045
THE CULT ISSUE
SEPTEMBER 2023
Welcome to POSSESSED #45: The Cult Issue.
What do cults have to do with running? You might think nothing at all. But let me direct your attention to the dictionary that came free with my computer, which defines a ‘cult’ as a ‘system of religious veneration and devotion directed towards a particular figure, object, or activity.’ Now, what activity requires—nay, demands—more devotion and veneration than running? Name even one. Swimming? Come on. Who gets up at 5 AM to go swimming? No one. Public pools don’t even open till noon, and you’d be hard-pressed to find a swimmer who spends upwards of $1500 on swimming shoes each year. Running, on the other hand, is immensely cult-like, and runners are the cult’s obsessive constituents. Take you, for example. You are currently reading an editor’s letter in a magazine about running. That’s weird. That’s culty. After all, isn’t running just a case of going for an extremely fast walk? Why are you interested in a publication about that? I’ll tell you why, because you’re in the cult, my friend. You are obsessed. And the following collection of features and departments is dedicated to you.
For this issue of POSSESSED we tackled the cult theme from multiple angles, some oblique, some direct, but all, we hope, entertaining. We spoke with a world-renowned cult deprogrammer, we prepared a recipe for cult gruel, Logan Williams demonstrated his cult-like passion for long-ass distances while running from Peavine to Carson, and we investigated how you might harness the (Oc)cult to improve your running performance. All that and much, much more in our 45th issue of POSSESSED.
x Jason
The Knowledge
Running & The Occult
READGet Possessed
Peavine to Carson
READNotes from the Underground
Rick Ross & The Divine Madness Running Club
READPhone it in
Stian Dahl Sommerseth
READEat it
How to Make Boosted Cult Gruel
READHighway to Health
Runner's Face
READHigh Rotation
Nick Allbrook
READWelcome to Earth
What is Fartlek Training?
READYour Running Stars
Your Running Stars
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