The last 8 weeks have been tough. I've been on a workout regimen I'll be sharing soon that's been kicking my butt but getting pretty awesome results (which I'll also be sharing soon). But last week, I hit a wall. I was tired, annoyed and a little sick of working out. I didn't want to do it. Not because I couldn't do it, but because I was being stubborn, I was making excuses. I was being lazy. It was simply easier to sit around and tap my keyboard for a ...
40 Degrees and Rainy With 100% Chance Of Windsprints
Yesterday It's been raining all morning. Grey, dreary rain. I'm freezing too. I look around the chilled house and realize it's dropped a few degrees outside so I look up the temperature online - 49 degrees. It's May. I glance at my workout schedule – windsprints. I almost laugh. The thought is ridiculous. 40 Degrees. Rainy. 0% of Windsprints today I tell myself. No way. No how. Hell no. I look back down at my computer and get back to work. I fire ...
I’m Jumping Off A Bridge at WDS…Who’s Coming With Me?
I'm jumping off a bridge in Portland this July before a certain unrelated conference on world domination. Want to come with me? I'm taking 30 people max. Sign up below. --- What? You want details before jumping off a bridge to your very likely, but not-so--very-likely-death? Fine. Here you go. The 2nd annual completed unrelated and entirely unofficial WDS 2012 Plummet at the Summit adventure. July 6th, 2012 - 10am. Outside Portland, Oregon. You + up ...
Kiteboarding In Puerto Plata
Kiteboarding has been on my Impossible List for a long time. I tried it a few years back in Aruba - before my blogging days - but never got the hang of it and spent most of the time getting dragged around by a kite, involuntarily chugging salt water and living in constant fear of losing my board shorts. Ever since, I resolved that I would figure the sport out. This weekend I finally got that chnace. One of my housemates and I decided to go on a random ...
The Cute Butt Strategy: How To Run Your Fastest Race Ever
Ever get stuck at a certain pace while racing? You see great progress over a few races and then you even out. You begin to start running the same times over and over and over again. You're stuck. You hit a lull in your progress. Some of it is physical – sure, you can only get so fast so quick, but some of it is mental as well. If you've ever run with a running group, you'll often see the same groups of people run with each other – even when on person ...
The Women’s Guide To Triathlon
Today is the first ever guest blog post here at the Blog of Impossible Things. We don't do these often (read never), but today's post is special. As I went to put together Impossible TRI, I realized that I could speak a lot to triathlon from the men's side of the world, but there was still 50% of our audience that'd I'd be forgetting to address - all the women reading this who want to run a triathlon. So, while writing it, I asked Susan to step in on ...
Do What You Can, With What You Have, Where You Are
A few days ago my left shift key broke. I have about 15 years of typing on a keyboard under my belt and it wouldn't seem like it, but it's it's hard as all get-out to keep typing at regular speed and actually stay as productive as I need to be without the left shift key (sorry, right shift key - you're just not as effective). It sounds like a small thing, but I spend at least 5-6 hours a day on a computer typing constantly. Whether it’s writing for the ...
What Can You Do In 2 Years Anyway?
What can you do in 2 years anyways? That's a good question. 2 years ago, I started making some changes in my life that led me to where I am today. One of those, included starting this blog. That decision led to a whole lot of other things that I've been able to do over the last 731 days that I used to think were impossible. A few of them include: Getting my first 'real' job ever (at a place that didn't rhyme with QPS). Thanks Todd! Running my first ...
Why Racing A Triathlon Is The Perfect Fitness Goal
Most people are not very good at setting fitness goals. They try one thing after another, get distracted and end up frustrated and annoyed that they started yet another thing, but didn't finish it. My buddy Vic wrote a great post on how to finally achieve your fitness goals. You should take 5 minutes to read it all here but the three main points are Set A Deadline Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Use Social Pressure Time. Money. People. The Trifecta ...
The Only Two Ways To Achieve Your Goals (And Why You’re Probably Doing It Wrong)
Two Ways To Achieve Your Goals If you're consistently achieving your goals and doing what you want with your life, great. Keep doing what you're doing. This article isn't for you. If you're struggling with making things happen, doing what you want to do, and we can change that. In life, there's two ways to achieve your goals. You can either jump right in, and take it on all at once or you can do it little by little. Both work well, but they work at varying ...