Over the last few years, racing has become one of my favorite things to do. It’s competitive, it’s active, it’s fun and every once in a while, you come away from an event with an embarrassing story or two. For some reason, this happens to me more often than not when I race. Here’s a few you may or may not have heard before. — [...]

You should do a triathlon this year. That’s my professional opinion. Sure, we’re a few days late in to your new years resolutions, but you should do it anyways. Add it to your list and make it happen. This year. 2012. Do it. Why Should You Do A Triathlon? Personally, triathlon has been one of the most helpful things I’ve ever [...]

If you always put limits on what you can do, physical or anything else, it’ll spread over into the rest of your life. It’ll spread into your work, into your morality, into your entire being. There are no limits. There are plateaus, but you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. If it kills you, it kills you. A man must constantly exceed his level.”

Swimming, Biking and Running the Miami Rhoto Half-Ironman (plus underwater sparring, peeing your pants and torrential downpours). The race recap of the Miami Half Ironman. Intrigued? Read on.

Some days you write. Some days you do. On some days, you’re able to do both. Some days you can’t. I try to write regularly but the best writing usually happens when you’re writing about stuff you’re actually doing. That’s usually my plan, but the only problem is that sometimes doing doesn’t always leave time for writing, so if you [...]

If you can see yourself doing something, you can do it. If you can’t see yourself doing it, usually you can’t achieve it. – David Goggins David Goggins is a Navy Seal, endurance athlete and all around hardcore dude you probably dont want to mess with. I could talk about him all day, but this video does a much better [...]

I was talking with Johnny at Starbucks after we finished the Sylvania triathlon together this past weekend. We went back and forth about the race and blogging until he paused at one point and said, “You know Joel, I should point out, the things you do aren’t literally impossible things – they’re more like unlikely things. The fact that they’ve [...]

I’m a little bit crazy. Growing up, my Dad always told me that when I was a kid, I would look at my parents and my family and say, “I’m different than you guys.” I’m different. I’m a little bit crazy. I’m fine with that now (but it took me a long time to get there). It’s odd that we [...]

  About a month ago, I was minding my own business, finalizing some things for the massive skydiving trip I was organizing when I got a message from Mark Powers. He wanted to know if I wanted to go bungee jumping with him a few friends the Monday following WDS. Bungee Jumping. Off a perfectly good bridge with no structural problems [...]