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4500 Miles, 70+ Hours And Going Big: The BIT Road Trip Roundup

January 25, 2011 By Joel Runyon 13 Comments

I’m back! After more than 4,500 miles and 70+ hours in the car in less than 14 days, I’m back in Indianapolis. Here’s what the final itinerary looked like: Indianapolis --> Chicago --> Dallas --> Austin --> San Antonio --> South Padre Island --> San Antonio --> Austin --> Dino World --> Dallas --> South Bend --> Indianapolis --> Woodstock, Canada --> Indianapolis While it was a little colder throughout the trip than ...

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Filed Under: Adventures, Updates Tagged With: BIT Roadtrip, Chicago, Go Big or Go Home, Going Big, Roadtrip, South Padre

Chicago Triathlon 2010 [The Race That Wasn’t Meant To Be Timed]

August 31, 2010 By Joel Runyon 33 Comments

To those of you wondering - Yes, I'm alive and yes, I finished =). The biggest triathlon in the world. Done. One more thing off the Impossible List. Here's the story. The Night Before Saturday evening I headed downtown for the Triathlon Expo. An hour of chaos and a bag full free energy bars, I met up with Mark Lawrence, Nina Yau & Brandon James for our own mini-Chicago blogger meet-up. We had a nice pre-race dinner at a small Peruvian restaurant ...

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Filed Under: Adventures, Fitness, Hacks, The Impossible Tagged With: Chicago, Chicago Triathlon 2010, Chicago Triathlon Review, Cycling, Racing, Running, Swimming, Triathlon

Chicago Blogger Meetup

April 6, 2010 By Joel Runyon 15 Comments

Chris Guillebeau of The Art of NonConformity & JD Roth of Get Rich Slowly organized a Chicago meet-up for bloggers/fans of the two sites at the Rockit Bar & Grill in Wrigleyville last night.  Chris was coming back from some place exotic [like always] and was coming through Chicago, so JD flew out from Portland to take the Amtrak back west as Chris launches his newest product, The Empire Building Kit. It was a very cool opportunity.  I got a chance ...

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Filed Under: Updates Tagged With: Adam Baker, Art Of Non-Conformity, Bloggers, Chicago, Chris Guillebeau, Get Rich Slowly, JD Roth, Man Vs. Debt, Meetup

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