Essays on the inner life.
Attention
Ambition gets good press. It is the trait we put on résumés, praise in eulogies, and look for in the people we hire. Nobody warns a young person against it. We tell them the opposite: want more, reach further, don't settle. And for the most part that advice
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I kept the results. Not deliberately at first — a paper résumé from junior bike racing, then a training log, then whatever Strava and Athlinks happened to remember. Assembled, it comes to 160 finish lines over 36 years. It opens in 1990 with a 50-mile ride at thirteen, then a
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In 1966, legendary Oregon track coach Bill Bowerman and cardiologist Dr. W. E. Harris published a slim, unassuming book with a bold, single-word title: Jogging. At a dollar a copy, it laid out a simple, medically approved instruction guide for something humans had done since the dawn of time:
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We often fall into the trap of believing that if we can’t dedicate hours a day to a new endeavor, it isn’t worth starting. We tell ourselves we’ll dive into that passion project when we retire, when work slows down, or when life magically hands us a
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The miles we cover are often a reflection of the lives we lead—a blend of grit, uncertainty, and, ultimately, the clarity that comes from enduring. This year, the 26.2 miles of the Big Sur International Marathon have taken on a profound new meaning. I am running to honor
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The recent Nike ad at the Boston Marathon—proclaiming "Runners Welcome, Walkers Tolerated"—certainly succeeded in one metric: it grabbed eyeballs. But in the pursuit of "edgy" marketing, it lost plot on what moving through the world actually feels like for most of us. For a