From The Guardian  February 21, 2026    Signs You're Heading for Divorce   by Laura Potter For hardcore runners male and/or female. This article lists a number of reasons couples may be heading or once were headed for divorce.  I was particularly intrigued by the fifth reason.  I leave it to you to read that one and assess your life.  Care to confess or leave a response?  Send me a reply or clik on the Comments section below. George 1. You stop arguing 2. You don’t say ‘thank you’ any more   View image in fullscreen  Photograph: ClassicStock/Alamy 3. You know exactly what the other person is thinking 4. One of you goes to bed early every night 5. You take up ultra marathons Again, there are plenty of caveats, but getting overly absorbed in hobbies leaves little space for couples to connect meaningfully. “Hobbies are great and it’s important that couples have activities they do together as well as time apart, but when one member of ...

 In today's The Guardian ,  a story will be overlooked by many, because of the reports on the Super Bowl,  Bad Bunny and Lindsay Vonn's crash on the slopes of Cortina D'Ampezzo.   The Madagascar Rickshaw Runners    click here to read The Guardian article                                                         by Romain Philippon Yeah, I know, you're thinking,  'Rickshaws?  Those are three wheel bikes with two passenger seats.'  True, but the poorer ones don't have the bike frame mounted on the front.  The driver just runs and pulls the load.  Then you're probably thinking,  'Madagascar,  there ain't no good runners over there.'  Right, not yet.  But they may be comin' down the line.                       ...

 We received this piece from Eric Tweit in Huntington Beach, CA Chaffey High School   Second-best high school stadium records? by Larry Knuth   Chaffey HS  Other than California’s Arcadia High School, home to the prestigious Arcadia Invitational, the best high school stadium records might be Chaffey High School (Ontario, Calif.) where four men’s world records and two American records were broken in one afternoon in an inter-squad meet (!).The meet involved the 1956 US Olympic team competing against each other in an Olympic development meet in October before leaving for the Melbourne Olympics that December. World records set were 10.1 for the 100 meters, 213-8 in the hammer throw, 61-4 7/8 in the shot put, and 3:08.6 for the mile relay (The second-place USA team tied the existing world mark.).  In addition, Greg Bell (Indiana U.) missed Jesse Owens’ existing world record in the long jump by two inches with a jump of 26-6½. He also had two other jumps over 26 feet...