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Miss 1? Fine, Never Miss 2

July 28, 2021 By Joel Runyon Leave a Comment

I’ve been working out wildly consistently for the past 7 months. Almost maniacally 5 days / week. Sometimes I'll take the weekend off but usually I'm doing some active rest work. I've missed a day or two here over the months, but since January, I've been remarkably consistent. The only real thing that's changed was I removed the option for not going and instituted an unofficial rule with myself. If I miss one workout, that’s fine. But I never miss ...

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Don’t Ask, Don’t Get

July 13, 2021 By Joel Runyon Leave a Comment

Looking over my impossible list, I started to realize there's basically two types of things on my list that I've done: Type #1 - Things I Can Do On My Own Stuff like kitesurfing, running an ultra marathon, or starting a business. Pick something off the list, put it on the schedule, and do it. Type #2 - Stuff I Need Help For This is stuff like 777, impossible.org, and projects that are bigger than me. Type 1 tasks are easier to do. I ...

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The Hard Thing About Hard Things Is The Hard Thing

July 5, 2021 By Joel Runyon 1 Comment

I was 25 minutes into a workout titled “1-800-fuck-you” and struggling. 400 meter run. 12 lunges. 12 jumping lunges. Every 6 minutes. Each round you lose 10 seconds. At first it’s not bad, you can get through the work pretty easily. But as you get through a few rounds and drop 30 seconds - it starts to get real, real quick. I think I made it 6 rounds (40ish minutes) and change before missing the cutoff. Some badass made it 15 rounds. ...

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