To those of you wondering - Yes, I'm alive and yes, I finished =). The biggest triathlon in the world. Done. One more thing off the Impossible List. Here's the story. The Night Before Saturday evening I headed downtown for the Triathlon Expo. An hour of chaos and a bag full free energy bars, I met up with Mark Lawrence, Nina Yau & Brandon James for our own mini-Chicago blogger meet-up. We had a nice pre-race dinner at a small Peruvian restaurant ...
Archives for August 2010
Video Update: Just Because You Haven’t…
I was up early this morning and had a few things on my mind I wanted to share, so I shot this video: [If you're reading this in email, click here to watch the video.] Here are some highlights for you - :08 - Big Race Coming Up :30 - My annoying mental pattern 1:06 - The difference between the Impossible and the "not done yet" 1:40 - Why worry isn't worth it 3:06 - Jump in. The main thought I really want you to take away is: Just because you ...
The Best Part of Your Favorite Blog That You Never Bothered To Read
There's an amazing part of every blog you read that you're missing out on. It's not that you're not paying attention; it's just hard to keep up with everything. If you're like me you have anywhere from 50-100 blogs in your reader. Most post multiple times a week, and some post daily (and some post even more than that!). It's hard to keep up with life in general, much less anything besides the latest post on the blogs your keep tabs on. So what's the best ...
How To Keep Going When You Don’t Feel Like It
This has literally been the hardest post I've ever written. Not that it stems from something deeply personal or anything like that, but it's has literally just been very hard to write. I sit down at my computer and get ready to write it and I just keep finding other things to do. My hands don't want to type and my mind isn't putting up much of a fight. A quick search of google gives me reasons supposedly why I'm having trouble writing [none of them ...
25 Quotes To Inspire You To Do The Impossible
"It always seems impossible until it's done." - Nelson Mandela "To believe a thing impossible is to make it so." - French Proverb "Never tell a young person that anything cannot be done. God may have been waiting centuries for someone ignorant enough of the impossible to do that very thing." - G. M. Trevelyan "So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable." - ...
5 Reasons Why Your Next Race Should Be An Adventure Race
I'm a big fan of adventure races. Many of you know I did the Mudathlon back in June and it was a blast. Adventure races have been growing in popularity in recent years and for good reason - they're awesome While there are countless reasons why your next race [or first race] shoudl be an adventure race, here are 5 of them: There's no pressure Adventure races are pressure-free. No one is there to win. Well, okay, there are about 5 people, who really, ...
[BIT] Update: July 2010
The July Edition of BIT updates is coming a little late. I'm sorry. I like to do these right at the end of the month, but I got caught up with my last minute triathlon. Either way, here it is. Better late than never. Blogging Looking Back In case you missed it, in the last month here at BIT we talked about how to really celebrate your freedom, and my new-found productivity thanks to waking up early. I solicited your opinions on the world cup outcome ...
The Power Of Why
Why is a powerful question. Your answer to that question is even more powerful. It defines your success. In fact, almost always your answer to why determines if you will succeed or fail. However, too often we fail to ask the question why. When making a decision, most people have a thought process that asks three questions in the following order: What How Why Say for instance I want to be wealthy. My thought process might look something like this. What ...
Tri Indy Results [Embarrassing Stories Edition]
[blackbirdpie url ="http://twitter.com/joelrunyon/status/20065765753"] The twitter message pretty much says it all. I finished and did pretty well, but I’ve been getting asked a lot about the results, so here's the race recap. It’s sort of epic so here are some quick highlights to look forward to: My fastest bike time ever 2 embarrassing stories A variety of semi-amusing photographs Ready? The Race The swim was in the canal in downtown Indianapolis. ...
