So… this is a tough one for me to write. We all like to think we have things under control, but for a while now I really haven’t had them so. And it all comes down to being a little lazy and a little dishonest with myself. It’s tough to…
Have you ever written your own obituary? I’ve been reading Joe De Sena’s latest book Spartan Up: The Spartan Way: Eat Better. Train Better. Think Better. Be Better (which is outstanding, by the way). In it, he talks about the 10 most important factors in being a successful human being…
I always like it when different parts of my life come together in a common theme or idea. This happened a lot after reading Mark Sisson’s The Primal Connection: Follow Your Genetic Blueprint to Health and Happiness, and comparing it to what I’ve learned via MorningCoach.com. The ways that J.B. Glossinger and…
As many of you know, I have a couple of teenagers in the house. And a common theme among teenagers, it seems, is the search for who they are. Everyone likes to belong to something, and many people do it via beliefs about who they are – and teenagers, as…
So it’s been a while. I’ve run a couple of races this year already – the Tough Mudder Kentucky and the Mud Ninja, both of which I will have posts up on in the near future. But I wanted to touch on something today that has been bugging me a…
Yeah, once again, it’s been a long time since I posted. I put up that post about my goals for 2018 and then that was it for the year so far, until the year’s almost a quarter over and I’m just sort of realizing it. That’s not to say I…
It’s that time of year again… time to get some plans together for the upcoming year and to put together goals and projects. There’s a lot of power in using the calendar to set your goals – whether it comes from the symbolism of the new year and new beginnings,…
Back in 2013, in my third summer of running obstacle course races, I put together a team of friends to run the Mud Ninja race here in Ohio. A friend of mine who runs a training studio (Lori Crock of Movestrong Kettlebells in Dublin, Ohio) joined the team and offered to lead…
This article about the ravages of stress is from a few years ago on my old fellrath.com blog. A friend of mine pointed out that this advice is pretty evergreen, so I wanted to present it here as well. Hope you enjoy. I always like it when different parts of…
