Breakfast Club: February 1, 2021
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Old Union Pacific railcars stored at the Port of Oakland.
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Before he was helping direct the GameStop mania on the stock market, Reddit user "DeepF*ckingValue", aka Keith Gill, was a 4:03 miler who competed at StoneHill College. (Wall Street Journal)
Oregon destroyed the collegiate men's record in the Distance Medley Relay at the Razorback Invite in Arkansas. The team was anchored by Cooper Teare, who hails from Alameda in the East Bay. Teare ripped a 3:54 mile to help smash the record. (Twitter)
On January 19, Nick Willis ran a 3:58.63 mile. The performance marked 19 consecutive calendar years in which the 37-year-old New Zealand runner has run a sub-4-minute mile. (Runner's World)
Running USA released their 2020 Global Runner Survey. 66 percent of runners surveyed plan to be back out racing as soon as an event is available in their area, but 87 percent believe…
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