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Why This Blog Has Fallen Off; And, Perhaps, Goodbye

I started writing TJOHEARN.COM when I graduated college in 2016. Before then, I was publishing articles on Medium. Even earlier, I used Tumblr, Reddit, Facebook, and some niche sites that readers today won’t have heard of. Creating a website branded

My 2023 Track Season

2023 has been an exciting year for me. On January 1st, I nordic skied for the first time with my own gear. That same day at Vail, I downhill skied. I finished the ski season with more days on the

Many a ski day has been cut short by cold toes. A common frustration amongst all skiers is, surely, spending thousands of dollars on gear only to discover an acute source of discomfort and numbness whenever the temperature drops below

Note: Unfortunately, this trick no longer works. Sorry. The marquee challenge within the virtual cycling game Zwift is the Alpe du Zwift. The climb features 22 hairpin turns and is inspired by the Alp d’Huez of Tour de France iconography.

During the pandemic, I’ve been spending a lot of time at home. Many gyms have temporarily closed, and the gym I visited for years in downtown Chicago disappeared without a trace. There’s been a rush to construct at-home gyms of

Compared to Pokemon, I played a lot of the Yu-Gi-Oh! card game. As I got older (6th grade?) I was actually gifted booster boxes, though by that time I was pretty much always playing by myself. I played a lot

We’re entering year two of the pandemic and I’m in the best shape of my life. As soon as I realized that this thing was for real, I started budgeting and building my home gym. The results have been great,

I Sent My Childhood Pokemon Collection to PSA

In the middle of 2020, I found myself spending the summer with my parents in Scranton. Almost all of my friends had long since moved away. Increasingly obscure avenues helped me pass the time. One of my hobbies was playing

Blueprint for Newberry Park’s Perfect Track Season

Newberry Park’s high school boys team just completed the most dominant cross country season of all time. California is typically one of the most competitive states when it comes to prep distance running, and Newberry Park’s top seven runners made

Down in Tallahassee on November 20th we had the men’s and women’s NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships. This was probably the most interesting iteration of this race because the last installment (officially deemed the 2020 Championship) was held in