it's a heat wave in the midwest. that can only mean one thing. corn sweat.

plus, some unboxings

got some new shoes to unbox. One of them is still kind of under embargo I guess.

But there was also a live-reaction to new doping control news!

Trying to get over my aversion to racing by racing

I need to take a new approach to this heat. What I've been doing isn't working. also, I got a lot of shoes to unbox. I think none of them are under embargo

I think I'm developing a phobia of 5ks, so I tried to hop in a local 5k when I was at my in-laws in Iowa. It didn't quite work out.

also, apologies for the audio issues at the beginning. I fix it after a short while

got some new electrolyte produts to try. some are of the Eat Me variety. Others as Drink Me.

but by the end, I get pretty wired

You've seen those cooling headbands at the Olympics and in Triathlon. Omius gave me a set of the cooling headband things, and it was very different than what I was expecting - on a lot of levels.

I'm struggling with the heat. Also, some unboxings today from Mizuno and Reebok

I visited Brooks HQ and held Des Linden's Boston Marathon winning shoe (I probably was not supposed to do that)

Also, a rant about sport journalism and Grand Slam Track

ran the first to fast 5k, but the race seemed a bit short. we take to strava to look into it further