The most beautiful (ultra) marathon in the world. Two Oceans Marathon in South Africa likes to play up the fact that it's the most beautiful marathon in the world - even though it's not a normal marathon - it's 56km, up two major hills mountains. It might be just 56km, but it's a tough 56km After running Comrades a few years back, South Africa bills Two Oceans marathon as the other BIG race to do in South Africa, so I knew I had to do it. My ...
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How To Run Across Liechtenstein
After my last ultra marathon in South Africa, I knew I had to finally come home…eventually. After getting rid of my apartment in San Diego last summer, I’ve been on the road for almost a full 12 months and am ready to be stateside for a few conferences and other events this summer. However, the flight from South Africa to the US is not a short one by any means and doing some 36 hours to get back in one shot isn't that much fun - no matter who you're ...
2,000 Cold Showers and Counting – An Interview with Rita Chand
I published Cold Shower Therapy almost 5 years ago. Since then, I've created an app, done a TEDx talk on it that's received almost 500,000 views, taken a cold shower in Antarctica, and gotten more hatemail about this one topic than anything else I've ever written. In the Cold Shower Therapy App (iPhone / Android), we have a leaderboard where people have literally tracked thousands of showers over the past couple years. However, today I want to ...
