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24 Minor Air Travel Indignities I Have Survived

by brendan on November 30, 2023

When I fly somewhere and I get to where I’m going, sometimes someone will…

Friday Inspiration 407

by brendan on November 24, 2023

Maybe you don’t care that much about baseball, but what about the evolution of urban…

Friday Inspiration 406

by brendan on November 17, 2023

What I love about this short film: It’s not complicated or flashy, and its subject,…

Friday Inspiration 405

by brendan on November 10, 2023

OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: I am doing my Grand Canyon Groovers Calendar again this year, as well…

Across The Grand Canyon Twice, In 11 Photos

by brendan on November 9, 2023

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Friday Inspiration 404

by brendan on November 3, 2023

I’m also familiar with this mega-classic way of ending a story, but what the filmmaker…

Friday Inspiration 403

by brendan on October 27, 2023

So this week, I am at the Grand Canyon with my family, and with any…

16 Writers on How Running Helps Them Write

by brendan on October 26, 2023

In his book What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, legendary Japanese…

Friday Inspiration 402

by brendan on October 20, 2023

My thoughts while watching this video (cleverly titled “This Man Drives A Burger To Work”)…

Friday Inspiration 401

by brendan on October 13, 2023

I hesitate to recommend music to people because music tastes are so individual, but I…

I Just Want Strava To Tell Me I’m Not Slowly Dying

by brendan on October 12, 2023

You may know Strava as a fitness tracking app. Maybe you use it to keep…

Friday Inspiration 400

by brendan on October 6, 2023

When I was in high school, my friend Dan stood in front of his freshman…

Friday Inspiration 399

by brendan on September 29, 2023

This short film is barely a minute long, and I think that’s the perfect length…

Letter Of Recommendation: Having A Favorite Tree

by brendan on September 28, 2023

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Friday Inspiration 398

by brendan on September 22, 2023

“People who are not handy but wish they were handy sometimes ask me how to…

Friday Inspiration 397

by brendan on September 15, 2023

We watched Season 2 of The Bear a little late, so we were saying “Whoa,…

How To Run Uphill

by brendan on September 14, 2023

— More stories and illustrations about running in my book, Have Fun Out There Or…

Friday Inspiration 396

by brendan on September 8, 2023

Do you remember Clippy from Microsoft Office? Maybe not fondly. What I never thought of,…

Friday Inspiration 395

by brendan on September 1, 2023

If you ever click away from a YouTube video and think, “I’ll just listen to…

Friday Inspiration 394

by brendan on August 25, 2023

I watched this whole video without stopping, near the end asking myself, “Is this too…

8 Ways Running Is Like The Creative Process

by brendan on August 24, 2023

I was talking with another writer (who is also a runner) the other day, and…

Friday Inspiration 393

by brendan on August 18, 2023

As a person who spends a lot of time thinking about the endings of movies…

Friday Inspiration 392

by brendan on August 11, 2023

I very recently read a very in-depth article about the history of Kowloon Walled City,…

New Film: The Seven Summits Of My Neighborhood

by brendan on August 10, 2023

I have a new film out today. It’s called “The Seven Summits of My Neighborhood.”…

Friday Inspiration 391

by brendan on August 4, 2023

As a person who routinely has these types of conversations with friends and family members—“she was…

Friday Inspiration 390

by brendan on July 28, 2023

IMPORTANT: Sunday (July 30th) is the last day to pre-order one of the Practice Maximum…

Things Are Different Now

by brendan on July 27, 2023

In some of the more romantic fantasies I’ve had of how my life might look,…