Martin Fritz Huber

New York

Columnist at Outside Magazine

Mostly just tweet my articles. "If my thought-dreams could be seen . . ."

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Half Marathon Archives

Dec 2, 2024 | run.outsideonline.com | Ali Nolan |Jessica Sebor |Martin Fritz Huber

Thinking of taking the 13.1-mile plunge but not sure where to start? This half marathon plan will carry you from the sofa to the start line—and across the finish too. You'll get into half marathon running shape in 2 months with this training plan.
About That Mom Who Was Arrested Because Her Kid Went on a Walk

Nov 22, 2024 | abigailwise.substack.com | Martin Fritz Huber |Jia Tolentino |Ryleigh Nucilli |Abigail Wise

A mom in Georgia was recently arrested and charged with reckless conduct after her ten-year-old son was found walking less than a mile from her home. I can’t stop thinking about it. Many of us grew up riding our bikes around the neighborhood and walking with friends to the lake down the bike path. Even now, with a two-year-old, I wonder how much freedom is good for him: Is it OK if he wanders around the upper area of our farm, where I can mostly see him and hear him when the window’s cracked?
Influencers Swear By the AG1 Powder Supplement. Does It Actually Work?

Nov 18, 2024 | outsideonline.com | Martin Fritz Huber

Years ago, I had a roommate who worked out every day and would also consume Dionysian amounts of Entenmann’s cake. My kind of guy. We got along, in part, because of a shared conviction that the pursuit of physical fitness didn’t preclude putting away vast quantities of processed sugar. Not to brag, but in my prime I could eat an entire family size package of Chips Ahoy as a post-run snack. The glories of youth. But you get older and, you’d like to think, wiser.
Don't Let the Epic Views Deceive You. The Ultra Tour de Mont Blanc Is a Beast.

Aug 25, 2024 | outsideonline.com | Martin Fritz Huber

In 2018, I was on one of the press vehicles for the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc, the 106-mile race around the Mont Blanc massif that is widely regarded as the most prestigious event on the ultra circuit. At around 3 a.m., on September 1, a local guide led some members of the media on a hike up the Grand Col Ferret section of the course–a vaunted mountain pass between Italy and Switzerland.
How Little Cardio Can I Get Away With?

Jul 7, 2024 | outsideonline.com | Martin Fritz Huber

Back in 2016, I wrote a column with the rather glib headline: “Yes, Professional Runners Are Weak.” In my defense, I was merely paraphrasing the recently retired marathoner Ryan Hall. After hanging up his running shoes, the American record holder in the half marathon had hit the weight room hard and transformed himself from a scrawny endurance athlete into a muscle-bound beefcake. “I’ve been small and weak all my life,” Hall said in an interview with Runner’s World.
Don’t Project Your Mountain Town Envy Onto Your Kids

Mar 30, 2024 | outsideonline.com | Martin Fritz Huber

“The easiest way to turn your kids into geniuses by the time they’re seven is to front load huge amounts of experience, including dangerous experience.” This is the advice of the late John Taylor Gatto, the writer and educator who is perhaps best known for his passionate polemics against compulsory schooling. For Gatto, one of the ominous signs of “well-schooled kids” is that they are easily bored, afraid of being alone with their own thoughts, and in constant need of affirmation from authority.
We’re Finally Getting Real About Athlete Mental Health

Mar 5, 2024 | outsideonline.com | Martin Fritz Huber

Six years ago, Kevin Love, at the time a power forward for the Cleveland Cavaliers, published a now-famous essay in the Players’ Tribune titled “Everyone Is Going Through Something.” The piece describes an in-game panic attack that had blindsided Love earlier in the season, and his subsequent struggles to talk about what had happened. Love writes that he eventually started seeing a therapist, but that it hadn’t been easy to take this step.
The Bullet Journal Might Be a Time-Crunched Athlete's Secret Weapon

Feb 5, 2024 | triathlete.com | Martin Fritz Huber

Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. I’ve always been a little leery of mindfulness. Not the general concept, but the broader industry that seems to have spawned innumerable charlatans hawking everything from meditation apps, to glitzy yoga retreats, to self-help literature that mostly reminds you of stuff you already know. It sometimes feels like mindfulness is just about repackaging the obvious.
Martin Fritz Huber Archives

Feb 4, 2024 | triathlete.com | Martin Fritz Huber

Family, work, training, friends - you're juggling a lot in a given day. Could the bullet journal method be a way to stay on top of it all?
I Was a Bullet Journal Skeptic, But I Hate to Say It Works

Jan 18, 2024 | outsideonline.com | Martin Fritz Huber

I’ve always been a little leery of mindfulness. Not the general concept, but the broader industry that seems to have spawned innumerable charlatans hawking everything from meditation apps, to glitzy yoga retreats, to self-help literature that mostly reminds you of stuff you already know. It sometimes feels like mindfulness is just about repackaging the obvious. On the other hand, just because something is glaringly self-evident doesn’t mean it’s always easy to remember.