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Thunderstorm Workouts

July 30, 2011 By Joel Runyon 26 Comments

10:59 Dangit. It's been raining all day. I'd been hoping for the rain to stop so I could get finish my workout. It had been raining since the morning. It wasn't going to stop anytime soon. It's getting late and I have to get up early the next day. It's now or never. Screw it, let's do it. I tell myself. I throw my Vibrams on, grab my jumprope off the counter and head out the door. I jog down the back alley as the water starts to collect in miniature ...

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Filed Under: Adventures, Hacks, The Impossible Tagged With: lightning workouts, No Excuses, park workouts, thunderstorm workouts, workout anyways, workout in the rain

A Little Bit Crazy

July 26, 2011 By Joel Runyon 31 Comments

I'm a little bit crazy. Growing up, my Dad always told me that when I was a kid, I would look at my parents and my family and say, "I'm different than you guys." I'm different. I'm a little bit crazy. I'm fine with that now (but it took me a long time to get there). It's odd that we make such a big deal out of being "crazy." We're so accustomed to not standing out that it gets a little ridiculous sometimes and life becomes a race to assimilate rather ...

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Filed Under: Hacks, The Impossible Tagged With: a little bit crazy, am i crazy, are you crazy, crazy, how to be different, insane, insane in the membrane, lost your marbles, seriously, vic is insane, vic magary is nuts

The Best Investment You Can Make

July 22, 2011 By Joel Runyon 22 Comments

[blackbirdpie url="http://twitter.com/joelrunyon/status/88105216465047552"] Relationships are what matter. You can get great things out of a lot of different things, but life is ultimately about other people. It's commonly said in the Venture Capital arena that investors don't invest in ideas, they invest in founders. The best ideas in the world, don't do anything if they're not brought to life by people. Your blog/ebook/guide/book is read by ...

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Filed Under: Hacks Tagged With: People, The Best Investment You

Always Be Better

July 19, 2011 By Joel Runyon 25 Comments

I ran my second triathlon of the season this past weekend. This course was the Valpo Triathlon, the same course where I did my very first triathlon last year. When I ran this race last year, I never really conceptualized all the things I would go on to do. Another sprint tri, an olympic triathlon, a half marathon, a full marathon. When did these things happen? Sure I had written them down on a piece of paper and posted them online, but that's just words ...

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Filed Under: Adventures, Fitness, Hacks, The Impossible Tagged With: always be better, be better today, be better tomorrow, better in a year, hoow to get better in a year, how to get better, Impossible

The Budget Guide To Triathlon

July 12, 2011 By Joel Runyon 18 Comments

Triathlons are expensive! I hear that a lot.  And triathlons definitely can be. When you see professional triathletes decked out in gear and apparel that looks as foreign and expensive as a space suit, it can be intimidating. But, with most things, money is very seldom a good excuse for not doing something cool. If you really want to do something, you can usually find the money to make it happen or you can find a way to do it for less than you thought it ...

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Filed Under: Fitness Tagged With: $$$, Budget Guide To Triathlon, frugal, fun sports, Multisport, Triathlon Budget, Triathlon on a budget, Triathlon on the cheap

You’ll Never Be Ready

July 9, 2011 By Joel Runyon 30 Comments

A while back the always lovely, and ever vulgar Ashley Ambirge from The Middle Finger Project wrote this [blackbirdpie url="http://twitter.com/TMFproject/status/71270515351896064"] "Being prepared and being ready are two different things. F*** the first. Run with the second. Preparedness comes w/ experience - never before." - Ashley Ambirge It got quite a few retweets and agreements, and while I think Ashley is awesome, I completely disagree. Sorry ...

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Filed Under: Hacks, The Impossible Tagged With: ashley abirge, if we keep waiting, mat kearney, never be ready, perfect time to come, the middle finger project

The Benefits of Looking Stupid

July 6, 2011 By Joel Runyon 42 Comments

I look stupid a lot. I've gotten used to it, I've realized that I’ll never be cool. I’ve come to grips with that reality and I'm okay with it. After all, it’s really hard to look cool when I'm: >> doing 200 squats in the kitchen >> turning purple while doing pushups >> making faces of agony while running a marathon So I've accepted it and moved on. In fact, I've been sure that there are lots of other things that I can look stupid doing. ...

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Filed Under: Adventures, Hacks, The Impossible, Updates Tagged With: Falling to my death, Jumping out of a plane, Looking Stupid, Skydive Error, skydiving, Stupid Faces

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