Be careful about how brand activations affect you. Latest 👇 open.substack.com/pub/zone5/p/...

If you're an individual trying to create something, but constantly getting bombarded with messaging that you should become a nu-media company this will hit you in the feels. A good lesson from some great writers who make the Internet much less shitty every time they publish

The latest Zone Five newsletter is live! I'm getting my first opportunity to race direct, and I'm excited to get my first shot!

The latest Zone Five newsletter is live! It's my training diary for the week, and why it's important to do hard things.

The latest Zone Five newsletter is live now! This week, we're talking Nike's place in trail running, cross training, and building football stadiums. Check it out!

Get these bots off my Substack!

The latest Zone Five newsletter. On Black Canyon, Barkley Marathons, and speed training.

Me on the death of the Washington Post sports section. This isn't a day to be nostalgic. It's a day to be angry. www.theringer.com/2026/02/04/m...

Milrose Games or Olympic final in the 2 mile? You tell me.

My latest on cold running, Kilian Jornet, and Alex Honnold

I asked Chat GPT, Claude, and Gemini to help me plan my running year. What I got was a great example of the similarities and differences between the 3.

Rock on, Chicago

🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻

Al said dagger like he was trying to go home and go to bed

Did the Bears go for it this much on 4th down in their own territory in the regular season? Like what was that?

I think this game needs one more video introduction

Kinda bummed about the Stefanski firing. There was some consistency at the head coaching position for the first time in the Browns new era. Had to handle all the distractions and still made playoffs twice.

BREAKING NEWS: Myles Garrett has set the new single-season record for sacks (23) 🔥

For all the crap we Cleveland fans watch, it's a good time to think how cool it is we've seen two of the greatest NFL and NBA players of all time play for our city

Hell yeah, Myles!

Can the Browns just play defense today?

Every time I watch Mendoza I see Kirk Cousins. His enthusiasm, facemask style, everything. I'm just waiting for him to scream YOU LIKE THAT?!

Is it just me or are these playoff games moving at warp speed?

My brother from Texas Tech just got assaulted lol

Starting 2026 with college football and sled riding. Doing shit right this year

Teams with a bye 0-5 holy crap

Good riddance 2025, on to 2026!

Ok so you have to play in the first round of the playoff. Note to every team involved. 25 days off is a death sentence

"at the end of the day it's eff the packers always" is a mic drop

Holy shit I think I'm a bears fan now

As predicted by @shutdownfullcast.bsky.social the Montana - Montana St game is the best game in the 3:30 window

Does anyone else look at their Strava or Garmin mileage and think of all the places you ran to this year?

Shout out to Toney! You fumble and then do something like that to totally redeem yourself!

Just amazing clock management by Oklahoma, only to be outdone by an even more amazing field goal miss

So what connection does 50 Cent have to Oklahoma again?

Yeah, but it's a balmy 7 I think to myself standing at the gas pump trying not to freeze to death

Given the general happiness with the Chiefs being eliminated, it's because the question: how long can we tolerate one team winning?

If you care about journalism the New Yorker doc on Netflix is a much watch

Wish I had this disclaimer before turning on the BIG championship game

The Texas Tech linebackers missed an opportunity as a unit not going with neck rolls. They would be the most imposing group in all the land

Brother Bauchmeir, you gotta get down

Finally! It's throw footballs into big cans of Dr. pepper weekend!

Oh no that's a terrible way to lose a football game

It's so beautiful when a team runs the veer offense in 2025

Gotta say this snow during this game is like peak football. Show this to the aliens when they asked what football was

100k people singing Mr. Brightside is pretty sweet when the music drops and it turns a capella. Don't care where you're from

No field goal there? Nah we'll pass

George Pickens is only capable of making catches like that

Seriously, is there anyone who can single handedly dominate an opposing offense like Myles Garret?

Her: you’d better not be perfectly parallel to the ground after adjusting to a slightly under thrown ball to make a huge catch on the road in a rivalry game when I get there Me: