26 Useful Facts About Running
by1. It is OK to take breaks while running. Sometimes breaks last a few seconds, and sometimes they last a few years. 2. There…
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I Hate Running
by[NOTE: To mark the publication of my new book, I Hate Running and You Can Too, on March 16th, I’m re-posting the original essay…
Chart: How To Talk To People About Their Favorite Outdoor Activities
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Announcing My New Running Book (+ Free Stuff If You’re Fast)
byTO GET RIGHT TO THE POINT: I have a new book coming out March 16th. It’s called I Hate Running and You Can…
Chart: Winter 2020/2021 Or Rick, A Guy I Used To Bartend With?
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10 Post-Workout Recovery Methods That Haven’t Been Proven To Work … Yet
byYou’ve just clicked the “Stop” button on your watch, or done your last burpee, or put away your bike. You’re catching your breath, a…
The Best Semi-Rad Illustrations Of 2020
by’Tis the season for the grand holiday tradition of looking back on all the fun stuff we’ve done in 2020 and gathering up the…
20 Haiku About 2020
by20 Haiku, written on Post-it notes, inspired by the weirdest year of many of our lives
How To Be Positive, Part 2
byThis is the second half of this illustrated mega-post (if you missed Part 1 last week, you can click here to read it). Also,…
How To Be Positive — Part 1
byToday’s story is a little different from the usual—there are two options. I made it into an ebook, which is available as a pay-what-you-want…
Staying In The Game
by[this is based on a presentation I gave at the American Alpine Club’s 2020 Craggin’ Classic on Oct. 19th, which you can watch…
Periodic Table Of The Elements Of Adventure Posters Are Back
byIf you missed getting a Periodic Table of the Elements of Adventure poster back in August, they’re now available in the Semi-Rad shop. These…
Are You Maximizing Your Productivity? A Flow Chart
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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…
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,…