Daily News, Thurs, Feb 19

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Nine weeks after giving birth!…Here’s Michele Yates’ DNF report from Black Canyon.

Interesting: How can you make a treadmill replicate the effort/feel of running outdoors? Is it a specific grade? Pace? Both?

What a cool idea for a bike race! I’d love to see something similar in MUT races. Old school shoes, no new gear, all run on picturesque trails and roads around the country.

Video of Magda Boulet running through the Headlands.

Anton’s week of scrambling, skiing, and running.

And AK’s great piece on running and life as a proving ground.

The pub less than a mile away from my house had Pliny the Younger tap going yesterday. By the time I heard about it, it was looooong gone.

More on the running and getting high debate.

Paul started Tarawera seven years ago and finally got to run it this year. Here’s his report. 

Not all your shoes are for the trails, are they? I posted a male/female review of the On Cloud road shoe right here.

Emelie writes about how she avoids injuries.

See, I’m not the only one who misses them. Didya hear that, Brooks?

Good thing to remember: Pain is in your brain.

It’s not a great week for Lance.

Krissy Moehl‘s sweet potato and acorn squash stew recipe sounds delicious. But now I need moose meat.