This week I’ve been working on a YouTube video about something I never used to think about: the surface I run on. When I was younger, it didn’t matter. Road, sidewalk, trail—I just ran. My...

Big news in the science world. Physicists are rewriting the First Law of Thermodynamics. It’s one of the first things you learn as an engineering student: energy is neither created nor destroyed. It’s only transferred...

As an undergraduate chemistry student, I worked in a lab. One day, a senior PhD student mixed up a clear liquid in a beaker. He poured it onto a surface, sprayed a little water, and just...

A former All-Star closer, a couple miles per hour lost, and a hard truth: there’s a difference between being done and being different. A reflection on performance, running, and what it means to keep showing up.

My son had an Under-11 soccer tournament this weekend. They made it to the championship game. If you’ve ever been to one of these, you know the scene. Parents pacing the sidelines, shouting instructions, everyone...

At first it looks impossible. White and black squares stacked like a tiled kitchen floor. So many empty spaces. So many clues. For decades, that’s how I thought about crossword puzzles — specifically the New...

Runners spend a lot of time thinking about muscles, joints, shoes, and mileage. Veins rarely make the list. Yet every once in a while you’ll hear about someone in their forties or fifties getting varicose...

I was listening to a podcast this week about Alexander the Great and his conquest of Persia. There was a section on The Iliad, the Trojan War, and the ancient city of Troy. What interested me...

This is embarrassing, but he we go!  A few summers ago, I flew into Minneapolis and drove up to Duluth to run Grandma’s Marathon. It was a great race. Friendly people, beautiful course along the...

After several months running on the Peloton Tread+, I’m still very happy with it. Most of the features have genuinely improved my indoor training — structured long runs, controlled speed workouts, and consistent mileage when...

Saucony Endorphin Speed 5 — 100-Mile Review Some shoes you test. Some shoes you immediately start reaching for. The Saucony Endorphin Speed 5 has become the second one. I’ve put 100 miles on them —...

I walked in and caught my family watching curling. The Olympics are wrapping up and, like always, I’d been watching sports I never follow the other three years. Curling fits that category. If you don’t...

Saucony Hurricane 25 — 100-Mile Review I rotate through a lot of daily trainers. Some runners find a shoe and stick with it for years. I do that, but I also like to experiment and...

Why the Internet Thinks Vitamin B6 Is Dangerous (And What the Science Actually Says) Over the past year Vitamin B6 has suddenly become the “scary vitamin.” Posts claim nerve damage from normal supplements, videos warn...

I’ve worn a Garmin Forerunner for a long time. Long enough that I should probably know every feature inside and out. I don’t. Every season I end up discovering something that’s been sitting on the...