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Someone smart once said to me that self-deprecation and an outsize sense of responsibility were expressions of ego. Just as one who always sees themselves as the best has an…

It's billed as the toughest cyclocross race in the world, but the Three Peaks Cyclocross is not like any cyclocross race you've seen, and it's not like any gravel race you've…

In Rome, along the banks of the Tiber, they wear togas and garlands made of laurel on their heads. It's hot there, and sandals are popular. It's a rich culture, there in…

I hate being cold. You might surmise it reminds me too much of my childhood winters in Wisconsin. Back then my parents would snatch us from school and drive to Florida…

This piece appeared on Red Kite Prayer in 2010. I was reminded of it by a moth clung to the side of the house the other day, and when I found the piece and blew the dust off…

Here's a charming little profile of one of the many gravel events that's sprung up from nothing in the last decade or so. The Heck of the North takes place in northern…

Honest to golly, I pictured Fez's face as I sat on the small couch we have in our kitchen, the coffee warm in my hand but not yet raising my spirits. I had been thinking…

I recently spoke to a friend, and I was joking about how I’d done a hike that had left me sore enough that I was contemplating doing a recovery ride. He asked why I would…

The subtle nuances of life’s magic never ceases to amaze me. As I planned my columns for the New Year, this one leaped out at me: February 14, Valentine’s Day. Many…

On any given day in any given place there are a set of conditions, and at the same time, your conditions for immersing yourself in those conditions. For example, in February…