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Coffee Won’t Make You Faster
Why Runners Love It Anyway
 • Chris Z
An Injury That Refuses To Get Better Or Worse
Living with a knee that won't break, won't heal, and won't leave
 • Chris Z
One More Thing: What 2025 Also Gave Me
Looking back at the good that slipped through
 • Chris Z
The Year Between Selves (2025 Recap)
On injury, identity, and running when nothing is simple anymore
 • Chris Z
Chasing the Runner I Used to Be
Why it feels impossible to imagine a life where running isn’t the center of everything
 • Chris Z
Nobody Cares About Your Strava Year
Comparison Culture Disguised As Celebration
 • Chris Z
Inside the 2026 Western States Lottery // Hope, Math, and Madness
A Beautiful, Mathematical, Deeply Human Absurdity
 • Chris Z
One Ring to Rule Your Rest
A self-aware confession about data addiction, modern running culture, and why I sold an Oura Ring — only to buy it again.
 • Chris Z
The Mountains Are Getting Crowded
What We Lose, What We Keep, and What We Learn
 • Chris Z
Running Aura
An invitation to meet your true running self
 • Chris Z
Years of Noise
On music, chaos, and the quiet art of staying alive.
 • Chris Z
ZUT // Not for Sale
What money can’t buy
 • Chris Z
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DAS Z LETTER — Running, Culture & Self
DAS Z LETTER — Running, Culture & Self
Deep, honest weekly essays about running, culture, and the human condition — written with clarity and emotional accuracy by Chris Z, former hardcore-punk musician and founder of the running brand Willpower.
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