Game of Inches

GO!  I didn't hear much of that growing up, at least not from the right crowd.  Mostly, I heard it from the people who were happy to see me descend down the wrong path. Most people who were closest to me would give me a lot more of the "Slow down" "You're crazy" "What's wrong with you?" whenever I would do something to much out of their norm and I was just to afraid to be different. I came to the realization through years of fighting out of that hole and into myself that men need other men older and wiser to tell them "just go". In 2013, I did every racing event under the sun, literally.  Spartan Sprint, Spartan Super, Spartan Beast, ThunderRoad Marathon, 2 USMC Mudruns, 2 GRC's, BRR, The NoCo Bear, and a partridge in a pear tree...and I'm sure I'm missing a few.  Given I am the most eligible bachelor in F3, I took this time to focus on challenging who I am from top to bottom, inside and out.  I had a blast. Throughou...

Keep Moving. #TunnelVision It’s 4:03 AM, the 4.5 mile ‘Moderate’ leg 26 of the BRR is looming and we are in the middle of nowhere.  As runner 8 of the 9 man team #F3Lean, this was my 3rd leg of the race. A manageable 9.9 miles ran so far for me, my last leg was the first time I ever ran with a headlamp on, in South Florida we don't run at night in the mountains.  I was deep in the peanut butter/banana/bagel diet and hadn’t slept a wink.  However, I already learned in my year and half in F3 that I was about to grind this out. #F3Tough I was having way too much fun to sleep before that. #Delirious  In fact, we were an hour removed from wasting two hours trying to find EZ24, this would have been my only real chance for that.  The rest van that included Indian Hill, Peggy, Uncle, and the #Wheelman DRM had thoughts of arriving at EZ 24 with 3 hours to spare and getting our nap on.  A detour, a wrong turn, an unauthorized water/snack pit stop by me to...