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Written by Maria Bustillos on 2024-08-16 at 17:04

History, running, 1381, England, and how the answer is love, by Ben Ehrenreich

who is superb, at @flaminghydra

https://flaminghydra.com/issue-141/#a-run-in-mousehold-heath

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Descendants

Written by Michael Thériault on 2024-08-19 at 15:26

@maria @flaminghydra I read Ehrenreich and felt an ache for the English working class, and am grateful for it.

Starting at age 50 I ran 15 marathons (“run” may be inaccurate; sub-4hrs was a great marathon for me) and can report that running was a major aid to thinking. I solved many of my job’s challenges by pounding feet against street and trail.

Bicycling OTOH is an engagement in staying upright and alive pierced at instants by the brilliance of the world.

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Written by Coach Pāṇini ® on 2024-08-19 at 17:01

@maria @flaminghydra

“Even when the alternative was hunger, few human beings have ever been eager to exchange their #freedom and dignity for an hourly wage. The conflicts have been largely erased by centuries of indoctrination, but thousands died on the gallows before the English poor had been transformed into a class capable of keeping the new machines of capital running at a suitable profit. People learned to keep their heads down, and called it manners.”

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