Over the last 3 years, I finished 777: 7 ultras on 7 continents to fund 7 schools with Pencils of Promise. The journey was not as straight-forward as I expected - evidenced by the fact that I finished 6 of the races this year and the 18-24 month gap between races 1 & 2. This has been one of the hardest things I’ve ever done and one of the biggest teachers to me as well. So with that in mind, here’s 7 things I learned along the way (as well as a few ...
Archives for October 2017
What It Takes To Run 7 Ultra Marathons on 7 Continents (VIDEO)
In addition to putting words to paper on yesterday's post about looking back on 777, I went through some of the images from the last 7 races and put together a short video about the entire adventure. It still doesn't seem real or feel like that was "me" out there. If the last couple posts have felt a bit too sentimental, please forgive me – we'll be back to our regular scheduled programming next week. #pushyourlimits #dosomethingimpossible The ...
Looking Back on 777: The Full Story
When I first started 777, I didn’t know what I was getting myself into. I remember when I went to book the initial trip to Antarctica, I asked myself: what am I getting myself into? Now it’s done. And it seems bizarre. Honestly, it’s October 3 years later, WTF? One of the purposes of an impossible challenge isn't the challenge itself, but who you have to become in order to complete it. A lot of the past few months have gone into reviewing that ...
Money Can’t Buy Happiness (But Debt Will Make You Miserable)
The other day, my twitter friend Ed posted this: https://twitter.com/EdLatimore/status/912439406530662400 I responded https://twitter.com/joelrunyon/status/912440125857992704 Here's the thing Money won't bring you happiness. (You're free to try, but there's a lot of people that have gone before you that say otherwise). Still - no matter what - most people don't believe that. Mainly because - if you're in debt SOME money actually WILL buy ...
