Friday Inspiration, Vol. 218

Sam Morrison edited together 1,272 photos crowdsourced from Instagram to make a 58-second hyperlapse of New York City and it’s incredible (video):

Run your first marathon, make your arteries younger

This looks miserable but also hilarious and “fun”: The Dutch Headwind Cycling Championships

“Sure, Baby Yoda is cute now. But just wait until he’s a teenager.

Scott and Jenny Jurek take their 1-year-old and 3-year-old on a 600-mile bike tour in Japan (video)

A Collection of Children’s School Notebooks from Around the World

A (Former) Night Owl’s Guide to Becoming a Morning Person

As a fan of the old saying “you can’t put ten pounds of shit in a five-pound bag,” I love this multi-panel comic

PS: If you’re at Outdoor Retailer next week, I’ll be signing copies of my new book, Bears Don’t Care About Your Problems, at 11 a.m. on January 30th at the Mountaineers Books booth. We’re giving away 50 copies to the first 50 people and after that I am not sure what happens, but I guess free high fives or something like that. Come say hi!

—Brendan