“Love” — seriously? Seriously.

This tattoo turned up in the Boston Globe video of the Naked Run right before the Boston Marathon. Anyone with a calf like that deserves a Naked Tour race tee. Please step up and claim your prize. ****Early this morning, this pops up in my inbox. Theresa, we were so busy chatting about whether your…

Thanks to the make-it-happen folks at Boulder Books, we can now sign & ship personalized copies of Born to Run in time for Mother’s Day. Just make sure to place your order no later than next Saturday, April 30. I’ll be in the store at the crack of dawn on May 1 and I won’t…

… is the secret to a happy marathon. Dr. Mark Cucuzella, who just ran a sizzling 2:37 in Boston at age 44, credits the lessons he learned from great female runners.

The best book interviews you’ll find anywhere come from a corner shop in downtown Portland. This is one of my favorite conversations about Born to Run, ranking right up there with the surreal shock of talking bare feet on HBO with a French-cuffed Bernie Goldberg.

What else do you need to see?

I seem to get an energy from the forest when I run there. —Will Harlan: ultramarathon champ, trail philosopher, and all-around ace human being. I’m honored and delighted to report that Will Harlan will join Scott Jurek, Eric Orton, and I for the Naked Tour in Asheville, NC. Will is going to map our route…

…and maybe the fastest barefoot runner since Abebe Bikila. At age 44, Dr. Mark Cucuzzella is a physician, Air Force Lt. Colonel, and a 2:34 (!) marathoner. Years ago, Cucuzzella’s surgeon told him that his feet were so malformed that he’d have to give up running for good. Instead, Cucuzzella trained himself to run naturally,…

Versus… More than 150 runners turned out for each, but maybe that nippy New England wind made us huddle together more in Boston. Or else Barefoot Ken Bob’s crazy Alpine challenge of a route left us more strung out. From Barefoot Burt’s Naked LA run report: …the tough technical mountain trail in Griffith Park is…

“This is the first time that somebody read something on the floor that people were actually enjoying listening to.” —Sen. David Brinkley, after reading aloud from “Born to Run” to stall a vote in the Maryland state Senate. Full story, including requisite ill-informed reporter’s asides, here.