Category : Worst Idea Ever

My Progress: Video 9 – The Ice Bath

Last week I found out that the Tough Guy race organizers have an official “fitness” bar that you should be able to pass in order to compete.  Their requirement?  10 miles in under 2 hours.  So I decided to run 10 miles before the race and see how I measured up.  My time?  1 hour [...]

Gear up for the Toughguy Race

Gear up for the Toughguy Race

At one point in this journey, I had very real intentions on dressing up for the race in some sort of attention-getting costume. Several ideas were thrown around, the one I liked the most was going as “The Nature Boy” Ric Flair. As the race grew closer, it became clear this was an unrealistic goal. [...]

My Progress: Video 8 – Heat Stroke

My Progress: Video 8 – Heat Stroke

When I sat down to look at what I had recorded the on Christmas Day of ‘aught nine, I was truly baffled at what I was seeing.
“This is unusable!” I thought. I was making no sense at all! Christine and I had gone to Maui, a last vacation before the baby comes (I don’t count [...]

My Progress: Video 7 + Update

My Progress: Video 7 + Update

It’s been years since I have had a wheatgrass shot. Early in the previous decade, The Wife and I actually grew some ourselves, purchased a grinder to make it, the whole works. It tastes pretty disgusting, but I always felt great afterwards. I thought it would be good to incorporate into my diet, so I [...]

Goodbye Maui, Hello Winter

Goodbye Maui, Hello Winter

I took the wife on a quick vacation to  Maui over the holidays and suddenly she became really pregnant.  It sort of snuck up on us, but seemingly overnight my wife became eight months pregnant.  I knew it when she looked at me after a long day touring the island and said, “that’s it for [...]

Less than 60 days to go: The state of things

Less than 60 days to go: The state of things

If this is your first time to the site, welcome! Let me explain what’s going on here:
I am going to be running in a very challenging race in January in the UK. The Toughguy race is something I have known about for years, but have never had the willpower to really make an effort to [...]

Freakout Friday: Tough Guy my arse?

Hey, don’t shoot the messenger. It’s right there in the beginning of the video. A bit long but pretty comprehensive.
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My Progress: Video 5

Two vids in quick succession, this one, I promise, is more entertaining. My next video will be on new diet practices, which I am excited about as well.
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My Progress: Video 4

Hey, it’s been awhile, huh? Sorry for the absence, I took on a very large project that has been taking up alot of my time. At the end of it, I will have earned a great deal more money towards my goal, but it’s been hectic.
I was surprised to notice I hadn’t blogged about the [...]

Freakout Friday: A Chronicling

This is a really great vid put together chronicling one guy’s experience from top to bottom. Love this one.
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