The Art Of Exercising With A Full Stomach
byThe other night while eating dinner, after a day of doing various work things and around-the-house things during which I had let time slip…
The other night while eating dinner, after a day of doing various work things and around-the-house things during which I had let time slip…
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One day a while back, I was out on a run, thinking about nothing in particular, just enjoying moving through the world, looking at…
Last Sunday, while running on a trail through the forest, I ate what I estimate was my 1,500th Clif Blok. Or 2,000th, who knows….
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…
Even when I was just taping off my steps before the race started, I was comparing myself to the other runners. I don’t remember…
1. It is OK to take breaks while running. Sometimes breaks last a few seconds, and sometimes they last a few years. 2. There…
In writing and illustrating my new book, I Hate Running and You Can Too, I wanted to tackle lots of the “whys” and “hows”…
TO GET RIGHT TO THE POINT: I have a new book coming out March 16th. It’s called I Hate Running and You Can…
[Note: 2020 is the tenth year of my blog at Semi-Rad.com, and since I started it, I’ve been fortunate to get to do…
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[photo by White Blaze Productions] [NOTE: 2020 is the tenth year of my blog at Semi-Rad.com, and since I started it, I’ve been…
Here’s something you don’t really want to hear the week before you run a 100-mile race you’re not sure you can finish: The course…
Mark and I sat in the front window of a Denver coffee shop, talking about aging. Mark was 44, I was 37. Thirty-seven and…
I didn’t know why it happened. I was doing OK until the guy with the dog came through, and then, all of a sudden,…
4:35 a.m. The wind blows across the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, 20 mph constant. Mitsu and I hurriedly grab hats and gloves,…
Or anyone who’s run further than they thought was fun. —Brendan More stuff like this in my new book, Bears Don’t Care…
I guess my theory about ultramarathons is that everyone who’s ever heard of them has two immediate questions: 1) Why the hell would you…