Good Running News of the Week

Hello, and welcome back to another edition of Good Running News of the Week. We at NYRR hope you are staying healthy. And we hope that something here makes you smile today. 

Molly Huddle (pictured above during the 2018 NYRR New York Mini 10K, which she won) joined the throng of pro runners getting new pets! In the comments, Molly Seidel suggests Huddle change her name to Molly Exotic, if that tips you off as to who her new furry friend is.  

 

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We got a pet! Was going to get a dog but a tiger sounded so much cooler. So cute, what could go wrong!? #obsessedwithgoogle3d #exoticisright #jk

A post shared by Molly Huddle (@mollyhuddle) on Apr 1, 2020 at 7:46am PDT

April Fool's! Huddle got a dog. Who likes running shoes. Welcome, Rusty. 

 

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Rusty the rescue💜Thanks for making the days more manageable! 🐶 🐶 🐶 (He looks innocent but is a major sneaker thief) #newpupper #roversreststop #yorkiemix

A post shared by Molly Huddle (@mollyhuddle) on Apr 5, 2020 at 2:07pm PDT

New Balance, a Foundation partner of NYRR, will produce 100,000 masks a week in two New England factories. The company repurposed a portion of its manufacturing employees to do so.

Less than a week ago, we produced our first prototype in consultation with local medical institutions. Now, we’re aiming for up to 100,000 units per week across our factories in Lawrence, MA and Norridgewock, ME by mid-April.

Now is when we all discover who we can be. pic.twitter.com/8r7Iukfd7K

— New Balance (@newbalance) April 3, 2020

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo: He's just like us (a runner). 

He's running.@NYGovCuomo pic.twitter.com/gmJzH6waL8

— Chris Chavez (@ChrisChavez) April 5, 2020

Shalane Flanagan ran a hard track workout for the first time since 2018. And she liked it. Maybe there’s a future for her in this sport.  

 

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Decided to go play track 🏃🏼‍♀️ runner this morning with some hard strides. I haven’t run on the track since the fall of 2018 before the NYC marathon. Since then I’ve had two knee reconstructions and many days where I doubted if I would ever be able to just run, let alone a hard stride like this. It felt awkward, uncomfortable, weak and yet so wonderfully familiar. Grateful for this little-big moment today ✨🙏🏼 ✨ Would love to hear what little-big moment you are grateful for today.

A post shared by Shalane Flanagan (@shalaneflanagan) on Apr 8, 2020 at 11:32am PDT

Michael Wardian won the Quarantine Backyard Ultra—a virtual ultramarathon in which participants were required to run 4.167 miles each hour. Wardian ran around his block in Arlington, Virginia. 620 times. Casual. 

Even the running statues are wearing masks now—including that of NYRR's founder, Fred Lebow, near the corner of 5th Avenue and 90th Street in Central Park. 

Comedian Brooks Wheelan bet a friend $500 he could beat Oprah’s marathon time. With no training. During a pandemic. So he tweeted about it, and GQ noticed. 

Runners over 70, considered a high-risk group during this pandemic because of their age, look for ways to continue running safely. 

Stanford scientists get runners this much closer to becoming the Terminator.