What we read: running's spiritual side

Plus DiCaprio's near-death adventures, an excuse to skip the sad work salad, and the history of dogs.
"i've yet to meet an ultrarunner who doesn’t find the experience to be, in some sense, spiritual."
Find itswimming with sharks and other near-death experiences? leonardo dicaprio knows all about endurance.
Find ithere's a convincing argument against the "sad desk salad."
Find itultimate frisbee officials are seeking better data and analytics than traditional, limited box scores provide. a new app might help with that.
Find itnew findings suggest that the love affair between humans and dogs has been going on for thousands of years—around 33,000, to be exact.
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