From the Art of Expressing The Human Body, there's this little story about Bruce Lee, arguably the greatest martial artist that ever lived, during a training run told by John Little, a close friend of Bruce: “Bruce had me up to three miles a day, really at a good pace. We’d run the three miles in twenty-one or twenty-two minutes. Just under eight minutes a mile [Note: when running on his own in 1968, Lee would get his time down to six-and-a half minutes ...
Archives for November 2011
Impossible Profile: Patrick Hitches Surfing
Here, Impossible League member Patrick Hitches here is learning to surf in Peru. Obviously, his impossible shirt kept him completely waterproof throughout the entire experience (I told you!). After learning to surf, Patrick climbed Machu Picchu, ran a marathon with less than 30 days of training and sharks in the area reported human attacks as Patrick decided to get an afternoon workout session in-between waves by bench pressing them (okay maybe I made ...
Getting Bad To Get Better
We tend to focus on getting good at stuff a lot. This makes sense for obvious reasons - you'd rather get good at something than get bad at it. You want to get good. You want to get better. You want to progress. You want to be an expert. It's logical. I like getting good at things, sure but it's really easy to get caught up in getting good at something that you never try anything new. So I try to get bad at things. Take CrossFit I'm trying CrossFit for ...
Impossible Profile: Kristin & Shannon of Revolution Apparel
We're trying something new today. There's a ton of really interesting stories going on in the impossible league and there's almost 300 people involved in it. In order to highlight some of the impossible things people are doing, every Saturday from here until I decide to stop it, we'll be featuring someone from the League doing something impossible in their impossible shirt. First up: Kristin (1/2 of AllofUs Revolution) is repping her shirt during a busines ...
The Burn Notice Guide To Doing The Impossible
I don't watch much TV at all. But I watch Burn Notice. For the uninitiated of you, Burn Notice is a show about Michael Westen, a government spy that gets kicked out of the CIA and is left in Miami with nothing. No money. No job history. No identity. He's stuck in Miami and has to figure out how to make things work from scratch. So I watch Burn Notice. Partly because it's awesome, but mostly because I secretly want to be a spy. Someone who can do ...
Where The Heck I’ve Been
Taking photos 30,000 feet in the air, of course. Actually, I've been laying low and relaxing after running my half-ironman in Miami. Between that, coming back to Milwaukee, flying to Denver and back, moving and trying to find some sleep and some time to relax, I've been keeping pretty busy. That said, have no fear! There's a lot of really, awesome stuff on the horizon. Here's a quick rundown of what's coming up. IMPOSSIBLE: The Manifesto // Not actually ...
70.3 or Bust: Dominating The Miami Rhoto Half-Ironman
Greetings from Milwaukee. Things have been a little chaotic around here. In the last 10 days, I've had terribly unreliable internet connections while moving out of my old house, flying to miami, and flying back to the midwest. Somewhere in between all that, I ran a half-ironman. A HALF-IRONMAN! I'm shocked too. So, apologies for the delay on this, but I've been a little busy. Either way, I"ll shut up with the excuses - on to the story! (Warning: It's a ...
