It’s Olympic season and there isn’t a lot of running happening in Pyeongchang…but there’s plenty of endurance sports action.  I caught the end of this Men’s 15k mass start cross country race on TV.  At first I thought it was no big deal that a Norwegian was winning the race…and then I heard it was his first ever Olympic race…and that he fell down at the beginning of the race, broke a pole and was at the very back of the pack.  A great example of persistence and a never quit mentality.  Here’s the story from the Washington Post.

The Norwegian have more than just mad winter skills…they also know a bit about team dynamics and team building.  Here’s the story from the New York Times:

An Op-Ed in today’s Sunday Times has some thoughtful comments good for runners, travelers, and everyone else.  Here’s a quote:

“Embracing inconvenience may sound odd, but we already do it without thinking of it as such. As if to mask the issue, we give other names to our inconvenient choices: We call them hobbies, avocations, callings, passions. These are the noninstrumental activities that help to define us. They reward us with character because they involve an encounter with meaningful resistance — with nature’s laws, with the limits of our own bodies — as in carving wood, melding raw ingredients, fixing a broken appliance, writing code, timing waves or facing the point when the runner’s legs and lungs begin to rebel against him.”   Good summary of why I like running and travel so much.

Lastly, last week’s Sunday Times had some recommendations for staying in shape during travel…all good ideas, but why not also find a NP2R, especially early in the morning: