Track and field

No. 92: Thursday Lunch Views and Reads

Aug 6, 2015

Notes

artificial intelligence, arts, Doping, Ghana, music, news, Prison, Robots, startups, Track and field

1. Clint Smith shares his experience teaching a creative writing course at a prison and coming to terms with his socialized view of people who are incarcerated. (via Clint Smith) 2. I wish I was in Ghana to check out this cool looking art exhibition. (via Bessie Akuba Winn-Afeku) 3. Sometimes, these assurances that we have nothing to…
No.1: Speed It Is I Love

Nov 24, 2009

Personal

Aziz Zakari, Bob Beamon, Brendan Christian, Carl Lewis, Davidson College, dyestat, iaaf, Jeremy Wariner, Justin Gatlin, Kelly Willie, Maurice Greene, milestat, Track & Field, Track and field, Triple Jump, University of Georgia

My first track meet ever, I lined up for the 100m dash next to a guy wearing Air Force 1s, jean shorts, and an NFL jersey. All eight of us in the race had no idea how to get into the right stance, and were jumping around trying to get a jump on the starter’s…