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Death Notes

Lessons written in scar tissue. Truths forged in failure.
This is where the hard-earned wisdom lives.

This is where I keep the pages from a life shaped by suffering—some chosen, some not.

What started as a goal to finish a race became something else. A practice. A way to sharpen the mind through pain, to test ideas in real-time. The posts here aren’t written from the safety of hindsight, they’re forged in the middle of it all: broken gear, broken plans, and moments that broke me open.

You’ll find reflections grounded in Stoicism, endurance, failure, and whatever clarity I could scrape together along the way. It’s not about heroics. It’s about showing up, again and again, until the lessons stick.

If you’re looking for inspiration, you might find some. But mostly, you’ll find truth.

The human who races with this blog shall neither be the same… nor sane.

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Colorado Spartan Sprint – Obstacle Heavy Racing

Another weekend and another Reebok Spartan Race event in the books. This time to get my obstacle racing fix I

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Indiana Spartan Sprint – Hardest Sprint Yet…

Founders Race Just a year ago a group of us Midwestern folk were pushing hard to bring a Spartan Race

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Gladiator Assault Challenge – Snow Edition

Another week and another obstacle race to test my progress since my surgery November 30th. This time I was racing

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Vegas Super Spartan Race – All In

Returning to the Obstacle Racing world as an athlete and competitor has been one of my primary goals ever since

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Winter Death Race: Frozen

My last minute presence at the Winter Death Race was the result of social media networking’s ability to unite likeminded

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Winter Death Race Recaps

It’s been over a week since driving out to Vermont to provide coverage for Obstacle Racing Magazine’s Facebook page and

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Midwest Super Spartan Race – Best Obstacle Race of the Year?

It’s been difficult finding where to even begin in regards to the weekend of non-stop obstacle racing fun. Just a

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Indiana Spartan Race Founder’s Obstacle Race – The Perfect Holiday Gift

Obstacle Race season is coming to an end for me this weekend.  Friday night I will be heading down to

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Super Ultra Beast – Part 3: It’s Not All About the Finish

Setting out for that second lap was extremely difficult.  Within minutes I found myself alone, which generally I am quite

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Super Ultra Beast – Part 2: Always Finish What You Start

Almost 26 minutes passed before our Race Director arrived on the scene, developed a solution and we were presented our

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