Two weeks ago, my friend Nate and my brother Justin piled into a car and headed to Portland, Oregon. Over the next fifteen days, we spent countless hours in the car, saw monument after monument, jumped out of a plane and off a bridge and clocked over 7,000 miles on the odometer of my car. While we knew that driving was the "scenic" route, I don't think any of us expected to actually see some of the scenes we saw. Glacial lakes, snow-covered mountains ...
How To Run A Marathon Barefoot (And Not Die)
Running a Marathon – Not Impossible It’s been almost 6 months since my last official race. That's a long layover between athletic competitions for me, but that’s what happens in the Midwest. It gets cold, snowy and you don’t want to step foot outside, much less run in it. Anyways, a few months back after being cooped up all winter, I decided I was going to run a marathon. The weather started to warm up and I’ve been training quietly for a marathon for ...
33 More Impossible Quotes
A little boost of inspiration for the day "We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations." - Charles R. Swindoll "I know the power obedience has of making things easy which seem impossible." - Saint Teresa "Nothing is impossible. Some things are just less likely than others." - Jonathan Winters "The difficult is what takes a little time; the impossible is what takes a little longer." - Fridtjof ...
The Fun Manifesto
You need to have more fun. There I said it. Stop taking yourself so seriously and have some fun already. There's been a glaring lack of fun happening lately and it's time we did something about it. We've Forgotten How To Have Fun It seems like all anyone ever talks about online these days are the same old blogging ideas: Start A Blog Create a posting schedule Build your brand Create your product Sell a Letter.ly subscription Debate if comments are ...
The Uncommon Start To A New Year: Spectacular Failure
UPDATE: 100 Pushups Video Update I'm starting the year off a bit differently than a lot of people in blog-land. I failed. I've been saying for a while that I was going to do 100 pushups. Well, I didn't do 100. I WASN'T EVEN CLOSE. In fact, I didn't just fail – I failed spectacularly. It's a little humbling to write this actually. I'm a big advocate of telling other people your goals in an effort to hold yourself accountable. That strategy feels great ...
