💾JUNK CABIN REVISITED: In March 2020 as the Covid pandemic swept the world and homelife took on a whole new meaning, I had an idea; build my wife a cabin in the paddock without her knowing. I used only what was on the farm- stuff I’d been collecting for years off the roadside, from demolition projects or handed down from family and mates. Making the building without Helen knowing was as hard as it sounds, but I had the cover of an Oak tree in the furthest corner of the property.

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💾THE YOUTUBE FOREST: I’ve planted plenty of trees before, but always a known quantity, in a known allotment of time. So I had an idea. Hand the project over to YouTube to see how much money a video can make, and turn that money into trees. I’d then have to figure out where to plant them, how I’d get them in the ground before summer, who’d help, and how I’d get a hold of that many trees in such a short space of time. I had one month to earn the money and 6

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💾(this is not professional advice) Adapted from: A Regular Person’s Guide To Surviving An Ultramarathon https://semi-rad.com/2025/05/a-regular-persons-guide-to-surviving-an-ultramarathon/ Parking Lot Laps: A Rationale https://semi-rad.com/2021/05/parking-lot-laps-a-rationale/ Race Report: Motatapu Ultra (2025) https://semi-rad.com/2025/03/race-report-motatapu-ultra/ The Rut 50K In 4 Minutes (2024) https://youtu.be/M4vJR8H0vjk?feature=shared Race Report: Ultra-Trail Cape To

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💾MY NEMESIS - PART 2: My old high school mate Pete, who was my nemesis cross-country rival, now has stuffed hips. In 2022 I challenged him to run Australia’s hardest 100k mountain run before he went in for hip surgery. I’d run it with him, film it, say positive things, and do my darndest to get him to the finish line. We made it to the 60k mark before missing the cut off. It was a great day, but it was also a DNF... After delaying hip surgery one more year to throw his hat

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💾FOREST UPDATE 2025: In 2021 I planted a tree a minute, for 24 hours, on my mates farm. It was freakin hard work, but also one of the coolest, most rewarding days I’ve ever had. I made a film about the project and promised folks I’d return every two years to show off the plot and see how the trees and bushes are going. This was a special day because I really felt like the project had landed. I had a cup of tea in the new forest, from water boiled on a fire made from the for

💾I find myself in Tasmania, about to descend a sickly orange, biologically dead river the locals call pumpkin soup. After 100 years of runoff from a mine, The Queen River, is considered the most polluted river in Australia.

💾URBAN FORAGING: I’ve always loved finding stuff, and as a self prescribed observer, always lookin’, I always seem to find money. This film is about finding as much cash as possible in a regular 9-5 workday in order to take my family to dinner. As a tap and go, cashless, app drive society, notes and coins are becoming a thing of the past. So, my work-day, find-money challenge, to buy-my-family-dinner, might be one of the worst ideas I’ve ever decided to film. - Pro

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💾10 years ago (in September 2015), Jayson and I ran our first ultramarathon race at the Bear Chase Race in Lakewood, Colorado. We decided to go back and run the 2025 Bear Chase 50K and catch up a bit. Music clearance through MusicBed Song: Feeling The Love — Instrumental by Lady Bri Covid spike protein animation from Vecteezy.com My newsletter about about adventure, creativity, running, and enthusiasm here: https://semi-rad.com/subscribe/ My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/s

💾I've got a mission in mind. Running to the Hollywood sign to see if I can touch it. I set out to have an intimate picnic for one beneath the famous set of letters. The cops had other ideas.

💾For My Favorite Things, I'm interviewing people about the books, movies, music, art, and other creative works that have influenced their lives. Episode 1 is Bodie Johnson. Bodie's favorite things are: 1. Paul Simon, Graceland (album) YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgD_2-Ds0_gpHnMOnyYpuVCdAJ_9Olkv- Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/graceland/529574560 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/4WoQ94qzwQj28n3nlSOVLB?si=ueQOJVGLR6WxoxI0KDl5gw 2. Alone In The

💾KAYAK RESCUE: I’ve recently shot a TV series for Red Bull where I interview world class athletes in their backyards. While shooting some introductory shots from a friendly white-water river in France, I end up getting rescued by the athlete (Nouria Newman) I was there to interview. Long story short, it all went swimmingly until I missed my roll and took a swim in a very cold river. Nouria does a brilliant job of mopping up. It’s a series of bad decisions followed by a seri