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You Weren’t Meant to Sleep Like This
Morning workouts and the forgotten history of slumber.
Mar 10, 2025 • Sam Robinson
On Keeping a Running Log
Record keeping as staging for the self.
Dec 9, 2024 • Sam Robinson
“The Morning Routine That Changed My Life”
Self-optimization as market-based obliteration.
Nov 18, 2024 • Sam Robinson
And Then My Phone Buzzed
Watershed time in the age of interruptibility.
Feb 18 • Sam Robinson
Going for a Run While the Rule of Law Collapses
Is it immoral to train for a marathon right now?
Feb 2 • Sam Robinson
My Oura Ring Says Everything Will Be Fine
We are being made competent. We are being made better. We are being made.
Jan 19 • Sam Robinson
Running on Loyalty
On loyalty, community, and resisting the urge to optimize everything.
Jan 5 • Sam Robinson
Footnotes 2025 Year in Review
A year of writing about movement—from sidewalks to starting lines to social feeds.
Dec 15, 2025 • Sam Robinson
Footnotes 2025 Gift Guide
My favorite tools, books, and gear from the year.
Dec 1, 2025 • Sam Robinson
On the Links
A running memory with a manicured edge.
Nov 28, 2025 • Sam Robinson
Why Are Cross Country Races Always on Golf Courses?
The curious history behind running’s most unlikely venue.
Nov 24, 2025 • Sam Robinson
The Joy of Being Serious
Chris Lear’s cult classic Running with the Buffaloes turns 25 and its portrait of Mark Wetmore’s relentless ethos still defines American distance…
Nov 10, 2025 • Sam Robinson
Footnotes
Footnotes
Exploring life in motion. Because to wander is to wonder.
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