I had a short conversation with my dad this weekend about the team and it only backed up another one of those hunches that I’ve had been having for some time. For all of the success we’d had, there was something that, I felt, that was ultimately always going to hold us back. It’s alsoContinue reading “The Inspiration For Change, Part II”
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The Inspiration For Change, Part I
If you can dream it, you can do it. Always remember that this whole thing started off with a dream and a mouse. — Walt Disney Through the rest of the year, I will occasionally write about what has inspired me to change course and aim for something bigger with the running team. We haveContinue reading “The Inspiration For Change, Part I”
Race Recap – Fort Wayne’s Hot Cider Hustle – 11/10
2 months ago, I was gung-ho about running this race but my how times and things change. This was a race that we had heard could be fun and both Jenn and I had been motivated to keep running after the Ragnar so we thought if we were still running in November, that’d be aContinue reading “Race Recap – Fort Wayne’s Hot Cider Hustle – 11/10”
Ragnar Relay Michigan ’19 Recap
I’m about 2 weeks overdue on this but I wanted to still do this. I’ve had time to think about it and take it all in and it was a pretty incredible experience once again. So without further adieu, here goes: For Jenn and I, Ragnar prep starts well in advance. Being that thisContinue reading “Ragnar Relay Michigan ’19 Recap”
Never Forget
Different generations have different moments that are stuck in time. For my parents, it was the assassination of John F. Kennedy. For my grandparents, Pearl Harbor has to be the date in their lives that changed everything. I was a bit too young for the Challenger disaster. I remember it happening and seeing it onContinue reading “Never Forget”
Race Review – NeighborLink Fort Wayne’s Night Moves 8/23
Ok so this is my first foray into writing a race review but I thought it’d be a great opportunity to start AND highlight an event that I found to be (spoiler alert) a great time. From the beginning, since NeighborLink Fort Wayne has been our charity of choice, we wanted to make sure toContinue reading “Race Review – NeighborLink Fort Wayne’s Night Moves 8/23”
On Patience and Things Working Out…
Things have a funny way of working themselves out. It’s been one of the joys of organizing this running team for 4 years now. It teaches a lot of things but #1 on that list may be patience. We have 45 days to go and still have 1-2 spots open but those should be filledContinue reading “On Patience and Things Working Out…”
Taking Aim
“If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time.” – Zig Ziglar I have taken the last month or so off of social media and blogging for the most part. There’s been some work so that the accounts can function during that time but man was it nice to step away and reallyContinue reading “Taking Aim”
Runnin’ Not Walken Update
Happy Tuesday! I just wanted to update you quickly on how the fundraiser to benefit NeighborLink Fort Wayne is going. I’ll keep this brief but I realized that the last update I sent out was about how I felt that May was set-up to be a big fundraising month for us. So the fundraising challengeContinue reading “Runnin’ Not Walken Update”
Run-Gooder #10 – Karl
This is an article originally posted on February 5th but being that Karl just finished his 7th Ultra, it seemed like a great opportunity to reshare. Congrats Karl! You are a true inspiration my friend. Now, have a rest. 🙂 Sincerely, Gabe ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Karl is a UK runner that I happened upon the other dayContinue reading “Run-Gooder #10 – Karl”
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