I just finished reading "The Rise of the Ultra Runners, a journey to the Edge of Human Endurance" by Adharanand Finn (author of Running with the Kenyans, and The Way of the Runner). Finn is a British journalist who happens to run. This is his journey into discovering ultra-running as he covers the history of the sport and the elites of today. He completed his journey by running the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc. It is a single 106 mile race with 33,000 feet total elevation gain through the mountains of France, Italy, and Switzerland, and is considered to be one of the most difficult foot races in the world. It is an interesting insight into the minds of ultra runners and the craziness that is this up and coming sport.
(and it is a great diversion from the disturbing politics and news of the day)
Speaking of the need for mental diversions, the books "A Gentleman in Moscow" by Amor Towles, and "Second Sleep" by Robert Harris are both fictions that will grab your attention. I enjoyed them.
Looking together in the same direction.
Sea otters hold hands while they sleep so they don't drift apart.
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