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(I made this chart as a joke, and then I thought maybe other people only want to watch three movies, ever, so I made…
My friend Ace and I were hiking somewhere in the Utah desert several years ago when he asked me, “Have you ever heard of…
One day a while back, I was out on a run, thinking about nothing in particular, just enjoying moving through the world, looking at…
“I don’t know if it’s luck or just taking it kind of easy, but I’ve been able to run a bunch of ultramarathons without…
Yooooooo we got a foot of fresh powder around here the other day, and you know what that means! Yeah, shoveling. OK, yeah, I…
Mark Twain was not a runner, at least to my knowledge. But I think of this Mark Twain quote nearly every time I go…
As you’re probably well aware, another holiday season is almost here. Every year around this time, I start getting this nagging voice in the…
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High on the east ridge of Lone Peak, at about 10,500 feet or so, The Rut 50K started to feel like a cartoon, in…
—Brendan
If you’re trying to sneak stuff onto public transportation, there are certainly many ways to do it—I mean, not that I would know about…
Every time I talk to my mother on the phone, we do some version of the same joke. She asks about our dog, something…
If you JUST decided that you MUST have this in a printed format to IMMEDIATELY gift it to someone SPECIAL to hang above…
The summer trail season is here, and you may or may not have questions about how to properly utilize America’s public lands. Questions like…
Perhaps you know someone like me, a person who cannot resist buying notebooks of all sizes. I buy pocket notebooks for doodles and quick…
I have a smartphone app that converts measurement units into other measurement units. Sure, you probably think that’s pretty dorky. But let me ask…
[I am re-posting this again this year at the beginning of the season for peak visitation in Yellowstone National Park…
Some mornings, after I have been jarred out of a deep sleep far too early by my watch alarm, which is a booby trap…
There you are, at the bottom of a hill, on foot, or on your bike, or on skis, ready to start up. But are…
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Dear guy from those YouTube ads and videos: Thank you for your offer of advice and/or help and/or products to help me reclaim my…
Maybe you’re familiar with this thing known as “Everesting,” in which maniacs people pick a hill of a certain height and bicycle or run…
this is a joke about tax season and also a joke about trying to be an adult, I guess (More stuff like this…
1. It is OK to take breaks while running. Sometimes breaks last a few seconds, and sometimes they last a few years. 2. There…
[NOTE: To mark the publication of my new book, I Hate Running and You Can Too, on March 16th, I’m re-posting the original essay…
TO GET RIGHT TO THE POINT: I have a new book coming out March 16th. It’s called I Hate Running and You Can…