3 Journal Prompts to Unlock Athletic Performance
Last year at the Gorge Downwind Challenge, I had a really bad start. I was all in my head and I had gone down a negative spiral of...
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Apr 14, 2022
If The Well is not Penetrated Fully, There Will be Misfortune
As the pandemic raged, I moved clear across the country, from sunny California all the way to North Carolina. Every time there was a...
Mar 13, 2022
YOLO! Hap Ki Do? No.
Finding the best athletic activity to compliment your lifestyle is a little like a Cinderella story, the shoe has to fit! When I first...
Mar 13, 2022
I had my own "Great Resignation" ten years ago. Here's what I learned.
Here's a few things to consider if you're thinking about leaving your unfulfilling job during the “Great Resignation." And a few...
Dec 22, 2021
10 Years for 10 Minutes: My 2021 Carolina Cup Reflection
I haven’t always kept the best records of my training, but since 2016 I’ve been tracking things a little more closely. I’ve also been...
Nov 1, 2021
Do What You Love
I bet you could see the whites of my eyes from space as they rolled back in my head during Fiona’s gold medal interview after she won the...
Apr 13, 2021
The Myth of the Myth of Hard Work
I'm up early in the mornings to prep for my day, and some mornings I see one of my favorite newsletters from The Growth Equation in my...
Mar 8, 2021
Top 9 Books Of 2020!
For the last few years, I took the #TopNine trend from Instagram, and instead of sharing 9 posts that were popular from my feed, I share my
Apr 6, 2020
What Pianos, Free Throws, & Paddling During Covid Have in Common
Or better yet, why do I post entire downwind races on YouTube... knowing that most people have no interest in watching 1 hour or more of...
Mar 19, 2020
Training Time Optimization
It can be very difficult to find time to train for an event like the Yukon 1000. Even though I've always been in search of more gainz for...
Mar 18, 2020
How To Set Goals With Boredom
I wrote a haiku for the first task in the Social Distancing Toolkit: GOALS: Which brings up a very important point... Do you even know...
Dec 31, 2019
#MusicMonday & April's Day Off
A Friday afternoon with waves on the horizon. What do I do? While waiting for the tide to be optimal, I hit a round of Crossover...
Dec 31, 2019
Top 9 of 2019 (BOOKS)
For the past 2 years I've shared my top 9 books, instead of photos from instagram, for the new year. I'm continuing that tradition this...
Aug 25, 2019
Thoughts Are Training TOO!
I posted a friendly reminder to my ultra-distance paddling group the other day to breathe through their noses in aerobic paddles. It's...
Aug 24, 2019
Hard Reset
Sometimes my phone, computer, or other electronic device will get stuck and I have to press the power button for 10+ seconds to perform a...
Jun 3, 2019
What are Seconds?
You win some, you lose some. Actually, I don't win a whole lot of bigger events. And that's OK. I'm just not winning yet. I didn't pick...
Apr 12, 2019
Slow & Steady WINS the Race
Maybe not DURING the actual race, but the person who logs a ton of mileage in preparation for an event is setting themselves up for...
Apr 12, 2019
Focus
Warning: this blog post contains adult language. Further Warning: This is a "personal" blog post. Sometimes I cathartically write for...
Mar 4, 2019
3 Things NOW!
I wanted to share this article I found about 7 actionable changes you could make now to "turn your life around"...
Jan 2, 2019
Top 9 Books Of 2018
These are my "TOP 9" for 2018 in books. Each has given me a little something in terms of my athletic pursuits. If you're considering...
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