T14:34:00.001-04:002023-08-12T14:34:14.255-04:00A Hotbed of Distance Running Talent Emerges in Uganda <p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-no-proof: yes;"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600"
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0in;">By Jonathan W. Rosen</span></b><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0in;"> <br />
</span></b><span class="TitleChar"><span style="color: black; font-size: 28.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">New York Times</span></span><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0in;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">With
a mile to go in the 2017 World Cross Country Championships, Joshua Cheptegei
had one thing on his mind: win gold for his country on home soil.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">It
was a balmy afternoon in the Ugandan capital of Kampala, and against a field of
far more seasoned athletes, he was closing in on his goal. Halfway through the
biennial event, in which the world’s top distance runners compete over 10
kilometers of grass, mud and occasional barriers, he had gapped the field with
a surge so elegant that it looked like he was floating.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Two
hours earlier, his compatriot Jacob Kiplimo had hoisted the red, black, gold
and gray-crowned crane of the Ugandan flag after winning the under-20 race. The
raucous crowd, which included the Ugandan president, Yoweri Museveni, expected
Cheptegei to do the same.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Now he was hanging on for dear life, determined to prove
that Uganda, long overlooked in the distance running world, could hold its own
against the sport’s powerhouses, Kenya and Ethiopia. But the storybook ending,
on this day, would not come to pass: In the final half-mile, as his body fended
off dehydration, Cheptegei’s engine sputtered. He slowed to an agonizing
shuffle, coming in 30th out of 136 finishers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Cheptegei’s
near-triumph would nonetheless prove to be a prelude to a Ugandan running
renaissance. Two years later, he won the 2019 World Cross Country Championships
in Denmark. Uganda’s men took the team title.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Since then, Cheptegei has secured his place on the list of
distance running’s all-time greats, with an Olympic gold medal and two World
Championship titles on the track, as well as world records in the 5,000 and
10,000 meters. Kiplimo, who dethroned Cheptegei as the current World Cross
Country champion in February, now holds the half-marathon world record.<br />
<br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 2019, Halimah Nakaayi won the World
Championship title in the 800 meters, and, in 2021, Peruth Chemutai won the
Olympic gold medal in the 3,000-meter steeplechase.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Athletics Championships last year, and fellow Ugandan Jacob Kiplimo won bronze.<span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">Credit...Charlie Riedel/Associated Press</span></span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">In and around Kapchorwa, a small town in the foothills of
Mount Elgon, a 14,000-foot extinct volcano that straddles the Kenyan border,
hundreds of youngsters are hitting the roads with dreams of future glory.
Though Uganda’s volume of talent still lags behind that of Kenya and Ethiopia,
the magnitude of its rise has been remarkable.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“Every year, as a country, we’re getting better and
better,” Cheptegei said on an April afternoon, as he looked ahead to defending
his 10,000-meter title at this month’s World Athletics Championships in
Budapest. “The Mount Elgon region has always been home to running talent, and
we’re only just beginning to showcase it.”<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Uganda’s
ascent, in many ways, is an outgrowth of longstanding success in Kenya. Since
1964, that country has won 105 Olympic medals in running events from 400 meters
to the marathon; Kenya has also produced six of the 10 fastest male marathoners
in history, and five of the 10 fastest women.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">These
exploits have been mainly concentrated among the Kalenjin, a community of nine
closely related tribes descended from pastoralists that migrated south over the
last few thousand years from the Nile River Valley. Most of the seven million
Kalenjin today live in Kenya’s western highlands, where altitudes ranging from
6,000 to 9,000 feet help them develop more oxygen-carrying red blood cells and
greater lung capacities. Research has also shown that Kalenjin, on average,
have especially thin lower legs and a high leg-length-to-torso ratio, which
facilitates greater running economy, or the ability to make more efficient use
of oxygen.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">There are Kalenjin in Uganda, too, and if it weren’t for
the quirks of colonial history, there would be more: The original borders of
Britain’s Uganda Protectorate, hashed out by mustachioed bureaucrats in 1894,
encompassed the bulk of the Kalenjin territory that is part of Kenya today.
Adjustments to the boundary in 1902, driven by the desire to unify
administration of a railway from the coast, unwittingly paved the way for
Kenya’s future running triumphs. Yet the new line, which cut through the crest
of Elgon, severed one Kalenjin tribe, the Sabaot, in two. The descendants of
those left in Uganda, who number roughly 300,000, live primarily in three
districts on Elgon’s western flanks — an area of striking natural beauty known
for its waterfalls, sweeping vistas and alpine forests.</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/science/wildlife-aging-epigenetic-clocks.html?action=click&module=editorContent&pgtype=Article&region=CompanionColumn&contentCollection=Trending"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Georgia, serif; padding: 0in;">A dirt road in the Kween District of Uganda leads to the forested upper
slopes of Mount Elgon, where the grandparents of many current athletes hunted
antelope and buffalo.<span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">Credit...Jonathan W.
Rosen</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: #F7F7F7; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></b></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">It
is here that Ugandan running is now thriving, though the region’s talent took
time to develop. While Kenya enjoyed relative stability in the decades after it
gained independence in 1963, Uganda was at war for much of the 1970s and 1980s.
Lawlessness pervaded the Mount Elgon region until the turn of the century:
Bandits from neighboring tribes would sweep in at night and conduct raids on
cattle, often killing locals in the process.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">The
area was also slow to modernize. Until the 1990s, the ancestors of many current
athletes, including Cheptegei, Kiplimo and Chemutai, lived inside the forests
of Elgon’s upper belt, part of a small group of Sabaot that subsisted on milk,
honey and meat from antelope and buffalo they hunted. Here, 9,000 feet up,
there were no roads or schools, and no pipeline into competitive athletics. But
according to Moses Kiptala, an elder who grew up in this community, endurance
was of great value: The group’s method of persistence hunting involved chasing
animals for hours until they overheated.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Kiplimo,
who comes from a family of runners and had planned to contest the 5,000 and
10,000 meters in Budapest before being sidelined by an injured hamstring, is of
particularly distinguished stock. Kiptala recalls Kiplimo’s grandfather being
such a prolific hunter that the community called him Simba, or Lion.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Much
had changed by the time today’s stars were born: In 1983, Uganda’s government
began resettling the group, known as the Mosopisiek, downslope from the forest
to make way for a national park. Most are now small-scale farmers. The
resettlement process, Kiptala said, was traumatic, but it also helped unlock
running talent. Through school, children could access competitions, and by the
early 2000s, athletes from the Elgon region were beginning to appear in World
Championship and Olympic finals.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Uganda’s first champion of this period was a runner from
the country’s north, Dorcus Inzikuru, who won the 3,000-meter steeplechase at
the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki. Elgon’s watershed moment came seven
years later, when the Kapchorwa native Stephen Kiprotich notched an upset win
in the 2012 London Olympics marathon — the country’s first Olympic gold since
1972. He doubled down with a marathon title the following year in Moscow.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“Many Kenyans were saying London was a fluke, so I had to
prove them wrong,” Kiprotich said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Georgia, serif; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Peruth Chemutai, second from left, won a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics
in the 3,000-meter steeplechase.<span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">Credit...Jonathan
W. Rosen</span></span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Among
the legions inspired by those performances was a teenage Cheptegei, who had
also grown up in Kapchorwa with dreams of running glory. His parents, who
insisted that he enroll in college, were skeptical. But his progress,
highlighted by a 10,000-meter world junior title, was so impressive that even
President Museveni urged him to drop the books and focus full-time on
athletics.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Like
many Ugandan runners before him, Cheptegei left for Kenya, where there were
more elites to train with and more sophisticated coaching. In 2016, determined
to raise the sport’s profile at home, he persuaded his management, the
Netherlands-based Global Sports Communication, to establish an elite group in
Kapchorwa.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Seven
years later, Cheptegei is not only a national icon, he’s also a force for
talent development. Along with coach Addy Ruiter, he’s pieced together a squad
of two dozen globally competitive athletes, who live together in a
stone-and-brick facility known as the Joshua Cheptegei Training Center, on the
slopes above the town. An affiliated camp for up-and-coming junior athletes is
a short drive away in Kween, a neighboring district.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Other management groups, including Kiplimo’s Italy-based
Rosa & Associati, have opened camps in the area as well, drawn both to the
concentration of talent and the training environment. Though Kapchorwa sits at
a slightly lower altitude than the main training hubs in Kenya and Ethiopia,
the town’s location halfway up a mountain enables greater versatility. Ruiter,
a 60-year-old former triathlete who left a desk job at Ikea to move here from
the Netherlands in 2019, said his athletes benefit from long runs that reach as
high as 10,000 feet, as well as faster sessions at altitudes as low as 3,500
feet.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">While a structure for continued success is now in place,
Ruiter was quick to stress that the size of Uganda’s talent pool will never
quite measure up to Kenya’s or Ethiopia’s. He also described Cheptegei and
Kiplimo as “once-in-a-generation talents” and said it could be a while before
Uganda sees another athlete of their caliber. Eventually, though, he believes
more champions from Mount Elgon will emerge.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><br />
</span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0in;"><b>Addy Ruiter, left, moved from the Netherlands to Uganda to coach runners
with Cheptegei.<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">Credit...Jonathan W. Rosen</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Other
roadblocks could still manifest. In recent years, Kenya’s running pre-eminence
has been marred by the specter of doping: As of Aug. 9, there were </span><a href="https://www.athleticsintegrity.org/disciplinary-process/global-list-of-ineligible-persons?country=KEN" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;" target="_blank"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">64 Kenyan athletes</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> ineligible to compete in World
Athletics events because of drug-related violations. There were no Ugandans on
the list, though earlier this month, Janat Chemusto, a 1,500-meter runner who
trains in the Cheptegei camp, was provisionally suspended by the Athletics
Integrity Unit, which investigates doping in the sport. In a statement, Erik
van Leeuwen of Global Sports Communication said Chemusto would be defending her
case but offered no further comment.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">For
Cheptegei, the focus is now on the World Championships in Budapest: He’s
expected to contend for the 10,000-meter title on Aug. 20 and may double back
to vie for the podium in the 5,000 meters as well. And in December, he will
make his marathon debut in Valencia — the same city where he set his
10,000-meter record in 2020. Kiplimo has plans to eventually move up to the
marathon, too, where the money is greater and new record-breaking opportunities
await.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">On that day in April, as he spoke from inside his camp
after the day’s training session, Cheptegei said he was simply grateful for the
journey that he and his country had taken so far — even the rare occasions when
things hadn’t quite worked out.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“It’s one of those incidents that built me mentally,” he
said of the 2017 race in Kampala. “I had two options: Allow it to break me; or
gather myself together and build an inspirational story.”<br />
<br />
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Kapchorwa at an altitude of 8,200 feet, was completed in December 2022 and
hosts two dozen elite runners.<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">Credit...Jonathan
W. Rosen<br /><br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></b></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: .1pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0in;">Subscribe to the New York Times: </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/subscription/onboarding-offer">The New York
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--tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h1 class="inq-headline" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font-family: "Inquirer Headline", "Noto Headline", "Georgia Headline", "Times Headline", serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 3.25rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 3.25rem; margin: 1rem 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Tom Osler, celebrated Rowan math professor, national champion distance runner, author, and mentor, has died at 82</h1></div><p class="inq-p--summary type-article-tease text-neutral-light-text my-0 mx-auto max-w-[542px] md:max-w-[813px] lg:max-w-[980px] mx-0" id="main-content" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; color: rgba(89,87,96,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font-family: "Inquirer Headline", "Noto Headline", "Georgia Headline", "Times Headline", serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.5rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 980px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">He made calculus understandable, completed a 24-hour, 100-mile race for charity in 1976, and estimated in 1979 that he had already run the equivalent of twice around the world.</p></div><section class="grid gap-[30px] gap-y-0 grid-cols-[100%] lg:grid-cols-[650px_300px] my-0 mx-auto max-w-[980px]" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; 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--tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><figure aria-describedby="inq-fig--figcaption-"tom-was-a-running-p-caption" class="inq-topper__figure inq-topper__figure-3x2" role="figure" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 650px;"><div class="inq-image inq-image-topper-style" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100vw; object-fit: cover; padding: 0px; position: relative; transition: all 0.3s ease-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline; width: 650px;"><img alt=""Tom was a running pioneer," a friend said in a tribute. "He was one of a kind. Tom inspired many. What a great life."" class="inq-image visible-inq-image inq-story__image inq-story__image-with-ratio" decoding="async" height="433" sizes="(min-width: 1040px) 650px, calc(94.44vw - 15px)" src="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/BicT4BTkawGlNkCapd4lhZ2Mj3s=/760x507/smart/filters:format(webp)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/63EIKLLTM5FIPCGSO65XRUFLAI.jpg" srcset="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/R4tvqVdj_sqW2Cc9TqBsnglSmFk=/800x533/smart/filters:format(webp)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/63EIKLLTM5FIPCGSO65XRUFLAI.jpg 800w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/oZPS9ol2uLQyhZ1HZG1vKXikehE=/700x467/smart/filters:format(webp)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/63EIKLLTM5FIPCGSO65XRUFLAI.jpg 700w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/XVSGBj85btBS3xMmA3hWp_eELRI=/600x400/smart/filters:format(webp)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/63EIKLLTM5FIPCGSO65XRUFLAI.jpg 600w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/s9F8GRiQIkiuybWskBB67g-ZejM=/500x333/smart/filters:format(webp)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/63EIKLLTM5FIPCGSO65XRUFLAI.jpg 500w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/o2ZUpbu-Hxsas6Jj2LGOni5XRBg=/400x267/smart/filters:format(webp)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/63EIKLLTM5FIPCGSO65XRUFLAI.jpg 400w" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; display: block; font: inherit; height: 433.344px; margin: 0px; max-width: 100vw; object-fit: cover; object-position: center center; padding: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible; width: 650px;" width="650" /></div><figcaption class="inq-image__caption" id="inq-fig--figcaption-"tom-was-a-running-p-caption" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5rem 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="inq-fig--caption type-caption text-neutral-text-color truncated" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-box-orient: vertical; -webkit-line-clamp: 2; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); display: -webkit-box; font-family: Grot10, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.875rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1rem; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.125rem; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">"Tom was a running pioneer," a friend said in a tribute. "He was one of a kind. Tom inspired many. 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--tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">Tom Osler, 82, of Glassboro, longtime award-winning math professor at Rowan University, three-time national distance-running champion, prolific writer and author, and mentor, died Sunday, March 26, of a pulmonary embolism at Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill.</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">Dr. Osler was so successful as both a math professor and long-distance runner that family, friends, and fans still debate over which achievements are greater. His impressive 51-year teaching career at Rowan began in 1972, and the university celebrated his 70th birthday in 2010 by hosting a two-day national math conference they called Oslerfest.</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">“I’m never retiring,” he told The Inquirer in 2006. And he never did. “When I do a math problem, I’m in heaven,” he said in the article. “It’s like listening to Mozart.”</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">Dr. Osler also won three national Amateur Athletic Union running championships and the 1965 Philadelphia Marathon. Starting in 1954, when was 14, he ran in thousands of races and estimated in 1978 that he had already run the equivalent of twice around the world.</p><div class="oembed-youtube" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="flex flex-row mx-0 my-4 relative pb-[56%]" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; display: flex; flex-direction: row; font: inherit; margin: 1rem 0px; padding: 0px 0px 364px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" data-gtm-yt-inspected-1982237_1360="true" data-gtm-yt-inspected-36="true" frameborder="0" height="315" id="939989713" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zJPvfq4lB6A?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.inquirer.com" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; font: inherit; height: 364px; left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; vertical-align: baseline; width: 650px;" title="Professor Profile: Dr. Tom Osler; Mathematics" width="560"></iframe></div></div><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">He was a founding father in 1958 of the Road Runners Club of America and quietly admitted to his son, Eric, that he had an ever-so-slight preference for road races over arithmetic. “It’s the act of running, the rhythm,” Dr. Osler told The Inquirer in 2004. “It’s the sport of kings.”</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">In the classroom, Dr. Osler was an expert on fractional calculus. He was popular, <a data-link-type="article-body" href="https://www.farnellifuneralhome.com/guestbook/thomas-osler" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; color: #1a6aff; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: box-shadow 0.25s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">students said</a>, because he made mathematical variables, special functions, and number theory comprehensible. Vojislava Pophristic, dean of Rowan’s College of Science and Mathematics, said in a <a data-link-type="article-body" href="https://www.thewhitonline.com/2023/04/news/rowan-students-and-faculty-pay-tribute-to-the-late-dr-thomas-osler/" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; color: #1a6aff; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: box-shadow 0.25s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">tribute</a>: “Dr. Osler was one of those rare professors who has influenced thousands of students.”</p><div class="text-center
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He ran the mile in 4 minutes, 54 seconds at Camden High School and won the Amateur Athletic Union’s 25-kilometer national championship in 1965.</p><div class="text-center
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He was most proud, however, of completing a 24-hour, 100-mile run for charity on the Rowan track in 1976.</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">He kept a diary of his races dating to 1954 and recorded No. 1,800 in 2004. He averaged 50 training miles a week for years, became a mentor to countless younger runners, and was inducted into the National Road Runners Club Hall of Fame in 1981 and the Gloucester County Sports Hall of Fame in 1998.</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">“He wasn’t blessed with natural ability, but through hard training and smart training he accomplished a lot,” Seth Bergmann, a fellow runner and professor at Rowan, told The Inquirer in the 2004 article.</p><div class="-mx-5 sm:mx-auto " style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; 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--tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-box-orient: vertical; -webkit-line-clamp: 2; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); display: -webkit-box; font-family: Grot10, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.875rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1rem; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.125rem; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">Dr. Osler published this book in 1978.<a class="inq-fig--expend-btn hidden-read-more" data-click-event="expand-caption" role="button" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; 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--tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">A writer as well as a mathematician, Dr. Osler published 1967′s <a data-link-type="article-body" href="https://www.amazon.com/Conditioning-Distance-Runners-Thomas-Osler/dp/1710036729" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; 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font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Serious Runner’s Handbook.</i></a> He coauthored 1979′s <a data-link-type="article-body" href="https://www.amazon.com/Ultra-Marathoning-Challenge-Tom-Dodd-Osler/dp/B007RCBIRS/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3R6BFERMUH9Z8&keywords=Ultra+Marathoning&qid=1685121942&s=books&sprefix=ultra+marathoning%2Cstripbooks%2C70&sr=1-1" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; 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--tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">“I didn’t have a gift,” he told The Inquirer in 2006. “But I loved running anyway, the exhilaration of feeling the body in full stride.”</p><div class="text-center
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They had sons Eric and Bill, and lived in Glassboro. His wife died in 2016</p><div class="-mx-5 sm:mx-auto " style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="inq-image--wrapper figure" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><figure aria-describedby="inq-fig--figcaption-of-his-work-as-a-mat-caption" class="" role="figure" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 650px;"><div class="inq-image " style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100vw; object-fit: cover; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline; width: 650px;"><img alt="Of his work as a math professor, Dr. Osler said: "It's terribly captivating. ... It's a beautiful world when everything works out right."" class="inq-image visible-inq-image object-contain max-h-75vh h-full w-screen sm:w-full -mx-4 sm:mx-0" decoding="async" height="433" loading="lazy" sizes="(min-width: 1040px) 650px, calc(94.44vw - 15px)" src="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/M5eXRiqIn21m6FrtEnoKTxJf7bs=/filters:format(webp)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/JB6PL7TMUVAFPMXBZGIJAIC2FI.png" srcset="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/hZAlvQO5yfwOsKcVhOboFKioOV8=/500x333/smart/filters:format(webp)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/JB6PL7TMUVAFPMXBZGIJAIC2FI.png 500w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/UjcxBTCarnc_ywRUtlA09Tbfh3s=/400x266/smart/filters:format(webp)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/JB6PL7TMUVAFPMXBZGIJAIC2FI.png 400w" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; display: block; font: inherit; height: 432.891px; margin: 0px; max-height: 75vh; max-width: 100vw; object-fit: contain; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible; width: 650px;" width="650" /></div><figcaption class="inq-image__caption" id="inq-fig--figcaption-of-his-work-as-a-mat-caption" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5rem 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="inq-fig--caption type-caption text-neutral-text-color truncated" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-box-orient: vertical; -webkit-line-clamp: 2; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); display: -webkit-box; font-family: Grot10, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.875rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1rem; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.125rem; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">Of his work as a math professor, Dr. Osler said: "It's terribly captivating. ... It's a beautiful world when everything works out right."<a class="inq-fig--expend-btn hidden-read-more" data-click-event="expand-caption" role="button" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; bottom: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: hidden;"></a></span><span class="inq-fig--credit type-author text-neutral-text-color text-sm mt-1 mb-2" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); display: block; font-family: Grot10, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.875rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.125rem; margin: 0.25rem 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Rowan University</span></figcaption></figure></div></div><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">Dr. Osler was a member of the South Jersey Athletic Club and Road Runners Club of Woodbury, and he sometimes sang Grateful Dead songs during long practice runs. He was a sharp dresser and engaging conversationalist, and his favorite class was History of Math.</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">He attended the opera often, read poetry, and swam to stay active. He was born with high cholesterol, suffered a stroke in 2003, and received an embedded defibrillator a few years later. Replacement hip surgery in 2017 ended his running career.</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">“He was family-oriented,” his son Eric said. “He was a good influence, steady and consistent, an incredible example.” Longtime friend <a data-link-type="article-body" href="http://ramscrosscountry.blogspot.com/2023/05/remembering-tom-osler.html" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; color: #1a6aff; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: box-shadow 0.25s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Jack Heath said</a> he’ll never forget Dr. Osler’s “unwavering friendship, his constant encouragement, and his kindness.”</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">In addition to his sons, Dr. Osler is survived by two grandchildren, one great-granddaughter, and other relatives. A sister died earlier.</p><p class="inq-p text-primary" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(34,34,34,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;">Services were March 30.</p></div><div class="inq-author-footer" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-1982237_854="4991" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-1982237_854="1" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-1982237_854="100" id="inq-article-completion" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 650px;"><div class="inq-timestamp type-article-details text-neutral-light-text" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: rgba(89,87,96,var(--tw-text-opacity)); font-family: Grot10, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.125rem; margin: 20px auto 16px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="inq-timestamp__label" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Published </span><time class="inq-card--date inline-block type-article-details text-neutral-light-text inline " datetime="2023-05-26T00:00:00-04:00" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px; color: var(--secondary-text); display: inline; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.125rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">May 26, 2023</time></div><ul class="inq-story__meta list-none border-y-neutral-light-charcoal-gray border-solid
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We are all important to someone, and no one should be forgotten.</span></div></div></div></div></ul></div></div></div></article></section></div><br /><br /><p></p>Coach Heathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01444353722924136815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351760470136287747.post-49934108015739144542023-06-18T13:02:00.000-04:002023-06-18T13:02:22.215-04:00How the “Norwegian Method” Is Changing Endurance Training<p> </p><div class="c-content-single__header" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(229, 231, 235) rgb(229, 231, 235); border-style: solid; border-width: 3px 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-family: ff-real-headline-pro; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; padding: 40px 80px; position: relative;"><div class="c-page-header u-spacing--quarter" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgb(229, 231, 235); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><h1 class="o-heading o-heading__secondary o-heading__secondary--xl" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgb(229, 231, 235); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Plus Jakarta Sans", Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: var(--font-size-xl,42px); letter-spacing: 0.03em; line-height: 1.2; margin: 5px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">How the “Norwegian Method” Is Changing Endurance Training</h1><div bp="7--max" class="o-dek o-dek--large" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgb(229, 231, 235); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #11385b; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.04em; line-height: 1.5; margin: 5px 0px 0px; max-width: 840px !important; padding: 0px;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgb(229, 231, 235); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Double threshold days and lactate meters have propelled Jakob Ingebrigtsen and others to the top. 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--tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgb(229, 231, 235); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; line-height: 1.75; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">If I had an Etsy shop, the catchphrase on all my merch would be “Everything I know about endurance training I learned from the 1964 Olympic 5,000-meter final.” As Mayo Clinic physiologist Michael Joyner <a href="https://www.drmichaeljoyner.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-endurance-training-in-one-race/" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; align-items: center; border-color: rgb(229, 231, 235); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-shadow: rgb(255, 210, 4) 0px -3px 0px -1px inset; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: unset; justify-content: center; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s cubic-bezier(0.86, 0, 0.07, 1) 0s;" target="_blank">pointed out a few years ago</a>, it was a clash of vastly different training approaches:</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgb(229, 231, 235); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; line-height: 1.75; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">-Bob Schul trained under Hungarian coach Mihály Iglói, running almost nothing but short intervals on the track, usually twice a day.</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgb(229, 231, 235); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; line-height: 1.75; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">-Harald Norpoth was the most famous disciple of German coach Ernst Van Aaken, who advocated a diet of almost exclusively “long slow distance,” or LSD.</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgb(229, 231, 235); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; line-height: 1.75; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">-Bill Dellinger was guided by University of Oregon coach Bill Bowerman, whose guiding principle was alternating hard days with easy days, a mixed approach that remains overwhelmingly popular today.</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgb(229, 231, 235); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; line-height: 1.75; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">-Ron Clarke did what we would think of as threshold training—long, moderately hard runs of between three and 14 miles—up to three times a day, every day. “Any variation,” according to Fred Wilt’s book <em style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgb(229, 231, 235); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">How They Train</em>, “[was] unintentional.”</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgb(229, 231, 235); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; line-height: 1.75; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">So which approach worked best? Schul, Norpoth, and Dellinger took the medals, separated by a mere second. Clarke was farther back, but went on to break the world record the next year. Give them springy shoes, an all-weather track surface, <a href="https://www.outsideonline.com/health/training-performance/joshua-cheptegei-5k-world-record-splits/" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; align-items: center; border-color: rgb(229, 231, 235); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-shadow: rgb(255, 210, 4) 0px -3px 0px -1px inset; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: unset; justify-content: center; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s cubic-bezier(0.86, 0, 0.07, 1) 0s;">pacing lights</a>, and maybe a little prize money, and all of them (Clarke in particular) would still be world-class today.</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgb(229, 231, 235); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; line-height: 1.75; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">All of this is to say that I’m not a big believer in magic workouts or secret training plans. Endurance training involves stressing your cardiovascular system, metabolism, and muscles in a way that spurs them to adapt. There are many different ways of organizing your training in order to accumulate as much of this stress as possible, while allowing enough recovery between sessions. The wheel gets reinvented on a regular basis, but it’s still a wheel.</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgb(229, 231, 235); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; line-height: 1.75; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">Still, I can’t help being impressed with the rapid spread of what’s becoming known as the “Norwegian model” of endurance training. Its most famous current proponents are the Ingebrigtsen brothers, including Olympic 1,500 champion Jakob, as well as Olympic triathlon champion Kristian Blummenfelt and Ironman world champion Gustav Iden. There’s nothing new about success begetting imitation, but what has caught my attention is the anecdotal reports I’ve heard from other athletes who’ve tried switching to the Norwegian model and are convinced it really works. It’s enough, at least, to make me curious about what it’s all about.</p><div class="o-ad-wrap" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgb(229, 231, 235); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 30px 0px 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"></div><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgb(229, 231, 235); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; line-height: 1.75; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">To that end, a new review paper in the <em style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgb(229, 231, 235); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health</em> (<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/20/5/3782" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; align-items: center; border-color: rgb(229, 231, 235); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-shadow: rgb(255, 210, 4) 0px -3px 0px -1px inset; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: unset; justify-content: center; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s cubic-bezier(0.86, 0, 0.07, 1) 0s;" target="_blank">freely available to read</a>) takes a stab at laying out the science of the Norwegian model. The lead author is Arturo Casado, a former Olympic miler from Spain. Co-authors are scientists Carl Foster and Leif Inge Tjelta, both influential training theorists, and Marius Bakken, a former Norwegian 5,000-meter star who is credited with developing and popularizing the approach. (That claim is not without controversy: Gjert Ingebrigtsen, Jakob’s father and former coach, has minimized the importance of Bakken’s influence. Last year Bakken published <a href="http://www.mariusbakken.com/the-norwegian-model.html" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; align-items: center; border-color: rgb(229, 231, 235); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-shadow: rgb(255, 210, 4) 0px -3px 0px -1px inset; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: unset; justify-content: center; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s cubic-bezier(0.86, 0, 0.07, 1) 0s;" target="_blank">a detailed manifesto</a> on his website laying out the history of the training model and reproducing email and text exchanges with Gjert to demonstrate the transfer of knowledge.)</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgb(229, 231, 235); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; line-height: 1.75; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">Instead of “Norwegian model,” the title of the paper refers to “lactate-guided threshold interval training within a high-volume low-intensity approach.” The second element, the high-volume low-intensity bit, is not particularly novel. It basically means doing a lot of easy running and just a small amount of intense training, along the lines of what’s sometimes referred to as polarized training. There’s <a href="https://www.outsideonline.com/health/training-performance/polarized-training-debate/" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; align-items: center; border-color: rgb(229, 231, 235); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-shadow: rgb(255, 210, 4) 0px -3px 0px -1px inset; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: unset; justify-content: center; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s cubic-bezier(0.86, 0, 0.07, 1) 0s;">an ongoing debate about the nomenclature</a>, and about whether elite athletes do polarized training or a related concept called pyramidal training. But the basic idea—a lot of easy miles and few hard ones to maximize the overall stimulus of various types of adaptation—is widely accepted.</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgb(229, 231, 235); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; line-height: 1.75; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">The new bit is the lactate-guided threshold interval training. A typical training week, according to the paper, involves a total of about 110 miles of mostly easy running. Tuesdays and Thursdays both include threshold intervals in the mornings <em style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgb(229, 231, 235); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">and</em> evenings, and Saturdays see a more intense workout, such as 20 x 200-meter hill sprints.</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgb(229, 231, 235); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; line-height: 1.75; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">The key point about the threshold intervals is that they’re not run to any external benchmark like pace. What matters is only the internal stress on the body, so lactate levels are measured repeatedly throughout the workout with a finger or ear prick to ensure that they stay in the desired range. In this case, the desired range is “<a href="https://www.outsideonline.com/health/training-performance/what-does-your-threshold-really-mean/" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; align-items: center; border-color: rgb(229, 231, 235); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-shadow: rgb(255, 210, 4) 0px -3px 0px -1px inset; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: unset; justify-content: center; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s cubic-bezier(0.86, 0, 0.07, 1) 0s;">threshold</a>”—or, more precisely, between the first and second lactate thresholds, which generally corresponds to lactate levels between 2.0 and 4.5 mmol/L. Bakken himself found the best results when keeping his lactate below 3.0 mmol/L.</p><div class="o-ad-wrap" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgb(229, 231, 235); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 30px 0px 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"></div><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgb(229, 231, 235); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; line-height: 1.75; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">Why this range? As soon as you push above the second lactate threshold—or, semi-equivalently, above your <a href="https://www.outsideonline.com/health/training-performance/critical-speed-marathon-prediction-study/" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; align-items: center; border-color: rgb(229, 231, 235); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-shadow: rgb(255, 210, 4) 0px -3px 0px -1px inset; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: unset; justify-content: center; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s cubic-bezier(0.86, 0, 0.07, 1) 0s;">critical speed</a>—the time required to recover from exercise increases dramatically. <a href="https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/japplphysiol.00022.2012" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; align-items: center; border-color: rgb(229, 231, 235); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-shadow: rgb(255, 210, 4) 0px -3px 0px -1px inset; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: unset; justify-content: center; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s cubic-bezier(0.86, 0, 0.07, 1) 0s;" target="_blank">One study</a> found that fatigue was four to five times greater for exercise 10 percent above the critical threshold than for 10 percent below it. So by carefully keeping below that threshold, you can accumulate a far greater amount of training time at an intensity that’s still challenging enough to spur useful adaptations. In fact, you can recover quickly enough to do one session in the morning and another in the evening… and then do the same thing two days later.</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgb(229, 231, 235); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; line-height: 1.75; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">Another key characteristic is that the threshold sessions are broken into intervals. If you simply do a continuous threshold run, you’ll have to keep your speed relatively low to avoid lactate levels drifting upward. By adding rest periods, you can run a little faster, thus triggering more race-specific muscle adaptations, without accumulating too much metabolic fatigue. These workouts are often done on the treadmill, making it easier to keep the pace under control, minimize accidental surges due to variations in terrain, and do the lactate testing.</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgb(229, 231, 235); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; line-height: 1.75; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">In the sample training week provided in the paper, the four threshold interval workouts are:</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgb(229, 231, 235); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; line-height: 1.75; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">-<b>Tuesday morning: 5 x 6:00 at 2.5 mmol/L with 1:00 recovery</b></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgb(229, 231, 235); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; line-height: 1.75; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><b>-Tuesday evening: 10 x 1,000 meters at 3.5 mmol/L with 1:00 recovery</b></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgb(229, 231, 235); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; line-height: 1.75; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><b>-Thursday morning: 5 x 2,000 meters at 2.5 mmol/L with 1:00 recovery</b></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgb(229, 231, 235); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; line-height: 1.75; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><b>-Thursday evening: 25 x 400 meters at 3.5 mmol/L with 0:30 recovery</b></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgb(229, 231, 235); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; line-height: 1.75; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">For that last workout, the authors report observing “international level distance runners” running the 400-meters reps in 64 seconds while keeping lactate below 4.0 mmol/L. That’s just over 4:16 mile pace, which is quite a bit faster than what we usually think of as “threshold,” even for top runners. But the interval structure keeps it from becoming a sufferfest that will take too long to recover from. The anecdotal reporting I’ve heard is that runners who are used to hammering interval workouts really struggle to go easy enough in these sessions, especially at first. But over the course of a few months, the pace they’re able to sustain without spiking their lactate levels quickens dramatically.</p><div class="o-ad-wrap" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgb(229, 231, 235); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 30px 0px 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"></div><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgb(229, 231, 235); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; line-height: 1.75; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">There are lots more nuances to implementing the Norwegian model—like how to adjust your training as a big race approaches—which you can dig into in both <a href="https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/20/5/3782" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; align-items: center; border-color: rgb(229, 231, 235); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-shadow: rgb(255, 210, 4) 0px -3px 0px -1px inset; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: unset; justify-content: center; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s cubic-bezier(0.86, 0, 0.07, 1) 0s;" target="_blank">Casado’s paper</a> and <a href="http://www.mariusbakken.com/the-norwegian-model.html" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; align-items: center; border-color: rgb(229, 231, 235); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-shadow: rgb(255, 210, 4) 0px -3px 0px -1px inset; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: unset; justify-content: center; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.25s cubic-bezier(0.86, 0, 0.07, 1) 0s;" target="_blank">Bakken’s manifesto</a>. But those double-threshold days, broken into intervals with tightly controlled lactate levels, are the distinguishing element. Casado and his colleagues close with a call for proper studies to see if this approach really does outperform the alternatives. Those are really hard studies to do, and I don’t expect that we’ll get definitive answers anytime soon. So the next test, as far as I’m concerned, will be the 2024 Olympics—and we’ll see if the battle of training strategies produces a more definitive outcome than that 1964 race did.</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgb(229, 231, 235); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; line-height: 1.75; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><b>Outside Magazine: https://www.outsideonline.com/</b></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-shadow: 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0); --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border-color: rgb(229, 231, 235); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; line-height: 1.75; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p></div></div></div></div></div>Coach Heathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01444353722924136815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351760470136287747.post-45623603671760513732023-05-25T16:54:00.002-04:002023-05-27T09:39:30.250-04:00Remembering Tom Osler<p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIleSxKNkBsw67py61Ka7On4PQ8smBv9licPr7JNIUzOhOxbocf3OtasIGbuVWp7Q2VYyuh9LEQGORuhYoyQdFe8mKcHdZrJHSMzXB-sjns8cgBiewrF9yyFVEJrvrmJ1kikkWViU701LSOyknJCR-B84w99m14REaB06B987TjmWB66cDUHVdbm-7/s700/tom.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="467" data-original-width="700" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIleSxKNkBsw67py61Ka7On4PQ8smBv9licPr7JNIUzOhOxbocf3OtasIGbuVWp7Q2VYyuh9LEQGORuhYoyQdFe8mKcHdZrJHSMzXB-sjns8cgBiewrF9yyFVEJrvrmJ1kikkWViU701LSOyknJCR-B84w99m14REaB06B987TjmWB66cDUHVdbm-7/s320/tom.webp" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dr.Tom Osler Photo Elizabeth Robertson Philadelphia Inquirer</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Tom Osle</b>r</span> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">often called </span><b style="font-size: large;">Browning Ross</b><span style="font-size: medium;"> the George
Washington of American Distance Running for Browning's efforts in founding the
Road Runners Club of America, and the resulting explosion in the popularity of
distance running in America.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">If Ross was the American running's George Washington,
then Tom Osler who passed away on March 26, at the age of 82, was the sports
Ben Franklin.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdbCebC0X7WP1QxLcHeBZ4di_orL4wdMfW2ipzUib0Gh4LXDQ_rBjc7GHoty3ymqA313cMMZT7FFGhHODH7Glev8LbqAdVo02uP6LuUbUmg4prFCQBl7nzcYzr4XxMZQs7QzLl9HkZSeT5RJdwZU_GqQawT7-M4N8bgfznmdRI4uiJnep-d3dLHT4j/s180/rrca.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="180" data-original-width="130" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdbCebC0X7WP1QxLcHeBZ4di_orL4wdMfW2ipzUib0Gh4LXDQ_rBjc7GHoty3ymqA313cMMZT7FFGhHODH7Glev8LbqAdVo02uP6LuUbUmg4prFCQBl7nzcYzr4XxMZQs7QzLl9HkZSeT5RJdwZU_GqQawT7-M4N8bgfznmdRI4uiJnep-d3dLHT4j/s1600/rrca.jpg" width="130" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Just as Franklin helped to draft the Declaration of
Independence and the U.S. Constitution, Osler was present and assisted in the
Paramount Hotel in New York (along with Hal Higdon and a handful of other
runners) on February 22, 1958, when Browning Ross drafted the structure and
founded the Road Runners Club of America.<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The RRCA is credited by running historians for
igniting the distance running boom in the United States and around the world.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Like Franklin, Osler was also an author, an inventor,
and a great thinker.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">As a longtime friend of Tom's, I believe his life's
arc mirrored Franklin's in one other important aspect—Tom's thoughts turned
from the pragmatic to the spiritual as he got older.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I first met and because friends with Tom in 1974 when
I was 15 years old. My track coach, Browning Ross took us to Cooper River in
Pennsauken, NJ to practice, and Tom was there.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I asked Tom how far he was running, and he answered
"Oh, about 20." <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I asked him if that was minutes, and he answered,
"No, miles. 20 miles each way from my house in Glassboro and back."
Suddenly, 3.7 miles around Cooper River didn't seem as far.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Tom had grown up close to Cooper River in nearby
Camden, NJ. Camden was also the home of his favorite poet, <b>Walt Whitman.</b>
Whitman spent the last portion of his life in Camden.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">When I think of Tom, I think of Whitman's poem
"Song of Myself."</span></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhG0YMTuUwIurSumzyO4Nlj0OoTrNI6VR8Qe1y7rFLbICjzN9iQ1YA7pwU06MR-oqq8kKJxHioqBFJABzCBkdvBMV00jeCzjQ8-erKYSkKqIMS08Sv0a-U8nbgGS-5nq8nG0LhArdlli7nKZLl4w3KvWY7si6F-T81PW7imU02ZU1QD_LorKEvYmY7" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="511" data-original-width="541" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhG0YMTuUwIurSumzyO4Nlj0OoTrNI6VR8Qe1y7rFLbICjzN9iQ1YA7pwU06MR-oqq8kKJxHioqBFJABzCBkdvBMV00jeCzjQ8-erKYSkKqIMS08Sv0a-U8nbgGS-5nq8nG0LhArdlli7nKZLl4w3KvWY7si6F-T81PW7imU02ZU1QD_LorKEvYmY7" width="254" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Camden's Walt Whitman</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><o:p></o:p></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoQuote"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Do I contradict myself?<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoQuote"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Very well then I contradict myself,<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoQuote"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>(I am large, I contain multitudes.)<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoQuote"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>I concentrate toward them that are nigh, I wait on the
door-slab.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoQuote"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Who has done his day's work? who will soonest be through with
his supper?<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoQuote"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Who wishes to walk with me?</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Tom contained multitudes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrfStaMNJs9piy7HhiUVO9hGF_2af568v-VPrzuPTuZPvxDC3aSCGlqLMwyjH7k4QDR4YCAZH2hlEQoLq6XmVOM7jALNuzkgdZUbSyibUVJ02xOL27FMIboR2pSTuI5TF3XVjglX5Mf00GMlexfW92OFeCBqZDcsRrlrWQij1VO0wZedGrAQRY__mH/s197/TomandKathy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="197" data-original-width="193" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrfStaMNJs9piy7HhiUVO9hGF_2af568v-VPrzuPTuZPvxDC3aSCGlqLMwyjH7k4QDR4YCAZH2hlEQoLq6XmVOM7jALNuzkgdZUbSyibUVJ02xOL27FMIboR2pSTuI5TF3XVjglX5Mf00GMlexfW92OFeCBqZDcsRrlrWQij1VO0wZedGrAQRY__mH/s1600/TomandKathy.jpg" width="193" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">Tom and Kathy Osler</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Tom proposed to his wife Kathy on their second date
and he remained a loving husband to Kathy for 48 years. He was also a proud and
loving father to Eric and Billy and his grandchildren and great-granddaughter.<o:p></o:p></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Tom was a writer. He published close to 150
Mathematical research papers and 3 influential running books: "<b>The
Conditioning of Distance Runners,", "The Serious Runners
Handbook", and co-authored "Ultra Marathoning" with his close
friend Ed Dodd.</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I think Tom and George Sheehan influenced more runners
through their books than any other runners who did not coach.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Tom was an artist. He was a runner who won three National
Championships, and the 1965 Philadelphia Marathon. He even took a turn as race
director of the Philadelphia Marathon.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Tom won National Championships wearing hush puppy
dress shoes because there were so few good running shoes available.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Tom said, “I remember picking up Browning Ross-style
prizes for the race including ashtrays to be given out as prizes. None of the
runners smoked but some of their family members did.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Tom ran for over 62 years and competed in over 2000
races. He ran everything from the mile to ultramarathons.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Tom was one of Running’s Founding Fathers and pioneers
and was present along with <b>Hal Higdon and Harry Berkowitz</b> when his mentor
Browning Ross founded the Road Runners Club of America in 1958.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgfB1nAcrLQUpOfOwRAfSSZsbm8tsMB78UpfgrYQZmb4mLIwiRqzGfwX43rnTFl-pQx1U-UEoRXLVcv94aqBWQE5gWOyixYy7LheMZ5O9HAikmp-0VVUZXQOYpF80CKkakYC4wajAnsG8ZnYTxPTg3BNA2dNp9lTRlXjC6zNXhXMpCaJfYxUE0TYxQa" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="312" data-original-width="220" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgfB1nAcrLQUpOfOwRAfSSZsbm8tsMB78UpfgrYQZmb4mLIwiRqzGfwX43rnTFl-pQx1U-UEoRXLVcv94aqBWQE5gWOyixYy7LheMZ5O9HAikmp-0VVUZXQOYpF80CKkakYC4wajAnsG8ZnYTxPTg3BNA2dNp9lTRlXjC6zNXhXMpCaJfYxUE0TYxQa" width="169" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The ultimate competitorTom Osler</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><h1><span style="font-size: medium;">A Few of Tom’s Essential Contributions to Running<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span>Dr. Timothy Noakes, author of the bestselling book" The
Lore of Running” said "The<span style="background: white; color: #666666;"> latest
scientific testing in South Africa bears out the training principles of
"Conditioning." What are these principles?</span><span style="color: #666666;"><br />
<span style="background: white;">Easy, steady running for long periods of time year-round.
This running should be comfortable -- but is not jogging. Then, faster, harder
training; half-mile repeats, for example, six weeks before your championship
race. If done right this peak should last about four weeks. If you dig too
deeply into your reserves, you will have a much shorter peak, and run yourself
into a slump."</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">When I interviewed Olympian and author <b>Jeff Galloway,</b>
he gave credit to Tom for originating his pre-planned walking breaks to run
further. Galloway utilized the breaks in his training plans to help runners run
further and complete long-distance races without a lot of training that might
lead to injury.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In the mid-1970s Tom also wrote about adding sugar to
drinks to more easily cover long distances. He was also one of the first to
recommend <u>not</u> adding salt to your food to acclimate to hot weather runs
in an age when some coaches were still handing out salt tablets.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Tom was the first person as far as I know to come up
with the rule of thumb that one day of recovery is needed for each mile of a
race. His formula seemed to work for me and most runners I’ve talked to as a
way to recover without over-racing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />A few years ago, Tom was contacted by a Japanese
publishing house that wanted to translate and publish “Conditioning of Distance
Running” in Japanese. Tom agreed and refused all profits just like he had in
the 1960s when he earmarked the book to help pay expenses of Browning Ross’s
Long Distance Log publication.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsagM-lGXw_mE8gkrFIy09NY2qoBLj3i4mPCN2r8ylpx3vgNZmJcyEpMT6820ZDkdpwK3ED8qL29RPKR2JwURutZrpsbjWNl6o5_WudQ0t1d24Dc-4huvpfIpTK_lt5sSNcBZJrH7Vwrauo8MqTp7XRgKD_OqHhKoHU_mFgcoRcNt4cOezQerAmBPi/s1600/conditioning.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsagM-lGXw_mE8gkrFIy09NY2qoBLj3i4mPCN2r8ylpx3vgNZmJcyEpMT6820ZDkdpwK3ED8qL29RPKR2JwURutZrpsbjWNl6o5_WudQ0t1d24Dc-4huvpfIpTK_lt5sSNcBZJrH7Vwrauo8MqTp7XRgKD_OqHhKoHU_mFgcoRcNt4cOezQerAmBPi/w161-h287/conditioning.jpg" width="161" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Tom Osler's influential running books</td></tr></tbody></table><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZcpei3C6wked1TyGTBycEdk372Wjyjau9LrAwi5GYJ1-2uhqG3X_YvVv3xztvNYl6Yz3DKzzxaO5d0KKPaNe1DEVjJc6ZteOFSLdI_7OCEaXyN35l75WwQP007ieqO2lR08SNM7O3URZ3ho7ElmKsUxWPt1pJ3GUYXQlz1F_Oxcv9wZ-xuXNx5nym/s316/srh.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="316" data-original-width="197" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZcpei3C6wked1TyGTBycEdk372Wjyjau9LrAwi5GYJ1-2uhqG3X_YvVv3xztvNYl6Yz3DKzzxaO5d0KKPaNe1DEVjJc6ZteOFSLdI_7OCEaXyN35l75WwQP007ieqO2lR08SNM7O3URZ3ho7ElmKsUxWPt1pJ3GUYXQlz1F_Oxcv9wZ-xuXNx5nym/w169-h288/srh.jpg" width="169" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht0jAuJJh21NutaDDGYF1Oj7XRCS_JoZuZY84yd3MoZARsUtXKw4j6jn0LWJ10L-JDGXDhnVP0urqImZhbtCZmtWohP8POiYiRGamypr9iCX-Og1_kdfBFIieM4VDeqCJzddNpmbDGEeJ5ZU2U0n7O_2-9IgPk3BD--Mib2LsfjiX__YD1rJCusCZs/s275/um.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="275" data-original-width="201" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht0jAuJJh21NutaDDGYF1Oj7XRCS_JoZuZY84yd3MoZARsUtXKw4j6jn0LWJ10L-JDGXDhnVP0urqImZhbtCZmtWohP8POiYiRGamypr9iCX-Og1_kdfBFIieM4VDeqCJzddNpmbDGEeJ5ZU2U0n7O_2-9IgPk3BD--Mib2LsfjiX__YD1rJCusCZs/w178-h275/um.jpg" width="178" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times;"><span>Runners World founder Bob Anderson credited Tom with
helping Runners World survive its early years. “I founded Runners World in
1966, influenced by Browning Ross’s Long Distance Log. </span><span style="background: white; color: #333333;">Runners started sending in their $1.00 for a one-year
subscription and some people like Tom Osler sent in another $5.00 to help me
out.”</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Tom remembered, “I sent
him a check and a note along the lines of I know there aren’t enough runners to
make it profitable but here’s a check. Of course, I was wrong, in time Runners
World had a subscription of close to a million subscribers.”<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Tom mentioned to me that he had been contacted by <b>Runners World’s</b> publishing house about his
book “Serious Runners Handbook a few years after its publication when
sales had tapered off.” They called me out of the blue and asked me if I
wanted to buy the remaining 500 copies or so of the book that they had on
hand. The stipulation was I had to come up with the money in a week or they
would destroy the books by dumping them in the ocean or something similar.
I said no, it was awfully short notice. Looking back, I wish I had said
yes and purchased them all.”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Tom is a member of a
number of Running Hall of Fame including the National Road Runners Hall of
Fame. Tom said,” I am probably most proud of my induction to the Gloucester
County (NJ) Hall of Fame. Browning put forward my nomination and it is one of
the last things he did before he passed away.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Tom also won many
National Mathematics awards during his teaching career.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; line-height: 115%;">Tom was one of the
first people I know to own a home computer.
I stopped at Tom’s house in the early 1980s and he showed me his Mac
computer and asked me the times I had run in (Rowan) track and cross-country.
He had written a program that converted times to equivalent times at other
distances. Those equivalency tables are commonplace now, but he had written the
program from scratch with his mathematical knowledge. It seemed like magic to
me at the time.</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Tom told me his identity was a teacher. “I love to get
in front of the class and perform.” Tom taught mathematics for over 50 years to
thousands of college students, mainly at Rowan University where he also founded
a Rowan Math-Physics called the Mathematics Colloquium. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">He was instrumental in influencing other colleagues
including runners <b>Seth Bergman and Sky Waterpeace</b> to join the Rowan faculty as
Math Professors.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGVvWPi4DTJuxNZ7fs7DHYL0fIlS6ZhjuPILhDnDRS9rK9scysmqzCNdLv9nmGdoVV12vjibfmaiI2NIVEgYHXcNDO7REd-oaKjfdwSo8KMfXgCXXBVFhHrG4McFJYSKprSo3QtO9lhpBsDgszGiMXNu5awhN60EaBE5NsuYAjRA8P5PS4noxzim9A/s225/erinjacktom.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGVvWPi4DTJuxNZ7fs7DHYL0fIlS6ZhjuPILhDnDRS9rK9scysmqzCNdLv9nmGdoVV12vjibfmaiI2NIVEgYHXcNDO7REd-oaKjfdwSo8KMfXgCXXBVFhHrG4McFJYSKprSo3QtO9lhpBsDgszGiMXNu5awhN60EaBE5NsuYAjRA8P5PS4noxzim9A/s1600/erinjacktom.jpg" width="225" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">Erin Donohue Livvichi, Jack and Tom</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Tom was also a loyal friend. Here are some of my
favorite memories of Tom's friendship:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Tom wasn't afraid to share his emotions. My wife,
Maryanne said he is one of the few men that would freely share his emotions. He
cared about his friends.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">He also liked to assign nicknames to his closest
friends. He tagged me with "Very Famous" after I published a book
about his friend and mentor Browning Ross. I changed my nickname to
"Almost Famous." He changed it back to "Very, Very Famous."<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">I went to college at Rowan and ran track. During my
first semester, I asked some of the upperclassmen on the team for course
recommendations. "Don't take Dr. Osler was the surprising answer from a
few. "He's too hard, no one from the track team has ever passed his
courses." "Yeah, I don't think he likes runners, they all wind up at
Drop and Add!" emphatically answered another runner. (False!)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Meanwhile, Tom showed up at a cross-country practice
as "Tom the runner". The practice was a 5-mile time trial to pick the
8-12th runners on the traveling team.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">I had a good vantage point as the pack of 25-30
college runners circled the track at the start in a close pack while Tom was
still on the straightaway on the track.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The pack was out of sight as Tom exited the track. A
little over twenty minutes later, a solitary runner approached the track for
the finish. It was 39-year-old Tom Osler. The second runner was nowhere in sight.
He had caught the pack of college runners and finished comfortably ahead.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">I thought my best strategy to change the narrative of
runners struggling in his class was to work hard and keep a low profile. I was
surprised when I heard the always businesslike Dr. Osler mention my name:
"I have a wager for the class. There is a student in the back, Mr. Jack
Heath. I would like to arm-wrestle Mr. Heath. Should he pin me, I would like to
add 10 points to everyone's test score." A rousing cheer went up in the
class, along with words of encouragement. Dr. Osler continued, "However,
should I pin Mr. Heath, I will deduct 10 points from everyone's test
score."<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Immediately the cries turned to "Wait, don't do
it!' Someone suggested he instead challenge a sleepy-looking student who looked
like a football player instead. "No, it's got to be Mr. Heath."<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Another programming class taught by Dr. Osler featured
a student with a cowboy hat (CH) sitting up front who frequently interrupted
the class. He seemed to want to share as a co-teacher in the class. I wondered
how Dr. Osler would handle the distraction of his finely tuned instruction as
he prepared to hand out the first exam.</span></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1BL32ZAWbXLFGOvpv25NK2ONRUMtEbT32WBdquZ0DjTlI2RWiY0TqXm3VeVXi30lPc0pWbsg_pqFbHBSFedPOrl2j-3zqzryM9-vBpCXbU-iacdecYOCmGRZYDa0fszlQlqhlbgwbSkl9aH0kernbCQ_8GViJoL2PhEF2DqVKC1e9lHJ83rKSykSO/s213/tom.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="200" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1BL32ZAWbXLFGOvpv25NK2ONRUMtEbT32WBdquZ0DjTlI2RWiY0TqXm3VeVXi30lPc0pWbsg_pqFbHBSFedPOrl2j-3zqzryM9-vBpCXbU-iacdecYOCmGRZYDa0fszlQlqhlbgwbSkl9aH0kernbCQ_8GViJoL2PhEF2DqVKC1e9lHJ83rKSykSO/s1600/tom.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dr. Osler teaching</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /><o:p></o:p></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">"Dr. Osler" (CH) asked, "Did anyone
else besides me get a 100?" Without
missing a beat, Tom said "I will now proceed to hand out the exams in
ascending order, lowest score first."Mr. (CH) "Your exam first."
That seemed to quiet his cohost for the rest of the semester.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<h1><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Saturdays with Tommy<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Like Mitch Albom’s book “Tuesdays With Morrie” about
Albom’s weekly meetings with his Sociology Professor Morrie Schwartz, I met
with Tom at least once a week for decades until the pandemic.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The meetings started with a salutation including
greeting each other with our nicknames. Next,
“Awesome Tom” would put me on notice not to be boring or he would leave.
We would always discuss how much we missed Browning Ross. Then Tom would ask me
about my family by name. “You really have a wonderful family,” he would say.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">He would update me on his sons and tell me how much he
missed his dear wife Kathy.</span></span></p><span style="line-height: 115%;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMtjHNCXXOxYKQPVs3-YEzj6BdN7rM03aaxZFJXSjJghaZ21tIRuCynM59bbd0O86LtvmDGnXumUdniwU1l-CKeDD46JQWyoL2_dD12ZzI2wx1Q4-B7tCgc22HPAJIolnXe2PpjdS_41opXRKTFeVpyBudJqwu1xjvkJHImcR3nySDh1LrrDUYkKW0/s640/JandT.JPG" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMtjHNCXXOxYKQPVs3-YEzj6BdN7rM03aaxZFJXSjJghaZ21tIRuCynM59bbd0O86LtvmDGnXumUdniwU1l-CKeDD46JQWyoL2_dD12ZzI2wx1Q4-B7tCgc22HPAJIolnXe2PpjdS_41opXRKTFeVpyBudJqwu1xjvkJHImcR3nySDh1LrrDUYkKW0/s320/JandT.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Saturdays with Tommy</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /> <br />Each of our meetings featured an eclectic
conversation. Tom might ask me what I thought about Irish poets like William
Butler Yeats, or the hymn “Jerusalem.” He would sometimes ask questions in a
Socratic style: “What is your favorite version of Jerusalem and why?” I
mentioned Emerson Lake and Palmer’s version of the hymn. Tom looked up the ELP
version on YouTube and agreed it was very good on our next visit.<o:p></o:p></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Tom was also an enthusiastic astronomist, a lover of
music, especially opera, and a film buff. One of his favorite directors was
Franco Zeffirelli. Tom especially loved the 1972 Zeffirelli film "Brother
Sun, Sister Moon" about Saint Francis of Assisi. I also like the original
“Hunchback of Notre Dame”, “Inherit the Wind”, and a film of the 1960 Rome
Olympics that featured barefoot Abebe Bikila winning the marathon.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Tom always discussed how much he still loved teaching.
“Students today have a whole world of knowledge at their fingertips with cell
phones and the ability to Google information. There has never been a time like
this in history.” <br /><br />He did wonder if some cultural literacy was being lost and
about cell phones being a distraction. “Sometimes when I start a class half a
dozen students are still looking at their cell phones when I start to teach. I
started doing a dance in front of the class. That gets their attention really
fast. Then I tell them “All the excitement is up here, look at me, not your
phone! It works for a while.” And, “One of my older, long-time colleagues in
the Math Department stopped to see me near the end of the class. When he left,
I told the class, ‘That man fought in the Civil War!’ Most of the class said ‘Really?’ They actually
believed me.”</span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGeRFmaUIVivAfxK724glmvby9mIhMczT42a8rye4cd4ZXwe3SrJsyO8V6f5ssOpgcWvo-vtHgFhpzc-Kly4i1r9aINP07TOhDbzvdGqez7QnTR7M6iQNEcDYZOnR1yf5aBiW7IVOcHLesUH-qS6zahjtcJgWyTqO8c4njIO3nYc5ooriEw6CYxhme/s2310/jacktom.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1232" data-original-width="2310" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGeRFmaUIVivAfxK724glmvby9mIhMczT42a8rye4cd4ZXwe3SrJsyO8V6f5ssOpgcWvo-vtHgFhpzc-Kly4i1r9aINP07TOhDbzvdGqez7QnTR7M6iQNEcDYZOnR1yf5aBiW7IVOcHLesUH-qS6zahjtcJgWyTqO8c4njIO3nYc5ooriEw6CYxhme/s320/jacktom.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">Tom and Jack</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /><o:p></o:p></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">We also talked more about running in our meetings for
the articles about Tom I wrote for <br /><b>
Runners Gazette</b>. Tom said, “When I google myself those articles you wrote
always come up.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">I injured both my knees in 2008 and appreciated Tom's encouragement
and continued visits home once a week or more while I recovered. It was at this
time that he also started encouraging me to write a book about Browning that we
had talked about.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">He mentioned it every time we met. On one visit I
showed Tom the volumes of scrapbooks and clippings of research material I was
going through.</span></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilhUzt_mnXXP1-2jh4FpW51YiOoYYUZkSrXzFurHmQVvJGG5ucCUpJWEPxsxUrHdzj97Ppu1C-A_Vl5QaqiYBkM4fejLrBWdtXvYGihJ_Iwo38md_0HSsnqkUS9Fb0Sv2XA25DffC-y-aVIdEZ1OAyxDLTLagP8PZ1JHJ1Srf2XHyJIs2Bp_pFO7Pm/s1600/browntom.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1156" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilhUzt_mnXXP1-2jh4FpW51YiOoYYUZkSrXzFurHmQVvJGG5ucCUpJWEPxsxUrHdzj97Ppu1C-A_Vl5QaqiYBkM4fejLrBWdtXvYGihJ_Iwo38md_0HSsnqkUS9Fb0Sv2XA25DffC-y-aVIdEZ1OAyxDLTLagP8PZ1JHJ1Srf2XHyJIs2Bp_pFO7Pm/s320/browntom.jpg" width="231" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">Tom Osler holds the finish line for his hero Browning Ross.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /><o:p></o:p></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">"Don't look at all that information!" he
urged. "Research can be a black hole that will suck you in when you have
that much stuff and you will never get through all of it!" I told him I had to read everything I had
about Browning's accomplishments no matter how long it took or I might miss
something.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Tom once gave me a piece of art he created out of
fractal images. He combined his artistry with his mathematical prowess to
create a one-of-a-kind piece of art that I proudly hung on my wall. On one of
his visits, Tom gently let me know that I had hung the piece upside down. Oops!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br />Tom always mentioned his three mentors" Jack
Barry, a runner and training partner from the 1950s and 1950s, Ted Corbitt, and
Browning Ross.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Tom’s personality also had elements of Henry Thoreau.
When I asked him about traveling, he said “Why would I travel to other places
when I haven’t seen everything in Glassboro yet?”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjVFQ7ankjn7aLg2bIp6_OQhUWkCzx9S0RwSyHAgyaLbQgKl6mK_mbrXaC1uMaIPB1JM-9bDLCDTzZbZ_hr2Qzu7h-mbmb1mjqPyMmXvIALMNcUodp44TROqZF-79x6HiZP8lbAYyXQzWqCl-rtpFeOBn9y6fi0ieT-wDgn1J-SPmnRII2os7YkBo94" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img alt="" data-original-height="214" data-original-width="200" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjVFQ7ankjn7aLg2bIp6_OQhUWkCzx9S0RwSyHAgyaLbQgKl6mK_mbrXaC1uMaIPB1JM-9bDLCDTzZbZ_hr2Qzu7h-mbmb1mjqPyMmXvIALMNcUodp44TROqZF-79x6HiZP8lbAYyXQzWqCl-rtpFeOBn9y6fi0ieT-wDgn1J-SPmnRII2os7YkBo94" width="224" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">Professor Tom Osler</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><h1><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Health issues<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><span>When I visited Tom at his house, he would often urge
me to take some of his running-related publications for prosperity. I would refuse and
he would say, “I know you’ll take care of it, and we Oslers don’t live long. He
said that through his fifties, sixties, and seventies but he did have some
health issues in those years to battle through.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">He had a stroke. He checked himself into the emergency
room after not feeling well but not knowing the cause. A doctor reporting to
duty happened to walk by him and looked Tom in the eye and said “You’ve had a
stroke!” Tom said, “I answered I don’t have strokes which was a crazy thing to
say and the doctor luckily made me go to the stroke unit to get treated.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Tom’s heart stopped after a race and he was
immediately resuscitated by a nurse and paramedics.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Walt Pierson a runner and friend of Tom’s remembered,
“Tom got a pacemaker and I saw him at a race about a month later. I asked Tom
what did his doctor say about racing. He responded that he didn’t ask. And
added that he was 64 years old and didn’t care.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Tom ran continued to run daily with a defibrillator
and a pacemaker. One year he returned to the starting line bloody a few minutes
after the start of a race I was directing. He went out very fast in the race
and his defibrillator fired knocking him to the ground. I took that as a sign to stop holding the
race.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">I thought Tom’s running during his sixties and
seventies was one of his most impressive athletic feats. He ran two races
almost every weekend, often totaling over 100 for the year and every race was
consistent. He ran the same in high heat
and humidity, or cold and wind as he did in moderate weather. When I mentioned
this to Tom, he pooh-poohed it. “I’m not running that fast, just fast for my
age group.</span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0GscUZmTYesfJ0mEw7SdrjZ7eHP1BtgXkHdOgXR5lE3qrU1SRZljMDdLlHdgHFKnTMqDRBpYp16x9EkrVrq5n8d2O9mlIy_-EMXXpwXMvtc-xUxQBFFzOn1z1tUq6uiw_bEM1B_ke8RqzftaBxgQp188oDnbt5nENOd-8pjQqRKqyN8bbn9aWAgrr/s200/Tomrace.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="133" data-original-width="200" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0GscUZmTYesfJ0mEw7SdrjZ7eHP1BtgXkHdOgXR5lE3qrU1SRZljMDdLlHdgHFKnTMqDRBpYp16x9EkrVrq5n8d2O9mlIy_-EMXXpwXMvtc-xUxQBFFzOn1z1tUq6uiw_bEM1B_ke8RqzftaBxgQp188oDnbt5nENOd-8pjQqRKqyN8bbn9aWAgrr/s1600/Tomrace.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">Tom at one of his thousands of races, the Browning Ross Bob Kupcha 5k</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /><o:p></o:p></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Tom supplemented his running with daily swimming and
walking. He often walked around the Deptford Mall in the morning when it opened
and on one walk fractured his hip.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">I called Tom right before his hip surgery to find out
when it was scheduled and planned to meet him a few hours after his surgery in
his room.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">When I got to the hospital a few hours later I saw a
man briskly walking around the hospital grounds with a cane. It was Tom! He was
up and about and walking immediately after his surgery.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The hip replacement was what ended Tom’s running
career and he missed running terribly.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">He went to one or two races to watch and help out but
stopped after deciding he missed running in the race too much to attend.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">His vision was also starting to fade. He used a
computer to read when it became difficult to read printed words on paper.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">I thought of something Tom had once told me: <br /></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b>“<span style="background: white; color: #666666;">If God gave me the opportunity to
relieve 10 moments of my life, many of those would be races. I enjoy that
moment in the race when you must use willpower to overrule the body. There is
always the spot in the race where the runner is tired and vulnerable to
discouragement. I am most proud of those moments when I was able to beat a
superior runner by using my head. That is what you remember, and those are the
moments I would relive in my life.” And.” running offers both pleasure and
pain. There is nothing like the purification of the soul through running.
Running helps you connect with what is important in your soul.”</span></b></span></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAkdDklVFG_F2IYrTrOPa727lNWUyTp6qkRfdAkxu3dnZYDooQWhvjBRPcEeH7g1csKh2rmLptxEE_8dpaQ-nShtTUQalzpCzKRrdHGjVcf0ez9d3U1IyTrFnqicE1iK_o1BF8zrYumEi4dhUQnwm69yLF9jNRT2nIAT0MgRAP6x6sCbbqfD_6Tu_4/s640/harry%20tom.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="640" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAkdDklVFG_F2IYrTrOPa727lNWUyTp6qkRfdAkxu3dnZYDooQWhvjBRPcEeH7g1csKh2rmLptxEE_8dpaQ-nShtTUQalzpCzKRrdHGjVcf0ez9d3U1IyTrFnqicE1iK_o1BF8zrYumEi4dhUQnwm69yLF9jNRT2nIAT0MgRAP6x6sCbbqfD_6Tu_4/s320/harry%20tom.png" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">Running Legends: Harry Berkowitz, Tom Osler, Browning Ross and Herb Lorenz</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="background: white; color: #666666;"><br /></span></span></span><p></p>
<h1><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Remembering Tom<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Tom was a proud member of the South Jersey AC, and
Woodbury Road Runners Clubs and gave encouragement to all of the members of
both clubs over the years.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Walt Pierson is also a member of both clubs and shared
some of his favorite memories of Tom:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">“Tom was a sharp dresser— handmade clothing from
overseas, leather pants with zippers.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">(Tom was a fashion model for an online Jeans Company).<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Tom was a changeable competitor—- I remember one race
he would seem overweight; the next you could count his ribs he was so thin. On
one of his diets, he used children’s size toy dishes to keep the portions
small. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Tom was always experimenting with his running shoes. To
reduce the weight of his running shoes one time he cut the heels narrower and
cut off all the trim such as the Nike swoosh. He was a true pioneer of the
sport. Sadly, we won’t see the likes of Tom and Browning Ross again.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Ed Donohue: “We all wish Tom had lived to 102 instead
of 82 but he lived a full life and impacted so many people in a positive way.
What a great life.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Tom said that both Corbitt and Ross had "many
saintlike qualities." Tom had those qualities as well. It is some
consolation that all three men are possibly together now looking out for us as
saints are said to do.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Tom was fond of the African proverb “When an old man
dies a library burns to the ground.” Meaning the person takes a life of
accumulated knowledge with them. In Tom’s case, it isn’t quite true. We have
his books and his mathematical publications and the memories of Tom with us
always.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF0eJau8iUjBO_Y4eZlqnFfmISMNh8iXPZ30SnjF0x_o754pLG2aQD-pdRG7ffSCRTE7e9_uuJcrdj5aXjzXLeO_GY6p53EKnpGp2af7WfAhiXxNjVZExdzLZiaHQtUFKiTD0QbCs9oyNMoCUGwwfDsKQSt6A5fthBMNPvzmAWX5Ti-snPIGHJB61u/s200/Tom%20Osler%20and%20Ed%20Dodd.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="133" data-original-width="200" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF0eJau8iUjBO_Y4eZlqnFfmISMNh8iXPZ30SnjF0x_o754pLG2aQD-pdRG7ffSCRTE7e9_uuJcrdj5aXjzXLeO_GY6p53EKnpGp2af7WfAhiXxNjVZExdzLZiaHQtUFKiTD0QbCs9oyNMoCUGwwfDsKQSt6A5fthBMNPvzmAWX5Ti-snPIGHJB61u/s1600/Tom%20Osler%20and%20Ed%20Dodd.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">Tom Osler and Ed Dodd</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: times;">Ed Dodd, </b><span style="font-family: times;">Tom’s lifelong friend, and co-author: “I
first met Tom in the summer of ’62, that began a friendship of more than 60
years. We took hundreds of long runs together and race many times.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">"</span><span style="font-family: times;">I only beat Tom one time in a race under 24 hours, and
that inspired him to develop the famous “Oslerian pickups” in training that he
wrote about where he would accelerate in training. (Note: Amby Burfoot credited
the Oslerian pickups and reading about Toms’s training as a factor in his
winning the Boston Marathon in 1968.)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">
Tom was responsible for my Ph.D. in Mathematics and my career as a teacher, and
my interest in ultra marathons.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">I remember some of our long runs together when Tom
would sing (the Woody Guthrie and later Grateful Dead) song “Going Down the
Road Feeling Bad.” “I’m going down the road feeling bad, don’t want to be
treated this way.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">I’ll think of Tom every day. I hope we all have found
or will find those to love, like Tom<br />
did with his wife Kathy, his sons, Eric and Bill, and his grandsons Gabe<br />
and Zack, and his great-granddaughter, Zoey.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">I also hope we all have or will find a way of life
that fills us with joy and happiness, <br />
like Tom did with running and teaching.<br />
<br />
I also hope that that way of life will make this world just a tad bit better
off <br />
for us having been here for our short time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">I know the world has been made better by the life of
Tom Osler."<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times;">Hopefully, this gives the reader a small sense of Tom Osler’s
accomplishments and influence on me and others that were lucky enough to meet
and know him. Sadly, the article cannot capture Tom’s voice or his laugh, his
unwavering friendship, his constant encouragement, and his kindness. When I
think of Tom now, I think of the Greek storyteller Aesop. His name might have
come up during our visits together.</span></p>
<h1 style="background: rgb(247, 247, 247); margin-top: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #353e48; line-height: 115%; padding: 0in;">“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” –Aesop</span></b><span style="color: #353e48; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> This article was written by Jack Heath for Runners Gazette. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://youtu.be/zJPvfq4lB6A">Tom Osler interview</a><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p>Coach Heathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01444353722924136815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351760470136287747.post-48764648805186004872023-05-01T19:39:00.002-04:002023-05-01T19:39:06.101-04:00Using Hot Baths To Acclimate for a Hot Outside Workout<p> </p><div class="grid-full-inner-standard" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Franklin, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; grid-column: 1 / 3;"><header class="w-100" data-qa="main-full" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 1200px;"><div class="w-100" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 1000px; width: 1000px;"><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: Postoni, garamond, serif; line-height: 1.1; margin: 0px 0px 8px; max-width: 1000px; padding-bottom: 4px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span data-qa="headline-text" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Too hot outside for a workout?</span><span data-qa="headline-text" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> A hot bath can actually help.</span></span></h3></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: Franklin, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.25rem; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px 0px 16px; max-width: 1000px; padding-bottom: 4px; text-align: left;">Acclimating to hot weather is a good idea for anyone who wants <br />to reduce risk of heat illness during their outdoor workout</div><div class="flex print-byline print-mt-none" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; font-size: 16px;"><div class="byline-wrapper flex-column flex" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; max-width: 600px;"><div class="PJLV PJLV-ihSmMVC-css" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="mb-xxs" data-qa="author-byline" style="box-sizing: border-box; gap: 0.5rem; margin-bottom: 4px;"><span class="wpds-c-PJLV" style="box-sizing: border-box;">By Gretchen Reynolds, Washington Post</span></div></div><div class="wpds-c-kgabfe wpds-c-kgabfe-ikrKXLV-css" data-testid="timestamp" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray80); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-subhead); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-087); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-125); margin-bottom: var(--wpds-space-200);"><span class="wpds-c-iKQyrV" data-testid="display-date" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray80); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-087); margin-top: var(--wpds-space-025);">April 19, 2023 at 6:00 a.m. EDT</span></div></div></div></header></div><article class="grid-article mb-xxl-ns" data-qa="main" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Franklin, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; grid-column: 1 / 2; margin-bottom: 64px;"><div class="" data-qa="lede-art" data-testid="lede-art" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><figure class="overflow-hidden relative hide-for-print center center mb-sm mb-md-ns ml-auto-ns mr-auto-ns grid-mobile-full-bleed" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px; margin-inline: 0px; margin: 0px auto 24px; overflow: hidden; position: relative; text-align: center;"><div class="w-100 mw-100 h-auto" height="389" style="box-sizing: border-box; filter: blur(0px); height: auto; line-height: 0; max-width: 100%; transition: filter 0.1s ease 0s; width: 844px;" width="600"><br /></div><figcaption class="ml-gutter mr-gutter mr-auto-ns ml-auto-ns font--subhead font-xxxs mt-xs left gray-dark" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: Franklin, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem; line-height: 1.25; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 8px; text-align: left;"><br /></figcaption></figure></div><div class="grid-body" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; width: 640px;"><div class="teaser-content grid-center" style="box-sizing: border-box; grid-column: 2 / 3;"><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">When springtime temperatures spike and your usual outdoor ride, run and walk suddenly feels sizzling and punishing, it may be time to take — a hot bath.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">Acclimating to hot weather is a good idea for anyone who wants to reduce the risk of heat illness and feel more comfortable exercising outside or just moving around. But getting our bodies used to the heat can be time-consuming and uncomfortable, often requiring weeks of slowly ramping up the time we spend working out outside, in nature’s blast furnace.<br /><br /></p></div></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">But there’s an alternative. Recent research suggests we may be able to rapidly acclimate to the heat by lounging in a hot bathtub or sauna for at least half an hour a day, preferably after a workout.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">This method, repeated for multiple days in a row, seems to offer a relatively simple and accessible way to start preparing for hot weather. <br /><br />Studies show it’s appropriate for both robust athletes and many people who are more out of shape or older.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">The idea, said Edward Cole, a doctoral candidate at Hull University in England, who studies exercise and heat, is to make heat acclimation “available to more people.”<br /><br /></p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">But there is a catch. Pleasant as it may sound, sitting for prolonged periods in a torrid tub can be surprisingly hard.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><h3 class=" pb-sm pt-lgmod" data-qa="article-header" id="UY7RY3XVSFCQLFD7XCVS36HIJU" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Postoni, BodoniSvtyTwoITCTT-Book, georgia, serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 16px; padding-top: var(--lg-mod);"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;">Why you need to acclimate to the weather</div></h3></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">Hot weather, especially when it shows up suddenly, makes outdoor activities draining and even dangerous. As we move around, our bodies generate internal heat, which we must shed to keep our core temperature stable. Otherwise, we risk<a href="https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/heat-exhaustion/symptoms-causes/syc-20373250#:~:text=Heatstroke%20is%20a%20life%2Dthreatening,that%20can%20result%20in%20death." style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(213, 213, 213); box-sizing: border-box; color: #1955a5; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> heat exhaustion</a>, illness or even stroke.<br /><br /></p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">To dissipate this heat, our hearts pump warmed blood away from our core and up to the skin. We also sweat. But when the air is warm and humid, these processes <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2021/climate-change-humidity/?itid=lk_inline_manual_14" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(213, 213, 213); box-sizing: border-box; color: #1955a5; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">barely keep up</a>. Our hearts labor to move more blood, sweat pools on our skin, each step feels laborious, and we grow hotter and hotter.<br /><br /></p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">Acclimation helps. If we slowly get used to exercising in the heat, we add blood volume, reducing strain on our hearts. We also start perspiring earlier and more profusely and should feel less flattened by soaring temperatures.<br /><br /></p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">But this type of acclimation is not easy. In athletes, 10 or more hot workouts of <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/08/09/teen-sports-heat-risks/?itid=lk_inline_manual_17" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(213, 213, 213); box-sizing: border-box; color: #1955a5; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">gradually increasing duration </a>and intensity during the hottest part of the day are usually needed, a regimen that is unlikely to be attractive or even achievable for many of us.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">Enter hot water.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><h3 class=" pb-sm pt-lgmod" data-qa="article-header" id="33IN63677FFUZIFNZT7IPBX7OE" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Postoni, BodoniSvtyTwoITCTT-Book, georgia, serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 16px; padding-top: var(--lg-mod);"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;">Why hot baths are like exercise</div></h3></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">“Using passive heat acclimation methods like hot-water immersion certainly removes barriers” to acclimating, said Andrew Greenfield, who studied exercise and acclimation while a graduate student at California Baptist University in Riverside, Calif.<br /><br /></p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">It turns out that slipping into hot water is, in some ways, indistinguishable from exercise, as far as our bodies are concerned. It raises our core temperature, heart rate, and sweating.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">So maybe, some scientists have speculated, it also can stimulate heat acclimation.<br /><br /></p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">A pioneering 2015<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/sms.12638" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(213, 213, 213); box-sizing: border-box; color: #1955a5; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> study</a> put the idea to the test, with 17 healthy, active men running on treadmills at an easy pace in a normal-temperature room for 40 minutes and then sitting up to their necks in water warmed either to a coolish 93 or steamy 104 degrees for up to another 40 minutes.<br /><br /></p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">After six days of this, the men who had marinated in the hot water showed many of the hallmarks of acclimation. While exercising in an overheated lab, they started sweating earlier and reported feeling less hot than the other men. They also ran farther and faster in a 5-kilometer time trial.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><h3 class=" pb-sm pt-lgmod" data-qa="article-header" id="MCJXRMQBFNAKNJNY6HG43T5YM4" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Postoni, BodoniSvtyTwoITCTT-Book, georgia, serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 16px; padding-top: var(--lg-mod);"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;">How anyone can acclimate with hot water</div></h3></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">Since then, researchers have lightly parboiled other volunteers in a variety of experiments, including<a href="https://www.jsams.org/article/S1440-2440(21)00144-4/fulltext" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(213, 213, 213); box-sizing: border-box; color: #1955a5; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> older people</a>, ages 68 and up, who, in a 2021 study, either exercised in hot conditions for an hour or rode a bike slowly for 30 minutes and then soaked in hot water for another 30 minutes. After five days of these routines, they all felt less hot and moved around more quickly and easily in the heat.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">Even young men who only soaked in hot water for 40 minutes, without exercising first, showed signs of heat acclimation after three days in a<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0306456521000656" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(213, 213, 213); box-sizing: border-box; color: #1955a5; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> 2021 study</a>.<br /><br /></p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">But whether hot tubbing is the best — or safest — way to acclimate remains in question.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">“Heat is much more intense in hot water versus hot air at equivalent temperatures,” said Greenfield, who led the 2021 study of young men. Most of them could barely tolerate remaining in the water for the full 40 minutes, he said.<br /><br /></p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">Michael Zurawlew agrees. Now a postdoctoral research officer at Liverpool John Moores University in England, he led the 2015 study that helped ignite interest in what is often called passive acclimation and has conducted many related studies since. In his groups’ experiments, the volunteers rarely were able to stay long in the 104-degree water at first, he said.<br /><br /></p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">But their tolerance “gradually increased so that by the sixth day, they could complete the full 40-minute bath,” he said, and be considered, at that point, heat acclimated.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><h3 class=" pb-sm pt-lgmod" data-qa="article-header" id="7AIY3K6FOBHODDMZNYMWVYA4DE" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Postoni, BodoniSvtyTwoITCTT-Book, georgia, serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 16px; padding-top: var(--lg-mod);"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;">Start with a 20-minute bath</div></h3></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">Want to prepare for your own imminent heat wave or upcoming hot-weather race with a long soak? Zurawlew recommends starting slowly. Fill up your tub with water heated to about 104 degrees, then “complete a 20-minute bath” on your first try, he said, and gradually add to the amount of time you gently stew over the coming days.<br /><br /></p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">“If you start to feel dizzy, lightheaded, or nauseous at any time, you should carefully remove yourself from the bath,” he said.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">Immerse as much of your body as tolerable. In most acclimation experiments, volunteers sat covered to the neck, although sometimes only to the waist or with just their legs dangling in the hot water. But less skin in the water usually demands more time in the tub, Zurawlew pointed out, to heat up your insides and prompt your body to adapt.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">That’s also why he and many other researchers recommend exercising first. It gets your body appropriately hot and bothered, even before you soak.<br /><br /></p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">The good news is that acclimation starts quickly,<a href="https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/ajpregu.00315.2021?rfr_dat=cr_pub++0pubmed&url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori%3Arid%3Acrossref.org" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(213, 213, 213); box-sizing: border-box; color: #1955a5; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> usually within three days</a>, Zurawlew said, although you’ll be better acclimated after about six or more days of fervid exertion and soaking.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">You can tell you’re acclimated when the same hot water you could barely withstand two days ago feels bearable today, he said.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">But even then, remain cautious during hard workouts in the high heat. Drink water; seek shade if you feel ill, and head out in the morning, if possible, when ambient temperatures tend to be lowest.</p></div></div></article>Coach Heathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01444353722924136815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351760470136287747.post-24465698176123938232023-05-01T19:27:00.003-04:002023-05-01T19:27:45.481-04:00Do You Really Need Expensive Running Shoes?<p> <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 24pt;">What You Do (and
Don’t) Need in a Running Shoe</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif; font-size: 14pt;">It’s
tempting to believe the right sneakers will help you run faster or avoid
injury. Here’s what experts know.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT, serif; font-size: 14pt;">By
Cindy Kuzma New York Times<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Cindy
Kuzma is a health and fitness writer. She has completed 23 marathons, including
seven in Boston.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif; font-size: 14pt;">March
30, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #363636; font-family: "TimesNewRomanPSMT",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Humans
have run for hundreds of thousands of years, most without the benefit of cushy,
brightly colored footwear. </span><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif; font-size: 14pt;">But take a stroll around a sporting goods store or scroll
through a running website, and you’ll find a dizzying array of options. Some
promise speed, others comfort and injury reduction — and nearly all carry hefty
price tags.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif; font-size: 14pt;">To
help you </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "TimesNewRomanPSMT",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">sort
fact from fad </span><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif; font-size: 14pt;">— and
stability shoes from super shoes — we consulted research and experts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif; font-size: 14pt;"><b>What
makes a running shoe a running shoe?</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Traditional
running sneakers are designed to blunt the impact of hitting the ground and
provide traction, said Geoff Burns, a sports physiologist for the United States
Olympic and Paralympic Committee in Colorado Springs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif; font-size: 14pt;">As
with other athletic shoes, running sneakers are made of fabric, foam and
rubber, but they’re engineered to meet the specific demands of the sport. For
instance, they’re typically lighter and more flexible than basketball shoes,
which are designed to protect your foot during lateral, stop-and-start
movements.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif; font-size: 14pt;">The
biggest difference in most running shoes is in the midsole, made of cushy foam.
Other types of athletic sneakers have midsole foam, but there’s more in running
shoes and manufacturers say it’s tapered toward the front of the shoe to assist
with forward motion, Dr. Burns said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif; font-size: 14pt;">In
addition, most running shoes have features integrated into the uppers — the
fabric parts that make up the top the sneaker — meant to keep your foot secure,
said Matthew Klein, a physical therapist, assistant professor in the Doctor of
Physical Therapy Program at West Coast University, and founder of the “Doctors
of Running” website and podcast. You might notice a stiff piece of cardboard or
plastic on the back of the sneaker called a heel counter, for instance, or
extra strips of fabric, called overlays, that run across the upper.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif; font-size: 14pt;"><b>Do
specialized running shoes actually do what they claim?</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Shoe companies
invest a great deal of money in biomechanical research, said Allison Gruber, an
associate professor of kinesiology and a biomechanics researcher at Indiana
University Bloomington.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif; font-size: 14pt;">However,
marketing departments and running-store clerks </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "TimesNewRomanPSMT",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">often oversell certain features</span><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif; font-size: 14pt;">, especially to newer
runners, said Dr. Klein and Dr. Kevin Vincent, a physiatrist and director of
the University of Florida Health Running Medicine Clinic.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Stability
and motion control shoes, for instance, are popular among runners and are said
to prevent injury by correcting for overpronation — when your ankle collapses
too far inward as you walk or run. Some models have rigid posts that reduce
side-to-side motion, though many newer releases use subtler systems, such as
making the shoe wider on the bottom than the top, Dr. Klein said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif; font-size: 14pt;"><b>What
should you look for in running shoes?</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Most
runners — including those who are lacing up for the first time — should
consider opting for what’s known as a </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "TimesNewRomanPSMT",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">neutral daily trainer</span><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif; font-size: 14pt;">, Dr. Klein said. These shoes
don’t attempt to change the way your foot interacts with the ground — they
simply place some cushioning between the two.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif; font-size: 14pt;">But
there are a few reasons to consider other options. While specialized shoes,
like maximalist and stability sneakers, don’t seem to ward off running
injuries, clinicians like Dr. Klein and Dr. Vincent said they sometimes
recommend them to patients who are already coping with certain types of pain or
injury.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif; font-size: 14pt;">If,
for instance, you have arthritis, plantar fasciitis, or other types of pain in
your feet, maximalist shoes — especially those with rocker bottoms — may help,
since<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif; font-size: 14pt;">there
is some evidence that they might decrease the </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif; font-size: 14pt;">pressure
on your feet </span><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif; font-size: 14pt;">and
the demands on your Achilles </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif; font-size: 14pt;">and ankles</span><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif; font-size: 14pt;">. In these cases, consider seeing a sports
medicine provider, who can guide you on treatment and prevention.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif; font-size: 14pt;">And if
you regularly log miles on craggy, muddy or steep terrain, trail shoes have
added traction for better grip, especially on downhills, Dr. Klein said. Some
also have a stiff plate embedded into the midsole to protect your foot from
sharp rocks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif; font-size: 14pt;">And,
above all, make sure your shoes feel comfortable, he added. Comfort, more than
matching your shoe to your gait or foot type, is what will keep you running </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "TimesNewRomanPSMT",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">over the long term</span><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif; font-size: 14pt;">, he said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif; font-size: 14pt;"><b>Running
shoes are expensive. How often should I really replace them?</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Most
name-brand running shoes cost over $100, and specialty super shoes can run
upward of $200. You can also pick up other trainers for around $50 at a
discount or sporting goods store — but many runners find that they don’t feel
as cushioned or comfortable, likely because they use less or lower-quality
foam, Dr. Burns said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Studies
conducted </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "TimesNewRomanPSMT",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">in the
lab </span><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif; font-size: 14pt;">and </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "TimesNewRomanPSMT",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">in the real world </span><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif; font-size: 14pt;">suggest running shoes do
lose significant amounts of shock absorption within 300 to 500 miles, if not
earlier. That’s about three to five months if you’re a serious runner, or
perhaps around nine to 12 months, if you’re getting out there a couple times
per week, said Hiruni Wijayaratne, an elite marathoner and certified running
coach. But it isn’t clear when this breakdown begins causing problems for your
feet or legs, Dr. Burns said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Much
depends on the runner and the shoe, he said. Higher-mileage runners, those who
train on harder or rugged surfaces, or people with uneven gait patterns may
have to replace shoes sooner, and super shoes tend to break down faster than
neutral trainers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif; font-size: 14pt;">If you’re
accustomed to running, you might feel when your shoe is nearing retirement —
perhaps your arch or shins ache slightly, or your knees or heels grow sore.
Visible signs of damage, such as cracks or worn-through rubber, also indicate
it’s time to move on, Dr. Vincent said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif; font-size: 14pt;">You
can extend a shoe’s life by wearing it only for running and not to other
workouts or the grocery store, Dr. Burns said. And if you have the funds,
alternating between pairs helps too, by allowing at least 24 hours for the foam
to restore its shape. There’s also </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "TimesNewRomanPSMT",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">some evidence </span><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif; font-size: 14pt;">that cycling through more than one </span><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif; font-size: 14pt;">model —
whether it’s in a different category, or a similar style in different brands —
reduces injury risk, perhaps because it slightly varies the repetitive stresses
on your body.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Finding
the right sneaker can feel daunting, but don’t stress too much about getting
one perfect pair, Dr. Burns said. Instead, recognize there’s likely a range of
shoes that will work for you — and the search is all part of the running
journey.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "TimesNewRomanPSMT",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">A version of this article appears in print on April 4,
2023, Section D, Page 7 of the New York edition with the headline: Do You Have
to Buy Fancy Running Shoes?</span><o:p></o:p></p>Coach Heathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01444353722924136815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351760470136287747.post-54454289983394349022023-04-17T16:18:00.006-04:002023-04-17T16:18:31.372-04:00How Exercise Leads to Sharper Thinking and a Healthier Brain<p> </p><div class="grid-full-inner-standard" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Franklin, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; grid-column: 1 / 3;"><header class="w-100" data-qa="main-full" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 893px;"><div class="w-100" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 1000px; width: 893px;"><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: Postoni, garamond, serif; font-size: 3.5rem; line-height: 1.1; margin: 0px 0px 8px; max-width: 1000px; padding-bottom: 4px; text-align: left;"><span data-qa="headline-text" style="box-sizing: border-box;">How exercise leads to sharper thinking and a healthier brain</span></h2></div><h2 class="font--subhead font-light offblack mb-sm pb-xxs-ns subheadline" data-qa="subheadline" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: Franklin, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.25rem; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px 0px 16px; max-width: 1000px; padding-bottom: 4px;">New findings from 350,000 people make the strongest case yet that exercise<br />improves cognition. A small study shows it raises BDNF, a brain chemical.</h2><div class="flex print-byline print-mt-none" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex;"><div class="byline-wrapper flex-column flex" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; max-width: 600px;"><div class="PJLV PJLV-ihSmMVC-css" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="mb-xxs" data-qa="author-byline" style="box-sizing: border-box; gap: 0.5rem; margin-bottom: 4px;"><span class="wpds-c-PJLV" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b>By Gretchen Reynolds</b></span></div></div><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray80); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-subhead); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-087); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-125); margin-bottom: var(--wpds-space-200); text-align: left;"><span class="wpds-c-iKQyrV" data-testid="display-date" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray80); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-087); margin-top: var(--wpds-space-025);">April 5, 2023 at 7:30 a.m. <b>Washington Post </b></span></h4></div></div></header></div><article class="grid-article mb-xxl-ns" data-qa="main" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Franklin, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; grid-column: 1 / 2; margin-bottom: 64px;"><div class="" data-qa="lede-art" data-testid="lede-art" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><figure class="overflow-hidden relative hide-for-print center center mb-sm mb-md-ns ml-auto-ns mr-auto-ns grid-mobile-full-bleed" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px; margin-inline: 0px; margin: 0px auto 24px; overflow: hidden; position: relative; text-align: center;"><div class="w-100 mw-100 h-auto" height="400" style="box-sizing: border-box; filter: blur(0px); height: auto; line-height: 0; max-width: 100%; transition: filter 0.1s ease 0s; width: 537px;" width="600"><br /></div><figcaption class="ml-gutter mr-gutter mr-auto-ns ml-auto-ns font--subhead font-xxxs mt-xs left gray-dark" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: Franklin, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem; line-height: 1.25; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 8px; text-align: left;"><br /></figcaption></figure></div><div class="grid-body" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; width: 537px;"><div class="teaser-content grid-center" style="box-sizing: border-box; grid-column: 2 / 3;"><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">To build a better brain, just exercise.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">That’s the message of two important new studies of how physical activity changes our minds. In one, scientists delved into the lives, DNA and cognition of thousands of people to show that regular exercise leads to much sharper thinking.<br /><br /></p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">Another study helps explain why exercise is good for the brain. Researchers found that just six minutes of strenuous exertion quintupled production of a neurochemical known to be essential for lifelong brain health.<br /><br /></p></div></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">The studies arrive at a moment when some recent, widely discussed research has been raising doubts about the extent to which exercise bolsters thinking and memory. But the new findings, which analyzed data for almost 350,000 people, make the strongest case yet that regular exercise can improve cognition.<br /><br /></p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">These studies reinforce the idea that “absolutely, exercise is one of the best things you can do” for your brain, said<a href="https://matthieuboisgontier.com/" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(213, 213, 213); box-sizing: border-box; color: #1955a5; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> Matthieu Boisgontier</a>, an associate professor at the University of Ottawa, who oversaw one of the studies.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><h3 class=" pb-sm pt-lgmod" data-qa="article-header" id="3R5PRKGLDFDTZDSRJKUUW5G3JE" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Postoni, BodoniSvtyTwoITCTT-Book, georgia, serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 16px; padding-top: var(--lg-mod);"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;">‘Miracle-Gro’ for your brain</div></h3></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">The first inklings that exercise remodels brains and minds came decades ago in mouse studies. Active, running animals in these experiments scored much higher on rodent intelligence tests than sedentary mice, and their brain tissues teemed with elevated levels of a substance known as brain-derived neurotrophic factor or BDNF, often referred to as “Miracle-Gro” for the brain.<br /><br /></p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">BDNF prompts the creation and maturation of new brain cells and synapses. It bulks up brains.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">Studies in people have since established that exercise also raises BDNF levels in our bloodstreams, although it’s harder to look inside our brains and see if it rises there.<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19595973/" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(213, 213, 213); box-sizing: border-box; color: #1955a5; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> <br /><br />Multiple</a>,<a href="https://jnnp.bmj.com/content/early/2023/01/24/jnnp-2022-329955.long" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(213, 213, 213); box-sizing: border-box; color: #1955a5; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> large-scale</a> epidemiological studies, meanwhile, have linked more exercise to better memories and thinking skills and less risk for neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s.<br /><br /></p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">Qualms have lingered, though, about just how potent exercise really is for our brains.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">A study published last year of more than 500 older people found little cognitive benefit from 18 months of regular walking or other light exercise, while a major<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-023-01554-4?utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=commission_junction&utm_campaign=CONR_PF018_ECOM_GL_PHSS_ALWYS_DEEPLINK&utm_content=textlink&utm_term=PID100093539&CJEVENT=0c4aff8fcdc611ed83e000070a1cb827" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(213, 213, 213); box-sizing: border-box; color: #1955a5; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> review of past research</a> published in March pointed out that many human studies of exercise and cognition have been too small or otherwise limited to show persuasive benefits for brain health from working out.<br /><br /></p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">In some scientific quarters, rumblings have begun about whether to continue recommending exercise as a way to maintain mental acuity with age, Boisgontier said. “But we say, ‘No, no. Don’t stop. Look at our findings first,’” he said.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><h3 class=" pb-sm pt-lgmod" data-qa="article-header" id="YXMYEYTPJVBB7CRGY4CY4Z4RHY" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Postoni, BodoniSvtyTwoITCTT-Book, georgia, serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 16px; padding-top: var(--lg-mod);"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;">A landmark brain study</div></h3></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">The study from Boisgontier and his colleagues,<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-32150-1#:~:text=Drawing%20on%20large%2Dscale%20GWAS,cognitive%20functioning%20on%20physical%20activity." style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(213, 213, 213); box-sizing: border-box; color: #1955a5; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> published last week in Scientific Reports</a>, uses a novel and complex type of statistical analysis to go beyond traditional observational research and firmly establish that exercise does improve your brain skills.<br /><br /></p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">They turned to DNA and<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s43586-021-00092-5" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(213, 213, 213); box-sizing: border-box; color: #1955a5; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> Mendelian randomization</a>, a recently popularized method of using genetic variations to characterize and sort people. We each are born with or without certain snippets of DNA, some of which are known to contribute to a likelihood of being physically active. From before birth, we are, in effect, randomized by nature to be someone who is or isn’t prone to move. Other gene snippets play a similar role in cognition.<br /><br /></p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">By cross-checking the cognitive scores of people who have or lack the exercise-promoting snippets against those of people with the gene variants related to cognition, scientists can discern the extent to which exercise contributes to thinking skills.<br /><br /></p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">From two enormous databases of health information, they pulled genetic data for almost 350,000 people of all ages, along with objective measurements of physical activity for about 91,000 of them and cognitive scores for almost 258,000. People with a genetic predisposition to exercise typically did exercise, they found, and scored better on tests of thinking, if their exercise was at least moderate, comparable to jogging.<br /><br /></p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">And, yes, you can get brain benefits from exercise even if you don’t have the gene snippets.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">The interplay of exercise and thinking was strong enough to indicate causation, Boisgontier said, meaning, in this big study, the right exercise resulted in sharper minds.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><h3 class=" pb-sm pt-lgmod" data-qa="article-header" id="GPZK4LAW7FAABKZDYKE5VDAFFY" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Postoni, BodoniSvtyTwoITCTT-Book, georgia, serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 16px; padding-top: var(--lg-mod);"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;">6 minutes of intense exercise raises BDNF</div></h3></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">The other<a href="https://physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/JP283582" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(213, 213, 213); box-sizing: border-box; color: #1955a5; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> new study</a>, although comparatively small, may help explain how exercise keeps your brain healthy.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">In this experiment, 12 healthy, young people rode an exercise bike at a very leisurely pace for 90 minutes, followed by six minutes of intervals consisting of 40 seconds of all-out pedaling interspersed with 20 seconds of rest. Before, during and after each session, researchers tracked BDNF in people’s blood.<br /><br /></p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">They also measured levels of lactate. Muscles release lactate, often called lactic acid, during exercise, especially if it’s strenuous. It can travel to and be sucked up by the brain as fuel.<br /><br /></p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">Past studies in mice suggest this shift in brain fueling is what jump-starts the creation of BDNF. When animals’ brains begin slurping up lactate in lieu of sugar, they start pumping out more BDNF and the mice soon blossom into rodent brainiacs.<br /><br /></p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">Now, the researchers found indications of something similar happening in people. During easy riding, lactate levels rose slightly in people’s blood after about 30 minutes, as did the amounts of BDNF in their blood. But during and after the six minutes of hard, fast pedaling, lactate soared and so did BDNF. (Another part of the study examined the effects of 20 hours of fasting, but it turned out to have no effects on BDNF.)<br /><br /></p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">What these results suggest is that “exercise is good for your brain and that exercising longer, or particularly, harder, may maximize the benefits,” said Travis Gibbons, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of British Columbia at Okanagan, who led the study.<br /><br /></p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">Boisgontier agreed. “Always, with exercise and the brain, it involves BDNF,” he said, adding that in his group’s study, both moderate and more-vigorous exercise — brisk walking and brisker running — improved cognition, presumably because they prompted a rise in BDNF.<br /><br /></p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">Many questions remain, Gibbons pointed out, including how long BDNF stays elevated after exercise, the ideal types and amounts of exercise to up BDNF, and whether the effects are the same in older or less-healthy men and women, as well as why fasting didn’t increase BDNF in this experiment. He and Boisgontier have follow-up studies planned or underway.<br /><br /></p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">But for now, this research tells us that exercise, fast or slow, should reliably protect our ability to think.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);"><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Do you have a fitness question? Email </i><a href="mailto:yourmove@washpost.com" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(213, 213, 213); box-sizing: border-box; color: #1955a5; text-decoration-line: none;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">YourMove@washpost.com</i></a><i style="box-sizing: border-box;"> and we may answer your question in a future column.</i></p></div></div></article>Coach Heathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01444353722924136815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351760470136287747.post-18128994302299707782023-04-17T15:59:00.001-04:002023-04-17T15:59:23.855-04:00Would Usain Bolt Beat a 'Jurassic Park" Dinosaur in a Race?<p> </p><div class="sc-1ndygth-0 sc-6g9tfz-0 kZykvr gMbowm" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 32px; width: calc(64rem + 32px);"><h1 class="kl6hv7-0 kKONDf" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: "Fjalla One", sans-serif; font-size: 3em; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0.33em 0px 0px;">Would Usain Bolt Beat This 'Jurassic Park' Dinosaur in a Race?</h1><h2 class="sc-1azcei0-0 lohRJA" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.15em; font-weight: 400; margin: 0.55em 0px;">A physics professor’s playful question pits the world’s fastest human against the prehistoric predator Dilophosaurus.</h2><div class="sc-1rjyvas-0 zKYEj" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-weight: 700; margin-top: 1.325em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">By </span><a class="sc-8pb8t8-0 bmSGPg" href="https://www.discovermagazine.com/author/alex-orlando" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">Alex Orlando</a><span class="anrywh-0 coprkD" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Apr 7, 2022 7:00 AM Discover Magazine</span></div></div><div class="sc-1ndygth-0 kZykvr" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 32px; width: calc(64rem + 32px);"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; display: flex;"><div class="sc-1huk9pj-0 extIxd" style="-webkit-box-flex: 1; box-sizing: inherit; flex-grow: 1; flex-shrink: 1; margin-right: 32px; max-width: 100%;"><div class="sc-11mp1g2-0 jPdxjg" style="background-color: white; 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line-height: 1.25; padding: 1em 0px;">(Credit: Dotted Yeti/Shutterstock)</div></div><section class="sc-1mnmlii-0 hBZqET" style="-webkit-box-align: center; -webkit-box-pack: justify; align-items: center; background-color: white; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(189, 189, 189); border-top: 1em solid rgb(66, 66, 66); box-sizing: inherit; display: flex; flex-direction: row; font-family: "Nunito Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; justify-content: space-between; padding: 1em 0px;"><form class="k73oam-0 cBBGWI" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; width: 371.578px;"><div class="sc-1jg6w9k-0 hWqZhW" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: transparent; font-size: 0.65rem; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.05em; margin: 4px 0px; text-align: right; transition: color 300ms ease-in-out 0s;"><br /></div></form></section><article class="sc-1m7ho3e-0 hvdLbL" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: "Nunito Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span class="oahvym-0 kijmGk" style="box-sizing: inherit;">If you were just going by the 1993 blockbuster </span><span class="oahvym-0 jNeEga" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;">Jurassic Park, </span><span class="oahvym-0 kijmGk" style="box-sizing: inherit;">you might think that the dinosaur </span><span class="oahvym-0 jNeEga" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;">Dilophosaurus </span><span class="oahvym-0 kijmGk" style="box-sizing: inherit;">was pretty spry. In a now-infamous — and </span><a class="sc-8pb8t8-0 bmSGPg ydadvh-0 eBaWns" href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-paleontology/article/comprehensive-anatomical-and-phylogenetic-evaluation-of-dilophosaurus-wetherilli-dinosauria-theropoda-with-descriptions-of-new-specimens-from-the-kayenta-formation-of-northern-arizona/39C2921EDC6E951AC9F94A22158CA4E5" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #d83c31; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">scientifically dubious</a><span class="oahvym-0 kijmGk" style="box-sizing: inherit;"> — scene, the Early Jurassic predator dodges behind a tree while </span><a class="sc-8pb8t8-0 bmSGPg ydadvh-0 eBaWns" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxQl9-On6oQ&ab_channel=BingeSociety" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #d83c31; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">playfully evading one of the film’s villains</a><span class="oahvym-0 kijmGk" style="box-sizing: inherit;">. Moments later, it darts up a stream of cascading water before unfurling its vibrant neck frill and spitting venom in the man’s face.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span class="oahvym-0 kijmGk" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Paleontologists know that </span><span class="oahvym-0 jNeEga" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;">Dilophosaurus </span><span class="oahvym-0 kijmGk" style="box-sizing: inherit;">didn’t have colorful neck frills, nor did they spew black goo to subdue their prey. And while the double-crested creature is depicted as roughly human-sized on screen, it actually</span><span class="oahvym-0 fuIRCc" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;"> </span><span class="oahvym-0 kijmGk" style="box-sizing: inherit;">weighed a </span><a class="sc-8pb8t8-0 bmSGPg ydadvh-0 eBaWns" href="https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/dino-directory/dilophosaurus.html" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #d83c31; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">whopping 900 pounds and spanned more than 20 feet in length</a><span class="oahvym-0 kijmGk" style="box-sizing: inherit;"> some 190 million years ago. Still, the filmmakers may have been onto something regarding the therapod’s agility; thanks to its powerful legs, it could reach speeds up to 20 mph.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span class="oahvym-0 kijmGk" style="box-sizing: inherit;">But was the </span><span class="oahvym-0 jNeEga" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;">Dilophosaurus </span><span class="oahvym-0 kijmGk" style="box-sizing: inherit;">fast enough to beat eight-time Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt in a 100-meter dash?</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span class="oahvym-0 kijmGk" style="box-sizing: inherit;">It may sound like a strange hypothetical at first. But that’s the question that University of Toledo physicist Scott Lee recently</span><span class="oahvym-0 fuIRCc" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;"> </span><span class="oahvym-0 kijmGk" style="box-sizing: inherit;">posed to his undergraduate students in introductory physics, according to a </span><a class="sc-8pb8t8-0 bmSGPg ydadvh-0 eBaWns" href="https://aapt.scitation.org/doi/full/10.1119/5.0041057" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #d83c31; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span class="oahvym-0 kijmGk" style="box-sizing: inherit;">paper published in </span><span class="oahvym-0 jNeEga" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;">The Physics Teacher</span></a><span class="oahvym-0 kijmGk" style="box-sizing: inherit;"> in March. “I’m always looking for new and interesting things that will excite the students,” says Lee. “Everyone, at some point in their life, has been interested in dinosaurs, so I always try and bring [these] concepts [into the classroom].”</span></p><h2 class="sc-1p5zvm9-0 dAXEcL" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Martel, serif; font-weight: 400;"><span class="oahvym-0 kijmGk" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Jurassic Physics</span></h2><p style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span class="oahvym-0 kijmGk" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Like many other dinosaur aficionados, Lee’s fascination with the prehistoric beasts started at a young age, ever since he began finding fossils with his family growing up. Years later, in the early 1990s, he found a book by zoologist Robert McNeill Alexander — </span><a class="sc-8pb8t8-0 bmSGPg ydadvh-0 eBaWns" href="https://www.amazon.com/Dynamics-Dinosaurs-Other-Extinct-Giants/dp/023106666X" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #d83c31; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span class="oahvym-0 jNeEga" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;">Dynamics of Dinosaurs and Other Extinct Giants</span></a><span class="oahvym-0 kijmGk" style="box-sizing: inherit;"> — that uses physics principles to theorize how dinosaurs might have moved throughout the world. “That inspiration of applying physics to actual animals was interesting to me,” says Lee.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span class="oahvym-0 kijmGk" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Plenty of other physicists have been just as fascinated by the biomechanics of dinosaur movement — particularly when it comes to calculating the running and walking speeds for prehistoric touchstones like </span><span class="oahvym-0 jNeEga" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;">Tyrannosaurs rex</span><span class="oahvym-0 kijmGk" style="box-sizing: inherit;">. For example, </span><a class="sc-8pb8t8-0 bmSGPg ydadvh-0 eBaWns" href="https://peerj.com/articles/3420/" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #d83c31; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">one study published in 2017</a><span class="oahvym-0 kijmGk" style="box-sizing: inherit;"> calculated that </span><span class="oahvym-0 jNeEga" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;">T. rex</span><span class="oahvym-0 kijmGk" style="box-sizing: inherit;"> could only reach a maximum speed of around 12 mph; any faster, the researchers speculated, and the predator’s bones would have shattered. (Sorry again, </span><span class="oahvym-0 jNeEga" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;">Jurassic Park </span><span class="oahvym-0 kijmGk" style="box-sizing: inherit;">fans, but it almost certainly couldn’t have </span><a class="sc-8pb8t8-0 bmSGPg ydadvh-0 eBaWns" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxqHVoZ0fzc" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #d83c31; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">outrun a speeding car</a><span class="oahvym-0 kijmGk" style="box-sizing: inherit;">.) More recently, scientists created a 3D reconstruction — alongside a spring-suspended biomechanical model — of a </span><span class="oahvym-0 jNeEga" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;">T. rex </span><span class="oahvym-0 kijmGk" style="box-sizing: inherit;">tail to calculate that the animal likely lumbered along at just under 3 mph, according to a </span><a class="sc-8pb8t8-0 bmSGPg ydadvh-0 eBaWns" href="https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.201441" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #d83c31; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span class="oahvym-0 kijmGk" style="box-sizing: inherit;">paper published in </span><span class="oahvym-0 jNeEga" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;">Royal Society Open Science</span></a><span class="oahvym-0 kijmGk" style="box-sizing: inherit;"> in 2021.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span class="oahvym-0 kijmGk" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Lee points to the variety of approaches that researchers can use to model such predictions. “We have the bones from many dinosaurs; with the </span><span class="oahvym-0 jNeEga" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;">Dilophosaurus </span><span class="oahvym-0 kijmGk" style="box-sizing: inherit;">and </span><span class="oahvym-0 jNeEga" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;">Tyrannosaurus rex, </span><span class="oahvym-0 kijmGk" style="box-sizing: inherit;">we have essentially complete skeletons,” he says. "By looking at modern animals, you can then get an idea of how big the muscles were to then calculate how big of a force you could apply to the leg of a dinosaur to model how fast it would go.” Other researchers have used </span><a class="sc-8pb8t8-0 bmSGPg ydadvh-0 eBaWns" href="https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2007.0846" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #d83c31; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">robotics</a><span class="oahvym-0 kijmGk" style="box-sizing: inherit;"> to model their predictions. “But, of course, this is just theoretical work,” Lee adds. “We don’t have any actual proof of how these things were.” When creating his own hypothetical for his students, Lee says that he chose </span><span class="oahvym-0 jNeEga" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;">Dilophosaurus </span><span class="oahvym-0 kijmGk" style="box-sizing: inherit;">because its top speed comes out much closer to Usain Bolt’s than, say, the more-famous </span><span class="oahvym-0 jNeEga" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;">T-rex. </span><span class="oahvym-0 kijmGk" style="box-sizing: inherit;">“I wanted to have something that’s surprising,” he says, “so it becomes a question of, 'Who’s going to win?' ”</span></p><h2 class="sc-1p5zvm9-0 dAXEcL" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Martel, serif; font-weight: 400;"><span class="oahvym-0 kijmGk" style="box-sizing: inherit;">The Race is On</span></h2><p style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span class="oahvym-0 kijmGk" style="box-sizing: inherit;">For many students just starting to learn about physics, the difference between speed and acceleration isn’t always intuitive. “They tend to think of that as being the same thing — if you accelerate fast, you’re going to go fast,” says Lee. “Well, that’s true; but they’re actually very distinct concepts.” In preparing his exercise, Lee wanted to create a situation where the speed between two subjects was roughly the same, but because the accelerations were different, so was the outcome. So, a race between the </span><a class="sc-8pb8t8-0 bmSGPg ydadvh-0 eBaWns" href="https://www.britannica.com/story/how-fast-is-the-worlds-fastest-human" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #d83c31; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">world’s fastest human sprinter</a><span class="oahvym-0 kijmGk" style="box-sizing: inherit;"> and a similarly-speedy dinosaur was born.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span class="oahvym-0 kijmGk" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Lee was able to draw on more than just earlier studies that probed dinosaur locomotion</span><span class="oahvym-0 fuIRCc" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">. </span><span class="oahvym-0 kijmGk" style="box-sizing: inherit;">There’s actually a</span><span class="oahvym-0 fuIRCc" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;"> </span><span class="oahvym-0 kijmGk" style="box-sizing: inherit;">robust </span><a class="sc-8pb8t8-0 bmSGPg ydadvh-0 eBaWns" href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/infinite-powers-usain-bolt-and-the-art-of-calculus-20190403/" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #d83c31; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">body of research</a><span class="oahvym-0 kijmGk" style="box-sizing: inherit;"> analyzing Bolt’s speedster status. In 2008, when the Jamaican sprinter changed history at the Beijing Olympics by setting a new world record for the 100-meter dash (9.69 seconds), he was so far ahead of his competitors that he visibly slowed down before crossing the finish line. Physicists at the University of Oslo calculated that </span><a class="sc-8pb8t8-0 bmSGPg ydadvh-0 eBaWns" href="https://aapt.scitation.org/doi/10.1119/1.3033168" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #d83c31; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Bolt would have finished in about 9.55 seconds</a><span class="oahvym-0 kijmGk" style="box-sizing: inherit;"> if not for his end-of-race celebration. Several years later, after Bolt broke his own record at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin, physicists at the National Autonomous University of Mexico found that his </span><a class="sc-8pb8t8-0 bmSGPg ydadvh-0 eBaWns" href="https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0143-0807/34/5/1227" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #d83c31; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">acceleration at the start</a><span class="oahvym-0 kijmGk" style="box-sizing: inherit;"> of the race was 9.5 meters per second squared.</span></p><div class="lgmzrd-0 hWcVWX" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(189, 189, 189); box-sizing: inherit;"><div class="lazyload-wrapper" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 660px;"><img alt="Usain Bolt" class="w4xity-0 bPemOW" height="660px" src="https://images.ctfassets.net/cnu0m8re1exe/2BDC2nElJM5hJUGStFSsoF/929e1889408c6619a762731f51ec5c38/shutterstock_688257619.jpg?fm=jpg&fl=progressive&w=660&h=433&fit=pad" style="border-style: none; box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; max-height: 433px; max-width: 660px; width: 625px;" width="433px" /></div><div class="lgmzrd-1 brLHBu" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #757575; line-height: 1.25; padding: 1em 0px;">Usain Bolt during the men's 800-meter race at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Credit: Celso Pupo/Shutterstock)</div></div><p style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span class="oahvym-0 kijmGk" style="box-sizing: inherit;">In tackling the exercise, the students applied concepts of kinematics — like displacement, as well as speed, velocity and acceleration — while modeling out the race using spreadsheets. They ultimately concluded that Bolt would easily outstrip </span><span class="oahvym-0 jNeEga" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;">Dilophosaurus, </span><span class="oahvym-0 kijmGk" style="box-sizing: inherit;">leaving the Early Jurassic predator in the dust by 2 seconds.</span></p><div class="lgmzrd-0 hWcVWX" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(189, 189, 189); box-sizing: inherit;"><div class="lazyload-wrapper" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 660px;"><img alt="Usain Bolt v Dilophosaurus graph" class="w4xity-0 bPemOW" height="660px" src="https://images.ctfassets.net/cnu0m8re1exe/4PDXVj39LlotvJArwCvGrx/29db980e8c2b1deb59a98768f102f8e5/dino1.jpeg?fm=jpg&fl=progressive&w=660&h=433&fit=pad" style="border-style: none; box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; max-height: 433px; max-width: 660px; width: 625px;" width="433px" /></div><div class="lgmzrd-1 brLHBu" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #757575; line-height: 1.25; padding: 1em 0px;">The acceleration (in meters per second squared) of Usain Bolt (left) and Dilophosaurus (right) during a theoretical 100-meter race. (Credit: Scott Lee)</div></div><p style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span class="oahvym-0 kijmGk" style="box-sizing: inherit;">As Lee emphasized to his class, the key factor was indeed acceleration. Following </span><a class="sc-8pb8t8-0 bmSGPg ydadvh-0 eBaWns" href="https://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/newtlaws/Lesson-3/Newton-s-Second-Law" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #d83c31; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Newton’s second law of motion</a><span class="oahvym-0 kijmGk" style="box-sizing: inherit;">, where acceleration is dependent upon an object’s mass and force, Bolt’s smaller size would give him an early leg up. “</span><span class="oahvym-0 jNeEga" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;">Dilophosaurus </span><span class="oahvym-0 kijmGk" style="box-sizing: inherit;">has bigger muscles and can generate a bigger force, but that force goes up against the cross-sectional area of the muscle,” says Lee. “So the bigger something gets, yes it becomes stronger, but its acceleration becomes less. That’s why </span><span class="oahvym-0 jNeEga" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;">Dilophosaurus, </span><span class="oahvym-0 kijmGk" style="box-sizing: inherit;">because it’s so much more massive than Usain Bolt, accelerates a lot slower.” Lee compared the race to other examples in the animal kingdom today, like how lionesses leverage their acceleration to catch quicker prey.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span class="oahvym-0 kijmGk" style="box-sizing: inherit;">In the future, Lee hopes to keep his students engaged by modeling similarly-enticing exercises. Right now, he’s using data collected from thousands of fossilized tracks to find the fastest-known dinosaur — and pit that dinosaur against a cheetah. But, continuing the trend set by his earlier lesson, Lee says that the exercise will show that even the speediest dinosaur was still slower than the fastest animal today.</span></p><div><span class="oahvym-0 kijmGk" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><br /></span></div></article></div></div></div><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><o:p></o:p></p>Coach Heathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01444353722924136815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351760470136287747.post-84966259667056121742023-04-03T14:44:00.000-04:002023-04-03T14:44:00.153-04:00Olympian Louis Tewanima Just Wanted To go Home<p> </p><header class="article-header"><h2 style="font-family: "playfair display", serif; font-size: 2.813rem; font-weight: 400; line-height: 2.813rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">The Olympic Star Who Just Wanted to Go Home</h2><p class="subtitle" itemprop="description" style="font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 1.4rem; line-height: 1.3; margin: 21px 0px 17px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;">Tsökahovi Tewanima held an American record in running for decades, but his training at the infamous Carlisle school kept him from his ancestral Hopi lands</p><div class="article-line"><section class="author-box by-line" style="clear: both; width: 1076px;"><div class="author-text" style="padding-bottom: 25px;"><p class="author" itemprop="author" style="font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 0.95rem; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.88; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;">Kathleen Sharp, Smithsonian Magazine</p><time class="pub-date" data-pubdate="May 20, 2021, 9 a.m." itemprop="datePublished" style="font-size: 0.95rem; font-weight: 600;">June 2021</time></div><hr style="background: rgb(0, 0, 0); border: 0px; height: 3px; margin: 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; width: 186px;" /></section></div></header><div class="article-columns" style="display: grid; gap: 46px; grid-template-columns: 1fr 300px;"><div class="articleLeft" data-article-body=""><figure class="article-image lead-article-image" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;"><img alt="Illustration of Louis Tewanima " itemprop="image" src="https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/4DgVfs3frCZhCnPV_pE77o6xMXE=/1000x750/filters:no_upscale():focal(521x133:522x134)/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/08/65/08655a87-6b16-49fe-8deb-d4cf052941dd/untitled-1.jpg" style="height: auto; width: 730px;" /><figcaption class="caption" style="color: #353535; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; font-size: 0.9rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">Tsökahovi "Louis" Tewanima became an Olympian while being forced to attend the Carlisle Indian Industrial School. <span class="credit" style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75rem; line-height: 1.125; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Illustration by Gabriella Trujillo</span></figcaption></figure><div class="addthis_inline_share_toolbox"></div><p style="font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; line-height: 1.88; word-break: break-word;">One morning in November 1906, a Hopi teenager on the Second Mesa of the Arizona reservation awoke to pandemonium. A U.S. Army officer was calling the villagers together. He said the government had reached the limit of its patience. For two decades, the tribe had refused to send its children to government-sanctioned boarding schools, as directed; now, under military compulsion, every Hopi child <em>had</em> to attend one. Soldiers began rounding up sleepy-eyed children and older kids, too. Mothers wailed, babies cried and fathers vowed to stand up to the Army. But the unarmed Hopi were no match for the soldiers, and their young ones were seized.</p><figure class="article-image " style="margin: 0px; padding: 20px 0px;"><img alt="Louis Tewanima holds a trophy" src="https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/KhCST33z546FIilLGc5IXozgbtA=/fit-in/1072x0/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/d3/9e/d39ec521-f62b-4c34-aa5e-2ff32b4e844d/4.jpg" style="height: auto; width: 730px;" /><figcaption class="caption" style="color: #353535; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; line-height: 1.25; margin: 4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">Louis Tewanima after winning New York City’s 12-mile modified marathon, May 6, 1911. <span class="credit" style="color: grey; line-height: 1.125; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Library of Congress</span></figcaption></figure><p style="font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; line-height: 1.88; word-break: break-word;">Tsökahovi Tewanima, a teenager who was 5 feet 4½ inches tall and weighed 110 pounds, was described by one soldier as “thin, emaciated and beligerent [sic].” Tewanima and ten other teens were handcuffed and marched 20 miles east to Keams Canyon, says Leigh Lomayestewa, Tewanima’s nephew. There, the Hopi youths were shackled and forced to build a road. In mid-January 1907, the soldiers marched the prisoners 110 miles east to Fort Wingate, New Mexico, where they boarded a train. About five days later, they arrived at Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania, roughly 2,000 miles from home.</p><p style="font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; line-height: 1.88; word-break: break-word;">The school was the flagship of a fleet of around 25 federally funded, off-reservation institutions for Native American children, run by religious groups and government agencies. Carlisle, founded by the Union Army veteran Col. Richard H. Pratt, aimed to “civilize” native youth by teaching them Christianity and the ways of Western society. “Kill the Indian, Save the Man,” was Pratt’s motto, and, in fact, many children did die at Carlisle because of disease, starvation, and physical abuse.</p><figure class="article-image " style="margin: 0px; padding: 20px 0px;"><img alt="The 1912 Carlisle Indian School track team" src="https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/kk6-pKgGkgEYRUmOL_RUExWLEYA=/fit-in/1072x0/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/ff/12/ff127add-f5fe-4ccb-bc38-642d9d289a8f/7.jpg" style="height: auto; width: 730px;" /><figcaption class="caption" style="color: #353535; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; line-height: 1.25; margin: 4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">The 1912 Carlisle Indian School track team. Louis Tewanima is seated on the far right. Jim Thorpe is standing in the middle of the back row. <span class="credit" style="color: grey; line-height: 1.125; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Photo courtesy of Cumberland County Historical Society, Carlisle, Pa.</span></figcaption></figure><p style="font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; line-height: 1.88; word-break: break-word;">Tewanima coped with such cultural eradication by tapping into an ancient Hopi tradition—running. And he would become an inspirational figure: a two-time Olympian, a record-holder for more than half a century and a source of pride for his people.</p><p style="font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; line-height: 1.88; word-break: break-word;">I became keenly interested in Native Americans as a child, listening to the stories of my grandfather, who was born on the Cherokee Reservation. Later, when I started running half-marathons, I heard about the legendary Hopi runners. But it wasn’t until 2016, when I was invited to visit the <a href="https://www.hopi-nsn.gov/" style="color: black; text-decoration-thickness: 2px; text-underline-offset: 2px;" target="_blank">Hopi Nation</a>, that I learned about the remarkable Tewanima. I heard much more about him on subsequent trips. On my most recent visit, in March 2019, I stood on the edge of the cliff where he eventually met his tragic fate and found myself haunted by his life. Why, I wondered, was this international champion and teammate of the celebrated Jim Thorpe almost totally forgotten in the wider world?</p><p style="font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; line-height: 1.88; word-break: break-word;"></p><figure class="article-image " style="margin: 0px; padding: 20px 0px;"><img alt="American runners Louis Tewanima and Joseph Forshaw" src="https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/JH_Flo83X7jyAqNsXy4mtPZqFEE=/fit-in/1072x0/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/75/c5/75c56789-aebc-4dc6-a41a-23bf1233ae38/3.jpg" style="height: auto; width: 730px;" /><figcaption class="caption" style="color: #353535; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; line-height: 1.25; margin: 4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">American runners Louis Tewanima (center) and Joseph Forshaw during the London Olympic marathon, July 1908. Forshaw won the bronze in the event; Tewanima finished ninth. <span class="credit" style="color: grey; line-height: 1.125; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Getty Images</span></figcaption></figure><p style="font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; line-height: 1.88; word-break: break-word;">In pursuit of that question, I return to January 26, 1907, when Tewanima, about 18 years old, was enrolled at Carlisle. Officials cut his thick long hair, burned his clothes and gave him a U.S. military uniform. An Army sergeant gave him a new name, which the school spelled alternately as Lewis or Louis. Forbidden to speak his language or to practice his religion, Tewanima was led into Carlisle’s barracks to meet the school’s 1,000 students from dozens of other tribes. Since they spoke different native languages, they couldn’t communicate with one another. Most kids didn’t understand the white adults who spoke English. As a result, many youngsters couldn’t follow directions; school officials punished the children with no supper, extra work or a whipping.</p><p style="font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; line-height: 1.88; word-break: break-word;">Tewanima’s new life was ruled by the bell, the belt and the bugle. His days were spent learning English, sewing shirts, and, in winter, shoveling snow. “He was so homesick, it traumatized him,” says his nephew Ben Nuvamsa. Early on, Tewanima and two other Hopis ran away by hopping a train. They met some hobos, who taught them how to jump on and off a moving boxcar without getting hurt. After several days, the trio landed in Amarillo, Texas, where they thought they were beyond the school’s reach. They walked boldly in the street, and a man approached and offered to buy them a meal. They accepted. But the stranger turned out to be a sheriff, and the boys were jailed, Lomayestewa says. Tewanima was only 500 miles from home, but he found himself on the next train to Carlisle.</p><p style="font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; line-height: 1.88; word-break: break-word;">What followed was likely a punishment of hard labor and time in the school jail cell. By April, Tewanima was back in the dorm, trying to ease his heartache by running. “If you were a Hopi male, you were expected to be a runner,” Nuvamsa says. In his boyhood, living 5,700 feet above sea level, Tewanima and his friends had spent hot summer days running 65 miles to Winslow, Arizona, just to watch the trains. After the caboose rumbled past, they would run home.</p><p style="font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; line-height: 1.88; word-break: break-word;"></p><figure class="article-image " style="margin: 0px; padding: 20px 0px;"><img alt="Louis Tewanima at the Olympic Game" src="https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/eZiEQ6Bl0nne5Ts4PqG8WGrwXo0=/fit-in/1072x0/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/ba/cc/bacc4fc2-9f0a-44e4-99f2-eaf983e01424/8.jpg" style="height: auto; width: 730px;" /><figcaption class="caption" style="color: #353535; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; line-height: 1.25; margin: 4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">Louis Tewanima at the Olympic Games in Stockholm in 1912. <span class="credit" style="color: grey; line-height: 1.125; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee Archives</span></figcaption></figure><p style="font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; line-height: 1.88; word-break: break-word;">Running is also a Hopi spiritual practice. In some ceremonies, young men run to far-off places in the desert to find springs. They fill their gourds with water and run home, where the water is blessed by elders and poured on the fields, symbolizing well-being for not just the Hopi but all mankind.</p><p style="font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; line-height: 1.88; word-break: break-word;">At Carlisle, students ran for glory. Tewanima, in broken English, asked the track coach and legendary football instructor Glenn “Pop” Warner if he could join the track team. Warner eyed the scrawny kid and said he wasn’t an athlete, but according to family lore, Tewanima insisted: “Me run fast good. <em>All</em> Hopi run fast good.” After clocking his time, Warner saw that Tewanima was indeed fast—and had an astonishing “kick” finish. The Indian quickly made his mark, particularly in distance events, competing against—and beating—better-heeled runners from <a href="https://www.lafayette.edu/" style="color: black; text-decoration-thickness: 2px; text-underline-offset: 2px;" target="_blank">Lafayette College</a> and other schools.</p><p style="font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; line-height: 1.88; word-break: break-word;">A year later, Tewanima was picked over many veteran runners to represent the United States in the <a href="https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/london-1908" style="color: black; text-decoration-thickness: 2px; text-underline-offset: 2px;" target="_blank">1908 Summer Olympic Games in London</a>. One of Tewanima’s teammates told the London papers how he could run faster “than a streak of greased lightning.” The British press clamored to see for themselves.</p><p style="font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; line-height: 1.88; word-break: break-word;">Race day for the Olympic marathon, July 24, 1908, was hot—78 degrees—and humid. Tewanima joined 54 other marathoners at the starting line near Windsor Castle. For the first mile, Tewanima ran in the back of the pack, writes <a href="https://ais.arizona.edu/users/matthew-sakiestewa-gilbert" style="color: black; text-decoration-thickness: 2px; text-underline-offset: 2px;" target="_blank">Matthew Sakiestewa Gilbert</a>, professor and head of American Indian studies at the University of Arizona. Many men dropped out of the race from heat and exhaustion. By Mile 12, Tewanima was in the middle of the pack, accompanied by a U.S. trainer on a bicycle. But by Mile 21, the Hopi began suffering from sore feet and confusion about what his English-speaking trainer was saying. Tewanima entered the new Olympic stadium in Shepherd’s Bush to a roar of cheers. He finished in ninth place. He had “endured more agony than anyone and ran gamest,” one of his teammates recalled.</p><p style="font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; line-height: 1.88; word-break: break-word;">Tewanima thought that he would be allowed to go home to Arizona. Instead, he was returned to Carlisle, where he baled hay and posed in promotional pieces for the school. “Savage Hopi Indians Are Transformed Into Model Students,” one newspaper headline said above his picture.</p><p style="font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; line-height: 1.88; word-break: break-word;">Tewanima continued racing. In 1909, at the Pastime Athletic Club’s games at Madison Square Garden, he stunned the sports world with a sprint-finish win in the ten-mile indoor run. A month later, he won a 20-mile race in New Orleans. In May 1911, Tewanima won New York City’s 12-mile modified marathon. Fans called him the “Speedy Red Man.”</p><p style="font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; line-height: 1.88; word-break: break-word;">In 1912, Tewanima and another Carlisle student, Jim Thorpe, competed in the <a href="https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/stockholm-1912" style="color: black; text-decoration-thickness: 2px; text-underline-offset: 2px;" target="_blank">Summer Olympics in Stockholm</a>. Thorpe, a member of the <a href="https://www.sacandfoxnation-nsn.gov/" style="color: black; text-decoration-thickness: 2px; text-underline-offset: 2px;" target="_blank">Sac and Fox Nation</a>, won gold medals in the pentathlon and decathlon events. Still seasick from the trans-Atlantic trip, Tewanima ran the 10,000-meter event in a blazing time of 32:06.6, though he lost to Hannes Kölehmainen of Finland. Still, Tewanima collected the silver medal and set an American record for the event—a combination that would not recur for 52 years, when Billy Mills, an <a href="https://oglalalakotanation.info/" style="color: black; text-decoration-thickness: 2px; text-underline-offset: 2px;" target="_blank">Oglala Lakota Sioux</a>, broke it in the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo.</p><p style="font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; line-height: 1.88; word-break: break-word;"></p><figure class="article-image " style="margin: 0px; padding: 20px 0px;"><img alt="A poster for the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm" src="https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/P_yQhgBLYe1Y47jtm881lsgpjG8=/fit-in/1072x0/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/af/f3/aff3fe72-3f68-4eca-9966-d4771ff418bd/2.jpg" style="height: auto; width: 730px;" /><figcaption class="caption" style="color: #353535; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; line-height: 1.25; margin: 4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">A poster for the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm, designed by Olle Hjortzberg, a professor at Sweden’s Royal Academy. <span class="credit" style="color: grey; line-height: 1.125; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Getty Images</span></figcaption></figure><p style="font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; line-height: 1.88; word-break: break-word;">At Stockholm, Tewanima “gave a remarkable exhibition of grit and persistency,” marveled James E. Sullivan, secretary of the <a href="https://www.teamusa.org/" style="color: black; text-decoration-thickness: 2px; text-underline-offset: 2px;" target="_blank">American Olympic Committee</a>. “After Stockholm, Tewanima became a celebrity,” says Gilbert. Yet photographs of the champion that day depict an unsmiling man of about 24. Would he finally be allowed to go home now?</p><p style="font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; line-height: 1.88; word-break: break-word;">First, he and Thorpe had to return to school. “They were given a fantastic reception by the citizens of Carlisle, with a parade and fireworks,” Nuvamsa says. Dignitaries such as the school superintendent and Pop Warner gave speeches praising the two athletes. Thorpe addressed the crowd, saying he was grateful for the “splendid time.” Then Tewanima stood up. “Me too,” he said, and sat down. To him, the accolades rang hollow, says Lomayestewa.</p><p style="font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; line-height: 1.88; word-break: break-word;">Finally, after almost six years in virtual captivity, he was allowed to leave Carlisle. In September 1912, he walked into his village on Second Mesa and was soon tending cornfields, herding sheep and participating in traditional ceremonies. Tewanima married a Hopi woman named Blanche, and they had a baby, Rose, their only child. But Rose, like her father, was sent to an Indian boarding school. She eventually became ill and returned home sometime in the 1920s, where she died from an undiagnosed illness.</p><p style="font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; line-height: 1.88; word-break: break-word;">Tewanima never again competed in a race, running only for his religion. He refused to speak English, didn’t give many interviews despite being sought out, and became chief of one of his clan’s holy organizations, the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/17LSC/" style="color: black; text-decoration-thickness: 2px; text-underline-offset: 2px;" target="_blank">Antelope Society</a>. In 1954, at age 66, Tewanima returned to New York, and the Helms Athletic Foundation honored him as a member of the All-Time U.S. Track and Field Team. Three years later, he was inducted into the <a href="https://www.azsportsent.com/azsportshof-members" style="color: black; text-decoration-thickness: 2px; text-underline-offset: 2px;" target="_blank">Arizona Sports Hall of Fame</a>. Soon, though, the great runner was forgotten by mainstream sports historians and writers. He wasn’t a multisport all-star like Jim Thorpe. And his civic work in Hopi Nation did not make national headlines.</p><p style="font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; line-height: 1.88; word-break: break-word;">In his final years, Tewanima played a key role in sacred ceremonies. On January 18, 1969, he was preparing for one such event with his nephew Lomayestewa, then just 10 years old. The boy was supposed to walk his 81-year-old uncle home, but instead grew sleepy and left early. So Tewanima walked home alone in the moonless night. As best as anyone can tell, he saw lights in the distance and, believing they were from his village, headed toward them. But he miscalculated, stepped off a cliff, and plunged 70 feet to his death. All night his clan searched for him. They found his body at daybreak.</p><p style="font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; line-height: 1.88; word-break: break-word;">Today, more than a century after Tewanima’s unlikely Olympian feats, the Hopi hold the annual Louis Tewanima Footrace in his honor, which is open to runners from all states and nations. Since 1974, hundreds of adults and children have gathered to run the ancient trails of Hopiland. In 2020, because of Covid-19, the races went virtual; runners used the honor system to report their times.</p><p style="font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; line-height: 1.88; word-break: break-word;">“The thing I learned from him was, ‘Be Hopi,’” says Nuvamsa. “He was never colonized.”</p><p style="font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; line-height: 1.88; word-break: break-word;"><em>Editor's Note, May 20, 2021: An earlier version of this story said that Billy Mills was the first to break Tewanima's record in the 10,000-meter event. He was the first to both break the record and earn an Olympic medal at the same time.</em></p><div style="background-color: #e1e1e1; clear: both; height: 5px; margin: 0px auto 12px; width: 730px;"></div><h1 style="font-family: "playfair display", serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 2.813rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Blazing Summer</span></h1><p style="font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; line-height: 1.88; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;"><em>Louis Tewanima wasn’t the only Native athlete from North America at<br />the 1912 Summer games</em><br /><br /><em>By Gia Yetikyel</em></p><div class="essay-container default-alternate-leftright"><section class="essay-block"><h2 class="title" style="font-family: "playfair display", serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 3.75rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Duke Kahanamoku</span></h2><div class="content"><figure class="" style="margin: 0px;"><img alt="" src="https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/zezbo78DiIA7UISV6e9TfP2p0n8=/800x0/filters:no_upscale()/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/53/87/53873be8-59d5-4da1-a73e-dbe6a0fd4b7a/1.jpg" style="height: auto; width: 730px;" /><figcaption class="caption" style="color: #353535; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; line-height: 1.25; margin: 4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><cite>(U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee)</cite></figcaption></figure><p style="font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; line-height: 1.88; word-break: break-word;"><strong>Hawaiian</strong><br />1890–1968</p><p style="font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; line-height: 1.88; word-break: break-word;">Kahanamoku grew up surfing at Waikiki Beach and later popularized the ancient Hawaiian sport across the world. As a swimmer, he won a gold and silver medal in freestyle events in the 1912 Olympics.</p></div></section></div><div class="essay-container default-alternate-leftright"><section class="essay-block"><h2 class="title" style="font-family: "playfair display", serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 3.75rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Jim Thorpe</span></h2><div class="content"><figure class="" style="margin: 0px;"><img alt="" src="https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/URl7Epl1LKZEpOpUuMMpfBUE7Ys=/800x0/filters:no_upscale()/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/2d/55/2d552a8b-1256-41a6-ad95-9551bb478361/2.jpg" style="height: auto; width: 730px;" /><figcaption class="caption" style="color: #353535; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; line-height: 1.25; margin: 4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><cite>(Getty Images)</cite></figcaption></figure><p style="font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; line-height: 1.88; word-break: break-word;"><strong>Sac and Fox Nation</strong><br />1887-1953</p><p style="font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; line-height: 1.88; word-break: break-word;">The most famous Native athlete in U.S. history, Thorpe won two gold medals at the 1912 Olympics and had a storied career in pro football and baseball. He was also the first president of the American Professional Football Association.</p></div></section></div><div class="essay-container default-alternate-leftright"><section class="essay-block"><h2 class="title" style="font-family: "playfair display", serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 3.75rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Andrew Sockalexis</span></h2><div class="content"><figure class="" style="margin: 0px;"><img alt="" src="https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/iemKqjsP32nekdsRKehd1-BUxNY=/800x0/filters:no_upscale()/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/6e/33/6e33b6f1-710f-4213-8c8f-c6e484ac4609/3.jpg" style="height: auto; width: 730px;" /><figcaption class="caption" style="color: #353535; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; line-height: 1.25; margin: 4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><cite>(Marquette University Libraries)</cite></figcaption></figure><p style="font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; line-height: 1.88; word-break: break-word;"><strong>Penobscot Nation</strong><br />1892-1919</p><p style="font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; line-height: 1.88; word-break: break-word;">After placing second in the 1912 Boston Marathon, Sockalexis placed fourth in that year’s Olympic marathon. His fiancée said she’d marry him only if he won the 1913 Boston Marathon. Though he came in second again, the two still wed.</p></div></section></div><div class="essay-container default-alternate-leftright"><section class="essay-block"><h2 class="title" style="font-family: "playfair display", serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 3.75rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Benjamin "Joe" Keeper</span></h2><div class="content"><figure class="" style="margin: 0px;"><img alt="" src="https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/tcB--p6Kz6fWudoqnpdKh6cuQSE=/800x0/filters:no_upscale()/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/ec/11/ec11c368-ff66-4d09-bf3e-586f0542b94a/4.jpg" style="height: auto; width: 730px;" /><figcaption class="caption" style="color: #353535; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; line-height: 1.25; margin: 4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><cite>(West End Dumplings)</cite></figcaption></figure><p style="font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; line-height: 1.88; word-break: break-word;"><strong>Norway House Cree Nation</strong><br />1886–1971</p><p style="font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; line-height: 1.88; word-break: break-word;">Keeper, of Manitoba, placed fourth in the 10,000-meter race at the 1912 Olympics. In the Canadian Army, he served as a dispatch runner in France in World War I, earning major decorations.</p></div></section></div><div class="essay-container default-alternate-leftright"><section class="essay-block"><h2 class="title" style="font-family: "playfair display", serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 3.75rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Alexander Wuttunee Decoteau</span></h2><div class="content"><figure class="" style="margin: 0px;"><img alt="" src="https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/vD2trbUjv4StZ2XZkzbE4_HEa1g=/800x0/filters:no_upscale()/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/74/24/74249f05-8c02-437e-b3bb-f8fdf6cfcc94/5.jpg" style="height: auto; width: 730px;" /><figcaption class="caption" style="color: #353535; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; line-height: 1.25; margin: 4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><cite>(City of Edmonton Archives)</cite></figcaption></figure><p style="font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; line-height: 1.88; word-break: break-word;"><strong>Cree Nation</strong><br />1887-1917</p><p style="font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; line-height: 1.88; word-break: break-word;">Before placing sixth in the 5,000-meter race at the 1912 Olympics, Decoteau was the first Native police officer in Canada. He served in World War I and died during battle<br />in Belgium in 1917.</p></div></section></div><div style="background-color: #e1e1e1; clear: both; height: 5px; margin: 0px auto 12px; width: 730px;"></div><div class="binding-box" style="border-bottom: 4px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 4px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 30px 0px;"><div class="embedly-retail" style="display: grid; gap: 25px; grid-template-columns: 150px 1fr; margin-top: -15px; padding: 0px 20px 20px;"><div class="column"><span style="font-family: "open sans", sans-serif;"><br />Kathleen Sharp is a contributor to</span><span style="font-family: "open sans", sans-serif;"> </span><em style="font-family: "open sans", sans-serif;">Salon</em><span style="font-family: "open sans", sans-serif;">, the</span><span style="font-family: "open sans", sans-serif;"> </span><em style="font-family: "open sans", sans-serif;">New York Times</em><span style="font-family: "open sans", sans-serif;">, and the</span><span style="font-family: "open sans", sans-serif;"> </span><em style="font-family: "open sans", sans-serif;">Los Angeles Review of Books</em><span style="font-family: "open sans", sans-serif;">. 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font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Going
the Distance</span></i></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times",serif; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">,
an interview with Luke Harris (originally published in <i>What’s Happening at
Vassar</i></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Associate
Professor <a href="http://politicalscience.vassar.edu/bio_harris.html"><span style="color: blue;">Luke Harris</span></a>, of the Political Science Department,
appeared on ABC News <i><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/"><span style="color: blue;">Nightline</span></a></i> Fri., 1/26/2006.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times, serif;">POUGHKEEPSIE,
NY — B.A. in political science from Saint Joseph's University; J.D. and L.L.M.
from Yale University Law School; Fulbright Scholar; law clerk for a prominent
federal judge; litigator at a top New York City law firm; Ph.D. in political
science from Princeton.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times, serif;">Not
bad for a guy whose ninth-grade guidance counselor told him he wasn't college
material. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times, serif;">"I
don't believe in the idea that 'the cream rises to the top,'" says Luke
Harris, assistant professor of political science at Vassar. "I believe
that people need to be reached out to and nurtured. Even though in some
respects I grew up in difficult circumstances, I was fortunate that there were
always people who nurtured me and helped me become the person I am. That really
informs my teaching because I want to give back to my students what was given
to me."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times, serif;">Born
to a New York City prostitute who was addicted to alcohol and drugs, Harris and
his brother, Larry, were adopted and raised by their great aunt, Mrs. Eva B.
Cox. They grew up in a small town near Camden, New Jersey, lived in a
segregated neighborhood, and attended a segregated elementary school. Mrs. Cox,
who worked as a domestic for most of her adult life, was their first nurturer
and their "spiritual shield" against adversity. "Propriety, the
church, decency, good manners, hard work, selflessness, being seen and not
heard-those were her ground rules, the rules that she felt would lead us to
success," says Harris.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times, serif;">But
it would take more than good manners and hard work to counteract the numbing
effect of institutionalized racism in public schools. Told by his
ninth-grade counselor that he was "not the kind of person who was ever
going to learn how to master subjects like algebra, chemistry, and
physics," Harris gave up the idea of going to college. By the 10th grade,
he was no longer taking a full load of college-prep courses. "I was on my
way to nowhere fast." <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times, serif;">Just
before his senior year, he was training for the upcoming cross-country season
in a park near his home when an older white runner, a man he didn't know,
jogged up alongside him and struck up a conversation. "At first I
wondered: 'What's up with this white guy? Who is he to be talking to me?' But
after he identified himself as a former All-American cross-country runner and
the author of a book on distance running, I was suitably impressed and wanted
to get to know him."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZjQjMiBDKDFVvL-3j3OpUgR3ujnWAZTyIwsvFXpseonu7nSI_MrPzhJpSDhZbaP4YM_sJ-gHiqwo-1acQY5vN7uBuDxxZMe2T7GFNGsurBMxg90LDGdzgqvhASzgCYWX5PwsB8QBPX-J9Gx_yuRQ6i1mCAp_7jX4_G6rw88ajpvfQlixW_qHMA35I" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="800" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZjQjMiBDKDFVvL-3j3OpUgR3ujnWAZTyIwsvFXpseonu7nSI_MrPzhJpSDhZbaP4YM_sJ-gHiqwo-1acQY5vN7uBuDxxZMe2T7GFNGsurBMxg90LDGdzgqvhASzgCYWX5PwsB8QBPX-J9Gx_yuRQ6i1mCAp_7jX4_G6rw88ajpvfQlixW_qHMA35I" width="160" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Times, serif;">The
white runner, Tom Osler, was a mathematics professor at Saint Joseph's
University in Philadelphia. The two became friends, running 15 to 18 miles
together every Saturday; Osler planted and nurtured the idea that Harris could,
and should, further his education. Although he had too few college-prep credits
to be accepted at a liberal arts college straight out of high school, he was
accepted at a New Jersey teachers' college and was able to transfer to
Saint ]oseph's under its Affirmative Action program. Years later, as he was
about to head off to Yale Law School, Harris learned that Mrs. Cox had asked
Osler to encourage him.<o:p></o:p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtEXkNkj6KebRA9wkX56HFKqxq8RVuFXxykeKa9ipT2ZLZ3tCte1NCSlb1slA7lJn6IEU4sroOTlZFdtHDK0r5zwPnRTuK6bOJeupVjgcSCBwghAInIvPI4nQOEV-7hHnr2qJA_qSJQLfn23qYNGA7afBfrOuzoy7W7Ubhrs3e2p_SXZeWSia33WDY/s197/TomandKathy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="197" data-original-width="193" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtEXkNkj6KebRA9wkX56HFKqxq8RVuFXxykeKa9ipT2ZLZ3tCte1NCSlb1slA7lJn6IEU4sroOTlZFdtHDK0r5zwPnRTuK6bOJeupVjgcSCBwghAInIvPI4nQOEV-7hHnr2qJA_qSJQLfn23qYNGA7afBfrOuzoy7W7Ubhrs3e2p_SXZeWSia33WDY/s1600/TomandKathy.jpg" width="193" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kathy and Tom Osler</td></tr></tbody></table></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times, serif;">Inspired
by legal giants like Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and U.S. Court of
Appeals Judge Leon Higginbotham, Harris's original plan was to go to law
school, get a few years of legal practices under his belt, and then teach law.
Along the way, he developed an interest in international law and human rights
issues; earned a second law degree (L.L.M.) at Yale; studied British race
relations and legal theory at the University of Warwick as a Fulbright Scholar;
clerked for the federal judge he so admired, Judge Higginbotham; and landed a
job on Wall Street with a large corporate firm. "All of this was building
towards what I thought was going to be a career in law school teaching,"
says Harris. He'd actually gone on the market and had heard from about four
dozen law schools, including several of the best law schools in the country when he decided to jump tracks and go to graduate school instead.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times, serif;"></span></p><br /><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times, serif;">After
completing the coursework for the doctorate at Princeton, Harris came to Vassar
as the first scholar in the college's Minority Dissertation Fellowship Program
and taught part-time in the political science department while he finished his
thesis on the jurisprudence of race relations. Now a full-time faculty member,
Harris doesn't regret the move to academe. "As a professor, I get a chance
to work with undergraduates on a regular basis, which I like, and I get to
spend 100 percent of my time teaching and writing about issues that I am deeply
interested in and committed to. If! had Judge Higginbotham's job, maybe 20
percent of the cases would be about issues that are of interest to me, but the
rest is anti-trust stuff, commercial stuff, real estate stuff, and I'm just not
interested in it."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times, serif;">During
the academic year, Harris lives on campus during the week and then heads home
to New York City on weekends to be with his wife, filmmaker Kathe Sandler.
Sandler is best known for her film "A Question of Color," a one-hour
documentary about color consciousness in the black community, aired nationwide
on PBS in 1994. Harris worked with her as co-writer and chief consultant on the
film and hopes to collaborate with her again soon on a new project, a
documentary on Affirmative Action.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times, serif;">Harris
served for three years as Vassar's Affirmative Action officer and has written
extensively on the subject from a theoretical as well as a personal point of
view. According to Harris, everything from braille signs in elevators to access
ramps in public buildings to gender equity in sports programs to minority
scholarships should be seen, not as preferential or compensatory, but as
egalitarian, as a means of leveling the playing field. "We need to ask
ourselves what kinds of changes need to be made in our post-apartheid culture
to promote full citizenship and equality," Harris says. "We need to
reenvision our institutions so that they embrace the experiences of all
Americans."</span><span style="font-family: "Times",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>Coach Heathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01444353722924136815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351760470136287747.post-89361385769319787202023-03-19T18:56:00.000-04:002023-03-19T18:56:26.548-04:005-minute breathing exercises can improve your mood and reduce anxiety<p><span style="color: #111111; font-family: Franklin, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.25rem;">Cyclic breathing appears to be particularly effective </span><span style="color: #111111; font-family: Franklin, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.25rem;">and better than mindfulness meditation, a study says</span></p><div class="grid-full-inner-standard" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Franklin, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; grid-column: 1 / 3;"><header class="w-100" data-qa="main-full" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 1200px;"><div class="flex print-byline print-mt-none" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; font-size: 16px;"><div class="byline-wrapper flex-column flex" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; max-width: 600px;"><div class="mb-xxs" data-qa="author-byline" style="box-sizing: border-box; gap: 0.5rem; margin-bottom: 4px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">By Richard Sima, Washington Post</span></div><div class="wpds-c-kgabfe wpds-c-kgabfe-ikrKXLV-css" data-testid="timestamp" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray80); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-subhead); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-087); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-125); margin-bottom: var(--wpds-space-200);"><span class="wpds-c-iKQyrV" color="var(--wpds-colors-gray80)" data-testid="display-date" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-087); margin-top: var(--wpds-space-025);">March 16, 2023 at 6:00 a.m. EDT</span></div></div></div></header></div><article class="grid-article mb-xxl-ns" data-qa="main" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Franklin, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; grid-column: 1 / 2; margin-bottom: 64px;"><div data-qa="lede-art" data-testid="lede-art" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><figure class="overflow-hidden relative hide-for-print center center mb-sm mb-md-ns ml-auto-ns mr-auto-ns grid-mobile-full-bleed" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px; margin-inline: 0px; margin: 0px auto 24px; overflow: hidden; position: relative; text-align: center;"><div class="w-100 mw-100 h-auto" height="399" style="box-sizing: border-box; filter: blur(0px); height: auto; line-height: 0; max-width: 100%; transition: filter 0.1s ease 0s; width: 844px;" width="600"><img alt="An illustration of an open window with a breeze blowing the pink curtains" class="w-100 mw-100 h-auto" decoding="async" height="399" sizes="(max-width: 440px) 440px,(max-width: 600px) 691px,(max-width: 768px) 691px,(min-width: 769px) and (max-width: 1023px) 960px,(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1299px) 530px,(min-width: 1300px) and (max-width: 1439px) 691px,(min-width: 1440px) 916px,440px" srcset="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/XRVJQFX4PVAL3CPECQLSTHUK4A.jpg&w=440 400w,https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/XRVJQFX4PVAL3CPECQLSTHUK4A.jpg&w=540 540w,https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/XRVJQFX4PVAL3CPECQLSTHUK4A.jpg&w=691 691w,https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/XRVJQFX4PVAL3CPECQLSTHUK4A.jpg&w=767 767w,https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/XRVJQFX4PVAL3CPECQLSTHUK4A.jpg&w=916 916w,https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/XRVJQFX4PVAL3CPECQLSTHUK4A.jpg&w=1200 1200w" style="background-size: cover; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 1600px; width: 844px;" width="600" /></div><figcaption class="ml-gutter mr-gutter mr-auto-ns ml-auto-ns font--subhead font-xxxs mt-xs left gray-dark" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: Franklin, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem; line-height: 1.25; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 8px; text-align: left;">(George Wylesol for The Washington Post)</figcaption></figure></div><div class="grid-body" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; width: 640px;"><div class="teaser-content grid-center" style="box-sizing: border-box; grid-column: 2 / 3;"><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">Most of us don’t think about our breathing, but if we put our minds to it, it can make us feel better.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">“Respiration is the perfect interaction between conscious and unconscious,” said <a href="https://pisa.academia.edu/AGemignani" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(213, 213, 213); box-sizing: border-box; color: #1955a5; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Angelo Gemignani</a>, psychiatrist and neuroscience professor at the University of Pisa.<b style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </b>Breathing is a way for both the mind and body to work together to help regulate our emotions.<br /><br /></p></div></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">A <a href="https://www.cell.com/cell-reports-medicine/fulltext/S2666-3791(22)00474-8?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS2666379122004748%3Fshowall%3Dtrue" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(213, 213, 213); box-sizing: border-box; color: #1955a5; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">study</a> in Cell Reports Medicine showed that just five minutes of breathwork each day for about a month could improve mood and reduce anxiety — and these benefits may be larger than from <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/01/23/mindfulness-meditation-anxiety-medication/?itid=lk_inline_manual_5" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(213, 213, 213); box-sizing: border-box; color: #1955a5; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">mindfulness meditation</a> for the same amount of time.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">“We’re always busy doing instead of being,” said <a href="https://med.stanford.edu/profiles/david-spiegel" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(213, 213, 213); box-sizing: border-box; color: #1955a5; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">David Spiegel</a>, an author of the study. “And it’s a good idea to just take a few minutes to collect yourself, commune with your body, and help it prepare to deal with whatever you want to deal with.”</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><h3 class="pb-sm pt-lgmod" data-qa="article-header" id="VYR7ZGTAP5BLVLIHTAATSUFIHE" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Postoni, BodoniSvtyTwoITCTT-Book, georgia, serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 16px; padding-top: var(--lg-mod);"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;">The mental health benefits of breathwork</div></h3></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">In a randomized controlled study of 108 adults, the researchers compared three different breathwork exercises, in which participants deliberately guided their breathing in various ways, and mindfulness meditation, in which people observed their breathing but didn’t try to control it. The participants did the breathwork at home, following video instructions.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">One group of participants was told to practice cyclic sighing. Participants were instructed to slowly inhale through the nose to expand the lungs, and inhale again to maximally fill the lungs. Then they were asked to slowly and fully exhale the breath through the mouth.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div data-oembed-type="youtube" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 0px; min-height: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 360px; position: relative;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="113" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lBJ2z4PxVt0?start=79&feature=oembed" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 360px; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 640px;" title="How cyclic breathing can relieve stress | 90 Seconds w/ Lisa Kim" width="200"></iframe></div></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">A second group focused on <a href="https://health.clevelandclinic.org/box-breathing-benefits/" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(213, 213, 213); box-sizing: border-box; color: #1955a5; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">box breathing</a>, which is spending the same amount of time slowly inhaling, holding the breath, exhaling and holding, before repeating<b style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </b>the sequence.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">A third group practiced cyclic hyperventilation, which “emphasizes inhalation rather than exhalation. It’s kind of the mirror image of the cyclic sighing exercise,” said Spiegel, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, and director of the Center on Stress and Health at Stanford University.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">They took one deep inhalation through the nose, exhaled passively and then let the air “fall out from the mouth,” he said. Every 30 cycles, they would hold the breath after passive exhalation for 15 seconds.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">The fourth group performed mindfulness meditation, which emphasized being aware of breathing and their body — as opposed to actively controlling<b style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </b>their breathing.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">After 28 days, participants in both the mindfulness meditation and breathwork groups reported having more positive feelings and fewer negative ones compared with before they began their respective practices. Participants in both groups also reported reduced feelings of anxiety.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">“That’s not bad for five minutes a day,” Spiegel said. “It seems that practicing some control over your respiration is a kind of entry into one way of controlling your autonomic activity.”</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">The positive effects of breathwork took time to kick in: The more days the participants spent doing their breathing exercises, the better they felt each successive day.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">Cyclic sighing appeared to be particularly effective among the different breathing exercises. Participants in this group reported even greater positive mood improvements compared with participants who practiced mindfulness meditation.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">The key to mindfulness meditation, however, is to practice it as a daily life routine for an extended period of time, said Gemignani, who was not involved in the study and who provides longer breathwork and meditation interventions to his patients. “I think five minutes are too short for inducing benefits for subjects.”</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><h3 class="pb-sm pt-lgmod" data-qa="article-header" id="AUHF2IN5GRBR5ARCFA7RZSPRSQ" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Postoni, BodoniSvtyTwoITCTT-Book, georgia, serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 16px; padding-top: var(--lg-mod);"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;">What breathing exercises can do for the body and brain</div></h3></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">When we feel anxious, we tend to breathe faster.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">Breathwork exercises allow us to consciously slow down our breathing. And research shows it can not only affect mood but also physiology by inducing a more relaxed physical state.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">One <a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2018.00353/full" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(213, 213, 213); box-sizing: border-box; color: #1955a5; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">recent meta-analysis</a> conducted by Gemignani and his colleagues suggests that slow breathing practices can affect our autonomic system, which regulates key physiological processes such as heart rate, blood pressure, and breathing. Specifically, these techniques seem to shift the balance away from the amped-up fight-or-flight sympathetic mode toward the more relaxed rest-and-digest parasympathetic system.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">“One hypothesis is that just taking control of your breathing, and particularly in ways that would trigger self-soothing parasympathetic activity, is likely to improve mood and reduce your overall level of arousal,” Spiegel said.<br /><br /></p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">In the new study, the cyclic sighers had a greater reduction in their respiration rate — how often they breathed — compared with the mindfulness meditators, although there were no differences in heart rate. Interestingly, the more the respiration rate decreased in cyclic sighers, the more their positive emotions increased, suggesting that the participants who had the largest physiological changes may show the greatest benefit in mood.<br /><br /></p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">Breathwork may also enforce our sense of agency, Spiegel said.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">“We like being in a situation where we can control not only what’s happening in the world, but what’s happening in our body, what we call interoception,” he said. “So it feels good to know that you can do things that will help your body respond and feel more comfortable.”</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">Breathing in through the nose — which is employed in many breathwork practices — can also have a surprisingly large effect on the brain, Gemignani said.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">Slow inhalation through the nose<b style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </b>can trigger <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0166223606001421" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(213, 213, 213); box-sizing: border-box; color: #1955a5; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">neural oscillations</a> in the olfactory system, which may <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-24924-9" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(213, 213, 213); box-sizing: border-box; color: #1955a5; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">synchronize and slow down</a> activity in wide swaths of the cortex and other brain regions such as the <a href="https://www.jneurosci.org/content/36/49/12448?fbclid=IwAR3ntZcmw4q6wL4mpS8y0sY1a3IPn8PeMVhFir7faXD_ENzsELo09n2Bmq4" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(213, 213, 213); box-sizing: border-box; color: #1955a5; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">hippocampus and amygdala</a>. This slowing down of activity may be important for the positive mood effects of breathwork.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">Spiegel said he plans to conduct follow-up neuroimaging research on how breathing practices may change the brain in the long term.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><h3 class="pb-sm pt-lgmod" data-qa="article-header" id="GL3FH7NB4BAVLMAMFMCI7ADUZA" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Postoni, BodoniSvtyTwoITCTT-Book, georgia, serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 16px; padding-top: var(--lg-mod);"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;">How to breathe better and happier</div></h3></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">Breathing exercises are easier and more accessible than many meditative practices. Here are some tips to help you get started:</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Figure out which practices work best for you.</b> This study’s results suggest cyclic sighing is superior, but the best breathing technique may depend on the individual. Try out the three types of breathing techniques and see what feels right for you, Gemignani said. “The choice is only in the mind, the body, the brain of the single subjects,” he said.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Start small and build a routine. </b>Try just five minutes and see how you feel when doing your preferred breathing exercise, Spiegel said. “It’s not so hard to make it part of your daily routine if it’s only five minutes of your time.” You can also perform breathing exercises for longer than five minutes, which may enhance the benefits.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Use it where and when you need it.</b> The beauty of breathing exercises is that you can employ them wherever you can breathe and whenever you need to destress and self-soothe. Gemignani said he performs box breathing when walking down the street or even while swimming.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">“I think what the study shows is that a small, safe, easy-to-use intervention can have big effects,” Spiegel said.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">So when you are feeling anxious or down, remember to take a breath.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" dir="null" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);"><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Do you have a question about human behavior or neuroscience? Email </i><a href="mailto:brainmatters@washpost.com" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(213, 213, 213); box-sizing: border-box; color: #1955a5; text-decoration-line: none;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">BrainMatters@washpost.com</i></a><i style="box-sizing: border-box;"> and we may answer it in a future column.</i></p></div></div></article>Coach Heathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01444353722924136815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351760470136287747.post-63131827308844706712023-02-18T12:50:00.001-05:002023-02-18T12:50:57.760-05:00Teen Girls Who Exercise Everyday Exhibit Better Attention Spans<div style="text-align: left;"><h4 style="text-align: left;"></h4><h2 style="text-align: left;"> <b>A<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> natural ADHD
cure? <br />Teen girls who exercise every day exhibit better attention spans — even
without using drugs like Adderall.</span></span></b></h2></div><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Researchers
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that girls who had exercised less took longer on tests for attention</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11289223/Americas-Adderall-shortage-deepens-SEVENTH-company-warns-running-ADHD-drug.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003580;">The US is still suffering
shortages of ADHD drugs due to over-prescription issues</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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FOR DAILYMAIL.COM</span></a> February 17, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div style="line-height: 17.25pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Teen girls who exercise each day have
better attention spans than their peers, a study suggests.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A University of <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/illinois/index.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #003580;">Illinois</span></b></a> research team found that
girls who exercised less were slower and less accurate on tests that involved
ignoring distracting information.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">More blood flows to the brain during
and after exercise - boosting executive functioning, which includes a person's
attention span.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Diagnosis of behavioral issues is rife
among American teens, but getting your kids off their phones and playing
outside might do the trick instead of medication.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ADHD drug sales <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11595829/One-EIGHT-people-ADHD-drug-adderall-prescription-rules-relaxed.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #003580;">rocketed during the pandemic</span></b></a> when
many were forced to spend hours inside thanks to lockdowns, which caused <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11289223/Americas-Adderall-shortage-deepens-SEVENTH-company-warns-running-ADHD-drug.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #003580;">ongoing Adderall shortages</span></b></a>.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">S</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">ome 211 females aged between 15 and 18
wore accelerometers on their wrist for seven days for the study, to calculate
the intensity of their physical activity<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">Prescriptions for Adderall doubled in
the US during the pandemic, due to a relaxing of prescription rules to keep
people at home in lockdowns<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Attention-deficit/hyperactivity
disorder (ADHD) is a chronic condition including attention difficulty,
hyperactivity and impulsiveness.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The disorder is far less likely to be
diagnosed in girls compared to boys, and some women do not receive a diagnosis
until adulthood. <br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">ADHD prevalence varies greatly between
the UK and US, posing questions as to whether rates are as high as diagnoses
claim. <br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Between 2016 and 2019, 13 percent of US
children aged 12-17 were diagnosed with ADHD. <br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">In comparable nations like the UK, ADHD
rates are much lower — around 4 percent of boys and 1 percent of girls. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAUPd0CwVQ1uQbOhq--K-JmAXxFZpPc1GABAtClw7QpabSsiBnFbAxR48D6Jhpz0M2PahdlnFH8QUkbXIj6foRNiXmXaiBJ6soRMbS__QRwa5oa8xJP4APAJ7mqSAreZc9FNk7QH5Ir2ExyUUqOlMgxQTIanUrrUoTFpCk_njtTtTG5sjsEZ2qOsXh/s1260/smile.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1260" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAUPd0CwVQ1uQbOhq--K-JmAXxFZpPc1GABAtClw7QpabSsiBnFbAxR48D6Jhpz0M2PahdlnFH8QUkbXIj6foRNiXmXaiBJ6soRMbS__QRwa5oa8xJP4APAJ7mqSAreZc9FNk7QH5Ir2ExyUUqOlMgxQTIanUrrUoTFpCk_njtTtTG5sjsEZ2qOsXh/s320/smile.jpg" width="305" /></a></div>This is combined with the more
sedentary lifestyles lived by American children, which also caused the obesity
crisis.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Many minors with ADHD have other
conditions, including learning disorders, anxiety and depression.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Adderall is the most popular ADHD drug.
Prescriptions spiked to 4.1 million in 2021, a 10 percent increase on the
previous year.<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 1.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"><b>But Illinois researchers may have found
a more natural way to control your child's attention span.<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The researchers used data from a
previous trial of high school students in New South Wales, Australia, looking
at differences between gender in terms of physical activity and cognition.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">They used data from 418 participants,
including 211 females aged between 15 and 18, who wore accelerometers on their
wrist for seven days.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The device measures changes in
acceleration, which researchers used to calculate the intensity of their
physical activity. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Participants also took part in
cognitive tasks on a computer to test their attention control and working
memory, including tests that required them to ignore distracting information.<br /><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPBZWrSsS3m0Y9_NtpyWvX76YwkB-BkVAJbhbOmdhCYN37AwyKL3r2TdsWLk-9PyTezBGRsDqqZTgsN_UFq43L5R0_WE45UiKAMGIBPfyiVXSnZ8j7jyNEWWzM-eM2ADxk-4U7xyDobkr7NQTGVukXAI1EVMSaWcgo3n3lDLLbX2BTYIOpU4aSvDgI/s1600/Delsea-5920.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPBZWrSsS3m0Y9_NtpyWvX76YwkB-BkVAJbhbOmdhCYN37AwyKL3r2TdsWLk-9PyTezBGRsDqqZTgsN_UFq43L5R0_WE45UiKAMGIBPfyiVXSnZ8j7jyNEWWzM-eM2ADxk-4U7xyDobkr7NQTGVukXAI1EVMSaWcgo3n3lDLLbX2BTYIOpU4aSvDgI/s320/Delsea-5920.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">One task involved looking at a black background
with three white arrows and pressing P on their keyboard if the middle arrow
was pointing right and pressing Q if it was facing the left.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Participants' response times were
recorded. <br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The researchers found that the girls
who had done less exercise over the course of the day took longer and were less
accurate on the tests.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The associations were
'small-to-moderate', said study leader Dominika Pindus, professor
of kinesiology and community health at the University of Illinois, but
still important.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The results need to be investigated
further in random controlled trials, she added.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The findings were published in
the <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/sms.14311" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #003580;">Scandinavian Journal of Medicine
& Science in Sports</span></b></a>.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Previous studies found that better
attention control is linked to improved academic performance, as well as
'having better finances, having better health and less chances of being
convicted of a crime', Ms Pindus said.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Other research has suggested that <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5395561/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #003580;">high calorie diets may lead to memory impairment</span></b></a>,
and increased cardiovascular risks in obese children could be<a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.640474/full#:~:text=Cottrell%20et%20al.,math%20and%20reading%20test%20scores." target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #003580;"> linked to lower academic
performance</span></b></a>.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Exercise has a whole host of
brain-boosting benefits. It can increase the thickness of your cerebral cortex
and also encourages the brain's ability to generate new neural connections,
known as neuroplasticity, which can avoid cognitive issues further down
the line.</span></div>
Coach Heathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01444353722924136815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351760470136287747.post-653827122090702802023-02-11T17:39:00.004-05:002023-03-19T18:56:40.630-04:00Your Grip Strength Shows How Well You Are Aging<p><b style="color: #111111; font-family: Franklin, arial, sans-serif;"><u>Grip strength is closely linked to mortality in people of all incomes,<br /></u></b><b style="color: #111111; font-family: Franklin, arial, sans-serif;"><u>and may be a better indicator of life expectancy than blood pressure.</u></b></p><div class="grid-full-inner-standard" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Franklin, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; grid-column: 1 / 3;"><header class="w-100" data-qa="main-full" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 1200px;"><div class="flex print-byline print-mt-none" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; font-size: 16px;"><div class="byline-wrapper flex-column flex" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; max-width: 600px;"><div class="mb-xxs" data-qa="author-byline" style="box-sizing: border-box; gap: 0.5rem; margin-bottom: 4px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="flex items-center" data-qa="author-byline" style="align-items: center; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; gap: 10px;"><div class="mr-xs flex lh-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; line-height: 0; margin-right: 8px;"><div class="PJLV PJLV-iegeuwW-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 56px; position: relative; width: 56px;"><img class="mw-100 h-auto brad-50" src="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://s3.amazonaws.com/arc-authors/washpost/98dd3540-a09b-45b8-b252-8997c5c51392.png&w=196&h=196" style="border-radius: 50%; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /></div></div><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="flex" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex;"><div class="dib font-xxs" data-cy="name-with-optional-link" data-qa="name-with-optional-link" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-size: 1rem;"><b><span class="gray-darkest" data-qa="attribution-text" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2a2a2a;">By </span><a class="gray-darkest hover-gray-dark decoration-gray-dark underline hover-none decoration-1 underline-offset-1" data-qa="author-name" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/gretchen-reynolds/" rel="author" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2a2a2a; text-decoration-color: var(--color-ui-gray-dark); text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-underline-offset: 1px;">Gretchen Reynolds</a> Washington Post</b></div></div></span></div></span></div><div class="wpds-c-kgabfe wpds-c-kgabfe-ikrKXLV-css" data-testid="timestamp" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray80); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-subhead); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-087); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-125); margin-bottom: var(--wpds-space-200);"><span class="wpds-c-iKQyrV gray-dark display-date" data-testid="display-date" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-087); margin-top: var(--wpds-space-025);">January 18, 2023 </span></div></div></div></header></div><article class="grid-article mb-xxl-ns" data-qa="main" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Franklin, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; grid-column: 1 / 2; margin-bottom: 64px;"><div class="grid-body" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; width: 640px;"><div class="teaser-content grid-center" style="box-sizing: border-box; grid-column: 2 / 3;"><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">Want to know how well you’re aging? Check your grip strength.<br /><br /></p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">A recent study of <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jcsm.13110" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(213, 213, 213); box-sizing: border-box; color: #1955a5; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">1,275 men and women</a> found that those with relatively feeble handgrip strength, a reliable marker of overall muscle quality and strength, showed signs of accelerated aging of their DNA. <br />Their genes appeared to be growing old faster than those of people with greater strength.<br /><br /><span color="var(--wpds-colors-gray40)" face="var(--wpds-fonts-body)" style="font-size: 1.25rem;">The study, although preliminary, raises the possibility that visiting the gym or doing a few push-ups in our living rooms might help turn back the clock and make our cells and selves more biologically youthful, whatever our current age.</span></p></div></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);"><br /></p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><h3 class="pb-sm pt-lgmod" data-qa="article-header" id="A4JEKOCDX5GNBNBGHQD5NZY3IA" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Postoni, BodoniSvtyTwoITCTT-Book, georgia, serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 16px; padding-top: var(--lg-mod);"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;">Why grip strength matters</div></h3></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">A wealth of research already tells us that strength is good for us. People who lift weights are substantially less likely to develop heart disease, high blood pressure, and many other chronic illnesses than those who skip resistance exercise<br /><br /></p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);"><b><u>Strength also can be an augury of how long we’ll live.</u></b> In a 2015<a href="https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(14)62000-6/fulltext" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(213, 213, 213); box-sizing: border-box; color: #1955a5; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> study</a> of almost 140,000 adults in high-, middle- and low-income nations, reduced handgrip strength was closely linked to mortality in people of all incomes, predicting risks for early death better than blood pressure, which is often considered one of the best indicators of life span.<br /><br /></p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">“Grip strength is a simple but powerful predictor of future disability, morbidity, and mortality,” the authors of an<span style="font-size: 1.25rem;"> accompanying</span><a href="https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(14)62349-7/fulltext" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(213, 213, 213); box-sizing: border-box; color: #1955a5; font-size: 1.25rem; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> editorial</a><span style="font-size: 1.25rem;"> concluded, its effects holding true “not only in older people but also in middle-aged and young people.”<br /><br /></span></p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">How, though, might a sturdy grip today influence our well-being tomorrow?<br /><br /></p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">“Grip strength is often called a biomarker of aging,” said Mark Peterson, an associate professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, who led the new study. “But the biological context for why it’s so predictive of positive and negative outcomes during aging hasn’t really been clear.”</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">Maybe, Dr. Peterson and his colleagues speculated, epigenetics might be key.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnZkWYAjeFZvgkkUnrLd6No4oettKu280fceya932vqEz8Sf3GgSJyvFVDORIjqVoBcMbz6tWQD6wpB5VwfGsiihbDNUgegG6VbUDetjgyUAIDsf9euEvlm8MHSIRJBiMxgRkNb__O_ueHlqj8iCkZVBEKcFtT6pPVnRkGvnpwp1tS9yAp6C_3_4Yn/s225/download%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnZkWYAjeFZvgkkUnrLd6No4oettKu280fceya932vqEz8Sf3GgSJyvFVDORIjqVoBcMbz6tWQD6wpB5VwfGsiihbDNUgegG6VbUDetjgyUAIDsf9euEvlm8MHSIRJBiMxgRkNb__O_ueHlqj8iCkZVBEKcFtT6pPVnRkGvnpwp1tS9yAp6C_3_4Yn/s1600/download%20(1).jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grip strength measurer</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><h3 class="pb-sm pt-lgmod" data-qa="article-header" id="X6VWUOR2YJAU3E6WI3S6HTB62M" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Postoni, BodoniSvtyTwoITCTT-Book, georgia, serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 16px; padding-top: var(--lg-mod);"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;">What is your epigenetic age?</div></h3></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">Epigenetics involves changes to the numbers and actions of certain tiny molecules that attach like mollusks to the outer surface of a gene and affect how and when that gene turns on. Epigenetic changes occur in response to our diets, exercise habits, and many other aspects of our lives, and affect our DNA and health.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">Epigenetics also may signal how rapidly we are aging, recent science shows.<br /><br /></p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">About a decade ago, researchers began<a href="https://www.cell.com/molecular-cell/fulltext/S1097-2765(12)00893-3?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS1097276512008933%3Fshowall%3Dtrue" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(213, 213, 213); box-sizing: border-box; color: #1955a5; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> analyzing huge data sets</a> of people’s epigenomes, which are the epigenetic changes unique to each of us, and using that data to develop what are called “epigenetic clocks” that estimate our biological age.<br /><br /></p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">Chronological age is, of course, how old we are, according to our birth certificates. Biological age indicates the functional age and health of our cells and bodies. The two numbers can differ substantially.<br /><br /></p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">Epigenetic clocks use algorithms to assess biological age, based on the various patterns of molecules on genes. If the clock suggests your biological age exceeds your chronological one, you’re aging faster than normal and, to be blunt, approaching frailty and death at a speedier clip than someone whose biological age is lower.<br /><br /></p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><h3 class="pb-sm pt-lgmod" data-qa="article-header" id="MKNVTURKZ5CF5N7LMNABF5FMVY" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Postoni, BodoniSvtyTwoITCTT-Book, georgia, serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 16px; padding-top: var(--lg-mod);"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;">The relationship between grip strength and aging</div></h3></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">Aware of the latest epigenetic clock research, Peterson and his colleagues wondered whether strength might be linked to epigenetic age, for better or worse.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">They began gathering records for 1,275 participants of an ongoing study of aging who had already given blood and used a squeezable device called a hand dynamometer to measure their grip strength.<br /><br /></p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">The researchers then determined everyone’s approximate epigenetic age from their blood cells, using three different clocks. (Multiple labs have developed proprietary epigenetic clocks, which vary slightly.) They also checked death records for up to 10 years after people joined the study and, finally, cross-tabulated this data against people’s grip strength.<br /><br /></p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">They found that, in general, the weaker someone’s grip strength was, the higher his or her epigenetic age. Their DNA appeared less youthful than that of their stronger contemporaries, leaving them potentially more vulnerable to earlier illness or death.<br /><br /></p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">“Overall, this study lends further support to the association of epigenetic age with frailty,” said Guillaume Paré, a professor and director of the Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology Laboratory at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. Paré has<a href="https://clinicalepigeneticsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13148-021-01150-1" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(213, 213, 213); box-sizing: border-box; color: #1955a5; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> studied epigenetics</a> but was not involved in the new study.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><h3 class="pb-sm pt-lgmod" data-qa="article-header" id="MKNVTURKZ5CF5N7LMNABF5FMVY" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Postoni, BodoniSvtyTwoITCTT-Book, georgia, serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 16px; padding-top: var(--lg-mod);"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;">Another reason to get stronger?</div></h3></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">The study raises new issues, though.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">“A key question that remains to be addressed is the causality of these associations,” Paré said.<br /><br /></p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">Although the study shows that people with punier muscles are also people with elevated epigenetic age, it can’t prove that weakness directly caused anyone’s accelerated aging. Other factors might be at play, such as income, diet, medical history or other aspects of someone’s lifestyle.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">But even with its limitations, the study’s results are provocative, Peterson said, suggesting that our muscular oomph — or its opposite — may influence our epigenomes and, in the process, how fast and well we age.<br /><br /></p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">If you wonder about your current strength, many gyms have hand dynamometers you can use to test your grip. You then can look up typical handgrip strength measurements by age and gender in this 2018<a href="https://www.jospt.org/doi/10.2519/jospt.2018.7851?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(213, 213, 213); box-sizing: border-box; color: #1955a5; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> study</a> (see Table 1 in the study for details).<br /><br /></p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">The numbers suggest a typical 40-year-old man weighing 198 pounds is likely to have a handgrip strength of around 103 pounds (47 kilograms), while a woman of the same age weighing 167 pounds has a typical grip strength of around 66 pounds (30 kilograms).</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">If your results show your grip is on the weaker side, you don’t need to focus just on your hands. You can strengthen your grip by getting stronger, in general.<br /><br /></p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">In fact, most of us don’t need to parse our precise grip strength to realize we could benefit from more strength training. “The usual exercise pyramids, showing how much exercise you need, put strength training at the top,” Peterson said, “as if it’s the part you need the least of. But strength should be at the bottom, I think, at the base. It’s foundational to health.”<br /><br /></p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);">So<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/interactive/2023/strength-training-gym-workout/?itid=lk_inline_manual_49" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(213, 213, 213); box-sizing: border-box; color: #1955a5; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> use that gym membership</a> you bought this month. Get a dumbbell to keep at your desk. Try some<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/interactive/2022/bodyweight-workout-hiit-anywhere/?itid=lk_inline_manual_49" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(213, 213, 213); box-sizing: border-box; color: #1955a5; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> body weight training</a> or finish a burpee or three. You might wind up altering the age of your epigenome, as well as the brawn of your biceps.</p></div><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy" data-el="text" data-testid="drop-cap-letter" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);"><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Do you have a fitness question? Email </i><a href="mailto:yourmove@washpost.com" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(213, 213, 213); box-sizing: border-box; color: #1955a5; text-decoration-line: none;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">YourMove@washpost.com</i></a><i style="box-sizing: border-box;"> and we may answer your question in a future column.</i></p></div></div></article>Coach Heathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01444353722924136815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351760470136287747.post-88502604507094751902023-02-05T15:12:00.003-05:002023-02-05T15:12:53.166-05:00How exercise can help you build resilience at any age<p> <b><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 24.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">How exercise can help you build resilience at any age</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Intentionally stressing our bodies through
exercise can make us more resilient to a variety of stressors<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "var(--wpds-fonts-subhead)",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">February 3, 2023 at 2:28 p.m. EST</span><span style="font-family: "var(--wpds-fonts-subhead)", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>Stress</b> surrounds us every day in
subtle and substantial ways. Although we can’t eliminate stress from daily
life, research shows that by intentionally stressing our bodies through
exercise, we can change how we respond to stress and boost our resilience.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>Resilience</b> is the ability to bounce back from adversity — a
career setback, a relationship breakup or any of the big and small
disappointments of daily life — and grow from the experience so that we handle
difficult situations even better the next time. Much of the research on
resilience focuses on building the skill in childhood, but resilience can be
strengthened at any age.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">Resilience is essentially an emotional muscle, but a growing
body of research shows that stressing our physical muscles by exercise is one
way to increase our capacity to cope with daily stress.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;"><br />Three times a week for eight weeks, the exercising volunteers pedaled, jogged
or stair-climbed at a gym, their workouts focusing on prolonged, moderate
intensity sessions on some days and shorter, high-intensity intervals on
others. Intensity was based on heart rate relative to each person. The sessions
progressively lengthened, from 30 minutes at the start of the study to 50
minutes by the end.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
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The goal of the study was to test whether regular exercise improved the
individual’s response to stress, so the researchers had to come up with a way
to re-create stress. They settled on a physiological stressor, inflating a
blood pressure cuff to restrict blood flow in the forearm, which is considered a
mild stressor mimicking what happens during a heart attack. Blood tests
measuring the oxidative stress response followed.<br />
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At the end of the study, not surprisingly, the exercisers had improved their
fitness, including a 15 percent gain, on average, in their aerobic capacity.<br /><br />
“This is just an eight-week, not a very long exercise intervention,”
Traustadóttir said. “And we were able to show differences that after the
exercise training, there was less of an oxidative stress.”<br />
Traustadóttir also found that those in the exercise group had less oxidative
stress than those in the control group who were not exercising. And the more a
person had improved their fitness, the lower the stress response, whatever
someone’s age.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Why
exercise can boost resilience<br />
</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The study suggested that for the <b>running
mice, exercise had increased galanin levels and helped them become more
resilient.<br /></b><br /><u>
Exercise “has profound effects on the way that your brain functions and how the
neurons function,”</u> said <a href="https://med.emory.edu/directory/profile/?u=DWEINSH" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1955a5;">David Weinshenker</span></a>, a professor of human
genetics at Emory University and the senior author of the study. “It can
actually change the neurochemistry in your brain and promote general brain
health.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Even
walking can change the brain</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
“That really just means changeability, literally a building of connections in
the brain,” he said. “And one thing that we found that exercise does is it
promotes these connections in the prefrontal cortex, which is a critical area
for emotion regulation.”<br /><br />
<i>“We want to experience manageable stressors so that we can develop stress
resilience and not react with a big stress response every time something
unexpected happens,” said <a href="https://profiles.ucsf.edu/elissa.epel" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1955a5;">Elissa Epel</span></a>, a professor
of psychiatry at the University of California at San Francisco and the author
of “The Stress Prescription: Seven Days to More Joy and Ease.” “Our body not
only can handle acute stress but loves it, and expects it when it’s short-term
and manageable.”</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The amount and intensity of exercise needed to improve
stress resilience depends on the person, according to Tinna Traustadóttir, an
associate professor of biological sciences at Northern Arizona University and
the senior author of <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667137921000072" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1955a5;">a 2021 study</span></a> on the
effects of exercise training on physiological stress resilience in adults.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the study, the researchers randomly assigned 40 sedentary
women and men, about half of them young adults and the rest aged 60 and older,
to either eight-weeks of aerobic exercise training or a non-exercise control
group.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">One of Traustadóttir’s takeaways is that to build
resilience, it’s not so much about what particular exercises are done, but
doing them consistently.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“It’s whatever people will enjoy and will therefore do on a
regular basis,” she said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Studies of stressed-out mice offer clues to why exercise can
help us cope better with stress and become more resilient.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://www.jneurosci.org/content/40/39/7464" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1955a5;">In one series of experiments</span></a>,
researchers at Emory University studied the stress response in mice, some of
which were allowed to run to their heart’s content on exercise wheels while
others were kept inactive.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">After three weeks, the scientists checked for markers of a
brain chemical called galanin, which is known to increase with exercise and is
associated with mental health. (People with variants in galanin-related genes
are at higher risk for depression and anxiety disorders.)<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">As expected, the running mice showed higher levels of galanin.
In fact, the more a mouse had run, the more of the brain chemical it had.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">To induce stress, the researchers subjected the mice to mild
shocks on their paws. All the mice were stressed by the experience, but the
running mice bounced back sooner, returning to normal mouse behavior.
Meanwhile, the non-running rodents continued to cower, still overwhelmed by
stress.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://psychology.uga.edu/directory/people/philip-v-holmes" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1955a5;">Philip Holmes</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;">, a
professor of neuroscience at the University of Georgia, defines stress
resilience as the “ability to adapt to stress in a way that’s not deleterious.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Part of his research deals with the neurobiological
mechanisms responsible for stress resilience and the neurobiological effects of
exercise. The most significant impact that exercise has on brain function is to
promote neuroplasticity, Holmes said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Holmes’s research on rats and mice shows that even moderate
exercise can activate the locus coeruleus, a small brainstem nucleus that is
important for attention, arousal, motivation and cognitive function.<br />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The exercise Holmes studied in rodents is analogous to brisk
walking by humans. The locus coeruleus neurons make substances called trophic
factors, which promote the building of neural circuits. The stress-resilient
parts of the brain get better, healthier circuits while activated, Holmes said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“So, every time we walk around the neighborhood, you’re
making more of these trophic factors, building more of these circuits,” he
said. “It may just be a little bit, but that will be beneficial.”<br />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Weinshenker agrees that moderate exercise can change the
neurochemistry in our brains and says any aerobic exercise that gets your heart
rate up can be beneficial for stress resilience.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“It doesn’t even have to be vigorous exercise. It could be
something just as simple as walking for 20 or 30 minutes a day,” he said. “It
could be walking, running, biking, swimming. People play a lot of <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2022/11/09/is-pickleball-good-exercise/?itid=lk_inline_manual_46" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1955a5;">pickleball</span></a> now.”<br />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Epel calls the short, concentrated bursts of acute stress to
our bodies, such as the stress we experience during exercise, “hormetic
stress.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The term hormetic, she explains in her book, refers to
“something that in a larger dose would be harmful, but in a smaller dose is
quite beneficial.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Hormetic stress works almost like a vaccine,” Epel writes.
“You receive a micro-dose of the ‘virus’ (stress), and then, later, when you
face a large, intense similar stressor, you’re essentially inoculated against
it.”</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></p>Coach Heathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01444353722924136815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351760470136287747.post-26215802671701461932022-12-16T19:02:00.003-05:002022-12-16T19:13:52.192-05:00Runner performed life-saving CPR during half-marathon. Then he finished the race and did it again.<p> </p><div class="gnt_ar_by" style="background-color: white; display: inline-flex; flex-flow: column wrap; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", "Arial Nova", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; justify-content: center; margin: 12px 6px 3px 0px; min-height: 48px; padding-left: 60px; position: relative;"><a class="gnt_ar_by_a gnt_ar_by_a__fi" data-t-l=":byline with photo|o|c|text" href="https://www.usatoday.com/staff/9242759002/zulekha-nathoo/" style="align-items: center; color: #303030; display: inline-flex; font-family: "Unify Sans", "Helvetica Neue", "Arial Nova", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 6px 0px 0px; text-decoration-color: rgb(0, 152, 254); text-decoration-thickness: 2px; text-underline-offset: 2px;"><img alt="" class="gnt_ar_by_i" data-t-l=":byline with photo|o|c|photo" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" loading="eager" src="https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2022/01/27/USAT/cd0231ed-66a4-40ed-9586-362e77394024-NATHOO_headshot_AKFC.jpg?crop=1805,1805,x169,y260&width=48&height=48&format=pjpg&auto=webp" srcset="https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2022/01/27/USAT/cd0231ed-66a4-40ed-9586-362e77394024-NATHOO_headshot_AKFC.jpg?crop=1805,1805,x169,y260&width=96&height=96&format=pjpg&auto=webp 2x" style="border-radius: 24px; height: 48px; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 48px;" />Zulekha Nathoo</a><div class="gnt_ar_pb" style="color: #303030; display: inline; font-family: "Georgia Pro", Georgia, "Droid Serif", serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 20px; margin: 4px 0px 0px; order: 4;">USA TODAY <br />December 14, 2022</div></div><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #303030; font-family: "Georgia Pro", Georgia, "Droid Serif", serif; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #303030; font-family: "Georgia Pro", Georgia, "Droid Serif", serif; font-size: 18px;">The biggest concern for Dr. Steve Lome before starting the Monterey Bay Half Marathon along the California coast last month was being able to keep up with his teenage kids beside him.</span></p><div class="gnt_ar_b" style="background-color: white; color: #303030; font-family: "Georgia Pro", Georgia, "Droid Serif", serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 27px; margin: 6px 0px 0px; position: relative;"><p class="gnt_ar_b_p" style="margin: 14px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">But the cardiologist would soon face a life-or-death situation around mile 3 of the 13.1 mile race.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p" style="margin: 14px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">"Somebody right in front of me collapsed," Lome said. "I saw him go down and it was pretty clear to me that it was not just somebody who tripped and fell or somebody who fainted. It was a very sudden collapse."</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p" style="margin: 14px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">The man on the ground was 67-year-old Gregory Gonzales, a Washington state Superior Court judge. Gonzales said he felt fine even in the moments right before. He'd trained for the race and was so at ease that day, his only worry was nabbing a good parking spot.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p" style="margin: 14px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">"I believe we went up an incline," said Gonzales. "I thought to myself, 'Oh my gosh, it's downhill for a little bit, great!' That's all I remember."</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p" style="margin: 14px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Lome says Gonzales hit his head on the pavement when he fell. Lome rushed over and started CPR with the help of a few passersby. </p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p" style="margin: 14px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">"The biggest concern is that, having no blood flow to the brain, you can get some permanent brain injury," said Lome. "That's what we want to avoid at all costs."<br /><br />He estimates they were doing chest compressions for maybe six minutes when Gonzales was defibrillated. Gonzales says he woke up in the ambulance like nothing had happened, except for soreness in his ribs. He was told it was from the prolonged CPR.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p" style="margin: 14px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">"I'm glad I have those chest fractures," said Gonzales. "I'll take anything because that saved me."</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p" style="margin: 14px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Once the ambulance left, Lome was a little rattled but decided to continue the race.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p" style="margin: 14px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"> He had lost about 15 minutes and could make some of it back, even if his kids were farther ahead now.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p" style="margin: 14px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">He got on his cellphone, alternating between running and walking, just to make sure the hospital where Gonzales was headed knew what had taken place at the scene. He says that can make a difference to a patient's care.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p" style="margin: 14px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">He eventually made it past the finish line and threw his hands up in the air to celebrate the accomplishment, but the joy was short-lived.</p><aside aria-label="Newsletter signup form" class="gnt_em gnt_em_anc" data-g-r="lazy" data-gl-method="loadAnc" id="gnt_atomsnc" style="clear: both; contain: content; min-height: 181px;"><gannett-atoms-component-newsletter-cta authenticated="false" authorized="false" class="hydrated" link-attributes="https://user.usatoday.com/USAT-GUP/user/attributes/" link-help="https://help.usatoday.com/" link-newsletter="https://user.usatoday.com/USAT-GUP/user/newsletters/" link-profile="https://profile.usatoday.com/newsletters/manage" link-register="https://login.usatoday.com/USAT-GUP/authenticate?requested-state=create-account&return-url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Flife%2Fhumankind%2F2022%2F12%2F14%2Fcardiologist-saves-two-runners-having-heart-attacks-half-marathon%2F10858283002%2F&cancel-url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Flife%2Fhumankind%2F2022%2F12%2F14%2Fcardiologist-saves-two-runners-having-heart-attacks-half-marathon%2F10858283002%2F&success-url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Flife%2Fhumankind%2F2022%2F12%2F14%2Fcardiologist-saves-two-runners-having-heart-attacks-half-marathon%2F10858283002%2F&reg_source=NEWSLTRCTA&reg_medium=ONSITE&reg_campaign=newsletters&reg_delivery=atoms" ssts="life/humankind" style="display: block; visibility: inherit; width: 660px;"><div class="label" hidden="" style="width: 660px;"></div><div class="container" style="align-items: center; display: flex; flex-direction: column; width: 660px;"><div class="message" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; padding: 20px 0px; width: 550px;"><div class="title" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #444444; font-family: "Gannett Atoms Components Unify Sans", "Unify Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, sans-serif; font-size: 28px; font-weight: 900; line-height: 23px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><br /><span style="color: #303030; font-family: "Georgia Pro", Georgia, "Droid Serif", serif; font-size: 18px;">"I heard somebody say, 'We need some help over here,'" Lome recalled. "Another person was down, had a head wound and was completely unresponsive. No pulse. No breathing."</span></div></div></div></gannett-atoms-component-newsletter-cta></aside><p class="gnt_ar_b_p" style="margin: 14px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Michael Heilemann, the 56-year-old runner on the ground, said he started to feel dizzy about 10 steps after the finish line.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p" style="margin: 14px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">"I grabbed onto the rail and I was like, 'Oh man, I must have pushed a little too hard,'" said Heilemann.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p" style="margin: 14px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">That's the last he remembers of the event.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p" style="margin: 14px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Once again, Lome was doing CPR. He says during his 12-year career, he's seen hundreds of cardiac arrests. But they've always been in the hospital, with medical staff around him. He's never had to use his CPR training outside his shift, let alone twice in one day.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p" style="margin: 14px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Instances of heart attacks at half-marathons and marathons are rare. A <a class="gnt_ar_b_a" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" href="https://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMoa1106468" rel="noopener" style="color: #303030; text-decoration-color: rgb(0, 152, 254); text-decoration-thickness: 2px; text-underline-offset: 2px;" target="_blank">2012 study</a> found that out of 10.2 million runners in the U.S. between 2000 and 2010, 59 experienced cardiac arrests during a race.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p" style="margin: 14px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD2RmYsN2qIHi00_WuKXRKGVeqJ6xlGSykHz3EmyrhOm0X47ootqKTjII8Pg5ymOYWeqPveP9pfL-ByQbqhvsPtznU4MvgDlqQg7ZhulThX-m7cSCyzXl8GUPyTfBgQ_2vGTvcMyGmjXPs0_zcIE_QkaFQEwnZYEmBc5laGb7jU--_dSvkKceC1mPy/s310/drlome.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="162" data-original-width="310" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD2RmYsN2qIHi00_WuKXRKGVeqJ6xlGSykHz3EmyrhOm0X47ootqKTjII8Pg5ymOYWeqPveP9pfL-ByQbqhvsPtznU4MvgDlqQg7ZhulThX-m7cSCyzXl8GUPyTfBgQ_2vGTvcMyGmjXPs0_zcIE_QkaFQEwnZYEmBc5laGb7jU--_dSvkKceC1mPy/s1600/drlome.jpg" width="310" /></a></div>What's also rare, though, is survival if it happens: 71% didn't make it.<br />Heilemann, who lives in San Anselmo, California, calls it "super crazy fortuitous" that Lome happened to be right behind him when he hit the ground. He remembers seeing the ambulance that carried Gonzales away near the beginning of the race and later realized that because of Gonzales's cardiac arrest, Lome was delayed.<p></p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p" style="margin: 14px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">"Otherwise, Dr. Lome would've been way ahead of me," Heilemann said.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p" style="margin: 14px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Both Heilemann and Gonzales experienced blockages which led to the cardiac arrests and got stents in their coronary arteries to improve blood flow. Lome says he hopes it encourages other people to pay closer attention to their own heart health. And to learn CPR.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p" style="margin: 14px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Lome went to visit both men in the hospital the following day. He asked Heilemann if he had received a medal for the race. When Heilemann said no, Lome gave one to him.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p" style="margin: 14px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">"I didn't know at the time that it was his medal," Heilemann said. "He certainly deserves it more than I do."</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p" style="margin: 14px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Lome, Heilemann and Gonzales are keeping in touch and plan to race together at the same half-marathon next year.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p" style="margin: 14px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">"He could take good care of us as we finish the race," Gonzales laughed. Then he paused a moment, overcome with emotion.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p" style="margin: 14px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">"There's not a day that goes by that I don't have tears of joy. Absolute joy. I'm here with a second chance at this life."</p><br /><p class="gnt_ar_b_p" style="margin: 14px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br /></p></div>Coach Heathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01444353722924136815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351760470136287747.post-4424160197413118952022-12-15T19:05:00.001-05:002022-12-16T19:08:22.084-05:002-Minute Bursts of Movement Can Have Big Health Benefits<p> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: nyt-cheltenham; font-size: 24pt;">2-Minute Bursts of
Movement Can Have Big Health Benefits</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: nyt-cheltenham; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">A new study confirms that you don’t have to do a hard
workout to reap the longevity rewards of exercise.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: nyt-franklin; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">By </span></b><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/dani-blum"><b><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: nyt-franklin; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Dani Blum</span></b></a> <b> New York Times</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Dec. 8, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 15pt; margin-right: 15pt; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: nyt-imperial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Dashing up the stairs to your
apartment, weaving between commuters as you dart toward the train — those small
snippets of exercise, if they’re intense enough, can add up, according to a new
study. The paper is among the first to examine what many exercise scientists
have long hypothesized: A little bit of physical activity goes a long way, even
movement you might not consider a workout.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 15pt; margin-right: 15pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: nyt-imperial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The paper, </span><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-022-02100-x" target="_blank"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: nyt-imperial; text-decoration-line: none;">published today
in Nature Medicine</span></a><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: nyt-imperial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">, shows that tiny
spurts of exercise throughout the day are associated with significant
reductions in disease risk. Researchers used data from fitness trackers collected
by UK Biobank, a large medical database with health information from people
across the United Kingdom. They looked at the records of over 25,000 people who
did not regularly exercise, with an average age around 60, and followed them
over the course of nearly seven years. (People who walked recreationally once a
week were included, but that was the maximum amount of concerted exercise these
participants did.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 15pt; margin-right: 15pt; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: nyt-imperial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Those who engaged in one or
two-minute bursts of exercise roughly three times a day, like speed-walking
while commuting to work or rapidly climbing stairs, showed a nearly 50 percent
reduction in cardiovascular mortality risk and a roughly 40 percent reduction
in the risk of dying from cancer as well as all causes of mortality, compared
with those who did no vigorous spurts of fitness.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 15pt; margin-right: 15pt; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: nyt-imperial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The new research is part of a
long tradition of research into quick blasts of exercise, usually with
traditional workouts, like running on a treadmill or using an elliptical
trainer at the gym. Interval training, which means engaging in short stretches
of increased power or speed during a longer workout, has long been popular in
the athletic world, said Jamie Burr, an associate professor of human health and
nutritional sciences at the University of Guelph in Ontario who was not
involved with the research.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 15pt; margin-right: 15pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: nyt-imperial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">One 2020 study linked </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/23/well/move/high-intensity-exercise-workouts.html"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: nyt-imperial; text-decoration-line: none;">four-minute
bursts</span></a><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: nyt-imperial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> of exercise with longer life
spans; another in 2019 found that climbing stairs for </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/23/well/move/20-second-exercise-fitness-interval-training.html"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: nyt-imperial; text-decoration-line: none;">20 seconds</span></a><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: nyt-imperial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">, multiple times a day, improved aerobic fitness. And
still others have found that repeating just </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/30/well/move/can-4-seconds-of-exercise-make-a-difference.html"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: nyt-imperial; text-decoration-line: none;">four-second
intervals</span></a><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: nyt-imperial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> of intense activity could
increase strength or </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/29/well/coronavirus-exercise-heart-health.html"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: nyt-imperial; text-decoration-line: none;">counteract the
metabolic</span></a><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: nyt-imperial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> toll of sitting for long
stretches of time. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 15pt; margin-right: 15pt; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: nyt-imperial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">“Intensity is very effective
at building muscle and stressing the cardiovascular system,” said Ed Coyle, a
professor of kinesiology and health education at the University of Texas who
has researched intense bursts of exercise. Quick blasts of vigorous exercise, performed
repeatedly with short rest periods, can increase oxygen uptake and keep cardiac
arteries from clogging, he said, as well as power the heart to pump more blood
and function better overall.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 15pt; margin-right: 15pt; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: nyt-imperial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The new study, however, shows
that the average person doesn’t need to go out of their way to identify those
small spikes in activity; everyday movements, intensified, can be enough. And
because they collected data from trackers that participants wore on their
wrists, rather than questionnaires, which some exercise studies rely on, the
researchers were able to analyze the impact of minute movements.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 15pt; margin-right: 15pt; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: nyt-imperial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">“It really just emphasizes how
little vigorous physical activity can be extremely beneficial,” said Martin
Gibala, a professor of kinesiology at McMaster University in Ontario who was an
author on the study.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 15pt; margin-right: 15pt; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: nyt-imperial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Fitness researchers lump
exercise intensity into three categories, said Emmanuel Stamatakis, a professor
at the University of Sydney’s Charles Perkins Centre and the lead author of the
new study. If you can sing while doing the activity, that’s light exercise. If
you can’t sing, but you can speak comfortably, that’s moderate. Dr. Stamatakis
recommended movements that are so vigorous you can only speak a few words, or
none at all, after 30 seconds or so.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 15pt; margin-right: 15pt; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: nyt-imperial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">For those who exercise
regularly, you can tap into some of the benefits of short bursts by adding a
sprint into your run or bike ride, Dr. Burr said. “Even a few bouts in someone
who’s well trained can add a little spice to it,” he said.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 15pt; margin-right: 15pt; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: nyt-imperial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Dr. Stamatakis also offered a
few ways for people to incorporate small bouts of movement into their lives. If
you have a roughly half mile-long walk — for example, from your apartment to
the grocery store — you don’t need to sprint the entire time, he said, but
accelerate your pace for a few hundred feet two or three times over the course
of your walk. Instead of taking the elevator, opt for the stairs. As long as
you go up more than one or two flights, that will count as vigorous activity.
Carrying roughly five percent of your body weight for a minute or two can also
qualify, like hauling a large backpack, he added. And any kind of brief, fast
uphill walking can also provide a short spurt of intense exercise.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 15pt; margin-right: 15pt; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: nyt-imperial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">“It doesn’t have to be planned
throughout your day — you’re playing with your kids, you can engage with them
in a more vigorous manner,” Dr. Gibala said. “You’re bringing your groceries
out from the car, you can pick up the pace. You can say: these are my
activities of daily living, I can huff and puff a bit while I’m doing this.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>Coach Heathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01444353722924136815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351760470136287747.post-22725733304936961952022-01-06T10:31:00.000-05:002022-01-06T10:31:12.704-05:00 Relaxing Is a Skill. Here’s How to Do It<p><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><b><span lang="EN" style="color: #121212; font-family: nyt-cheltenham-cond; font-size: 24.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Relaxing Is a
Skill. Here’s How to Do It.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">New York Times Jan. 5, 2022 Written by <o:p></o:p></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: nyt-franklin; letter-spacing: 0.8px; text-transform: uppercase;">FARHAD MANJOO</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 15.0pt; margin-right: 15.0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: nyt-imperial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /> </span><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Sometime in 2021, I learned
how to do something that I suspect will greatly improve how I deal with what
already looks to be a harrowing 2022. This thing I learned sounds trivial, a
practice so simple you’d think there’d be no need for special instruction —
which is probably why a lot of us go through life not knowing that there is a
particular technique to getting it right.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 15.0pt; margin-right: 15.0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">What is this dark art? I
learned the proper way to relax.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 15.0pt; margin-right: 15.0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I don’t mean that I discovered
the benefits of taking it easy or of remaining calm in the face of adversity
and letting life’s troubles slide off my back. I mean it more literally: I
learned how to relax my muscles, to purposefully, systematically isolate each part
of my body and loosen the meat on my bones.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 15.0pt; margin-right: 15.0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And I learned that doing so
regularly, once or several times a day, can be more or less instantly life
changing. For me, deliberate muscle relaxation immediately reduces fatigue,
stress and anxiety. It creates a kind of allover refreshed feeling that can be
attained nearly anywhere and at any time. And it gets more effective the more I
do it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 15.0pt; margin-right: 15.0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I have come to think of
relaxation as a skill; the more I relax, the better I learn which parts of my
body tend to become tense, what that tension feels like and how to unlock that
tension with a quick flick of the mind.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 15.0pt; margin-right: 15.0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This might sound like New Age
nonsense, but the benefits of muscle relaxation have been studied for decades,
and research has found that versions of the practice may <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/13/science/relaxation-surprising-benefits-detected.html"><span style="color: #326891; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">mitigate a wide
range</span></a> of physical and mental conditions — among them <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3797858/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #326891; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">generalized
anxiety disorder</span></a>, <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12597674/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #326891; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">hypertension</span></a>, <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8218507/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #326891; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">irritable bowel
syndrome</span></a>, <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10617176/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #326891; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">insomnia</span></a>, <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00207140802665476" target="_blank"><span style="color: #326891; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">chronic</span></a> <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK350276/pdf/Bookshelf_NBK350276.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color: #326891; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">pain</span></a>, <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/smi.2921" target="_blank"><span style="color: #326891; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">postpartum depression</span></a>,
some symptoms of <a href="https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/156554" target="_blank"><span style="color: #326891; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">schizophrenia</span></a>,
some <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1550830717300319" target="_blank"><span style="color: #326891; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">side effects</span></a> of cancer treatment, <a href="https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Fa0027326" target="_blank"><span style="color: #326891; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">stress</span></a>
among <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4280725/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #326891; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">students</span></a> and <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/smi.1050" target="_blank"><span style="color: #326891; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">anger and
aggression in adolescents</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 15.0pt; margin-right: 15.0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">But enough about what
relaxation does. Here’s how to do it. One of the most widely used methods is
known as <a href="https://www.va.gov/WHOLEHEALTH/Veteran-Handouts/docs/ProgressMuscleRelax__Final508_11-13-2018.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color: #326891; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">progressive muscle relaxation</span></a>, which was developed early last
century by <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1983/01/14/obituaries/dr-edmund-jacobson-dead-specialist-in-tension-control.html"><span style="color: #326891; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Edmund Jacobson</span></a>,
a medical doctor who pioneered research into the connection between physical
tension and mental well-being.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 15.0pt; margin-right: 15.0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Jacobson’s <a href="https://joaomfjorge.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/edmund-jacobson-you-must-relax-health-psychology.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color: #326891; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">insight was that a moderately tense muscle is indistinct</span></a> —
that is, one often does not notice, in ordinary life, that certain muscles are
in a state of tension. His method for relaxation is thus a two-step process.
First, learn to recognize what a particular muscle feels like when it is
flexed. Then, focusing on that muscle in the flexed state, do the opposite of
flexing: Relax.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 15.0pt; margin-right: 15.0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">When you’re starting out with
muscle relaxation, it can be helpful to set aside time and space to do it. Find
10 or 15 minutes in the day when you’re unlikely to be disturbed. Look for a
quiet spot where you can lie down on a bed or sit on a couch. Close your eyes.
Take a few deep breaths.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 15.0pt; margin-right: 15.0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now begin: Start at your
extremities — say, your hands. Clench them and focus your mind on what that
feels like. What is the physical sensation of a clenched fist? Which muscles
are activated, and what does their activation feel like? <br />After you have spent a
few seconds focusing on the clench, you will be able to do the opposite. As you
exhale (I’ve found that relaxation is <a href="https://louisville.edu/healthpromotion/files/breathing-and-relaxation" target="_blank"><span style="color: #326891; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">best achieved on an out breath</span></a>), gently unclench your fist.
Let go of the tension. Feel your hand loosening, becoming heavy, falling into
relaxation.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 15.0pt; margin-right: 15.0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">After repeating this a few
times, you can <a href="https://www.uofmhealth.org/health-library/uz2225" target="_blank"><span style="color: #326891; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">move on to other parts</span></a>. Your arms: Flex your biceps, feel the
flex and then let go. <br />Your shoulders: <br />Shrug, then unshrug. <br />Your mouth: <br />Smile
wide and feel the pull of your smile muscles, then let your smile go limp.<br />Go
on like this through your whole body, tensing and relaxing, and by the end of
it, I promise, you’ll notice <i>something.</i> At first, it may be just a sense
of calm, but the more you do it, the deeper into relaxation you’ll fall,
eventually reaching a state of such blissful ease that it can feel hard to
stop. <br />On a weeklong beach vacation last summer, I spent an hour or more each
day just relaxing — reveling in the euphoria of a body at maximum slack.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 15.0pt; margin-right: 15.0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Muscle relaxation has also
become my go-to way of going to bed. I used to have a lot of trouble falling
asleep; now I lie down, breathe in and out in a slow rhythm and focus on
letting all tension flow out of my limbs. I usually fall asleep within 20
minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 15.0pt; margin-right: 15.0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A few years ago, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/09/opinion/meditation-internet.html"><span style="color: #326891; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">I wrote about
how daily meditation</span></a> had helped me cope with the chaos of digital life.
I still meditate quite often, but I recognize that meditation is not for
everyone. Many people find it close to impossible to quiet the mind; a lot of
people told me they found the practice so hard that they gave up after one or
two sessions.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 15.0pt; margin-right: 15.0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Muscle relaxation is related
to meditation — quieting the body is an important part of quieting the mind —
but it is much easier to get into and a lot more portable. After your first few
practices, you’ll begin to achieve mastery over your tension, to sense how you’re
unconsciously tightening parts of your body during the course of a day.</span><span style="font-family: nyt-imperial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 15.0pt; margin-right: 15.0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Once you begin to recognize
that feeling, muscle relaxation can become an allover, all-the-time activity.
Unless you’re operating heavy machinery, being pursued by a bear or otherwise
facing imminent danger, you can generally relax whenever you like.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 15.0pt; margin-right: 15.0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I find myself consciously
relaxing everywhere, anytime — in the checkout line at the supermarket, say, or
while on hold with my insurance company. And now that I’m done singing the praises
of relaxation, I suppose I’ll go off to relax right now.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: nyt-franklin; letter-spacing: 0.8px; text-transform: uppercase;"></span></span></b><p></p>Coach Heathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01444353722924136815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351760470136287747.post-2120848939265126322021-05-31T19:57:00.001-04:002021-05-31T19:57:47.817-04:00<p> </p><div style="border-bottom: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in 0in 4.0pt 0in;">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">By Albert J. Countryman Jr.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A cross
country and track star at Gloucester Catholic High School years ago, Jack Heath
has written a new book, “<b>Positive Splits</b>,” to encourage runners and highlight some
great athletic achievements over the years.<br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As an elite athlete for the Rams
during his high school years, Jack was coached by the legendary Browning Ross.
Jack’s first book was entitled, “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Browning
Ross: Father of American Distance Running.”<br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>Phil Anastasia of the Philadelphia
Inquirer is quoted on the back cover of Jack’s new book. “Positive Splits is a
must-read for South Jersey Runners and fans of running. There are great tips
from coaches and compelling stories of local athletes.”<br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are many inspirational chapters
in the book—from sprinters to marathoners, from Olympians to average runners—and
the theme is “the power of running to inspire and to make a positive difference
in our lives,” Jack wrote.<br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“I
think running is a lifetime sport and offers a good blueprint for a successful
life. No matter where the runner starts, they can improve,” Jack said last week
in an interview with the Gloucester City News. “Through consistent work, and
setting goals they can surpass limits and run times that they never thought
possible. And they can have fun doing it.<br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Running is a fair sport. The watch
determines your success objectively. Hard work pays off and people can see the
results of their hard work. That encourages more hard work,” Jack said.<br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“I was extremely fortunate to have a
great mentor and coach at Gloucester Catholic in Browning Ross, the track and
cross country coach. He was an Olympian, and also a modest person with a great
sense of humor,” Jack said.<br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was a great role model for being an
athlete and working hard, and also for coaching and being a caring father. He
saw things in me before I saw them in myself as an athlete and later as a
coach. He invited me to coach with him while I was still running in college
(Rowan University). I wasn’t sure I could coach and I’m still coaching decades
later.<br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a coach hopefully I can have a
fraction of the positive influence he had on me with some runners I coach. The
best way I thought I could pay him back was to keep coaching in his footsteps,
and to write about him and the influence he had on so many,” Jack said.<br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“I think a good coach cares about the
athlete’s well-being is positive, motivates, is a teacher, listens and
communicates with his or her athlete’s, knows the science and technique of the
sport, and accepts the athlete’s input, and can help the athlete progress.”
Jack said.<br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“The athlete has to know how much you
care, before they care how much you know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Many young athletic careers end early because the boy or girl encounters
a lousy coach. Research shows 12 as the average age when many athletes give up
their sport—before they ever got the chance to progress to their potential.<br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“A good coach is important because
they help the athlete learn about the sport, improve and enjoy the sport. Like
Louis Tewanima and Browning Ross, they show the athlete what is possible.<br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>An even smaller percentage of coaches are mentors. I think a good mentor
provides guidance and sets a good example above and beyond just coaching them
in the sport. Mentors have a positive influence on the athlete and their future
and are also good role models,” he said.<br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tewanima was a Native American from
the Hopi tribe who shocked the world during the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm,
Sweden by winning the gold medal in the 10,000 meters. According to Jack’s
book, Tewanima ”spent the rest of his life after the Olympics inspiring young
Hopi runners, herding sheep, and growing crops.”<br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is also a chapter about Erin
Donohue Livecchi of Haddonfield, who qualified for the 2008 Olympics.<br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Positive Splits is a fascinating book
about running, and is available from Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble.com:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Positive-Splits-Running-Stories/dp/1548655341">https://www.amazon.com/Positive-Splits-Running-Stories/dp/1548655341</a><br /></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA5D6u7ms-eVAdPhMN-pPWXSZM6-l7ru_loAvn0X_CW0TzwQhQI6ii1CFCPjPebC06OMq9700zMy_JcskOcPgH6qRQcLg08Xe6VcwOtjH6okMQGIYyL9NfEaasod_Ie9gOBAcrdLXzxZc/s499/positive+splits.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18.6667px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA5D6u7ms-eVAdPhMN-pPWXSZM6-l7ru_loAvn0X_CW0TzwQhQI6ii1CFCPjPebC06OMq9700zMy_JcskOcPgH6qRQcLg08Xe6VcwOtjH6okMQGIYyL9NfEaasod_Ie9gOBAcrdLXzxZc/s320/positive+splits.jpg" /></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>Coach Heathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01444353722924136815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351760470136287747.post-13445108910992890852021-05-08T18:37:00.005-04:002021-06-13T18:59:56.369-04:00<p> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 105%;">Runners Gazette Interview with Freddi Carlip</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 105%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Questions by George Banker</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">How did you get your introduction to the
sport? Was it through school or friends?</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">I was never athletic and when I was growing up in
Philly in the 1950s, girls weren't
supposed to be. I had no desire to run or play ball. I tried tennis and didn't
like it. I hated gym, and had a fear of water, so I had no swimming skills.
Friends made fun of how I ran during games of tag. I would much rather be home
reading a book.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">That changed in April 1978 when I took my first steps
as a runner. I had two small children and I needed to work off the stress of
everyday life. Running was becoming popular and I loved watching track and
Olympic running events. I was 33 years old.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">My late ex-husband, Harry, suggested I try running. He
had run for a long time. I had no interest.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">I decided to give it a try. I wore an old pair of
nylon shorts, a Star Wars T-shirt, a<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>maternity bra, white socks, and Etonic tennis sneakers. My kids were at
school, Michael in pre-school, Marcy in elementary school.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">I didn't worry about how I looked. I went outside and
began to run. We lived in Lake Mohawk, NJ. Our house was in the Alpine section
which meant hills. I ran as fast as I could and then, breathless, I began to
walk, then ran again, walked, and then ran. The loop was 1.5 miles. I did it
maybe 3-4 times a week. I considered myself a runner and I began to feel better
and better each time I ran and walked.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">When we moved to Lewisburg, PA in June 1978, a group
of women were running early in the morning. I joined them. It was a two-mile
loop and it was fun and we talked and kibitzed as we ran.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I got my first pair of running shoes:
Brooks Villanova. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">I kept a running log in a small notebook. When Jim
Fixx's running log came out, I switched and loved keeping track of each run, my
times, and the miles; PRs in training or in races; course descriptions, who I
ran with; this a history of my years of running. I still keep a log. It's
important to me, although what I note is different from when I was competitive.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">A year later, one member of our running group and I
entered a local 10K. The other group members begged off. The Bull Run Run 10K
was a hilly course around Lewisburg. We ran and then walked; repeat...until we
got to the finish line. We were last and everyone was cheering! Molly and I were
flying high. We couldn't believe we finished a 10K when the longest we had ever
run was two miles. A member of our group congratulated us and said, “I am so
proud of you. You did it! I wish I had done it with you.” My first race. I was
hooked.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrvhF7EZ-js0wAPPHsQsuhUb17nka3ztYShVlOliOY791MeoGt8Ey2DZxPrg6F7nqwclBtRDZmD9kqtjjfhO2VhatHGbt9PCotuOFhREDO4MUs0MzLqsfvdFlTSku8haHXV4HqBFAiSLY/s1296/Bringin+It+Home%2521.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1008" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrvhF7EZ-js0wAPPHsQsuhUb17nka3ztYShVlOliOY791MeoGt8Ey2DZxPrg6F7nqwclBtRDZmD9kqtjjfhO2VhatHGbt9PCotuOFhREDO4MUs0MzLqsfvdFlTSku8haHXV4HqBFAiSLY/s320/Bringin+It+Home%2521.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Freddi bringing it home in a race.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">What were the opportunities for female
athletes in the sport?</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">Women were not allowed to run the marathon in the
Olympics, or the 5000 and 10,000 meters. The reasons ranged from: their bodies
couldn't take it to why would anyone want to watch? </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In many races,
age groups weren't equal. The breakdown for men was usually10 years. For
women,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Under 35 and Over 35, were
typical. Maybe two awards for each. Some races added a Masters category for
women (40 and Over), but that wasn't common. Bigger races tended to give equal
awards; smaller races balked. I was told by more than one race director that
when more women showed up, they would think about adding more age groups. The
logic was backward which I told the race directors. A few called me a “Women's
Libber.” I was proud of that. This was the late '70s and Women's Lib was a big
topic as the Equal Rights Amendment was working its way through the states.
Sadly, it still needs to be ratified.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">Moving Comfort was the first company—and founded
by women—who made running clothes for
women. Finally, shorts that fit, tank tips, bras made for running (JogBra),
warmup suits, leisure clothes....it was this woman runner's Nirvana.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">There were trailblazers like the late Browning Ross
who recognized women in our sport and were censured by the AAU for that. The
Road Runners Club of America worked very hard for equality in our sport and was
instrumental in getting the marathon, 10K, and 5K into the Olympics.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNNHgCIbHdfq0eT8uXDpFYvRGyy2tFUL2sOAYWZvH9mcTsHeXTdABb_dKY7z9tMHZUJSJT38JqRKIwoDYwJeXNEeg85owRPK2EZaW4kGuFPdKf9okSq176LPLWjPshHaIh41eLPpR51UM/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="275" data-original-width="183" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNNHgCIbHdfq0eT8uXDpFYvRGyy2tFUL2sOAYWZvH9mcTsHeXTdABb_dKY7z9tMHZUJSJT38JqRKIwoDYwJeXNEeg85owRPK2EZaW4kGuFPdKf9okSq176LPLWjPshHaIh41eLPpR51UM/" width="160" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Browning Ross</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">Were there any role models?</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">There were. Names that most runners today wouldn't
recognize: Jan Merrill, Julie Brown, Miki Gorman, Grete Waitz, Joan Benoit
Samuelson, Marty Cooksey, Lynn Jennings, and Lorraine Moller.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcN5TSf-rU8KQ-KAkdRKvnxc9i0Ls7MkBqw7w9CPzdRkgjoNSHRoaATK4lZAdIyyA4GZDEiTA2XWTZmFdopEDsc9YT0VJS8rfHzA7Qdfk8Dcs76v1X2sbFiXn7RBhMXREi9zy-U6hyphenhyphen-pA/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcN5TSf-rU8KQ-KAkdRKvnxc9i0Ls7MkBqw7w9CPzdRkgjoNSHRoaATK4lZAdIyyA4GZDEiTA2XWTZmFdopEDsc9YT0VJS8rfHzA7Qdfk8Dcs76v1X2sbFiXn7RBhMXREi9zy-U6hyphenhyphen-pA/w200-h112/image.png" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joan Benoit Samuelson</td></tr></tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCn5ChmqaAqbarBJl1TMkUyulI-RACBr_XnU9cSEa_uaPArUkNBLrlKoIgZoM05ns-uJ-mXU7TZWHE1FF7XBmyybyRsUNhmtqrzZ38Js_yeQ3_PTU9qYKoQdGbHHnD_gW8yhdDBRrrsd8/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="678" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCn5ChmqaAqbarBJl1TMkUyulI-RACBr_XnU9cSEa_uaPArUkNBLrlKoIgZoM05ns-uJ-mXU7TZWHE1FF7XBmyybyRsUNhmtqrzZ38Js_yeQ3_PTU9qYKoQdGbHHnD_gW8yhdDBRrrsd8/w133-h200/image.png" width="133" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grete Waitz<br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">How did the Runner’s Gazette get started?</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">Runner's Gazette got its start in Lansford, PA, by the
late Ed Gildea. Ed was a runner who published the Valley Gazette. Hayden
Gilmore assisted, covering races and writing shoe reviews. The first issue was
published in September 1976. Harry and I became subscribers on the recommendation
of a friend. It had a local flavor and I submitted race info about our running club's races which ran in
the Calendar of Coming Events and then I would submit articles about the races.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">It had a loyal following and contributors including
Browning Ross, Gary Fanelli, Rich Benyo, Elliot Denman, and Nick Marshall.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">In 1979, <i>RG </i>was for sale. Harry and I thought
about buying it, but we missed our chance and <i>RG</i> moved to Medford, NJ
with Jo and Harry Wiggins at the helm. Not a year later,<i> RG</i> was for sale
again. This time Harry and I jumped at the chance! After all, we were runners
and we loved to write. How hard could it be?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">We published our first issue in February 1981. We knew
nothing about publishing. These were the days before everything was
computerized. We learned quickly how to operate our very own typesetting
machine (Compugrahpic IV) and enlisted Marsha Scott Gori to do our layout.
Marsha had been an editor and writer and had recently stepped down as editor of
Lewisburg's local weekly. She truly was my mentor. The old days:
Non-reproducible pens, light tables, layout sheets, waxers and rollers,
half-tones, the USPS second-class mailing regulations—we had a very short
learning curve. I can look back and laugh at how naive we were but what a
wonderful journey.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">What was the philosophy of the newspaper?</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">Runner's Gazette</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">
used the tagline, “Your Hometown Running Newspaper.” <i>RG</i> was a
grass-roots running newspaper—the oldest running newspaper in the US. We
included results from more small races than big ones; races in small
communities where the age-group winners and overall winners could see their
names in print. We had a Poets' Corner for budding running poets. Our Calendar
was well known for how complete it was. This is way before the Internet took
over. Race directors mailed us race flyers or we picked them up at the race. We
included every race write-up sent to us. Some race directors just sent a list
of winners. We'd construct an article around those results. I loved that people
wanted to write articles and take pictures for <i>RG</i>. We considered
everyone—contributors and subscribers—our <i>RG</i> family and kept it very
personal. My kids grew up with <i>RG</i>, covered races, learned how to use a
professional voice to take business calls, and got used to a new life, owning
and publishing a newspaper.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">My daughter made two buttons for me. One said “Editor”
and one said “Mom.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Depending on which
button I was wearing, my kids knew whether I was busy with work or I was Mom.
Most times I wore both buttons.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">We considered ourselves a Mid-Atlantic running
publication and also included races from all over the country. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">I remember when my son, Michael, went on the <i>RG </i>Van
Tour. He drove through PA, NY, MD to attend. Races. He set up a table, our <i>RG</i>
banner,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>gave out back issues of RG,
talked about <i>RG,</i> got race information. And<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Michael became the face of <i>RG </i>during a
summer while he was in college. We built great relationships from that.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyHhtoCv9CY7gGxjgyW4vea-4vDkP9I9M-zbvlDFN1WfTgdBBcXneTLsFNcbYxiX9vNrQ4_vhCd_nPdBAgRi61oroGjDIFdkH_cA-1nM1r0n-rrgDWa19Ab8l-5ey2WMRTjjMw0cqQK1Q/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1637" data-original-width="1061" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyHhtoCv9CY7gGxjgyW4vea-4vDkP9I9M-zbvlDFN1WfTgdBBcXneTLsFNcbYxiX9vNrQ4_vhCd_nPdBAgRi61oroGjDIFdkH_cA-1nM1r0n-rrgDWa19Ab8l-5ey2WMRTjjMw0cqQK1Q/" width="156" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Freddi and Jerry Nolan</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">What was the running environment when you
started?</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">Men who ran and
weren't raining for the Olympics were considered a little crazy, or odd. Why
run just to run, people wondered. It was worse for women. We were considered freaks,
drivers made crude comments, or tried to run us off the road. That happened to
my daughter, Marcy, and me on River Road in Lewisburg. A state trooper crossed
the road, and deliberately almost
sideswiped us. We both yelled at him. He backed up, stopped, and told us we
should not be running on the road. We should only run in fields, on a
track,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>or on grass. We told him we were
running facing traffic, on the berm, and following safety protocol. He was
still not happy. He told us to be careful and drove off in a huff. I still
remember his name. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">I was also told I shouldn't run because my uterus
could begin to fall out. I had to laugh, but it was typical.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">Or when my mom and my dentist told me not to beat my
then-husband in a race because women shouldn't beat their husbands at anything.
I laughed and told them I hoped that in the future I would beat him. I did beat
Harry when I ran with the late great Ben Hyser in the Brian's Run Two
Miler.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hugged Ben and thanked him.
Harry was not amused.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">My mom was so against my running that I didn't tell
her I was training for a marathon. When I got home from my first marathon, I
called to tell her the news. She hung up on me.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">My mom must have called my Aunt Dot after my call and
my aunt read her the riot act. She called
my back and apologized. And my mom was
more supportive of my running and also <i>RG</i> after that. This was not my
mom's vision for me. Instead, I was becoming my own vision.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">Did the paper change any views which you
had about the sport?</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">I got to see running from the inside. I heard about
the squabbles between runners at races and got phone calls with complaints
about races, both big and small and the race directors, the timing, the chutes
(remember them?), the results, the lack of water on the course, and more. For
some reason, runners called <i>RG </i>instead of talking with the race
directors. Runners also called to complain that the results in <i>RG </i>were
incorrect. Again, we said to contact the race director as we printed results
sent to us by the race director.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">How was the paper received?</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">RG </span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">always had a loyal
following. People loved the hometown feel, the non-glossy look, the personal
touch, and seeing their name in print. We had a monthly column by journalist
and runner Gil Gaul, who wrote for the Pottsville (PA) Republican before moving
to the Philadelphia Inquirer. Gil also won a Pulitzer Prize. His columns were
wonderful—they could be irreverent, serious, funny, and he always wrote with
honesty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ed Gildea,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>RG'</i>s founder, was thrilled with how we
kept the grass-roots flavor that he began.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">What was your attraction to getting
involved with the Road Runners Club of America (RRCA)?</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">I was elected president of our newly formed running
club, The Buffalo Valley Striders, in 1979. We knew it was important for our
club to be part of the Road Runners Club of America. That was my introduction. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">A few months later, Harold Tinsley called to see if I
would be interested in being the RRCA PA State Representative. I gave an
enthusiastic Yes! I was involved with all PA clubs. By 1980, the number of
clubs was growing. I held state meetings, usually in a location that was easy
for clubs to get to. The first one was at our home in Lewisburg. VP-East, Ellen
Wessel (later the title was changed to Eastern Director), was planning to attend
and stay with us. She called to say that the very small plane she was on made
her sick, so she was going back to DC.
The meeting was very successful, and although we were disappointed that Ellen
couldn't attend, we had a great time. I also went to as many club meetings as I
could to talk about the RRCA.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">In 1994, Henley Gabeau called to see if I would run
for Eastern Director. If I said yes, I would be on the ballot and the RRCA
delegates would vote at the national convention. I was elected and I was elated.
This was my first board position.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">How did you rise through the ranks to
become the President</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">I was Eastern Director for four years, elected to the
position twice. I worked with President Carl Sniffen and then Don Kardong when
he was elected. It was with Don, that I ran for vice-president. With Don as
president, we celebrated the 40-year anniversary of the RRCA. I was asked by
Don to be in charge of publishing a book about the RRCA. We called it <i>Boom:
Forty</i> <i>Years for Running and Writing with the RRCA.</i> We liked the
“boom” signifying the start of a race and also the RRCA. “Boom” was a wonderful
project. I put out a call for submissions within the RRCA, asked my friend, an
editor at Random House, to be editor and proofreader, and found a local
printer. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We wanted the book to be ready
for our anniversary year: 1998. And I am proud to say that it was. Boom was
well received. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">“Boom” was dedicated to the RRCA's founder, Browning
Ross. The dedication was written by Joe Henderson and the foreword was written by
Kathrine Switzer.<br /><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsYtwzfK9Exel64KDhREfj7xuhwYMkTzuESC3E2iV8JQpjP0sj9yukSHMWlU_5yt2BDFN_UZ7hh7r5GUCxqp4tnoLA6OCpvc-I5X90Uk1WHluj2yJBq1JgB7JZBu9wBIj4t0UH7HFNOI8/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img data-original-height="168" data-original-width="299" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsYtwzfK9Exel64KDhREfj7xuhwYMkTzuESC3E2iV8JQpjP0sj9yukSHMWlU_5yt2BDFN_UZ7hh7r5GUCxqp4tnoLA6OCpvc-I5X90Uk1WHluj2yJBq1JgB7JZBu9wBIj4t0UH7HFNOI8/w200-h113/image.png" title="Katherine Switzer" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Katherine Switzer</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;"><br /></span><o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">We also created a new award, The Browning Ross Spirit
of the RRCA Award which is given annually to an unsung hero within the RRCA.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw2sEgl1dQU4FRBxzd_I500cHmX8GBrC7MJN7d4PvEp7M5S-p4OSeOc_mm9HAW7DqSqljnqv09WWecte7AP6ZBKtnfp3fWjSV4Icv53_ebJ7XAftUmWzlnfXyb012R09cZq2BomdyNaVQ/s640/dedication.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw2sEgl1dQU4FRBxzd_I500cHmX8GBrC7MJN7d4PvEp7M5S-p4OSeOc_mm9HAW7DqSqljnqv09WWecte7AP6ZBKtnfp3fWjSV4Icv53_ebJ7XAftUmWzlnfXyb012R09cZq2BomdyNaVQ/s320/dedication.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dedication of the Browning Ross Monument</td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">I also created Miss Road Manners during Don's tenure. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">In 2000, when Don's two terms were up, I decided to
run for president. It was a very exciting time. The election happened at our
convention in Peachtree City, GA. My daughter and son-in-law flew in to
celebrate with me. Don and I became good friends while he was president. I
called him for advice and counsel many times.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">What were some of the issues during your
tenure?</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">One was replacing Henley Gabeau as executive director.
She stepped down after doing so much for the RRCA and for our sport. It would
be difficult to replace her. She was a legend in the RRCA and beyond.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">We put together a search committee and had excellent
candidates. We chose one who we thought would bring business and running
expertise to the RRCA. It did not work out and his methods and ideas caused a
rift within the RRCA. A group of clubs left and began a new running group. We
did eventually reunite, ask the executive director to leave, and begin the work
of healing. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">It was a very stressful and intense time personally.
In addition to the RRCA's difficulties, I was going through personal
difficulties. By the time my second term ended,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>the RRCA was once again where it needed to be and on the right path for
the future. The organization is strong today, and so am I. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">How long were you the RRCA<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>president?</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">I was president from May 2000-May 2004. I was elected
to two consecutive terms, which according to the RRCA bylaws was the most for
each board position. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">What was the concept behind “Miss Road
Manners?”</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">In 1998, we were in the midst of the second running
boom. That included the Penguin aka John Bingham's runners and Team in
Training. Charity runs were taking off. The motto was: it's not how fast you
run, it's being out there and finishing, no matter how long it takes. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">The board of the RRCA was getting a lot of complaints
of new runners in races not knowing the etiquette of racing, and also training.
Our president, Olympian Don Kardong, wanted to address this</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQlLa3fCkJ-6UM_RZQ2ql1xxRDVP8VzxKfS5l0rrnqdjnAMXzf0ATmq3Re2sEQ4DJz7IXC0GaQJczIzQ5snTpQouvCQScBbNFzg_nkmMSbEwErwrUbZsOK3GItTdHVlUNieQfSZSrmVjE/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img data-original-height="228" data-original-width="221" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQlLa3fCkJ-6UM_RZQ2ql1xxRDVP8VzxKfS5l0rrnqdjnAMXzf0ATmq3Re2sEQ4DJz7IXC0GaQJczIzQ5snTpQouvCQScBbNFzg_nkmMSbEwErwrUbZsOK3GItTdHVlUNieQfSZSrmVjE/w194-h200/image.png" width="194" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Don Kardong</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;"><br /> issue and we
discussed it at board meetings. I was RRCA Veep at this point. I offered to
write some guidelines for runners. I would be patterned after Miss Manners,
Judith Martin, and I would be Miss Road Manners, even wearing white gloves when
I spoke at running club meetings and pre-race events. Miss Road Manners also
wrote a column in the RRCA publication, <i>Footnotes</i>. She answered
questions about proper race and road etiquette. She wrote guidelines that were
posted on the RRCA website. We had a pamphlet designed and printed with the
guidelines to hand out at events.</span><o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">My alter ego, Miss Road Manners, became very popular.
She traveled to clubs around the country, white gloves in hand, to talk about
running manners. She used humor and had
fun with everyone attending. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">At one RRCA convention, we had running writer Jim Hage debate The Penguin—John Bingham—who promoted running slow and just finishing. Miss RM was the moderator. There were no fisticuffs, the two guys were gentlemen. The attendees loved it.<br /><br /><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij0GhWHoaGbv7FTfXo3auRnhHM-q0AeJd4B0JEjeoClsTAyvU_Y-UeIuJ7Adj1ckbq7wNDOg_6hUgdK3_qqZjwer2kx8XZrMIURotUK0NHgObqbgFJ_DOf_9zpjbRkbhdCKyXNCmeWytY/s640/Miss+Manners.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij0GhWHoaGbv7FTfXo3auRnhHM-q0AeJd4B0JEjeoClsTAyvU_Y-UeIuJ7Adj1ckbq7wNDOg_6hUgdK3_qqZjwer2kx8XZrMIURotUK0NHgObqbgFJ_DOf_9zpjbRkbhdCKyXNCmeWytY/s320/Miss+Manners.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Miss Road Manners Proclamation</td></tr></tbody></table><o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">Miss RM was interviewed for radio and TV and was even
the subject of a nasty letter sent to the <i>New York Times</i> after an article
appeared about Miss RM.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For me, it was
fun having an alter ego and spreading the “road manners gospel.” I am proud of
having brought Miss RM to life and helping new runners learn the rules of the
road, track, trail, and race.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">If you had a chance to offer changes in
the sport, what might be three things?</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">1. </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">Ditch headphones. When I
see runners and walkers wearing headphones, I get upset. They can't hear
traffic, other people, any potential hazards. They are almost oblivious to
their surroundings. It's a dangerous situation. And I'll add to this, practice
proper road manners: run facing traffic, and if there is oncoming traffic, get
into a single file if you're in a group.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">2.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;"> If you are a slower
runner, do not start in the front of the pack. Let faster runners have a chance
to have a smooth start without dodging slower people.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">3.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;"> Races have turned into
events. It's about swag, a banquet at the end of the event (they aren't races
anymore), music on the course, and more. I enjoy smaller races because they
keep the spirit of racing as the top priority.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>4.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">
I'm adding an extra one: New runners should—actually must—learn the history of
our sport. I can't even remember the number of times I'd mention Bill Rodgers,
or Steve Prefontaine, or Grete Waitz, Kathrine Switzer, Joan Benoit, Frank
Shorter, Nina Kucsik, Ted Corbitt, Browning Ross, and get blank stares. It's
important to know the pioneers, our history, and how we got to the present.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdXofipMFzQ5SnBlux7HSX9O4Nhr7p0Iz1WCLRxgtqsgDYffAPQoAT9QfyqP6FynsLkeBXAuGt2OKbU3Qk1CYlZJPpMThWG7vGi9nC2LusCcnNeD6XYuZxMMVKGL-wYaCG02qcdWXBHmw/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1566" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdXofipMFzQ5SnBlux7HSX9O4Nhr7p0Iz1WCLRxgtqsgDYffAPQoAT9QfyqP6FynsLkeBXAuGt2OKbU3Qk1CYlZJPpMThWG7vGi9nC2LusCcnNeD6XYuZxMMVKGL-wYaCG02qcdWXBHmw/" width="184" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Runners Gazette poster signed by the great Bill Rodgers</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">What personal achievements did you have
with your running and high points?</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">I've won my share of age-group awards at big and small
races. These races stand out: </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">Winning First Journalist at the Appleton-Ting 10K in
Jamaica in 1989. I won a huge trophy and a Jamaican seven-day vacation. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;"></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhubU6reWtUF62dXvVuAoSMEGQ34hNR2N6hIDgEv8o106NVB2g3nX8pyyBmnPie2fmC93okq09ZSR6KaBxrIXZV_n5u95bx7VclnPS37JPdi2AP7Xx_VevyLD1qNegODrjNtt5PcAE0eC8/s640/Freddiin+Isreal.JPG" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhubU6reWtUF62dXvVuAoSMEGQ34hNR2N6hIDgEv8o106NVB2g3nX8pyyBmnPie2fmC93okq09ZSR6KaBxrIXZV_n5u95bx7VclnPS37JPdi2AP7Xx_VevyLD1qNegODrjNtt5PcAE0eC8/s320/Freddiin+Isreal.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Freddi in Isreal</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">I was second in my age group at the Peace Race 10K in
Israel which runs along the Dead Sea heading to Masada. I had no idea I won an
award as the results board was written in Hebrew, and my Hebrew is rusty (an
understatement). A runner saw me looking at the board and asked my name. I told
him and he said, “You won an award. Second in your age group.” The award meant
so much to me, as a Jewish woman. I brought home a medal and a gift bag of
Ahava skin-care products. Unforgettable.<br /> </span><o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">The whole experience of being in Israel and meeting my
cousin Shimon for the first time had a profound effect on me.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">I won the first woman overall at the Eckley Miner's
Village, PA 10K. I had no idea I was the first woman until I finished.</span></p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;"><br /></span><o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">Mostly, though, it was the people I've met and the
experiences I've had. I've traveled throughout the US, and run races in many
states and other countries. In Kenya, I helped give out water at the Safaricom
Half-Marathon/Marathon ran part of the course, and realized not every Kenyan
is in elite shape. They were running in the race for the sheer joy of it.
Experiencing Kenya, camping under the stars, running at our camp with wildlife
all around,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>talking with Masai, being
with journalists from all over the world, was a never-to-be-forgotten
experience.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1j-9kmaIktzXgf0fheD4KMzEbNkjZ9U_Pzs38trjT6KeM22QrDYlOjd6zd0IrZfHyzBQmrvlI7DdgV5HBVs92kFLIUHjJv5djYyfw-4yzQ2ZYmLbQhzfsPCA1ifYYyaDI-aYtAIYUnJY/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1059" data-original-width="799" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1j-9kmaIktzXgf0fheD4KMzEbNkjZ9U_Pzs38trjT6KeM22QrDYlOjd6zd0IrZfHyzBQmrvlI7DdgV5HBVs92kFLIUHjJv5djYyfw-4yzQ2ZYmLbQhzfsPCA1ifYYyaDI-aYtAIYUnJY/w302-h400/Me+with+Masai.jpeg" width="302" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Freddi with the <br />Masai</td></tr></tbody></table><o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">I was team manager for the US Women's Ekiden team in
2002. The event was held in Seoul Korea. I had the opportunity to run on the
Olympic track, wear our team uniform and proudly represent the USA. It was so
fun to be with my team. We had some unique adventures, not on the prepared
itinerary. Our team competed against teams from all over the world. I became
friends with the Russian and Ukrainian coaches. They presented me with a bottle
of Russian vodka at the closing banquet to show their appreciation. The vodka
was delicious. I still have the box (the writing is all in Russian) as a
keepsake. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">My first race, the Bull Run Run 10K. I ran with my
friend, Molly. We had never run that distance before; two miles was our limit.
And yet we finished and the course is hilly. We walked, talked, and ran...and
finished last. A wonderful memory. We were so proud.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">My first marathon—Harrisburg, PA, 1983. it was
remarkable. My late ex-husband ran with me and helped me train.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His method worked. So did the “flat” Coke at
about 20 miles. This was what we used way back for energy in long races. When I
crossed the finish line, I jumped in the air! And I was third in my age group. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">Running races and also training with my daughter,
Marcy. A mom-daughter bond that became stronger on each run and in each race. I
was so proud of her when she finished a good bit ahead of me in a race in
Baltimore. Marcy apologized. I laughed and told her that she made me proud and
no apology was necessary. It was Mother's Day 1997 and we spent the weekend in
Baltimore. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">“Running with my Dream Team,” autumn 1997, NYC. I was
asked by my friend and also an inspiration, Kathrine Switzer, to attend the
kick-off press conference for the Avon Global Women's Running Circuit. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">After the press conference, Kathrine and I went back
to her apartment. She had invited me to stay with her and Roger Robinson, her husband.
Kathrine and I changed into running clothes and headed to Central Park for an
Avon photo shoot. There they were, my dream team: </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Marty
Cooksey...Julie Brown...Nancy Conz...Grete Waitz...Joan Benoit
Samuelson...Lorraine Moller...Lynn Jennings...with Cheryl Collins, Yuko
Arimori, Valentina Yergorova, and Joyce Smith.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi45qLv2IXENipjZMFxuP1zSKnjiJ_AdstAZoPvZgKTPMQu-hFa5G0nCL2Kk-UIhU9DLxFe-IzxTZ4j1tjUr-jFG8DNaFU-2E5idN_XCyvZyQxEL4Yc0JCc9DuHT1ENgOsQA6jYjBGMTkA/s640/grete.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi45qLv2IXENipjZMFxuP1zSKnjiJ_AdstAZoPvZgKTPMQu-hFa5G0nCL2Kk-UIhU9DLxFe-IzxTZ4j1tjUr-jFG8DNaFU-2E5idN_XCyvZyQxEL4Yc0JCc9DuHT1ENgOsQA6jYjBGMTkA/s320/grete.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Freddi and Grete Waitz</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Kathrine asked me to run with these running heroes and I jumped at the
chance. I led the group because I'm short. I ran next to Grete and Joan. We
talked. We laughed. We joked. And it was captured on videotape.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">The photographer was next and again I was part of the group. The
photographer was on roller skates, skating backwards as we ran toward him. This
time I was again in front, with Marty Cooksey next to me.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">I
have framed photos of my Dream Team run. I'll never forget it and am eternally
grateful to Kathrine for asking me to be part of this memory-making day.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">What changes have you seen in the sport
over the years?</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">Our sport has seen the phenomenal growth of women
taking to the roads and races. And big races have turned into big events to
lure runners. The cost, though, can be prohibitive for many people. Those with disposable income
combine vacations with big races. Even smaller races can be expensive. Putting
on a race, no matter the size takes a lot of time and money, and volunteers.
They really are big productions, like staging a play.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTv5NgyPT95TSaj7GrzGQ9VW1H16q7fubv39QScWB4LDjcak_riZyA_pAsisZzf0ZNCLlfGtWXCsHDVlNfhWJQxoQpppXDSQiyos3tRGCxcL33AgFar6n9wBsefWNC6J1iCfR-ph_3tHo/s640/IMG_3036.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTv5NgyPT95TSaj7GrzGQ9VW1H16q7fubv39QScWB4LDjcak_riZyA_pAsisZzf0ZNCLlfGtWXCsHDVlNfhWJQxoQpppXDSQiyos3tRGCxcL33AgFar6n9wBsefWNC6J1iCfR-ph_3tHo/s320/IMG_3036.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Freddi outside the Olympic Stadium in Seoul, South Korea<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>Most races are now charity events, or that's a big
component. Many runners gain entry by fundraising for the charity. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">Runners of a certain age remember no-frills races,
where you got water and your time and you just wanted to finish in your goal
time. And also enjoy the camaraderie afterward, maybe go out for a beer and
pizza with friends to rehash the race. These are some of my best race memories.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">If it were not the Runner’s Gazette, what
would have been the road you would have followed?</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">I graduated from Temple University in Philly with a
degree in Elementary Education. I taught until I had my first child, Marcy, in
1970. I began to substitute teach when Marcy and Michael were in school. I was
also publishing <i>RG</i> every month. In my heart, though, I always wanted to
write. My parents urged me to become a teacher. That was typical when I was in
college. It was something I could fall back on, my parents told me.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">I wanted to go into journalism, public relations, or
advertising. And perhaps that's what I would have done if my life led to a
different path. I am involved in journalism with <i>RG</i> and also my social
column and even Miss Road Manners. I do a lot of personal writing, too. The
words pour out from my heart. I try and write a weekly Jewish Shabbat (Sabbath)
post for my Facebook page. Friends have told me how they are inspired and
helped by my words. There is no better reward than knowing you have touched people's
hearts. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">Running has been an inspiration to me with my writing
too. I have birthed more than a few poems while running.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">What did you give up along the way to be
where you are now?</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">Time with friends and family. I was focused on my
running, on the RRCA, and on <i>RG. </i>I traveled a lot when I was on the RRCA
board, especially as president and also as Miss Road Manners, and with <i>RG</i>.
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">As I've gotten older, I've realized, time with family
and friends cannot be recovered. No race, no organization should keep you from
the important people in your life. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">Are there any things you would like to
redo?</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">There are always things I wish I had done differently,
in many ways, so yes. Saying that I try not to live in the past and focus on
regrets. The present is all we have and we can't change the past. We can,
though, learn from it. I hope that I have learned from the past and continue to
learn and grow as a person in every way.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">What impact by the COV-19 pandemic have
you seen?</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">Races had to immediately change. They had almost no
warning as things shut down at the beginning of the Pandemic. Thankfully, we
could still run. Big races such as Boston, Cherry Blossom, Marine Corps, Philly
Marathon and Broad Street had to change the way they conducted races. Some
races—big and small—were postponed. We had no idea how long we would be living
with the Pandemic. As the months went by, virtual races became popular. People
could be entered in a race, run the distance in their own environment, and have
their time recorded. It was a welcome alternative. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">The Olympics were postponed and all of the athletes
who had hoped to compete had to deal with the disappointment and their
uncertain future.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">There was a financial impact too not only for races
and the charities many races worked with, but also for the other businesses and
groups that were part of the racing/running scene.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEierLVHcviM0G62kTDv7CRUPcHeMX_kUaTNWW9qsG0qTJo3nzUcsDtlmLdWMzrYV3Uu8C_pF5TQm2LIyZw6Hh1jMnl6GYLWR7gR_755tKSkkroqAQLAPgPidlYxNzKUFNl1A2enAEiTCMc/s640/Freddiwith+seoul+team.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEierLVHcviM0G62kTDv7CRUPcHeMX_kUaTNWW9qsG0qTJo3nzUcsDtlmLdWMzrYV3Uu8C_pF5TQm2LIyZw6Hh1jMnl6GYLWR7gR_755tKSkkroqAQLAPgPidlYxNzKUFNl1A2enAEiTCMc/s320/Freddiwith+seoul+team.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Freddi with US Olympic Team at the 2002 Seoul Olympics</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">What do you want the reader to know about
Freddi Carlip?</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">Running helped me blossom into the person I was meant
to become. It has taken me on a journey that I couldn't have imagined as
a young Jewish girl growing up in Northeast Philly. I am now 76, which
sometimes amazes me. I am blessed to still be running, and I mix it with
walking. I have evolved from being very competitive to just getting out every
other day and enjoying the outdoors, the sights and sounds of nature.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">I am more than running or<i> Runner's Gazette</i>. I
write poetry. I enjoy photographing nature. I am an avid birder and have
created a wildlife sanctuary at my home. I am a<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Mummer, having marched with the Fralinger String Band and the Quaker
City String Band in parades and have my own Mummers suit.. If you're from
Philly, you understand and I am a Philly Girl always, even living in Central PA.
Music. Books. Writing. Running and Walking...these bring me joy. I am a mom and
a Bubbie (the Jewish word for grandmother) and love my family more than I can
express. I am a free spirit and, dress how I want, have Eagles green in my
hair, and consider Auntie Mame one of my heroes. See the movie, starring Rosalind
Russell, if you don't know who she is.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1aiEbRlrCQKNgKvwnfdss2su1gy9pQsQljzfp0j0zubOAXPGjQJpXUxjvnBwaxsdYrRpCwQbxxnCbNXaM12z_l9gaCIZ8c3IP64nGhaheedbXLdWPFq42RPyAz3eD6jVA4MTDle0IFlk/s1200/Davy+and+Me.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="880" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1aiEbRlrCQKNgKvwnfdss2su1gy9pQsQljzfp0j0zubOAXPGjQJpXUxjvnBwaxsdYrRpCwQbxxnCbNXaM12z_l9gaCIZ8c3IP64nGhaheedbXLdWPFq42RPyAz3eD6jVA4MTDle0IFlk/s320/Davy+and+Me.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Davy Jones and Freddi</td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">I was friends with the late Davy Jones (The Monkees)
until he passed away and was in charge of the guest book at his memorial
service. Davy moved to Central PA years ago. He entered some local races until
a knee injury forced him to stop running.</span></p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;"><br /></span><o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">I am the Hedda Hopper (look her up too) and write the
social column—On the Scene—for our regional daily newspaper, The Daily Item.
Once the pandemic is behind us, I look forward to covering social events again.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">I coached Forensics (speech and debate) for Lewisburg
High School and loved working with the team and also judging at tournaments.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">And, something that Don Kardong loved to tell people:
I danced on Bandstand for about two years.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">What words can you share with younger runners?</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">Remember to enjoy running. If you see running as a
chore, a “have-to,” you will hold
yourself back. Unless you enjoy running, your motivation will suffer. Have goals, but don't let them rob
you of enjoying races. If you don't achieve that PR or a<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>rival beats you in a
race or meet, do not let it ruin the experience. It does not have anything to
do with who you are. Sulking or ruminating takes the joy out of the experience.
I can offer that advice because I had to learn it the hard way.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">What has greater importance-- being a faster
runner or finding what is comfortable for the person?</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">When I began running, I wanted to get faster and I
worked hard to make that happen. Sadly,
I became consumed with training harder, getting a PR at every race, or winning
an award. I didn't enjoy running as much as I could have and when I was
disappointed, I sulked at home and my kids had to deal with “Mom being unhappy
about a race.”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">It took many years to let myself relax and enjoy the
experience of training and of running the best I could in races. The most
important thing is to enjoy running and to have fun. We all slow down as we get
older. And we have to accept that. We are moving to a new stage on our running
journey. Take in the scenery, enjoy being able to still run or run/walk, and be
grateful. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 105%;">What are the words that Freddi Carlip
wants to leave on the table?</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">There are two quotes I try to incorporate into my life. I can't
remember where I read the first one. The second is from the movie “Auntie
Mame”:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Take risks. You're better off being scared than bored.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Live! Life is a banquet and too many poor fools are starving to death.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">I'll add these words: Be kind to yourself and others. Be grateful.
Help others. Enjoy and respect Nature. She is a gift. Listen without interruption
when someone needs to talk. Do not look the other way when you see injustice;
speak up. Do not worry about what others think. Be who you really want to be,
not what others expect. Show love. Say I Love You to those you care about.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Live in the moment as much as you can. Life is short and it can change
in the blink of an eye. Live every day with grace.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Enjoy each run. To be able to get out and run is a gift, and it's a
gift that is more meaningful as we get older. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Peace. Love. Blessings.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Link to Runners Gazette: https://runnersgazette.com/</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>Coach Heathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01444353722924136815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351760470136287747.post-48436449321363559412020-10-29T22:04:00.000-04:002020-10-29T22:04:48.134-04:00<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 1;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 27.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Remembering Browning Ross, 'Father of American
Distance Running'<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: .4pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-top-alt: solid #EEEEEE 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 4.0pt 0in 0in 0in; padding: 0in; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: .4pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;">Browning Ross</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> landed in lots of places in
the long course of his running and coaching career — from England and Finland
to compete in Olympic Games, to Sao Paolo, Brazil, for a torch-lit New
Year's Eve race, to Ethiopia, where he had to watch his step in front of Haile
Selassie's pet lion.</span></span></p></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">But one of the most unlikely was the 300
block of Ridgeway Street in the row-homed heart of Gloucester City.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"Serendipitous," <b>Jack Heath</b>
said, still shaking his head in wonder that such a world-class figure would
deem to coach a high school track team without a track and a high school
cross-country team without uniforms.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Oh, and the <b>Gloucester Catholic Rams </b>of
the early 1970s also didn't have a bus for transportation, meaning runners
without their own wheels had to pile into Ross' well-traveled Buick Skylark for
rides to meets and practices.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Plus, the cross-country team's course was
soon paved over to make way for the Deptford Mall.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"What luck," Heath said.
"How could a person like that end up coaching at a place like Gloucester
Catholic?"</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The late, great Ross was a Woodbury
native, Villanova University star, two-time Olympian, Pan Am Games champion,
tireless competitor, ground-breaking publisher, and indefatigable meet director
whose life-long contributions to the sports of track and cross-country nearly
defy measurement.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Heath, the cross-country coach at his alma
mater of Gloucester Catholic, takes his best shot as author of <i>Browning
Ross: The Father of American Distance Running,</i> a meticulously
researched and richly sourced 336-page ode to his coach, friend, and
inspiration.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The book is available through Amazon and
barnesandnoble.com and should be in stores later this month, Heath said.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"I always used to tell Browning, 'You
should write a book about your experiences,'" Heath said. "But he was
too humble and too busy."<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Heath fretted that too many of today's
runners and coaches were unaware that such an important figure in the history
of distance running spent his entire life in South Jersey, save for his service
in the Navy in World War II and his countless days on the road in search of
another race.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"I felt his legacy was fading,"
Heath said. "I felt like not enough people were really aware of his impact
on running, especially around here. I thought, 'I want to get his story out
there.'"<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Heath interviewed more than 50 people
during a "labor of love" that took five years to complete. He had
lots of help from Ross' family, especially his daughters Bonnie and Barbara,
who supplied "boxes and boxes" of scrapbooks filled with reports of
their father's feats.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"For a long time, I kind of had it
hanging over my head, 'When are you going to be done?'" Heath said.
"But it was weird. In a way, I was able to get close to him again. I knew
a lot, but it wasn't until I was able to step back and see the big picture that
I realized how remarkable he really was.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"When he was alive I would find out
about how years ago he won some two-mile indoor race in New York and the next
day won a 10-mile in Canada, and I'd ask him how he could do that and he would
deflect, 'Oh, the only thing I remember about that was that I had to hitchhike
in Buffalo and it was really cold.'"<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Ross grew up in Woodbury, starred at
Woodbury High School and Villanova, and made the 1948 and 1952 U.S. Olympic
teams as a 3,000-meter steeplechaser. He won the 1,500 meters at the 1951 Pan
Am Games, finished first in the Berwick (Pa.) "Marathon" — a
grueling, nine-mile race that annually drew some of the nation's top runners —
an astounding 10 times and captured enough trophies and plaques over a lengthy
career to fill three attics to the rafters.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Heath agrees with "Barefoot"
Charlie Robbins, an 11-time AAU national champion, who called Ross the
"most versatile runner of all time."<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Ross' contributions to the sport stretched
well beyond his own achievements in competition. In a real way, Ross laid the
groundwork for the running boom that began in the 1970s and continues to this
day.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">He published the first nationally
distributed magazine on distance running, the Long Distance Log, starting in
the mid-1950s. He used to write articles and reprint race results on the back
of test papers and use the mimeograph machine during his time as a teacher at
Woodrow Wilson High School in Camden.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In the late 1950s, Ross was one of the
founding fathers of the Road Runners Club of America. He also coached the United
States cross-country team in the late 1960s.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">But he probably affected the most people
as a meet director and coach. Ross was a tireless promoter of the sport,
staging "all-comers" events and organizing countless track and field
meets, from Summer Sizzlers in July to Snowball Series gatherings in January.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">He would set up a table and register
competitors. He would lay out the course and set up the field events. He would
time results. He would supply and present awards. He would meet and greet and
treat everyone the same, from top-level athletes to below-average runners.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"He did everything at these meets,
for years and years," said Heath, a 1977 Gloucester Catholic graduate who
ran competitively at Glassboro State College, now Rowan University. "I
don't think there's been an all-comers meet since he stopped holding them. And
he did so many of them."<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Ross agreed to become Gloucester
Catholic's track and cross-country coach in 1972. He stayed associated with the
sports at the school until his death in 1998 at the age of 74.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">To Heath, it was Ross' relationship with
Gloucester Catholic, a school with no facilities and little in the way of
running tradition, that underscored the essence of the man — his humility, his
generosity, his sense of service, his willingness to help anyone learn to
appreciate the wonders of his sport.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"He was just such a nice
person," Heath said. "He was this world-class athlete and he did it
all the right way.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"He treated people so well. He had a
great sense of humor. He helped so many people. I just think people should
remember him."</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Browning Ross book available at:<br />https://www.amazon.com/Browning-Ross-American-Distance-Running/dp/1511888253<br /><br /></span></b></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>Coach Heathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01444353722924136815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351760470136287747.post-224944394228236262020-10-29T21:53:00.000-04:002020-10-29T21:53:13.851-04:00<p style="text-align: left;"> </p><div class="header" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: grid; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; grid-area: header / 2 / header / 4; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><header class="article__header" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 950px;"><h1 class="headline-basic headline-basic__article" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 5.4rem; margin: 16px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-size: 4.4rem; font-style: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 12pt 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 24pt; letter-spacing: 0.6pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">A book to honor
Browning Ross | </span></b><b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: 0.6pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-style: inherit; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: 7.5pt;">Updated October 2020,; Posted Aug 18, 2017</span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 4.4rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.85pt;">By </span></span><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #1565c0; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; text-decoration-line: none; text-underline: none;"><a href="http://connect.nj.com/staff/njobshryock/posts.html" style="color: #333333; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.85pt;" title="Bob Shryock | For NJ.com">Bob Shryock | For NJ.com</a><span style="letter-spacing: 1.13333px;"><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit;"><span style="color: #1565c0; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="letter-spacing: 1.13333px;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: medium;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">Jack Heath has <span style="font-weight: normal;">written the definitive book
that chronicles the vast achievements of<br />Gloucester County's only two-time
Olympian:<br /></span>"Browning Ross: The Father of American Distance Running."</span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: inherit; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6-k-6DySxA_pd8U3edQkq7oVJ8GNKU6Me08_3nujBYdIOBpCZkSYbhLfQide6qH5INgk_LCD-7x8kKD2UwJylQPCX1Vpe2-BkZIIxLIMw6xmUvnE43WIAe3Dc0KQJnFHBHpYYu-JlKC0/s270/browning+book.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="270" data-original-width="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6-k-6DySxA_pd8U3edQkq7oVJ8GNKU6Me08_3nujBYdIOBpCZkSYbhLfQide6qH5INgk_LCD-7x8kKD2UwJylQPCX1Vpe2-BkZIIxLIMw6xmUvnE43WIAe3Dc0KQJnFHBHpYYu-JlKC0/s0/browning+book.jpg" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: inherit; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: inherit, serif; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">The well-written and thoroughly documented
343-page book <br />is filled with anecdotes of Ross' long and fruitful career, <br />including his training
regimen, that was highlighted by his<br />appearances in the 1948 and 1952 Olympic Games<br />as a
steeplechase participant.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: inherit; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: inherit, serif; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;"><br />I'm proud to be included for writing an
obituary tribute to the<br /></span></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;"> life-long </span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">Woodbury resident </span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">after his passing:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: inherit; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: inherit, serif; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;"><br /></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">"Gloucester County Times columnist and
long-time friend Bob Shryock</span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.15pt; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">wrote,<br /></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;"> '</span><i><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: large; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">and while the hearse was
delivering legendary Browning Ross to<br /></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: large; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.15pt; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: large; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">his final resting place, members of the
Gloucester Catholic High School<br /></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: large; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.15pt; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: large; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">track team he coached so proudly jogged
alongside in a tear-provoking,<br /></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: large; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.15pt; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-size: large; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">gut-wrenching tribute.</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: inherit; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: inherit, serif; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;"><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">'"</span></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">Heath had countless memories of his good
friend, and none more poignant<br /></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">than the spring of 1998.<br /></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">"On March 11, the South Jersey AC
running club held a testimonial dinner<br /></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">for Browning that brought back many of
his friends. I was seated next to </span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">Browning <br />and when he accepted a plaque from the organizers my first </span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">thought was of the<br />hundreds he had won or had engraved to give out as </span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">prizes.<br /></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;"><br />We coached track together that spring and
he called me on a weekend <br /></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">in April to tell me he was officiating at the Penn Relays. He joked<br /></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">about his upcoming birthday and asked I had time to pick out anything expensive </span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">for a gift.<br /></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;"><br />"On April 27, my phone rang at home
and the voice identified themselves<br /></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.15pt; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">as being from the Gloucester County
Times, said a brief apology, and asked<br /></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.15pt; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">if I had a comment about the news that
Browning had just passed away. I was stunned."</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: inherit, serif; font-style: inherit; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">Browning had died of a heart attack. And
the phone kept ringing in Jack's house,<br />
all of the callers in complete and utter shock.<br /></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;"><br />"Besides being a close friend,"
Heath wrote, "he was more than a mentor, <br /></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">literally the sun around whom the whole South Jersey running world
revolved."<br /></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;"><br />Said another running legend and close Ross
friend, Tom Osler: "I saw more grown men<br />crying at Browning's funeral
than I have anywhere else in my life. I was<br /></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">much too grief-stricken to speak at his service."<br /></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;"><br />The Gloucester Catholic track team dealt
with their grief by donning their track<br /></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">uniforms after the service and
accompanying Browning one last time, <br /></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;"><br />Heath wrote, running the mile alongside the hearse from the church to the
cemetery.<br /></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">One of Ross' athletes, </span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">Sean McClenachan</span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">,
wrote a poem he called "</span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">An Ode to Browning.</span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">"<br /></span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: normal;"><br /><span style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">It read, in part,</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px;"><br /></span></span></span><i><span style="font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit;">"Never was there a humbler man,<br /></span><span style="font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit;"><br />"No mention of the awards or the meets you ran,<br /></span><span style="font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit;"><br />"The people you knew, the lives that you touched,<br /></span><span style="font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit;"><br />"How badly we ran never seemed to matter much,<br /></span><span style="font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit;"><br />"In our hearts and minds, you'll always be number one,<br /></span><span style="font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit;"><br />"We'll be thinking of you each and every time we run,<br /></span><span style="font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit;"><br />"They're calling you now, call you by name,<br /></span></i><span style="font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit;"><i><br />"The angels know that they're running with fame."<br /></i><br /></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">More from Tom Osler: "His memory lives
on in those who were fortunate<br /></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">enough to know him personally. No other runner has influenced me more.<br /></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">Part of him became part of me, and I am
the better for it."<br /></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;"><br />Browning was inducted into many halls
of fame, including Gloucester County,<br /></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">Woodbury High, Villanova and the National Distance Running Class of 2002.<br /></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">Heath's excellent book does him justice.</span></span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: 70.4px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: normal;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPeiGmPPEfLazVGvBAVaUlrmq6uxfvQvV7xOP3wDHYnU_v5FRfNLhFQKE4H4d1KOEQum5emXO-Kn2leL4Q2RX7uy_VUfVJE4NYbq6TUPgtqhaj4Pf1FK9lWNTBFvslC0lNFt_ZZHOKP94/s270/bob.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="270" data-original-width="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPeiGmPPEfLazVGvBAVaUlrmq6uxfvQvV7xOP3wDHYnU_v5FRfNLhFQKE4H4d1KOEQum5emXO-Kn2leL4Q2RX7uy_VUfVJE4NYbq6TUPgtqhaj4Pf1FK9lWNTBFvslC0lNFt_ZZHOKP94/s0/bob.jpg" /></a></div> Bob Shryock<span style="font-size: 4.4rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: normal;"> </span><p></p><span style="font-size: medium;">Browning Ross book: https://www.amazon.com/Browning-Ross-American-Distance-Running/dp/1511888253<br /><br /></span></h1></header></div>Coach Heathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01444353722924136815noreply@blogger.com0