I did not know this, either.

Marathon Spectating Was His Passion for 5 Majors. Now She’s Running the Sixth in His Memory Joe Markisz was Omaris Valencia’s biggest cheerleader. Less than a year after his death, she heads to Boston chasing her sixth star.

This was a tough one. www.runnersworld.com/news/a709647...

This story cracked me up, especially the part about Radley's feisty wife.

This Mother-Daughter Duo Qualified for the Olympic Marathon Trials—Just 7 Years Apart Perry Shoemaker qualified for the 2020 Trials at age 48. Earlier this month, her daughter, Abby, qualified for the 2028 Trials.

Loved writing about the Shoemakers again. They have another Olympic Marathon Trials qualifier in the family. www.runnersworld.com/news/a707363...

Kudos to @karaswisher.bsky.social and Vox for getting that interview with Bill Cohan into today's episode of the @pivotpod.bsky.social about Ellisons/Netflix/WBD. I get so much news from pods these days, and that was good deadline journalism.

Reflecting on a daughter’s years of competitive swimming: It’s not about the times My daughter has been a middle-of-the-pack swimmer for years. But with the support of her teammates and her college coaches, she’s kept plugging away and gotten a little better every year. That’s worth...

Wrote a thing about my kid and her swimming lookouteugene-springfield.com/story/commun...

James Madison fans in Eugene find hospitality that reminds them of home Before the game, talk was of cross country travel, school spirit and bonding with old friends.

Whoa, what is this, I wrote a football story (sort of). lookouteugene-springfield.com/story/ducks/...

Meet the man preventing pileups at the state champs finish line Dan West keeps the chute clear, so every runner gets a chance to cross the line at full speed.

I couldn't stop watching this at the state XC meet Saturday. He was ON IT. lookouteugene-springfield.com/story/sports...

As good as college football gets: Ducks’ win over Penn State answers questions about young squad It was a thriller in State College, and led by quarterback Dante Moore, the Ducks kept their composure as the Nittany Lions mounted a furious fourth-quarter comeback to force overtime.

Some very tired words from Beaver Stadium, where we were treated to one of the best Oregon games, well, ever.

Are these Ducks good? The question has been answered.

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On my bye week of editing Oregon football, I'm going to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland. Merry Ducks of Windsor. I mean Merry Wives of Windsor.

Today's training plan was for 5 miles but when I got to the trail and it was raining hard for the first time in months, that quickly changed into 0 miles with 1 Egg McMuffin. Strava doesn't seem to have a setting for that.

Sixth-Grade Math Teacher Likely to Run World Championships Susanna Sullivan, who spends her days teaching pre-algebra, ran 2:24 at the London Marathon.

Susanna Sullivan's gutsy fourth-place finish at Worlds in Tokyo yesterday made me dig out this story I wrote about her in 2023 when she was first coming on the marathon scene (before Worlds in Budapest, which did not go well for her). Amazing what she does. www.runnersworld.com/runners-stor...

This video makes me so happy, @tysonalger.bsky.social, @annieaguiar.bsky.social

Sage Hurta Klecker paced another Kipyegon WR.

Olympic gold medalist warming up at South Eugene HS track before the Pre Classic in a few hours. People are shuffling around the track at 12-minute pace and you wonder if they have any idea who that fast guy is …

‘Harm and death’: Report shows how Oregon State Hospital failed a Lane County patient Federal inspectors linked repeated failures at Oregon State Hospital to the March 18 death of a patient in a locked seclusion room. When the hospital released the report, it censored those failures fr...

What I've been up to lately: ‘Harm and death’: Unredacted report shows how Oregon State Hospital failed a Lane County patient lookouteugene-springfield.com/story/govern...
#journalism
#orleg

Hayward volunteer praises EMTs who saved his life: ‘They’re amazing’ Dan Pritchard, a volunteer at the NCAA track championships, went into cardiac arrest Saturday at the meet. His wife saw the emergency happening from the stands, as did thousands of fans. Pritchard rec...

Really frightening moment Saturday night at Hayward Field, after the 400-meter hurdles. A volunteer suffered a cardiac arrest and went down in front of more than 9,000 horrified spectators, including his wife. Thankfully, this story has a happy ending.

No Kings protest draws 10,000 demonstrators to downtown Eugene People of all ages gathered at the federal courthouse and marched through town to Alton Baker Park with handmade signs as a part of a national day of protest against President Donald Trump’s birthday ...

10,000 in Eugene, according to police estimates. Cool photos in Lookout Eugene-Springfield.

My husband of 22 years just asked me if we are Instagram official 😂

Texted neighbor that we forgot to stop the papers while we were away overnight and my phone autocorrected papers to poets and imagine a world where you had to stop the mail and the poets when you went out of town.

That was a good one!

Should have made that clear. She said when we stopped recording that he is still coaching her, but she's in such early stages with her workouts now, she's doing them on her own. When she is ready, she'll call him.

I re-signed with lululemon and got a new coach! YouTube video by Nikki Hiltz

Enjoyed this video from @nikkihiltz.bsky.social about re-signing with Lulu and their new coach, Juli Benson. It does imply that Nike moved the goalposts on the whole "grandfathering" in part—or that at least Smith and Hiltz didn't have all the information up front. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjFk...

America’s Fourth-Fastest Marathoner Signs With Asics Biya Simbassa, who ripped a 2:06:53 marathon last December in Valencia, Spain, has a new contract.

ASICS snaps up Biya Simbassa and Nathan Martin

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Right. But when I learned last summer that Mike Smith was going to Nike, the word then was that all his athletes with other brands could be grandfathered in. I'm not sure he or any of the athletes were clear at that time that it was only for the life of their current contract. It's kind of a mystery

Last thing: now on watch for athletes from other brands who work with Mike Smith or Diljeet Taylor: Luis Grijalva, Nico Young (he's probably fine for a while), Whittni Morgan, Courtney Wayment. Will they sign with Nike to stay with their coach? Possibly gives Nike an inside track on top talent.

Nikki is a fantastic runner, accustomed to working independently. No one around them doubts they'll continue to be great. And Juli is an excellent coach. But the way this all developed has felt like best-case scenario, a misunderstanding. Worst-case scenario, kind of sneaky.

Nike Unveils Swoosh TC in Three Locations By tapping two well-respected collegiate coaches and adding resources, they’re hoping to attract young talent—and win more medals.

there was confusion about what would happen to athletes from other brands who worked with Smith. They initially thought "grandfathered in" meant grandfathered in indefinitely. I learned in Dec. that it meant only for the life of their current contract. Nike confirmed that this month. (2/3 oops)

Today @nikkihiltz.bsky.social announced on their instagram that they will be coached by Juli Benson. This is surely because Nike's SwooshTC has swooped up Mike Smith, who was coaching Nikki previously. I've done a lot of reporting on this topic—and it seems like (1/2)

I went through a year of whatever I felt like every morning-- and now I'm back to aisle. I bet wordle could track the national mood with this data.