There’s nothing more generically thrilling than running under a constrained system—of time. Give yourself a block.Complete a trajectory.But make it open-ended. Let your intuition lead.Shorten the cuts.Choose the side streets.Your pace calibrates itself— I must be back by 9:25. And your body knows. Yet in a continuous calculation—risk and reward,distance battling punctuality. Your eyes scan…

The beauty of truly being in it—visually, spatially, physiologically. You’re an agent on an endless map.And you’re there.Wherever you are. And you have objectives.And stops.You, my friend, are on the greatest adventure. And it need not be extraordinary—but it must be immersive. Fully immersive. Always on the edge of potential.What’s next.Venturing into the unknown for…

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance touched on this.Robert Pirsig wrote that riding a motorcycle allows you to interface with the world in a more meaningful way—unlike being sealed behind the steel curtain of a car. I feel the same about running and cycling.They allow you to meet the world—not just pass through it.…

Always lead with your curiosity.Be cautious, yes—but never let that override the pull. Curiosity will lead you into uncharted territory.Satiate your wanting.But can leave you rudderless. It’s what drives you to jump the rickety fence,to chase the side street no one marks on a global heat map.It leads you passing yards with poorly chained Dobermans,to…

I was inspired to try something new today.For whatever reason, the thought of Monet—painting the same scene over and over,at different points in the day,capturing shifting light and mood—struck something in me. So I followed suit. I ran the same one-mile loop.Ten times.All throughout the day. Each loop was the same on paper—but entirely different…

There’s no doubt that fixed-gear cycling was the spark behind my love for cities—or at the very least, a major contributing force.Especially New York City.Monstertrack.Fixed culture.Alleycats and the like. It bred a dark, gritty endurance underworld that I found utterly captivating. Riding fixed defined my early twenties and stretched well into my early thirties —…

There’s something curious about reframing—a shift from the run to the adventure,a shift from an objective—“working out” or “exercise”—to present experience. But this takes mental overhead.You’re working with, even manipulating, a difficult state: tunnel vision. In most endurance pursuits, tunnel vision dominates.The mind narrows.The body bears down.Thinking becomes hard.The voice in your head isn’t always…

The theme here is the destination run—the magnetic pull of point B.Something uniquely profound unfolds when movement is intentional, when there is purpose behind the path—from point A to point B. The constraint of having a fixed endpoint gives rise to unexpected, uncharted tracks. It forces you through what might otherwise be dismissed as mundane,…