Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon: Running Where the Racehorses Compete
I had already crossed the Kentucky state line once before with a marathon bib pinned to...
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Hong Kong: A Fresh Set of Eyes on an Old Family City
My late mother was born and raised in Hong Kong, which you might think would have...
Vehicles in Hong Kong: Supercars, Motorcycles, and Plenty of Forbidden Fruit
Hong Kong is famous for its skyline, its dim sum, and its public transit—one of the...
Macau: Not Actually the Las Vegas of Asia
The idea came from my dad. He suggested a day trip to Macau—somewhere I had never...
Cars in Singapore: COE, Exotics, and One Very Expensive Fill-Up
I have a confession to make about Singapore: I spent more time looking at its cars...
Six Million People, Zero Litter: Singapore, the City that Works
Singapore is famously strict—no gum, no graffiti, no littering, stiff fines for each—and most people outside...
Dual-Device Day One Journaling for Free
I started journaling daily for the better part of the last nine months. I was partly...
Noodles, Heat, and No Salad: Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Before crossing into Malaysia from Singapore, I had a working theory: that it would be like...
Cars in Malaysia and Encounters with a Mystery “P” Car Brand
Before stepping off a bus from Singapore into Johor Bahru, I half-expected the cars to look...
Thirteen Years With OneNote—Then I Found Obsidian
"OneNote is my favorite app after Excel," I had proudly proclaimed 13 years ago. "I use...
VoiceOver: My New, Accidental Reading Superpower
Back in 2018, I served as crew chief for a four-tandem-bicycle RAAM team—the first team with...
Seawalls, Pho, and a Moon Launch in Vancouver, British Columbia
The last time I passed through Vancouver was in August 2007—nearly 19 years ago—and I use...
Book Review: Riders of the Storm by Rob Skinner
There is a peculiar experience in reading a book about something you were part of—you half-recognize...
B&A Trail Marathon: The Word “Trail” Nearly Stopped Me
The word "trail" has cost me several marathons. Not literally—no one has handed me a trail race...
Baltimore Beyond the Ravens
My knowledge of Baltimore before visiting could be summarized in one sentence: the Baltimore Ravens play...
A Proper Introduction to Annapolis, Maryland
Eight years ago, I rolled into Annapolis, Maryland under circumstances that were, to put it charitably,...
Nashville, Tennessee: More Than the Sum of Its Honky-Tonks
The last time I was in Nashville was 1998—twenty-eight years ago, and a different era in...
Rocket City Surprise: Exploring Huntsville, Alabama
Before my trip to Alabama, I could have summarized my impressions of the state in about...
From Runner to Waddling Duck at the Race to Space Marathon
I had only been in Alabama once in my life, and the visit was brief. Thirteen...
Finding Magic at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center
I have always been more of a land person. As a kid, I was fascinated by almost...
The CAAD14 Goes Back to Looking like My 1992 Cannondale 3.0
Seven years is a long time to wait for a new bicycle. In the cycling industry,...
The Saucony Kinvara 15: Tested to 653 Miles
The Saucony Kinvara was born into the minimalist running boom of the late 2000s—a moment when...
Slump or Spry? My Lee Martinez 10K Run
For the past month, I felt like a shadow of my former running self. It started...
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Edora Park 8K: Tights, Carbon Plates, and the Ghost of a 6:30 Pace
It was a relief to stand at the start line at Edora Park this past Sunday,...
Plastic-free water bottles
Bottled water had a moment in the 1990s and early 2000s. People carried those little single-serving...