13+ miles and 5,000+ft of elevation had everybody walking at some stage. In and out of snow making lakes at 9,100 ft. They make you wear PFD’s in case you react badly to the cold. 65 mile an hour winds on exiting the swim got you dry pretty quickly. Getting warm was another challenge! Even the bears came out to watch. Did some podcast interviews while I was there. And swung around a lot. The post Spartan World Championships – Lake Tahoe – Sept 29, 2018 appeared first on ..read more

[I posted this on the Slowtwitch.com Triathlon Forum after I had back surgery in July 2020] Preparing for a Microdiscectomy and Laminectomy – L5/S1 Lumbar Spine I wanted to start a thread about “preparing for a microdiscectomy and laminectomy” in the hope it would help a lot of you who have made a decision to have the procedure. And I also wanted to give an overview of immediate life after microdiscectomy surgery based on the specific instructions I was given by my surgeon. And also give readers a list of the items I bought pre and post-op that helped in my recovery. Standard disclaimers, I am ..read more

BRAINPOWER TIP #6: CONNECT You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with. —JIM ROHN You’ve heard it before: man is a social animal. And it’s the truth. We like to think we’re independent, up-by the bootstraps, self-reliant John Wayne types, never asking for a free lunch. But it ain’t so: not one of us would have made it much past a few hours old without all kinds of help from the adults around us. Unlike, say, sharks, whose mothers swim blithely away after giving birth, humans are born helpless. We need nurturing, feeding, and educating for many years before we can hope t ..read more

Also just finished 3 weeks of tests and going into my 57th year completely disease free and everything on track. I get a lot of questions about what I do and the program in my book and the reality is if you want to thrive forward and live a life of maximum wellness it takes HARD work – there are no shortcuts! Here is a link to the table of contents. Praise For Your New Prime: 30 Days to Better Sex, Eternal Strength, and a Kick-Ass Life After 40… “If you want to live life of passion and excellence as you age, this is your blueprint.” — Tony Robbins, New York Times #1 Best Seller, Entrepreneur ..read more

Relive ‘Breca New Zealand SwimRun Championships.’ The post Breca New Zealand SwimRun Championships. appeared first on ..read more