This month I wanted to focus on gratitude. The way I've seen gratitude displayed and experienced is mostly this mirage of gratitude. I hear people say, "I'm thankful for my family" and yada yada yada all around the dinner table. ...but are we? ....really? Have you ever said those words of gratitude but not really felt it? Because I know I have. So often we get so busy and in our head that we can't sit still long enough to FEEL gratitude because that's where it shows up. It's that warm glow that emerges from within. It's not in the the head and that's where most of us spend all our time. This week, I want you to slow down and start to tune into that feeling of gratitude. Notice how it comes up out of nowhere and over the smallest thing. And if it's not coming, write about it. Reach out to me. There's probably so much on your mind that you need to get some things off your chest. This is the process of becoming fully human

Sorry guys work blew up today and I can’t make the call

I started thinking about what races and/or events I want to enter into in 2027 based on what I've done this year. This is what I've got so far. Winter 2026/2027 - Half Marathon Spring 2027 - Retest All Strength Standards/Olympic Tri Summer 2027 - ATHX Fall 2027 - Hyrox Anyone else have their eye on something big in 2027 that's going to push them outside what they've been used?

Hey guys! It's been a busy month. I just noticed that I'll be out of town next weekend because we're going to the mountains. So would you guys want to move up our monthly call to this Friday? Or push it to mid November? Also, do you want more calls?

I did my Hyrox Pro race over the weekend and as much effort as I put into the race that day, I couldn't help but think that I wasn't measuring up to the man I thought I was...or at least could be. There were dudes all over who were absolutely shredded and running a 5:30 - 6:00/mile pace while doing all these hard stations and I'm exhausting myself at a 8:00/mile pace. All I kept on thinking was that I set myself up for this. As much effort as I put into today can't make up for the months I didn't push myself to do the hard thing. And I could point to those mornings where I stopped the workout short. I told myself it was needed because I had to get to work or the kids wanted to play and being a great dad means more to me. ...but there just as many days when I used that as my excuse to shield me from doing the hard thing. I told myself I did enough to make a difference. Which isn't a lie. It was enough to make a difference. ...but it wasn't enough to be what I know I can become. Anyway, I just felt this whole thing was a metaphor for so many instances in life where I did "the thing", but stopped short of doing enough to really make the difference which would produce the result I really wanted. ...and the realization is that what I really wanted was safety in my comfort zone instead of pushing to reach my goals. ...but that's going to change.