TBT: To run my best marathon at age 44, I had to outrun my past

PLUS: The best WIRED stories from this month a year ago. View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 04.15.21 This week, WIRED's former editor in chief Nick Thompson shared an Instagram post that said he ran the Row River 50K in Oregon and set the American record for men 45 and older at 3:04. But this month last year, he outlined the training that would lead to this record, and the lessons and limits he found on the trail and in his past. Read more about speeding up as you get older, plus the best WIRED stories from this month last year, below.   To Run My Best Marathon at Age 44, I Had to Outrun My Past After 20 years of long-distance competition, I ran my fastest. All it took was tech, training, and a new understanding of my life. The Best Stories From This Month, Last Year The Rise of a Hindu Vigilante in the Age of WhatsApp and Modi India, the world's largest democracy, has also become the world's largest experiment in social-media-fueled terror. An Oral History of the Day Everything Changed On March 11, 2020, the coronavirus pandemic seemed to crystallize in the national consciousness. Americans look back on the turning point. The JavaScript Framework That Puts Web Pages on a Diet Svelte, created by a graphics editor for *The New York Times*, has attracted a following among programmers who want their pages to load faster. A One-Time Poultry Farmer Invents the Future of Refrigeration Mechanical cooling revolutionized the global food supply—and accelerated global warming. Peter Dearman's liquid air engine could change all that. How Argentina's Strict Covid-19 Lockdown Saved Lives Being there in mid-March gave me a window into what it would have looked like had the US taken serious action from the start. It also nearly stranded me 5,000 miles from home. A Cheap Gaming Mouse Will Do Wonders for Your Wrist Using a mouse or a trackpad for a long period of time is going to give you carpal tunnel or mouse shoulder. Why not invest in gamer-approved peripherals? GET WIRED Save 66% on your subscription to WIRED. Get 1 year of WIRED for less than $1 per month, plus, get a free tote! You can't see into the future, but you can subscribe to WIRED. Subscribe now.     This e-mail was sent to you by WIRED. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, wired@newsletters.wired.com, to your address book.   View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe or manage your newsletter subscriptions   Copyright © Condé Nast 2021. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.