Earlier this year, somewhere after Bali and before South Africa, I stopped over in Laos to see the Pencils of Promise Laos office. While I had a chance to visit Guatemala in 2013, I've never been to any of their other communities. Since, I was in the midst of a Southeast Asia jaunt, I thought I'd see what the team is up to. We got a chance to meet the Laos team, see the first ever school that Pencils of Promise build, see a school build in action, and ...
Introducing Move Well 2.0: More Routines & More Movements So You Can Move Well(er) Than Ever
After I busted my ankle 26 miles into my 43 mile race in Patagonia, I had to do about 6 months of rehab. I hated it. Rehab is fine when you're with a physical therapist and they're running you through the various exercises, but when you're at home with your foam roller, it's a bit more like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6w0jakILepk Even after I got healthy, and wasn't hurt, but just had aches from sitting down all day, I knew I should do ...
Win a Free Signed Copy of Living with a SEAL
Giveaway time! Here's the deal - I’m giving away 25 signed copies of living with a SEAL Here's how it works: I’m going to be randomly selecting 25 people to get a signed copy of Living with a Seal - which I featured here last September- by Jesse Itzler. Living with a Seal is the story about how Jesse felt stagnant in his life, so he hired David Goggins (yes, this guy), to live with him for a month and whip him into shape. It's a hilarious ...
Jesse Itzler Challenges You To Build A School By Working Out
If you didn’t know, this month we’re doing a fitness challenge with Jesse Itzler’s group - WeDoHardStuff.com. Jesse’s put together a video just for us, throwing down the gauntlet. Check it out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkTTHyaX67o TLDR: You can help raise money for 777 & help us build school #7 just by working out. Join the group WeDoHardStuff.com (it’s a growing facebook group of 7,000 people and counting) Follow the ...
How We’re Building School #7 for 777 (and how you can help just by working out)
Earlier this week, I posted 7th video for the 7th race for 777 Project. However, with that said, I haven't done an update on the project as a whole in a while. So here we go. Here's where 777 Project stands. To date, I’ve run 7 ultra marathons on 7 continents. Despite all the injuries and setbacks that happened along the way, I kept going and today we are so close. We’ve raised over $154,913 - enough to build 6 schools with Pencils of Promise! That's ...
The Two Oceans Marathon Video Short
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 ...
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 ...
The Rovaniemi 66km Arctic Ultra Video
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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx9d3Kx9TCo The ...
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 ...
