Running The Pioneer Day Marathon That Wasn't On Pioneer Day They shuttle you to the tippiest top of the toppiest mountain at negative eleventy in the morning for the Pioneer Day marathon. I was already in shock before the alarm
Ridiculous Exhausted Broccolini On Wednesday I had one of those days where everything just a little bit sucked more than usual. I don't remember how it started. Technical difficulties. Ants in
Social Distancing Apple Watch Tomorrow is my birthday, which you all know because of the outrageous celebrations you have planned. We decided to carve out some time for it on Saturday, even though my
Running What Has Been Your Best Coping Mechanism of Late? I've been going on very long runs every weekend for about a year. I started these for my "Year of Health" in 2019, and then noticed
Ironman Half Ironman, 2019 The worst part of doing a half or full Ironman, besides the swimming, biking, and running, is the whole week leading up to the race. You're supposed to
Ironman St. George Half Ironman, 2018 I hadn't done a triathlon since 2016 when I did the half Ironman in St. George and it was negative eleventy degrees and I was being punished by
Ridiculous Pioneer Day Marathon Yesterday was Pioneer Day and Tami's birthday so obviously Tami and I did our favorite activity--the one that brought about her existence--and ran the Pioneer Day marathon. A
Ridiculous Puppy For Sale There's a puppy at my house who has decided that every hour of the night is the best possible time to scratch at any closed door, bark, and
Ironman 2016 Ironman St. George 70.3 You guys. You guys. You guys. You know this is serious because I never say "you guys" three times. I don't even say that more than
Ironman Ironman Boulder, 2015 Young Wade and I stayed with my childhood best friend Sam who lives just outside of Boulder. I dragged Young Wade out of bed at the witching hour on Friday
Ironman St. George 70.3 I write to you now from somewhere over the Atlantic because, in a foolish daze a few weeks ago and at 2:00 AM from my office, I decided it
Ukraine Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Today I went to a meeting where they planned to show 150 or so attorneys how to download their business cards onto their smart phones so we can all go
Ironman I Took the Road Less Traveled By It was the same course I usually ride. A canyon opens near my house. It's a quick access way to get my bike out of the city and into nature. It's a beautiful place with a challenging climb. I rushed
Ironman The Proverbial Sandra I knew Wade had signed up for the Salt Lake City half marathon several months ago and I don't like to be left out of anything so when I realized the Saturday race was approaching, I signed up on a whim last
Annie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Wade and I are running a half marathon in Salt Lake on Saturday morning so to prepare we are eating a very large bag of Swedish Fish with Rebecca tonight
Ironman The Thing That Happened on Friday You guys. This thing happened on Friday morning. I hesitate telling you this story because I think you might not believe that it's true. But I'm telling you, this story is true. It will seem unlikely that this could happen
Ridiculous EXPERIENCING THE GRIPS OF HELL! You guys. I found something that is worse than CAMPING. It's worse than surprise camping. Even worse than camping for more than one day. IT'S WORSE
Ridiculous Peer Pressure A long long time ago When the proposed date still felt so far away A conversation happened James: I know we don't know each other well but you run, so would you like to do a relay race with me in a
Ironman The Day of Reckoning is Upon Us All First of all, WHO THE HELL WROTE THAT SUPER DRAMATIC POST ON SUNDAY!? Second, you guys. I am leaving for Ironman on Friday morning. FRIDAY MORNING. THAT'S THE DAY AFTER THURSDAY! AND THURSDAY HAPPENS ALMOST EVERY SINGLE WEEK! I DON'T
The Siblings Tami Since I know everyone is extremely interested in the Pioneer Day Marathon Toenail Disaster of 2014, I'm here to provide you an update! Yesterday, while sitting in my
Ironman The Community Pool The Ironman is only like eight weeks away now and I know this is likely not the case, but I think we may have somehow gone through a time warp and skipped like eleventy weeks. Because just a few minutes ago the Ironman was
Ridiculous Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Happy Pioneer Day! As proof that Pioneer Day miracles exist, I'm posting Pictures and Distractions a little early this week. Because, as my friend Nic just pointed out,
Church Pioneer Day You guys. I know you are all very excited and you've hardly been able to sleep lately. You've made paper chains counting down the days. You've spent all of your time in the last few months trying to
Ironman Ten Weeks Is Not Very Long I looked at the calendar the other day and YOU GUYS. The Ironman is ten weeks away. How did this happen? Remember when I did the half Ironman in May and when it was over you guys were like, "you have PLENTY of
Ironman St. George Half Ironman I was so nervous heading down to St. George to compete in the half Ironman this weekend. So many mixed emotions hit me in the weeks leading up to it.
