Good Running News of the Week
Hello! We hope you have had a safe, healthy week. We at NYRR are back with another edition of Good Running News of the Week, featuring some of our favorite pro athletes, a plethora of adorable and morale-boosting animals, and, randomly, Britney Spears.
Meb Keflezighi (pictured above), 2009 New York City Marathon champion and Team for Kids ambassador, encourages runners to stay the course.
Kara Goucher
received her silver medal from the 2007 World Championships in Osaka last weekend. Goucher's family and friends watched her medal ceremony live via Zoom, and she posted the video to Instagram so we could all share in the moment too:
In arguably more important news, Goucher also took her cat, Sydney, on a bike ride.
And so did Jess Tonn! Everyone, please say hello to Clyde:
In fact, people are adopting and fostering animals now, and some rescues are actually out of dogs to foster out!
Colleen Quigley introduced her dog to Alexi Pappas' dog, and then the internet broke.
Once that was fixed, we were able to read
Pappas' cover story in Sports Illustrated about training in Greece. She has been unable to travel back to the U.S. because of the travel bans imposed against 26 European countries. (Her husband, Jeremy Teischer, set up the playdate with Quigley's Pie.)
Sisson's good girl, Tori,
joined her on Instagram Stories to demonstrate some exercises quarantined runners can do at home.
Emma Coburn, not to be outdone, gave us 5 exercises we can do in 5 minutes, and good boy Arthur also participated.