2024 Fall Crossroads/Recovery Program December 25, 2024, Week 2, Day 3, is Christmas Day.

December 28, 2024

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The 2024 Cross Country season is over.

This is the third day of easy running in week 2.

good warm up

30 minutes of easy jogging or a day off, up to you.

cool well

Our holiday pick of the day is Best Effort by Kenny Moore.

Kenny Moore was the best writer of his generation in sports journalism.

Kenny Moore of Oregon was coached by Bill Bowerman.

His Best Effort series of stories gives the reader insight into Las Viren, Frank Shorter, John Walker, Bill Rogers, Ron Clark, and others.

Moore’s writing was infused with his knowledge of the sport, a former AR in marathon and two-time Olympian Kenny Moore running.

during the golden years of American running.

I have read this book many times. I love the stories, writing style and insight into the runners he writes about.

This book should be on your bookshelf.

Larry Eder has been involved in the sport of track and field for 52 years. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now as a journalist. His first article on Don Bowden, America’s first 4-minute miler, was published in 1983. : Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the American version of Spikes magazine Content and Marketing Development for RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun On his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says, “I have to admit, I love traveling to long distance meets, writing about the sport I love and the athletes I respect, for my runblogrun.com readers the most of anything I’ve ever done , except maybe running himself.” Also doing some updates for BBC Sports, which he really enjoys. Theme song, “I’m No Angel.”

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