A Difficulty Rating System For Moving Couches
byLast weekend, my wife and I were carrying our couch into our new house, and things got pretty intense. At the end of a…
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17 Training Myths, Addressed By A Running Coach
byEver wondered about something running-related and looked for an answer on the internet? It can be very confusing: questionable advice, mansplaining, conspiracy theories, products…
Running Is So Simple
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The Things We Take With Us When We Move
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A Psychologist Rates The Strategies I Use To Deal With Stress And Anxiety
byLike you, I am trying to get better at dealing with stress and anxiety. I am aware that I suck at it, and that…
Some Strava Features That Would Boost My Self-Esteem And General Morale
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Zen And The Act Of Washing Dishes
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Adopting A Pet: Should You Get A Dog Or A Grizzly Bear?
byIf you’ve been thinking about adopting a pet, you’ve probably asked yourself: would I like having a dog around the house, or would I…
An Illustrated Story About Anxiety
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Adventure Book Titles That Describe Your Self-Quarantine
byIf you’re familiar with the Barkley Marathons at all (perhaps via one of the great documentaries about it), you might remember this entertaining fact:…
My 2020 Social Distancing vs. The Winter 1967 Denali Expedition Snow Cave Bivy
byOver the past few weeks of adjusting to the gradually shrinking new realities of not traveling, then not going to restaurants or coffee shops…
A Bicycle Crash
byIn my memory of the house, which is from when I was much smaller, the retaining wall was always around three feet high. But…
A New, Almost Completely Unrealistic Multi-tool Design
byWith all due respect to the makers of real and useful multi-tools, and with no constraints of what would actually fit in a multi-tool,…
Should You Do It In Jeans?
byThe bumper stickers about politicians skiing in jeans were first created more than a decade ago, but skiing in jeans has a much longer…
“No Friends On A Powder Day,” But For Other Times In Your Life
byYou’ve heard the saying “No friends on a powder day,” so you know that it means “Sorry, everyone, my primary focus when the snow…
6 Charts About Weather
byMore charts like this on my Instagram and in my book, Chart Imitates Life. —Brendan
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Chart: Are You A Real Man?
by—Brendan More charts like this in my book, Chart Imitates Life, available here.