The Endurance Equation
Blog & Articles
Reflections on the endurance journey—the challenges, the breakthroughs, and what it means to keep showing up.
Latest Posts
Essays exploring what it means to pursue endurance goals while navigating the real demands of life.
These pieces are less about prescriptions and more about the honest, reflective work of understanding your journey.
Run Slow to Get Fast? It sounds wrong… until it works.
A practical breakdown of common endurance training advice, explaining how Zone 2, high-intensity work, and polarized training fit together to improve performance.
2026-04-29
On Failure
A reflection on failure as a clarifier of limits, the cost of retreat, and why returning to the arena matters even when success is not guaranteed.
2025-12-30
Looking for Lions
A reflection on modern life, the quiet dulling that comes with comfort, and why human beings keep returning to difficulty in search of purpose.
2025-12-23
The Finisher Medals 'Problem'
An exploration of finisher medals, youth sports, winning, growth and why the real issue isn’t recognition, but the meaning we assign to it.
2025-12-13
La Quinta 70.3 — Race Recap
A cold morning, a launched bottle, a painful run, and the people who carried me through. My Ironman 70.3 La Quinta story.
2025-12-11
Snow Today, Sunshine Tomorrow
The strange contrast between winter snow and desert racing, and the quiet weight of competing without my wife and kids there to support me.
2025-12-03
I Am Not an Elite Athlete: Why It Doesn’t Matter
Greatness isn’t always about elite talent. It's about belief, purpose, and the quiet work that shapes who you become.
2025-12-01
Get Ready to Go Back In
How being seen influences the development of young athletes.
2025-11-26