I Hate Running and You Can Too on Bookshop I Hate Running and You…
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I Ask A Pro Ultrarunner 87 Questions
I am not that curious about how to get faster as a trail runner, but…
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My Year Of Living Vertically
In the pursuit of any goal, we all face a moment of questioning ourselves, sometimes…
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Race Report: Ultra-Trail Cape Town 100K
For a half-second, I thought the naked man crutching toward me on the trail was…
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Across The Grand Canyon Twice, In 11 Photos
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16 Writers on How Running Helps Them Write
In his book What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, legendary Japanese…
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I Just Want Strava To Tell Me I’m Not Slowly Dying
You may know Strava as a fitness tracking app. Maybe you use it to keep…
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How To Run Uphill
— More stories and illustrations about running in my book, Have Fun Out There Or…
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8 Ways Running Is Like The Creative Process
I was talking with another writer (who is also a runner) the other day, and…
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New Film: The Seven Summits Of My Neighborhood
I have a new film out today. It’s called “The Seven Summits of My Neighborhood.”…
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Relay Iowa: A Report
Around 3:00 a.m. on a Sunday morning in eastern Iowa, I am behind the steering…
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Race Report: Tiger Claw 50K
It’s a perfectly normal question to ask someone, I just wasn’t the right person to…
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Are You An Uphill Person Or A Downhill Person?
[To check out the stickers in my shop,…
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An Ode To Falling On Your Ass In The Wintertime
I thought I was being careful, gingerly hike-jogging down the snow-covered trail, when both my…
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Strava: A Fitness App. Also: Poetry?
After I got home from a run in November of last year, I typed into…
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My Favorite Sign
I slowed my running-shoe-and-microspiked steps to move over to the side of one of our…
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What Went Wrong On My Run Today?
A few seconds after I walked in the door on a recent afternoon, Hilary asked,…
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We Interrupt Your Expectations To Bring You Your Actual Marathon
The day before the New York City Marathon, walking in Central Park up to the…
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How Are We Carrying Water When We Run?
If you run far enough, you might find it useful to carry some water with…
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40 Excuses You’ve Probably Used To Procrastinate Running
It’s not always easy to get out the door and go for a run. There…
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I Survived A “Productivity Half-Marathon”
Someone once told me that every runner, at some point, confronts the urge to run…
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Goodbye, Toenail, And Thank You For Your Service
A few weeks ago in a hotel room bathroom, my left big toenail fell off.…
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The Art Of Exercising With A Full Stomach
The other night while eating dinner, after a day of doing various work things and…
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Some Possible Substitutes For Energy Gels
—Brendan SOME RUNNING + ENDURANCE ITEMS IN THE SEMI-RAD SHOP: The Zen Of Training Coffee…
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I Have Decided On A New Goal In The Middle Of My Run And Nothing Will Stop Me
One day a while back, I was out on a run, thinking about nothing in…
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