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Caleb Daniloff

I’m pretty sure my mom was a witch

Ruth Daniloff: 12.03.35–1.20.24

5 min read8 hours ago

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I’m pretty sure my mom was a witch

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Caleb Daniloff

The forefoot runner’s guide to sobriety

Thump, thump. Ding! Thump. Ding! Thump, thump. Ding! Ding! Every time my foot landed too hard on the treadmill, the sensors attached to my…

9 min readSep 9, 2023

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The forefoot runner’s guide to sobriety

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Caleb Daniloff

Don’t masturbate in public and other writing advice

Ten years ago today, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt published my first book, a memoir about running and sobriety. Seeing the title displayed on…

4 min readOct 9, 2022

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Caleb Daniloff

To all the push-ups I’ve owed before

Today, I closed the book on another year of daily push-ups. Over the past twelve months, I knocked off 72,800 of them. I know that’s chump…

4 min readJul 16, 2022

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To all the push-ups I’ve owed before

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Caleb Daniloff

His name was Mark

His name was Mark. He was born in Northport, New York, and last February he died in Boston, of an overdose. He was 28 years old. In between…

6 min readJul 16, 2022

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His name was Mark

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Caleb Daniloff

The Lock

I spread the guts of a new lock on the foyer carpet: screws, housing, battery, keypad. Wood smoke breezed in through the open door, a smell…

7 min readJul 16, 2022

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The Lock

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Caleb Daniloff

The ride

A letter to my daughter

5 min readAug 23, 2021

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The ride

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Caleb Daniloff

Fear is the cockroach of human emotions

When I lived in the former Soviet Union, cockroaches scurried about our Moscow apartment. There was no getting rid of them. I found…

3 min readJun 23, 2021

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Fear is the cockroach of human emotions

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Caleb Daniloff

On my 200,950th push-up in a row

Today, I did my 200,950th consecutive push-up.

4 min readJun 1, 2021

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On my 200,950th push-up in a row

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Caleb Daniloff

Ghost Boston

124th Boston Marathon, virtual race report. Sept. 11, 2020

14 min readSep 22, 2020

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Ghost Boston

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Caleb Daniloff

Caleb Daniloff

Boston-area writer, Runner's World contributing editor, author Running Ransom Road (2012), co-conspirator on November Project, The Book (2016).

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