In the UK Day 2 – York

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Craggemore
Glennmorangie
These were scrawled in a small notebook piece of paper I was holding in my hand as I attempted to remember specific directions to The Whisky Shop. They were recommendations, written by the cafe owner I had just bought the “Full English Breakfast” from (complete with complimentary coffee) at The Habit Cafe, a small [...]

In the UK: Day 1 – London

I seem to have stumbled onto the greatest Sunday afternoon quiz/karaoke session ever on at the Lambeth Walk Pub.

After following my fantastic wife’s directions* to my first London hostel, I found it, only to find no one answering the door. Not a big deal, sometimes check-in doesn’t open until 3 in many places. I decided [...]

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

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

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

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

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

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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