Breakfast Club: May 14, 2019

breakfast club

curated running news and other curious content

Sunny skies on the Sunnyside Trail of Lake Bon Tempe.  Photo: Brian Gillis

Good morning!

Welcome back for another round of Breakfast Club!  Here's the outdoor content you need to read this week.

running(ish) news 

Front of the Pack:
From genital examinations, to genetic testing, to the current legal fight over testosterone levels, the debate over Caster Semenya is the latest example of society's long struggle to determine who should count as a woman.  (Wired)

"Nike told me to dream crazy... until I wanted to have a baby."  Olympian Alysia Montaño explains how shoe companies treat pregnancy as injuries, threaten to cut off health insurance, and incentivize women athletes to rush recovery from pregnancy.  (NY Times)

The IAAF World Relay Championship featured a mixed-gender two-person relay.  The event adds a new element of leg-order strategy.  Worth a watch.  (NBC Sports)

US track and road champion (and UC Berkeley alumna) Chelsea Sod…