This wasn't a race. It was an expedition. At the official home of Santa Claus in Lapland, Finland, I headed out for a 66km race across the arctic, using frozen rivers, lakes and snowmobile paths for guidance in -16º temperatures. No support. No water. Just a lot of snow, a lot of cold, so you better get used to it and get comfortable. Check it out. The Rovaniemi 66km Expedition Race Video Short http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx9d3Kx9TCo The ...
Archives for April 2017
7 Years
It’s been 7 years since I started IMPOSSIBLE. When I started the blog, it was an experiment in doing something new, trying to do something interesting with my life and get out of my parents basement and working on a list I thought was impossible. It started with an indoor triathlon (seriously, read it). Since then, a lot has changed. I've: Run a ton of races Taken 40+ people skydiving, 50+ bungee jumping and actually do something they're scared ...
The Two Oceans Marathon: The Final Ultra
The last time I was in South Africa was 3 years ago for the Comrades Marathon, before I started 777. In South Africa, there are mainly 2 races - Comrades + Two Oceans and they are Big Deals. Capital B. Capital D. So while I might come back for Comrades in the future, I wanted to see what the hype was for Two Oceans was, so back in December, I signed up for the race. I told Alan Perlman (one of my longest internet friends) #nerverush, that I was going ...
777: FINISHED
Yesterday, I ran the 2 Oceans Marathon in Cape Town, South Africa. After 2 1/2 years, injuries, lawsuits, and all sorts of setbacks - not to count hundreds of miles of training, 777 is done. 7 ultra marathons on 7 continents. Done. #boom I'll do a full write up on Two Oceans (it was beautiful, but hard) this week, but right now, I'm going to lie down and take a nap for a second. => Contribute to 777 & I'll 2x your ...
Visiting PoP School #1: 24 Hours in Laos
Later this week, I’m running race #7 of 777. After 2+ years in the making, I'm finally close to done. When we built school #1 in 2012, I was fortunate enough to be able to visit the Guatemala team in Panajachel I’m hopefully going to visit Ghana and return to Guatemala later this year, but since I was in Asia, I wanted to stop by the Laos office and see what they were up to. Meeting The PoP Laos Team When I showed up in country, Lanoy and Moriah ...
The Standard
My junior year in college, I quit basketball and decided to join my track & field team and throw the javelin. I picked javelin because I wanted to join the T&F team, but I didn't want to run (funny, huh?). The first thing I noticed about track and field compared to basketball is that there's a standard. Everyone knows where they stand. With basketball, you can talk about lineups, fit, intangibles and a bunch of other ethereal stuff that's ...
