Archive - The Rush of it All

Paradox, calm and bright

A Christmas letter from Iraq, 2003

Dec 22, 2023 •

Throughlines (part 2)

Running as throughline was no longer a romantic idea or a useful tactic, but a lived physical fact. Having that, I could view my current situation as…

Dec 17, 2023 •

Throughlines (part 1)

The real power is continuity, the fact of a throughline that is solidly anchored in your past, and that you can see leading clearly into your future,

Dec 10, 2023 •

October 2023

UTMB Gone Astray

Can an intervention bring them back? (I’d like us to help New UTMB remember what Old UTMB was like, and help them find their way back to that. Because I…

Oct 31, 2023 •

September 2023

Change of Mission (Iraq, 2003)

Yesterday morning, we were going home

Sep 11, 2023 •

Ultra Tour du Mont Blanc... in the final 25 miles of this race, I was the best I’ve been so far as a runner...

Sep 1, 2023 •

July 2023

Thank you, Hardrock

Emerging from my post-Western slump

Jul 18, 2023 •

June 2023

Tapering to Race Day (Western States part 4)

Nothing dumb, focus and prepare, make it epic, and some Simple Rules for ultras

Jun 21, 2023 •

Train-up (Western States part 3)

This phase is all physiology, all about pushing hard to get strong. In short, it’s time to shut up and run. But not without a plan…

Jun 13, 2023 •

April 2023

Fallowing (Western States part 2)

Ritual humility, pragmatic utility (7 weeks of restful regeneration in deference to the power of processes I don’t fully understand, but choose to trust…

Apr 29, 2023 •

January 2023

Jubilee! (Western States part 1)

In June I'll be running the 100-mile Western States Endurance Run (on the 25th anniversary of our 1st marathon). Here's how I'm preparing.

Jan 18, 2023 •

November 2022

9 reasons I love running after dark (moon shadows, all the best animals, magnification, the illusion of speed, more..)

Nov 5, 2022 •

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