Reid Coolsaet

Dick Beardsley, who finished 2nd at the 1982 #BostonMarathon in 2:08:54, is facing mounting medical expenses due to an antibiotic-resistant infection in his knee. A friend has organized a fundraiser for him. You can learn more and contribute here: gofundme.com/f/am55wp

The debate on Ruth Chepngetich's stunning sub-2:10 marathon WR rolls on. 3 thoughts from me: - women gain more from supershoes than men - she left ~60s on the table from drafting - there's no ROC curve that allows you to reliably determine if she's doping outsideonline.com/health/trainin…

A 7 minute gap to second place!! Holy. #chicagomarathon

@CBCScottRussell @cbcsports @TeamCanada @CDNParalympics What a great career @CBCScottRussell! It always felt special being interviewed by you.

This is my final day @cbcsports I'd like to express my gratitude to all my colleagues and friends for the support over 39 years in Charlottetown, Montreal and Toronto. A special thank you to Canada's athletes @TeamCanada @CDNParalympics It's been a wonderful ride. Thank you all!

"Fourth in that field is super impressive. I'd take fourth in that 10K over most Olympic medals in other events.” cbc.ca/sports/olympic…

@CoachLapointe @ThomasFafard @AthleticsCanada @Athl_FQA @E_S_Q_L Wow!!

Résultat phénoménal pour @ThomasFafard au meeting IFAM à Bruxelles. 2e en 13:05.07 (PB) sur 5000m, 17 secondes de record personnel. Nouveau record du Québec et 4e canadien de tous les temps sur 5000m. À seulement 0.07 du standard olympique. @AthleticsCanada @Athl_FQA @E_S_Q_L

After dueling over 5000m at the 2003 Paris World Champs (Kipchoge 🥇, Bekele 🥉) these two legends will be facing off again in the Olympic marathon in Paris. 21 years later! At the time some thought these guys were much older than their birth certificates would indicate.

Will only three marathoners represent Canada at 2024 Paris Olympics? runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/will…

This is incredible. From @Jamie_Lane where AirBnBs are fully booked next week.

The case for tearaway warm-ups: neat research from @EELBrock finds that (contrary to earlier research) being cold directly compromises endurance, likely to due to constricted blood vessels and other mechanisms. Even superficial cooling has a big effect. outsideonline.com/health/trainin…

Cool to see 2023 Western States winner @TomEvansUltra in this WXC race.

Registration opens TODAY at 12p PST for the #GoldenTrailWorldSeries Headlands 27k powered by @SalomonSports on the NEW @movemint_cc platform 🚀‼️ movemint.cc/events/headlan… #GTS #GoldenTrailSeries #TrailRunning #salomonrunning #salomon #tomorrowisyours #MarinHeadlands #MtTam

Ben Preisner, 2:08:58, 2nd fastest Canadian male all-time this morning in Japan.

Most supplements, in my view, are useless. That's not a controversial take. But I argue here that the *pursuit* of supplements and other hacks directly undermines our quest for better performance and health in several ways. Everything has a cost. ⬇️ outsideonline.com/health/trainin…

It's been a tough 3 years, but a hard fought 2:10:39 PB for Tristan Woodfine. Moves up to #7 Canadian all-time, just 10s behind his coach, @ReidCoolsaet.

@grahamhood Good point, yes they’re inflated bc they include both 2022 and 2023. 33 for women (8 2022, 25 2023). 23 for men (7 2022, 16 2023). I guess they are still updating Road to Paris because guys in ranking without standard still don’t have Valencia calculated in their ranking.

@ReidCoolsaet So much for WA getting 50% from standard and 50% from rankings. Women likely to require standard to qualify. Valencia also had 2 years of qualifying times so somewhat skewed (or are your figures this year only?).

31 of 72 auto qualifiers (2:26:50) in the women’s marathon on “Road to Paris” list came from Valencia. 22 of 61 auto Qs (2:08:10) for the men were from Valencia. Next closest for both M & F is Berlin with 6 auto Qs each. Only top 3 per country included on Road to Paris list

@ThePapaLinks 👏👏 good on ya!

Adding Sub 4 Miler to the resume

@ajoneswilkins @wser Sponsors want to see a return on their investment and the fact that you’ve already highlighted Harvey and Sally prove that these two runners drum up attention.

So, @wser sponsor spots go to Sally and Harvey. Is this how we spread the love? Don’t get me wrong, I love them both but shouldn’t we use these spots for people who might never get in the race otherwise?