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When people find out about all the places I’ve been, many times I get the question: “How did you even know where to start?” Other times, people will say something like: “So I’ve decided I want to go traveling somewhere, now what?” When I’ve been asked these sorts of questions, I know they are usually really asking me how to plan a trip. Or, maybe more precisely I should say, they’re asking me how to
Even though many of us are currently under lockdown because of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, that doesn’t mean you have sit inside bored and binge streaming entertainment all day. There’s a surprising quantity of quality things you can do online with this time to help improve your “future me.” In fact, because I’ve worked full-time during much of my adventures, doing online learning has been incredibly helpful for me. Because of this, I thought it
In light of the recent coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, I wanted to pass along a super useful trick I learned at survival school (BOSS) that has helped me a ton during my travels and my endurance events. That is: how to wash your hands without a sink. For this demonstration, I’m going to be using a sink to catch the water. But, you’ll see why the sink isn’t necessary for this process. The only things you
After a long hiatus from blogging, I’m back with a big announcement. As of February 15th, 2020, I became what seems to be the 50th person in the world to complete the Spartan Perfect Delta! If you haven’t heard of the Perfect Delta, you’re not alone. Spartan doesn’t promote it very much and many people aren’t aware of the boot-camp style endurance events that they offer in addition to their races. The Journey For me,
I hear it all the time at my races and in conversation, things like “The Big Bear Beast was brutal!” or “How hard is Killington really?” I also quite often hear “What’s the easiest Spartan Beast?” and “What’s the hardest Spartan Beast?” Some people are nervous about their first trifecta Beast, and others are looking to challenge themselves. Well, I’ve managed to get some data together from the 2019 race season to answer exactly these
Whether it is a GORUCK HTL, a Spartan Agoge, a Spartan HH12HR, a SISU Iron, or any other endurance event lasting overnight or longer, it’s nearly certain that you’re going to be pretty beat afterwards. The last thing you’ll want to do is clean up yourself and your gear, but both of these things are going to need to be done eventually. I previously posted my strategy for getting through the GORUCK HTL, and now
I wanted to say thank you to everyone who bought a Proud Supporter of the Navy Seals patch and helped donate to the Navy Seal Foundation! Through my Joggin’ For Frogmen fundraising page, you all managed to donate over $262 to help out the families of these warriors!!! I would love to keep this going and try to get more money raised for these men and their families, as well as the men and families
Not everyone is into going to museums while traveling, and that’s totally fine. Many cities you could pass through without ever even looking at a museum and you probably wouldn’t be missing much. But, certain cities have such amazing museums that I’m going to claim that you’re missing out in your travels if you don’t go visit them. These are the best cities in the world to see some history. Just for clarity here, when
I’ve been absolutely shocked over the years how many times before races and events that I’ve heard someone around me say to their friends, “I’m ready for this, but I’ve been working out so hard but I’m not losing weight! I don’t understand!”. Before I started studying exercise physiology, I’d be sitting there waiting for the events to start and be thinking “huh, that is weird”. After doing a lot of studying, the answer wasn’t