What We Think About When We Think About Running
byMark Twain was not a runner, at least to my knowledge. But I think of this Mark Twain quote nearly every time I go…
Mark Twain was not a runner, at least to my knowledge. But I think of this Mark Twain quote nearly every time I go…
If you’ve ever described running as a “monastic” activity, then this film about Yukai Shimizu, a Buddhist monk and runner, is for you (thanks,…
No big deal, but the Hopi High School cross country team has won 27 state championships in a row (video) How Renee Elsdon Jacobs…
My friend Chris had a perfectly good, secure, well-paying job as a chemist up until a few weeks ago, when he quit. When he…
Because we all need a little motivation sometimes. All posters created with Despair.com’s DIY Build Your Own Motivator tool. -Brendan More stories…
Hopefully you’re enjoying some time off right now due to one of our many end-of-year holidays, spending time with people you like/love/can tolerate for…
Sometimes, when you’re in a beautiful place, it’s easy to forget to take a #selfie. Later, when you look through your photos, you realize…
-Brendan
When you’re buying a rain jacket, you probably have lots of questions, none of which really matter besides “Which rain jacket is best for…
The Sunday night before my first day of fourth grade, I rolled my black-and-gold Huffy Thunder 50 BMX bike up to the retaining wall…
Do you have a hard time eating at fancy restaurants where food is presented as a sort of sculpture? I do. It’s usually a…
In November, a video posted online showed an American climber visiting Sweden blowtorching holds on some boulders to dry them after a recent rain….
Fact: Shirts are for suckers. They’re heavy, hot, and if you wear one when you’re rock climbing, the ladies (or dudes, as it were)…
“I’ve been thinking about things on a cost-per-use basis lately,” my friend Nick said to me a few weeks ago. Nick doesn’t make rash…
At a grocery store last week, the cover of Cosmopolitan‘s January issue caught my eye with the headline “EPIC SEX.” Immediately, in my head,…
My dad and I walked into Busch Stadium in St. Louis on September 4, the first time he had been in the Cardinals’ new…
“Send me a list of gift ideas for you.” Why do we do this around the holidays now? I mean, have you ever really…
When you dismount a mountain bike going uphill, you end up doing a sort of bow. As you step off and swing a leg…
My friend Mick’s heart stopped working last Sunday. He died at the age of 54, not knowing that the night before, I had sat…
I haven’t had a “proper” Thanksgiving dinner since 2002, somehow managing to be anywhere but watching football and eating an oven-cooked turkey. When people…
I was trying to start a campfire a couple weekends back and grabbed a fat piece of wood with a crack at one end,…
Maybe you’ve heard this one: Ski resort patron approaches lift ticket kiosk on Powder Day of the Century and demands a refund for his/her…
You, outdoor recreator, are quite probably quite educated: Bachelor’s degree, possibly a master’s degree or Ph.D. You wore a cap and gown and were…
Five summers ago, I met this guy named Lee Smith while climbing with a big group of people at Castlewood Canyon. At the end…
“You know, I was just thinking that three bumper stickers changed my life,” Dan said as we tromped down the trail a couple weeks…
I always get sandbagged by guys in gear shops. I will stop in somewhere to pick up a cordelette, or a stuff sack, or…
As the USA Pro Cycling Challenge was working its way around Colorado and into the Front Range in August, I saw this Facebook status…