Hi, I’m Matt, an ultra runner, nordic skier, parent, husband, psychotherapist and spiritual explorer from Western Massachusetts. I’ve been a runner for most of my life, a meditator for almost as long, a social worker and therapist for 20 years, and a parent for 10. The first year of Covid I figured out how to manage my AFib, a heart condition that kept me from racing or even running a whole lot, and I started running trails and ultras. This blog documents my explorations, starting with a 100-mile run on the Robert Frost Trail not far from the town where I live and work. Here’s a photo of me running a 50-mile race through the gorges near Ithaca, NY.

Being connected with nature and the planet is central to my life, as is the future of my kids, so I also intend to document in these posts my efforts to fight climate change and care for the environment. The challenges humans face as individuals and as a species can seem daunting and hopeless, but I believe that we often can’t imagine amazing possibilities only because we are stuck in limiting parts of ourselves. Many years ago at a marathon expo, Bill Rogers gave me an autograph that read “run forever.” Obviously this is not possible, but I have found that a lot more is possible than one might think, and it’s worth exploring. I hope you enjoy my accounts and musings, and let me know what you think!