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How often in life we complete a goal that was beyond the capability of the person we were when we started it. -Robert Brault The day after I wrote about why I like goals that seem impossible, my friend Robert Cheeke posted this quote on his Facebook page. That was the tiny little nudge I…
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You know what it feels like to run a 5K, a half marathon, or even a marathon. I want you to imagine that feeling now. Now think about running three marathons, back to back to back. We're in the realm of pretty serious ultrarunners now—this is something few people will ever do. Now imagine doing…
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Ah, another weekend gone by with priority given to living over blogging. Luckily, I have a sweet giveaway to make it up to you… more on that in a minute. JFK 50-Miler I spent my Saturday crewing for three friends from my running group who ran in the JFK 50-Miler. This basically meant that another…
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I make no attempt to hide the fact that I'm a huge Tony Robbins dork. As my first post explains, it was at Tony's Unleash the Power Within seminar where (in addition to walking across hot coals) I was inspired to become vegetarian and start this very blog. I'm not going to try to sell…
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