Kiteboarding In Puerto Plata

Kiteboarding has been on my Impossible List for a long time. I tried it a few years back in Aruba – before my blogging days – but never got the hang of it and spent most of the time getting dragged around by a kite, involuntarily chugging salt water and living in constant fear of losing my board shorts. Ever since, [...]

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The Cute Butt Strategy: How To Run Your Fastest Race Ever
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It’s easy to get stuck at different training plateaus and run the same pace over and over. Fortunately, theres a way to break through. If you want to keep passing people, push yourself and run your fastest race ever – there’s a solution – the cute butt strategy.

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How To Not Suck At Waiting

You suck at waiting. You might not, but you probably do. We wait in life a lot, whether it’s submitting a resume, getting into college or waiting fro the train, it seems like things seem to take  much longer than they actually should, and waiting becomes a massive waste of time. And that’s what most people think about waiting because with they confuse [...]

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The Women’s Guide To Triathlon
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Susan Lacke lays it down in this women’s triathlon guide – what to expect and how to deal with women’s gear and how to get comfortable in such a testosterone drenched sport like triathlon.

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Do What You Can, With What You Have, Where You Are
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Doing You don’t have to do the craziest thing in the world. You don’t need to be the most spectacular. You don’t need to be the most famous. You just need to do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

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3 Reasons Why Your Life Story Is Boring And How To Tell A Better One
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A story involves a person that wants something and is willing to overcome conflict to get it. – Donald Miller I started this blog because I felt the story I was telling with my life was incredibly boring. I realized that if I had to write the sotry of my life, no one would read it. So I decided to change [...]

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What Can You Do In 2 Years Anyway?
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2 years ago, I started the Blog of Impossible Things. There’s a lot left to do, but the last 2 years have changed who I am as a person. You can do a lot in 2 years, all you have to do is start.

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Why Racing A Triathlon Is The Perfect Fitness Goal
Triathlon

Most people are not very good at setting fitness goals. They try one thing after another, get distracted and end up frustrated and annoyed that they started yet another thing, but didn’t finish it. My buddy Vic wrote a great post on how to finally achieve your fitness goals. You should take 5 minutes to read it all here but the three [...]

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The Only Two Ways To Achieve Your Goals (And Why You’re Probably Doing It Wrong)
Goal

Two Ways To Achieve Your Goals If you’re consistently achieving your goals and doing what you want with your life, great. Keep doing what you’re doing. This article isn’t for you. If you’re struggling with making things happen, doing what you want to do, and we can change that. In life, there’s two ways to achieve your goals. You can either jump right in, and [...]

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