Deep, honest weekly essays about running, culture, and the human condition — written with clarity and emotional accuracy by Chris Z, former hardcore-punk musician and founder of the running brand Willpower.
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I Don’t Have A Plan B
I was asked in a podcast interview recently if I have a Plan B for running.
We had been talking about my long injury period and what it did to me. How hard it was to lose running for such a long time. How quickly a physical problem turned...
[+] I Have a Bib
There are good reasons to start. There are also very good reasons not to.
Can I tell you a secret?
Knee Rehab Is Over!! …just kidding, it’s not
For more than a year I had a super simple idea of how this knee story would end. At some point everything would be healed and I would be done with rehab.
I never really thought about what that meant. I guess the knee would stop hurting, I...
I Made A Fanzine
Last year, I made a fanzine.
A real one. Printed on paper, A5, 88 pages. It happened while we were working on Burning Fight, a Willpower1 drop inspired by 90s hardcore.
At some point my friend Jean-Paul and I decided to make a fanzine f...
[+] I Think I’m a Running Writer
Somewhere along the way, writing about running became another way of being a runner
Chamonix has a way of making people’s roles unusually visible. During UTMB week almost everyone seems to arrive with a clear identity attached to them. The...
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I used to play in hardcore-punk bands and now I write books and essays about running. I am also the founder of the running brand Willpower.
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