Five Business Lessons From a 100 Mile Ultra
I did it! I freaking did it!! It took five years and four attempts, but I finally did it. Part of me still cannot believe I did it, but another part knows it was inevitable. On Sunday, July 14, 2024, at 12:03 p.m., I crossed the finish line of the Sinister 7 100-mile ultramarathon. Today, […]
Be Stronger Than Your Excuses
If you want to achieve what most people don’t, you need to do the work that most people won’t. Fitness is a great analogy for life. The formula is fairly simple, yet it requires an incredible amount of discipline to achieve. This week, my run coach has me tackling a mock Sinister 7. For those […]
Sinister 7 50 Miler
I just need a fucking win. That was the attitude I went into Sinister 7 with. In November of 2021 I took a fall on a training run and exacerbated a chronic hip/SI joint issue. I went to physiotherapy and tried massage, stretching, yoga and albeit sporadic, I did do some physical therapy exercises. Nothing […]
How you do anything is how you do everything
“How you do anything is how you do everything.” This mantra has become front and center in my world of late. It is a reminder for me that there is no cheating the process. There is no way around “doing the work.” This is most tangible for me in my physical fitness though it is […]
Let’s Play a Game: Reason or Excuse
It’s almost impossible to run 100 miles while puking and shitting your pants every 20 yards. What the hell does that have to do with procrastination you ask? Today I am going to share with you a game that I like to play. A tool that I use to help prevent my proclivity to procrastination. […]
Sinister 7 Race Report 2021
David Goggins Challenge to raise awareness for domestic violence during COVID-19
I was honored to have the opportunity to speak to Ryan Jesperson on Friday about the Goggins Challenge I undertook to raise awareness about domestic violence during this pandemic. You can see the Global article here. Last week I ran 4 miles every four hours for 48 hours straight. I had the privilege of being […]
Building Resiliency
One of the most valuable characteristics a person can hold, in my opinion, is resiliency. re·sil·ience /rəˈzilyəns/ noun noun: resiliency the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness. “the often remarkable resilience of so many British institutions” It is one of the personal characteristics that I hold dear. I have been hit with my share of […]
What Does It Feel Like To Run 100 Miles?
Sometimes you have to be an energy vampire part II
Hopefully, you read Part I of my Summit experience which gives you a little bit of context on how I ended up here. In my last post, I wrapped up writing as we landed at Pearson airport. I was honestly a little surprised that I stayed awake on the flight since I had dragged my […]
November Project: Sometimes you have to be an energy vampire Part I
It’s Thursday morning, July 14, 2016. When I say morning, I mean EARLY morning. I mean 3:05am kinda morning. Usually for me this means that the night got a little out of hand. Not the case this time. Why you ask? Why the heck would you be up at 3:05am on a Thursday morning? It’s […]
2015 Vancouver Marathon
Eighteen weeks of training all comes down to one day. For the last two years I have run the Vancouver half marathon with a variety of friends and family. It has always been a fantastic experience. This year however was a little different. Somehow I let a young woman in my tri club, Heather Cole, inspire […]
Episode 19: Heather Cole: Diabetes, Ultra Marathons and Ironman Oh My!
This episode is a little bit different than the usual business interviews I do. This week I have the privilege of interviewing an inspiring young woman who I recently met through my triathlon club. Heather Cole is one of the most inspiring people I have ever met. Diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age […]
What was hard becomes easy
So here we are less than two weeks away from the most challenging physical thing I have ever done in my life. In 12 days I will swim 3.8km, bike 180km and then run a marathon. This is a feat that 18 months ago I would have thought impossible. Now don’t get me wrong or […]
My Half Ironman Experience
So here it is, 32 weeks of training all comes down to one day. On Sunday July 7, 2013 I raced the Great White North Half Ironman Triathlon and I have to tell you that after my swim experience at the ITU I was a little nervous leading up to this event. I made extra […]