yesterday, for instance (More stuff like this on my Instagram)
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Some Strava Features That Would Boost My Self-Esteem And General Morale
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Fear And Groaning At The Hellbender 100
[photo by White Blaze Productions] [NOTE: 2020 is the tenth year of my blog…
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Running In Winter
(from “Winter Running Tips For Masochists” ) (More stuff like this on my Instagram)
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Winter Running Tips For Masochists
Winter is the prime season for lots of fun activities: skiing, snowboarding, ice climbing, ice…
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How To Go For A Run In 22 Simple Steps
1. Congratulations, you’ve decided to go for a run. Today. As you probably know, that’s…
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Marathon Tips From My Friend Syd
These tips are entirely based on my observations while running the 2019 NYC Marathon with…
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6 Things I Did Last Weekend That Took Longer Than Someone Running 26.2 Miles
1. Stayed in bed after my alarm went off. Hey, come on. I work hard…
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We Are Running Nowhere
Here’s a strange thing I did a couple weeks ago: I left my house in…
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The Bighorn 100: A Race Report
Here’s something you don’t really want to hear the week before you run a 100-mile…
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The Hill That You Love To Hate
“I hate this hill,” I said to the man pushing his mountain bike up the…
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A Case For The Apple Fritter As Endurance Fuel
At about Mile 13 of the Colfax Marathon, I was starting to feel hungry. I…
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Remember When We Were Young?
Mark and I sat in the front window of a Denver coffee shop, talking about…
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Yes, A Friend Can Make Miserable Things Less Miserable
I trudge forward, the muddy road tugging at my running shoes, splattering my ankles and…
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The Best Semi-Rad Adventure Charts of 2018
For the past couple years, I’ve drawn non-scientific charts and other doodles and posted them…
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Why Finish Lines Will Get You Every Time
I didn’t know why it happened. I was doing OK until the guy with the…
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I’m Meditating (I’m Just Not Sitting Down)
I tried. For a while, it seemed like everyone was talking about how meditation changed…
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A New York Pizza Marathon
The concept was pretty simple, and potentially disgusting: Run a marathon, 26.2 miles, around New…
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If You Don’t Want To Dawn Patrol, You Can Dusk Patrol
It’s (hopefully) common knowledge that if you want to climb a Colorado 14er in the…
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The One Thing You Need To Know
To climb rocks: Use your feet. Despite what you may have seen in Cliffhanger, or…
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The Rim-to-Rim-to-Rim: A Trail Diary
4:35 a.m. The wind blows across the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, 20 mph…
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How I Learned to Stop Worrying And Love The Strava
I was hesitant to try Strava at first: Everybody’s heard about some jackass who almost…
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How to Run 100 Miles: A Film About Persistence
Just over a year ago today, I signed up for my first 100-mile ultramarathon with…
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Motivational Posters For Ultrarunners
Or anyone who’s run further than they thought was fun. —Brendan More stuff…
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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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Announcing A New Book: The Great Outdoors: A User’s Guide
Today, I get to share something that some wonderful people and I have been working…
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