A weekly letter about running across countries, aging without slowing down, dogs who changed my life, and the people and places along the way.
Speed Kills (Joy)
For years I chased personal bests and qualifying times, and slowing down felt like failure. Then I started crossing continents at roughly 3 mph and found something better. Here is the case for a conversational pace, and the two articles that just backed it up.
Vikings on The Camino
On a torrential day on the Camino de Santiago, David meets Kasper and Janne, two Danish pilgrims whose journey out of addiction became a love story. Their answer to the rain and mud: stop fighting what you can't control.
Sport: A Language We All Speak
Twelve countries on foot across Europe, and a lesson in how sport connects strangers who share no words.