The Definition of Endurance Insanity

If you are doing more than me, you must be out of your mind.

Thanks to the team at Ultrasignup News I’ve had the chance to explore being an Endurance Dad last Father’s Day, and now I dug into why other runners training more than us irks our endurance ego so much.

The essay The Definition of Endurance Insanity is pretty geeky, I hope you enjoy it.

Grief Update…

Thank you for the many kind notes that I received after sending out my last piece That’s Nice Honey. Interestingly, I’ve found that the act of racing and writing through the grief has gotten me to a slightly better place. My life will never be the same without Mom here, but movement feels like progress, which feels better than stillness.

Also, I started therapy! This is my first experience working with a mental health professional. Not much to report, but feel free to reach out if you have any questions about navigating the process of finding someone to work with.

Additionally, I’ve taken a surprising amount from the podcast All There Is with Anderson Cooper. Particularly this episode with Stephen Colbert. It feels odd to be recommending a conversation between celebrities about grief, but as they discuss, this topic isn’t talked about much and as a result, most of us lack a framework for making sense of it.

My main takeaway so far is that each of our experiences with grief is unique, but there are commonalities that bind us as people, which I’m finding peace in exploring.

Thanks again for your support,

Peter