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  • Heard a crunching noise Around mile 1.5 Looked over and saw someone’s dog lying in the snow Chewing on a big stick Just having a blast As I got closer, I realized It was a deer leg Somewhat fresh, still bloody Then I thought, Did I remember to bring those Clif Bloks? Patted my shorts pocket: Yep I did Strava: A Fitness App. Also: Poetry?

    by brendan on March 9, 2023

    After I got home from a run in November of last year, I typed into…

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  • by noon last saturday, betty was getting restless. she’d moved from her bed, to the kitchen, to a spot by the front door, back to the bed. we were dogsitting, and it was her first full day in our house. i’d been up since 6:00 with the baby, so betty had spent six hours watching me/us run around the house, wondering if someone was ever going to take her for a walk. Get Your Tweak Off

    by brendan on February 23, 2023

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  • semi-rad arguing illustration One Of The Smartest Things Anyone Has Ever Said To Me

    by brendan on September 22, 2022

    A long time ago, I used to think it was a good idea to confront…

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  • drawing of energy gel packets Some Possible Substitutes For Energy Gels

    by brendan on April 7, 2022

    —Brendan    SOME RUNNING + ENDURANCE ITEMS IN THE SEMI-RAD SHOP: The Zen Of Training Coffee…

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  • How to Make Chip Drink title box How To Make Chip Drink

    by brendan on October 7, 2021

    Last Sunday, while running on a trail through the forest, I ate what I estimate…

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  • Bikepacking C&O canal path by Forest Woodward The Old Bike-In-A-Bag Trick

    by brendan on July 29, 2021

    If you’re trying to sneak stuff onto public transportation, there are certainly many ways to…

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  • semi-rad cupcake trail sign 15 Useful Trail Etiquette Tips

    by brendan on July 8, 2021

    The summer trail season is here, and you may or may not have questions about…

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  • screen capture from Cycling Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park Cycling Going-to-the-Sun Road In Glacier National Park

    by brendan on July 1, 2021

      Driving Going-to-the-Sun Road is one of the most popular ways to see Glacier National…

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  • drawing of selected hill-climbing strategies 17 Hill-Climbing Strategies

    by brendan on May 13, 2021

    There you are, at the bottom of a hill, on foot, or on your bike,…

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  • hand-drawn diagram of climbing Everest from sea level You (Probably) Can’t Everest Mt. Everest

    by brendan on April 15, 2021

    Maybe you’re familiar with this thing known as “Everesting,” in which maniacs people pick a…

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  • drawing of hand reaching into bag of chips 10 Post-Workout Recovery Methods That Haven’t Been Proven To Work … Yet

    by brendan on January 21, 2021

    You’ve just clicked the “Stop” button on your watch, or done your last burpee, or…

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  • 12 bicycles, hand-drawn Life, In 12 Bicycles

    by brendan on October 1, 2020

    Thanks for reading. These posts are able to continue thanks to the handful of wonderful…

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  • Hilary Oliver looks out over the fjords and peaks near Reine, Norway, from the top of the Reinebringen. Island Hopping In The Midnight Sun

    by brendan on September 17, 2020

       [NOTE: 2020 is the tenth year of my blog at Semi-Rad.com, and since I…

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  • drawing of two possible results of a bicycle jump: glory, and comedy A Bicycle Crash

    by brendan on March 19, 2020

    In my memory of the house, which is from when I was much smaller, the…

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  • hand-drawn semi-rad chart titled "jeans as functional outdoor apparel" Should You Do It In Jeans?

    by brendan on March 5, 2020

    The bumper stickers about politicians skiing in jeans were first created more than a decade…

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  • semi-rad chart: riding my bicycle during the winter Riding My Bicycle During The Winter

    by brendan on January 24, 2020

    as my friend Tom Riley says, “on a bike, you always have windchill” (More stuff…

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  • alastair humphreys traveling with his violin from My Midsummer Morning Alastair Humphreys On Traveling The World At 10 mph, Microadventures, And Not Quitting

    by brendan on June 13, 2019

    NOTE: In 2018, I started recording interviews with creatives (writers, filmmakers, podcasters, photographers, editors, etc.)…

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  • drawing of someone giving the finger to a hill The Hill That You Love To Hate

    by brendan on June 6, 2019

    “I hate this hill,” I said to the man pushing his mountain bike up the…

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  • drawing of a runner carrying an apple fritter A Case For The Apple Fritter As Endurance Fuel

    by brendan on May 23, 2019

    At about Mile 13 of the Colfax Marathon, I was starting to feel hungry. I…

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  • drawn graph showing how much less things suck with a friend along Yes, A Friend Can Make Miserable Things Less Miserable

    by brendan on March 14, 2019

    I trudge forward, the muddy road tugging at my running shoes, splattering my ankles and…

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  • Air Fresheners Based On Real Outdoor Odors

    by brendan on January 17, 2019

    Because you know you want your car to smell like your weekend. —Brendan

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  • photo of woman on summit of Torreys Peak Colorado If You Don’t Want To Dawn Patrol, You Can Dusk Patrol

    by brendan on October 4, 2018

    It’s (hopefully) common knowledge that if you want to climb a Colorado 14er in the…

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  • knowledge graph of outdoor skills The One Thing You Need To Know

    by brendan on September 6, 2018

    To climb rocks: Use your feet. Despite what you may have seen in Cliffhanger, or…

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  • How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Strava How I Learned to Stop Worrying And Love The Strava

    by brendan on March 15, 2018

    I was hesitant to try Strava at first: Everybody’s heard about some jackass who almost…

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  • The Shortcut Is There Is No Shortcut map The Shortcut Is: There Is No Shortcut

    by brendan on December 14, 2017

    Here’s something that didn’t happen: Tommy Caldwell, in the days following the first ascent of…

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  • 10 Basic Rules For Adventure

    by brendan on October 19, 2017

    Earlier this year, my book Surviving the Great Outdoors came out, representing about 12 years’…

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  • chocolate spokes a film about bicycles Chocolate Spokes: A Film About Bicycles

    by brendan on October 12, 2017

    In early 2013, I walked into a tiny bike shop called Chocolate Spokes in Denver’s…

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