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Top 10 Bozeman Running Clubs

Scott Parker

Once upon a time, the loneliness of long-distance running was part of its mystique. No longer. With over 50 million regular runners in America, the mystique is gone, and with it the necessity of solitude. Running groups and running clubs now occupy a…

How To Run

Scott Parker

I want to say, ‘like a child,’ and let that be the end of it. Think of how a child runs, and think of why. The how is free, fluidly, spontaneously. The why is because, for a child, life is still alive, and what is alive demands to be…

On Being In One's Element

Scott Parker

My whole life, I’ve been on a first-name basis with the rain. I know it intimately and directly, like gravity or my own breath, and therefore trust it. It is the only element I inhabit without hesitation or self-consciousness. It is, in fact…

What's Your Beef? What Does Friendly Even Mean?

Scott Parker

It happened again the other day.I was a few miles into a leisurely afternoon run when I heard a man shouting, “Don’t worry. He’s friendly!”There are few words less reassuring to a runner.A moment later, the dog was upon me. At…