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Friday Inspiration, Vol. 219
byHerman Hoops, battling cancer and hauling five oxygen tanks with him, takes one last river trip through Desolation Canyon, and reflects on a lifetime…
Winter Running Tips For Masochists
byWinter is the prime season for lots of fun activities: skiing, snowboarding, ice climbing, ice skating, curling, and sledding among them. But you’d rather…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 218
bySam 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…
Three Days On The Arctic Haute Route
by[NOTE: 2020 is the tenth year of my blog at Semi-Rad.com, and since I started it, I’ve been fortunate to get to do…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 217
byDanny MacAskill’s latest edit does not disappoint, and as usual, some of the best stuff is in the last two minutes (video)(thanks, Sophie!) “A…
7 Techniques To Make Sure You Never Have Lip Balm While Skiing
bySure, lip balm is great for keeping your lips moisturized during the winter, especially when you’re doing a lot of skiing. But what if…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 216
byThis one will make you think (video) Has Listening Become a Lost Art? The L.A. Times profiles the book clubs springing up based on…
Stock Photos Of People Using Laptops In Nature
byMy friend Justin Simoni tweeted this screenshot of a guy in full mountaineering gear working on a laptop the other day: This stock photo…
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Friday Inspiration, Vol. 215
byHow Yung Lenox became a well-known rap illustrator at the age of seven, and the questions his parents have about whether it’s the right…
18 Things Much Easier Than ‘New Year, New You’
byNew year, new shampoo New year, new shoes New year, new tattoo New year, new houseplant New year, new mildew New year, new…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 214
byA fun short film using more than a million digitized Ed Ruscha photos of Sunset Boulevard, with Ruscha reading an excerpt of On the…
Make 2020 The Year Of Maximum Enthusiasm
byNote: I first wrote and published this post on December 29, 2011, calling it “Make 2012 The Year Of Maximum Enthusiasm.” Every year around…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 213
byNot sure what else to say here besides British lawnmower racing is a thing and it seems pretty intense. (video) Redman, who has sold…
The Best Semi-Rad Charts + Drawings Of 2019
byFor the past few years, I’ve drawn non-scientific charts and other doodles and posted them regularly on my Instagram feed, and started to incorporate…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 212
by“LAX is a city unto itself, with so many moving pieces and individual people all doing their part to keep it moving. Despite its…
My Dog’s Perfect Day
by(inspired by true, but much less glorious, events in my dog’s life) —Brendan More goofy stuff like this in my new book, Bears Don’t…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 211
byMy friend Ryan Van Duzer asked me to be on his YouTube show, Running With Ryan, on which he usually interviews people who are…
Unsolicited Beta For Snow Shoveling
byHey, how’s it going? Some storm we got last night, huh? You know, I used to shovel the sidewalk and driveway here for the…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 210
byI’ve watched this 60-second film about the creative process three times now and all I can say is that it’s true. (video) An…
Some Adventure Thank You Cards
byThere are a number of ways to express gratitude to your friends: buying them a beer, naming your first child after them, Venmoing them…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 209
by“Everyone comes to these piles of weird shit with a different sense of what they know about the world, and that’s what’s kind of…
Choose Wonder
byThe South Rim of the Grand Canyon can be a magical place: You stand with a 180-degree view of a thing so big and…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 208
byYou might think that a wheelie is just a wheelie, but you’d be wrong (video) If this video of a husky howling along with…
How To Go For A Run In 22 Simple Steps
by1. Congratulations, you’ve decided to go for a run. Today. As you probably know, that’s the first step towards going for a run, so…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 207
byMemo does not believe in fitness trends—he believes in running. (video) A Somewhat Accurate Guide to the New York City Marathon by Tom Chitty…
Marathon Tips From My Friend Syd
byThese tips are entirely based on my observations while running the 2019 NYC Marathon with Syd, his 11th time running the race. He is…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 206
byGinette Bedard started running at 60, ran her first marathon at 69, and will run her 17th New York City Marathon at age 86…