https://jeffcalvert.net/writing/rushofitall/ Recent content in The Rush of It All on Jeff Calvert Hugo en-US Thu, 03 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://jeffcalvert.net/writing/rushofitall/first-night-run/ Thu, 03 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://jeffcalvert.net/writing/rushofitall/first-night-run/ If I get into longer ultras I’ll deal with that. For now, it’s just an interesting sensation… I’ll empathize with those who do go long… https://jeffcalvert.net/writing/rushofitall/knowing-vs-visting/ Fri, 31 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://jeffcalvert.net/writing/rushofitall/knowing-vs-visting/ It’s a gift, and a mystery that requires imagination, to love a place and feel that it loves you back the way a dog might. A secret, sacred empathy… https://jeffcalvert.net/writing/rushofitall/pinhoti-100-2021/ Sun, 21 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://jeffcalvert.net/writing/rushofitall/pinhoti-100-2021/ Pinhoti was my 7th 100-miler, and I was hoping it might be my fastest. https://jeffcalvert.net/writing/rushofitall/steamtown-marathon-2009/ Thu, 18 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://jeffcalvert.net/writing/rushofitall/steamtown-marathon-2009/ The apex of my pre-ultra career, halfway between my 1st marathon and my 7th 100-miler… I remember it mainly for the emotional bewilderment https://jeffcalvert.net/writing/rushofitall/utmb-2017/ Thu, 26 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://jeffcalvert.net/writing/rushofitall/utmb-2017/ Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc… in the final 25 miles of this race, I was the best I’ve been so far as a runner… https://jeffcalvert.net/writing/rushofitall/boston-marathon-bombing/ Tue, 25 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://jeffcalvert.net/writing/rushofitall/boston-marathon-bombing/ We take a breath, realize that we’re still alive, realize that we can stand back up. And then we stagger forward again… https://jeffcalvert.net/writing/rushofitall/good-and-bad-people/ Tue, 04 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://jeffcalvert.net/writing/rushofitall/good-and-bad-people/ Humans aren’t simple in that way. The balance between the good and bad a person does is irreconcilable — one doesn’t count against the other… https://jeffcalvert.net/writing/rushofitall/neighbor-mutilates-trees/ Fri, 30 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://jeffcalvert.net/writing/rushofitall/neighbor-mutilates-trees/ He sees no ugliness in what he does. I wanted to cry he proudly pointed to his work and said “they was getting a little high.” https://jeffcalvert.net/writing/rushofitall/time-gratitude-greed/ Fri, 30 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://jeffcalvert.net/writing/rushofitall/time-gratitude-greed/ We must find a balance between gratitude and greed. To somehow be both satisfied and searching, to reconcile our gifts against our hunger. https://jeffcalvert.net/writing/rushofitall/permission-for-rough-work/ Thu, 29 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://jeffcalvert.net/writing/rushofitall/permission-for-rough-work/ Could I take what I just wrote, which is rough but not bad, and put it up on my website? To get to Yes on that, I’d first have to… https://jeffcalvert.net/writing/rushofitall/photographing-barkley-2016/ Fri, 31 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://jeffcalvert.net/writing/rushofitall/photographing-barkley-2016/ I came home from Barkley with more photos than Ultrarunning could publish… Here’s a sampling, and observations from an event I found profoundly moving. https://jeffcalvert.net/writing/rushofitall/acl-rehab-without-surgery/ Wed, 09 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://jeffcalvert.net/writing/rushofitall/acl-rehab-without-surgery/ An update on my running progress 6 months after I snapped my ACL and opted for physical therapy instead of surgical repair. https://jeffcalvert.net/writing/rushofitall/soccer-faces/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://jeffcalvert.net/writing/rushofitall/soccer-faces/ I look for people at their best, in moments of earnest engagement when they are so involved in doing something they love that they forget to pose… https://jeffcalvert.net/writing/rushofitall/christmas-letter-from-iraq-2003/ Sat, 27 Dec 2003 00:00:00 +0000 https://jeffcalvert.net/writing/rushofitall/christmas-letter-from-iraq-2003/ You may not find the usual levity in this year’s letter, but maybe I can bring it around to something positive by the end. The theme is paradox… https://jeffcalvert.net/writing/rushofitall/running-start-wonder/ Mon, 22 Mar 1999 00:00:00 +0000 https://jeffcalvert.net/writing/rushofitall/running-start-wonder/ I crave the solitude of running alone, but 2 years ago I became a father, and it became scarce. But also less important — my son is now my running partner.