How I Eat Healthy on the Road—With a Doggie Dish
The most reliable restaurant in any city I visit is the grocery store. Give me one...
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VaughanTown Balneario Alhama de Aragón: The Set is Complete
"Welcome to Alabama," our Master of Ceremonies announced shortly after boarding our charter bus that was...
Saucony Jazz: How a 1981 Sneaker Performs as a Running/Travel Shoe in 2026
Puma H-Street shoes carried me through seventeen years of a twenty-three-year quest to run a sub-four-hour...
Podcast: Talking Camino de Santiago with Bradley Chermside
Earlier this year, a newsletter called BookBub surfaced a memoir that I almost scrolled past in...
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How I Imported Day One Journal Entries (+ Other Formats) into Apple Journal
I started journaling occasionally back in 2022 and daily for the better part of the last...
Zaragoza, Spain: Big Fourth City, Small-Town Feel
A total solar eclipse will make you do strange things, like book two nights in a...
The 2026 Solar Eclipse: Pac-Man, a Dora Hat, and a Ring of Fire
I've seen a total solar eclipse before. Nine years ago, I drove south of St. Louis...
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Blast from the past: When Garmin-Chipotle had a Tour de France Cycling Team
There is a particular kind of disappointment that comes from learning, eighteen years late, that two...
My Warsaw Visit: A DIY Half Marathon, a Podcast, and Dozens of Porsches
I slept through almost the entire Ryanair flight to Warsaw, which says something about either my...
My Week Volunteering at Angloville Osada Danków, Poland
There is a particular kind of silence that falls over a room when eighteen adults from...
What I Learned Biking in Girona with Electronic Shifting and Ray-Ban Meta Glasses
The plan had been to ride 75 kilometers from Girona to Manlleu to catch the Tour...
Watching the First Stages of the 2026 Tour de France in Spain
On July 4, 2026, the United States turned 250 years old. I marked the occasion by...
Fort Collins–Steamboat Springs: 200 Miles, One Broken Mount, and a Very Late Birthday
Mel is a friend who recently has been talking me into these things. At least her...
Cycling the Newly Completed Poudre River Trail Between Fort Collins and Greeley
There are rides you plan carefully and rides that sneak up on you. This one was...
Bozeman, Montana: Tacos, Trails, and Tune Up Nights
Andrea and I flew into Bozeman not entirely sure what to expect. I knew the town...
American Computer & Robot Museum
This museum was smaller than I expected. But then, what good museum isn't? The American Computer &...
Yellowstone Day 2: The Geyser That Didn’t, and the Bears That Did
Day 1 ended with a plan on my phone and two things still unticked on it:...
Yellowstone Day 1: Bison, Geysers, and Snow in June
There is a particular optimism in setting an alarm for 6:00 a.m. to beat the crowds...
Lake Tahoe Day Trip: Emerald Bay and Beyond
The last time I had been to Emerald Bay was in 2002, when apparently my idea...
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Trans Am Bike Nonstop Starts Tomorrow. A Lot Has Changed Since I Raced It
Tomorrow morning at 6 a.m., about 50 ultra-cyclists will gather in front of the Columbia River...
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An Hour at the Google Store, and Why I’ve Never Quite Fallen for the Company
Andrea and I had about an hour to kill between Half Moon Bay and the East...
San Francisco on Foot: A Two-Day Whirlwind
San Francisco has a way of testing you before it rewards you—fog, hills, a transit system...
Don’t Use a Magic Eraser on the ESR Rebound Keyboard
Eight months ago, I switched from the Apple Magic Keyboard to the ESR Rebound Keyboard for...
Alan Walker Concert at Red Rocks
One of the unexpected silver linings of the pandemic—beyond having more focused time and an even...
From Winnipeg to Québec: Three Half Marathons in Five Days
After finishing a full marathon in each of the 50 U.S. states, I needed a new...