![I did a plank every day for 120 consecutive days and here’s what I learned: I do not like doing planks. [check box checked] I did not like doing them before I started this streak, and I do not like them now. My opinion has not changed. [drawing of person doing plank and thinking FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU]](https://semi-rad.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/1.jpg)
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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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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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Gift Ideas For Very Specific Types Of People
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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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Bad Poetry About Condiments
One day this spring, I discovered the bottle of French’s Classic Yellow Mustard in our…
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Do You Want To Watch A Movie?
(I made this chart as a joke, and then I thought maybe other people only…
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Unearned Confidence Vs. Humility
My friend Ace and I were hiking somewhere in the Utah desert several years ago…
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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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There’s No Way I Could Have Seen This Totally Predictable Injury Coming
“I don’t know if it’s luck or just taking it kind of easy, but I’ve…
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Shoveling Season Is Upon Us
Yooooooo we got a foot of fresh powder around here the other day, and you…
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What We Think About When We Think About Running
Mark Twain was not a runner, at least to my knowledge. But I think of…
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The Mountain-Climbing Lobster And Other Stories
As you’re probably well aware, another holiday season is almost here. Every year around this…
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How I Look Running By Myself Vs. When I Appear In Race Photos
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The Rut 50K: A Race Report
High on the east ridge of Lone Peak, at about 10,500 feet or so, The…
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The Old Bike-In-A-Bag Trick
If you’re trying to sneak stuff onto public transportation, there are certainly many ways to…
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10 Questions I Would Ask My Dog
Every time I talk to my mother on the phone, we do some version of…
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The Snowball Effect Of Procrastination
If you JUST decided that you MUST have this in a printed format to…
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15 Useful Trail Etiquette Tips
The summer trail season is here, and you may or may not have questions about…
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Surely These Notebooks Will Help Me Create Amazing Things
Perhaps you know someone like me, a person who cannot resist buying notebooks of all…
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Outdoor Things, But By Unfamiliar Measurements
I have a smartphone app that converts measurement units into other measurement units. Sure, you…
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Things In Yellowstone That Can F—ing Kill You
[I am re-posting this again this year at the beginning of…
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Getting Up Early: An Ode, A Lament
Some mornings, after I have been jarred out of a deep sleep far too early…
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17 Hill-Climbing Strategies
There you are, at the bottom of a hill, on foot, or on your bike,…
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