You know what you could do on this amazing day? Read Five Things and then become a paid subscriber! Awesome idea, right? ✌🏻 Oh, by the way, if you do not want to subscribe to Five Things, Five Things Tech and Five Things Running, you can select which one of the newsletters you want to read in your account settings. Heya and welcome back to Five Things Running! This week I listened to an audiobook while running, because I wanted to know what the story of Steve Profontaine was all about. Steve Prefontaine died 50 years ago and I knew that he was an iconic figure in American running, but not much more. So I listened to The Front Runner: The Life of Steve Prefontaine to find out more. I assume that American runners know so much more about Bill Bowerman, the Oregon Ducks, Nike and Steve Prefontaine, much like us Germans have the saga of Adidas and “The Wonder of Bern” engrained in their collective memory (which was the 1954 soccer world cup, won in Adidas cleats and giving West German society a huge boost in morale). Still, I like those “Stop Pre” t-shirts a lot! I went running during the hottest day of the year (so far) and it was just wonderful. I like the heat, even though I know that our planet is getting too hot. The temperatures dropped that evening by 10 degrees celsius and the rest of the week was the normal Northern German summer with sun, clouds and rain… Here’s this week’s Five Things Running! The Hangover
Caleb Olsen writes about winning the Western States 100 and its aftermath. Western States 2025: Carnage/Rally ChartsThis is an amazing compilation of charts showing what a monster of a race the Western States 100 is. How the modern NYC running scene got its stripes
This is the story of Jesse Zapo and the Bridgerunners community. While I love running by myself, I think it is so fantastic how people build community around running and create new opportunities for many people by doing so. Minimal impact, maximum enjoyment
This is an important and difficult topic. We should all watch our CO2 footprints, and at the same time we should acknowledge that sometimes it is necessary to travel some place to create new experiences. 100 Miles With Your Best Friend
Creating memories. So important! (…continue reading.) Thanks to COROS for supporting this publication! If you want to sponsor Five Things Running and reach out to a fantastic audience of more than 2200 runners every week, please reach out! If you missed last week’s edition, you can read it here: Now, go running! — Nico 🏃🏻♂️ You're currently a free subscriber to Five Things. For the full experience, upgrade your subscription. |