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Paradox, calm and bright
A Christmas letter from Iraq, 2003
Dec 22, 2023
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Jeff Calvert
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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
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Jeff Calvert
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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
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Jeff Calvert
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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
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Jeff Calvert
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September 2023
Change of Mission (Iraq, 2003)
Yesterday morning, we were going home
Sep 11, 2023
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Jeff Calvert
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My UTMB (2017)
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
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Jeff Calvert
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July 2023
Thank you, Hardrock
Emerging from my post-Western slump
Jul 18, 2023
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Jeff Calvert
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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
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Jeff Calvert
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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
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Jeff Calvert
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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
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Jeff Calvert
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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
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Jeff Calvert
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November 2022
Night Running
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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Jeff Calvert
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