This past weekend officially ushered in a new era of American Distance Running and it sure is an exciting one! New USA records, new high school records, and new collegiate records all went down this past weekend. The limits that were self-imposed in the minds of US distance runners have seemingly been lifted.  Also, former guests, Futsum Zeinasellassie and Natosha Rogers, crush their respective races. With Futsum getting 2nd place at the USA half-marathon champs, losing by less than a second, and Natosha winning her race and leading eight women under the World Standard of 15:10 in the 5k at the Sound Running Track Meet.

We then talk about the UFC fight card this past weekend, what we saw, what we learned, and how it made us feel (spoiler alert, Lorin cries). This led us to ask the question "why do we humans act so crazy about sports?" What is it about humans cooperating to usually get a dehydrated cow hide across a line or into a hoop that makes humans do seemingly abnormal, insane things such as cheer loudly, yell, cry, riot, get into fights, and even burn down buildings? This is a prelude to what will hopefully become a case study and panel discussion with some future guests that have expertise on these matters.

We finish up with what we have been up to this past week - reading, running, and serving - and what we are planning on doing this upcoming week, including Xavier taking his track team to the State Championships in Phoenix, Arizona.