Runner’s Digest: 8.3.12

In today's news roundup: Malcolm Gladwell's Race Face; @ryanhall3 packs for London; and more.

Here's a photo of a teenage Malcolm Gladwell (author of Blink and staff writer for The New Yorker ) running. Great Race Face , Malcolm! Olympian Jack Braughton talks about his experience at the London Olympics. The 1948 London Olympics . The New Yorker looks at doping in running events —with surprising estimates of how many athletes are likely doping. Team with a Vision, a group that guides visually impaired runners through the Boston Marathon, has released a mini-documentary on YouTube . Very inspiring. A funny spoof on how uninteresting listening to marathon race recaps can be: "Wow, I'm really, really sorry. I don't know how you'll be able to tolerate this." Usain Bolt isn't the only track star making apps; Michael Johnson has a new GPS running app called Motiv8 . The app includes coaching from Johnson.

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