Breakfast Club: November 30, 2020

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weekly running roundups 

Lacing up for a long winter.

Good morning! 

Welcome back to Breakfast Club. I hope you had a safe Thanksgiving holiday.

Here's the week's newsletter.

Heard on the run

This story is few years old, but it holds up: 10 people you'll meet at a Turkey Trot. (FloTrack)

American CJ Albertson ran a 2:09 marathon on a treadmill. It's the latest of several impressively idiosyncratic solo efforts, including a 2:42:30 50K around a track and 37 miles on a treadmill at 5:56 pace. (LetsRun)

Keira D'Amato smashed the American record for 10 miles in an all-women's competition in Washington, D.C. Her mark of 51:23 was short of the mixed-gender record set by Molly Huddle in 2018, but it was very close given that D'Amato didn't have any runners to draft or pace off.  (RRW, LetsRun)

Looking to explore some trails for the first time this winter? You don't necessarily need "trail" shoes to run on trails, but here's a good guide for when and why you might want trail-specific kic…