After my podium finish at World’s Toughest Mudder, I have been asked countless times a string of very similar questions. Well, I came to some conclusions that I wanted to share since I know that a lot of you are living a very similar lifestyle or trying to build one. And January is on it’s way. So here’sContinue reading “How to Not Excuse Yourself”
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Top 10 signs that you parent an active family
1.) You race your kids to the playgrounds. “Dibs on the monkey bars!” 2.) Your kids have to remind you not to run. As per the sign. Mommy. 3.) Your kids refer to their lower legs as calves and can point to their triceps. 4.) If you don’t have a kid in your arms, youContinue reading “Top 10 signs that you parent an active family”
On coming second at the World’s Toughest Mudder
WELCOME TO LAS VEGAS The course was beautiful. It was staged in a hilly patch of desert bordering a high-end golf resort. On one side you have this pristine green turf with palm trees and man-made waterfalls. On the other, just a whole lot of sand. Gorgeous in it’s own right but barren and without comforts. People on oneContinue reading “On coming second at the World’s Toughest Mudder”
That crazy cliff Jump at World’s Toughest Mudder
It appears that this year at WTM, the biggest obstacle of fear and concern may be a 38′ cliff jump. This isn’t a tube that plays on fear of confinement or a slide that plays on fear of loss of control. The fear cliff jumping generates is rational. There is indeed real danger in throwingContinue reading “That crazy cliff Jump at World’s Toughest Mudder”
The Dallas Beast Team Race: don’t mess with Texas
I ran the first year of the Whistler Tough Mudder… the one where we ran in knee deep snow and had to swim through slush. I ran the Spartan World Championship… the race that notoriously takes athletes to their knees with cramps. And I never really got cold. I’m from Northern Alberta for goodness sake.Continue reading “The Dallas Beast Team Race: don’t mess with Texas”
Sacramento Super, Triple Crown Race
The Sacramento Super is the first Spartan age group championship and part of what they call “The Triple Crown”. The crown is made up of the Spartan World Championship Beast in Vernont, the Super in either South Carolina or in Sacramento, and the team championship in Texas. One of the things I love about racingContinue reading “Sacramento Super, Triple Crown Race”
Some Inspiring World Records…
It was seemingly only a few years ago that one arm push-ups were nearly inconceivable. Now my mother-in-law does one arm push-ups. With a clap. With the recent breaking of the plank record, I decided to compile a few of the coolest and most inspiring records. Here are some recent world records of amazing peopleContinue reading “Some Inspiring World Records…”
Warrior Dash World Championship
Not my best race… but far from the worst. It was very much a runners course and I began to realize the caliber of runners that showed up long before the gun went off while they were warming up. After watching a bunch of sleek muscular girls sprinting back and forth between zero-gravity, zero-bounce drillsContinue reading “Warrior Dash World Championship”
Warrior Dash World Championship preview
That was a first. A course walk through at a major OCR event. If anyone was going to do it, I’m not surprised Warrior Dash did. They’re like a hip version of your crazy uncle Larry. Complete with wrecking of beer and being all about cheesy hats. Warrior Dash really seems to go it’s ownContinue reading “Warrior Dash World Championship preview”
How to carry a sandbag
You might think this post is akin to a “Learn to Walk” program. As in: obvious. Step 1: Pick it up Step 2: Carry it As those of us who raced in the 2014 Vermont Spartan World Championship Beast realized, there’s a little more to it. If you are in the OCR community, you probablyContinue reading “How to carry a sandbag”
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