Jake's TakeHow many of you like to slip into a comfortable groove, let the minutes and miles add up, and lose yourself in your runs? Me to… this is why we run! The flow, the feeling of easy, steady effort and the satisfaction of completion keep us coming back for more of these amazing experiences! When […]
A wise friend of mine once told me that you can’t prioritize everything in life all at once. This statement came after I asked him why he had been away from the gym the past three months. To me, it was shocking how a person could minimize their fitness after making remarkable gains over the past […]
With March upon us, many of you are probably finalizing your spring/summer/fall race schedule. Along with that schedule, of course, is your training program. Speaking to the marathoners and ultra-marathoners among us I’d like to give you some quick tips on the long run. Wear a HRM: heart rate monitor You can skip this […]
Balancing the Fitness Equation To ensure our health, wellness, and a steady progression, work and rest need to balance each other out. This is the same principle that defines many other areas of our life: financial, social, work, school… you name it. I exercise everyday. Whether I’m in training for a race, or focusing on […]
The philosophy of sport is not a subject I have studied; it is a subject I have lived. There is no better arena for evaluating your value system, no better laboratory for investigating motivation – and no better proving ground for demonstrating one’s defects. Sport exposes. Sport teaches. Sport develops. Sport becomes my art, my […]
Emotion in Life and Training Focus your attention on the link between you and your death, without remorse or sadness or worrying. Focus your attention on the fact that you don’t have time and let your acts flow accordingly. Let each of your acts be your last battle on earth. Only under those conditions will […]
Flint Hills, Cassoday, KS. Warning: this will be pretty graphic. Thursday, October 11, 2012. My wife Jody and I arrived in El Dorado, KS at 6:15 PM. We got checked in and picked up some supplies from the local Walmart. It felt good to arrive and we were both relieved to be at our destination […]
January 2012 was a turning point. It was time to all-in, or continuing in that middle-area, of “OK” at lots of things, but “good” at none. I had just completed a 6-week strength training block in the studio, working up to a 40 pullup max, and 5×315 deadlift. This was great, but in the end […]
Leadville Trail Marathon, 5th place overall, 4:17: Saturday, June 30, Leadville, CO This race would prove to be by far my most memorable thus far in 2012. Preparations went fairly well leading up to the race. I logged quite a few mountain miles, mainly on Saturday mornings in the foothills. Pino trail, La Luz trail, […]
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