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How to Balance Running and Fatherhood
A couple weeks ago, I sat down for a beer with , author of the popular running newsletter . Terrell started the newsletter as a hedge against his then-website going down. Now, eleven years later, he’s one of Substack’s legendary running wri...
The Case For Public Tracks
Girls sprint in a youth track meet at Riis Park, Chicago, c. 1970s–early 1980s. Chicago Public Library, Chicago Park District Records.
I often gazed through the fence and wondered about the track. A beautiful oval, glossy tarmac of gun-met...
What I'm reading
Adjunct teaching, Whole Foods liberalism, Wonder Woman, and more
Hey there, here’s a special bonus post of what I’ve been reading and thinking about lately. As always, thanks for supporting Footnotes!
Enjoy Every Sandwich
I had a dozen other things I planned to write about when I learned that the senator was dying.
Last week , former U.S. senator from Nebraska and recently diagnosed with stage-four pancreatic cancer, was in conversation with The New York Ti...
This is Running with Raziq Rauf
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Blogger, runner, and wayward historian. Lover of libraries, old paper, and a clean pair of heels. Content designer at PayPal.
I actually like running so much that I wrote a book about it. This Is Running is out NOW via Batsford/Rizzoli. (Go buy a copy pls.)
Terrell is a dad, runner, and writer of The Half Marathoner newsletter.
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