Happy Friday, readers! Here at Lit Hub, we’re still catching joy where we can nab it. With apologies for a weekend off here and there, we’re back to report on the sweet things that are making us smile. Calvin Kasulke is taking heart in the long haul. “As a consistent but not at all competitive runner,” this story about an extremely fast, unsponsored amateur marathon man has proved inspiring for our staffer. Because even the coachless get lucky sometimes. Or as Calvin sees it? The headline from Vinny Mauri’s story is, some things are still meritocratic in this broken world. “My man simply vibed his way into the record books.” Jonny Diamond is also in a sporting mood. He’s happy for the fine people of Minnesota (“who, let’s face it, have had a shitty year”) because two of their franchises both advanced last night to the second round of the playoffs. To the sport illiterate: we’re talking basketball and hockey, respectively.…