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    by brendan on May 19, 2022

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    by brendan on April 21, 2022

    My friend Ace and I were hiking somewhere in the Utah desert several years ago…

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    by brendan on March 10, 2022

    “I don’t know if it’s luck or just taking it kind of easy, but I’ve…

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  • The Good Old Days pie chart Nostalgia: A Hobby, A Habit, A Survival Tactic

    by brendan on January 27, 2022

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    by brendan on January 13, 2022

    Yooooooo we got a foot of fresh powder around here the other day, and you…

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    by brendan on November 11, 2021

    Just after the crest of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, the longest and highest climb of the…

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    by brendan on October 21, 2021

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    by brendan on August 19, 2021

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    by brendan on August 5, 2021

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    by brendan on July 29, 2021

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    by brendan on May 20, 2021

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    by brendan on April 22, 2021

    I was opening a fifth browser tab when I caught myself. Researching an 600+-mile bike…

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    Even when I was just taping off my steps before the race started, I was…

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    by brendan on February 25, 2021

    [NOTE: To mark the publication of my new book, I Hate Running and You Can…

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    by brendan on December 30, 2020

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    by brendan on October 15, 2020

    Several years ago, I had an idea to collect some bad Yelp reviews of U.S.…

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