Ten years ago last weekend, my old friend Jarrett didn’t have cancer anymore, so I…
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Should You Keep Your Big Goals To Yourself?
A couple years ago, I was talking to my dad on the phone and asked…
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The Joy Of Wearing Out A Piece Of Gear
A lot of things felt like they were on the verge of breaking down in…
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Complaining Is Useless
One Sunday last August, maybe halfway through a 22-mile trail run in 85 degrees and…
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None Of This Makes Any Sense And That’s Just Fine
Last Saturday night, I was running one of my favorite trails in the dark. I…
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The Great Dirtbag Pissing Contest
A few weeks ago, someone put a sticker saying “Does this Sprinter van make my…
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Make 2018 The Year Of Maximum Enthusiasm
Note: I first wrote and published this post on December 29, 2011, calling it “Make…
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The Shortcut Is: There Is No Shortcut
Here’s something that didn’t happen: Tommy Caldwell, in the days following the first ascent of…
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Is This What I Have To Do To Get Away From My Phone? I Guess So.
I sit on a rock along the White Rim Trail in Canyonlands National Park, assembling…
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Birthdays (And Other Days) Should Be More Like Funerals
I went to a memorial for the son of some friends this past weekend. He…
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12 Ways To Help The World Feel Less Hopeless
Don’t argue with people on the internet. Use your car horn to communicate with other…
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I Gave Up Coffee For Three Months And This Is What I Learned
If you talk to people about drinking coffee, they will often say things like “I…
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The Case For Giving A Shit
Hilary and I drove four hours to stand on a gravel road north of Scottsbluff,…
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Flake On Me Once … Actually, Just Don’t Flake.
A couple weeks ago, a friend shared an opinion piece by David Brooks titled The…
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Dear New Guy At The Climbing Gym:
Dear New Guy At The Climbing Gym, or lady running around the track at the…
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I Believe In Inertia
It happened again yesterday, like it always does, about three-quarters of the way through my…
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Use Microaffection To Help Make The World Suck Less
I tried counting all the ways someone could contact me the other day, and I…
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Find A Way Around—Or Through
A few years ago I was at a coffee shop and I started chatting with…
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Happiness Is Your Backyard Trail
I plodded my way up the Hayden Trail, headed up toward my fifth “summit” of…
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I Pledge Allegiance To The Grind
“A lot of the young doctors I hire work for me for a year or…
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Wind, You Jerk
My friend Jayson and I were out trail running on Saturday, for long stretches exposed…
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The Currency Of Friendship
At 5:55 a.m. Denver is dark and fairly quiet as Syd and I have an…
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The Coffee Drinker’s Guide To Being Present
About five years ago, my friend Tommy told me what I thought was an insignificant…
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Make 2017 The Year Of Maximum Enthusiasm
Note: I first wrote and published this post on December 29, 2011, calling it “Make…
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The Top 10 Semi-Rad Posts From 2016
No matter what you think of 2016, from “Wow, I’m glad it’s over soon,” to…
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Here’s The Thing About Women:
Here’s the thing about women: It is possible for a woman to be stronger than…
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Dear Phone, I Love You
Dear Phone: I love you. I mean, not in that Joaquin Phoenix-falling-in-love-with-his-operating-system way. But maybe…
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