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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...
Jul 7, 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...
Apr 14, 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...
Mar 13, 2022


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...
Dec 22, 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...
Nov 1, 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...
Apr 13, 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
Mar 8, 2021


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...
Apr 6, 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 19, 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...
Mar 18, 2020


#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...
Dec 31, 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 25, 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...
Aug 24, 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...
Jun 3, 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...
Apr 12, 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"...
Mar 4, 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...
Jan 2, 2019
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