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I was surprised to learn I made Ultrarunning Magazine’s list of top 100 Mile performances in the United States in 2019. I didn’t think I had a shot, but I snuck in at #98. I previously had the 30th fastest 50 Mile time of 2016 and the 2nd best 12 Hour performance of 2017.
📚 Finished reading: How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan, ISBN: 9780735224155
This book was excellent. Pollan takes a deep dive into modern research using psychedelic drugs, underground psychedelic therapy, history of psychedelics, as well as numerous 1st and 2nd hand accounts of psychedelic trips. Incredibly entertaining, and very well written, this book fascinated me from start to finish.
📚 Finished reading: The Impossible Climb by Mark Synnott, ISBN: 9781101986653
This wasn’t exactly what I was expecting, but it was quite good nonetheless. I often scramble up rocks while running, but I’m certainly not a climber like these people. The similarities between climbing culture and ultrarunning culture are sometimes striking. The book is part memoir, part climbing history, with the remainder focusing on Alex Honnold’s free soloing. Most of the content of the book is covered (in considerably less detail, though with added visuals) by the two excellent documentaries Valley Uprising (2014) and Free Solo (2018).
📷 Play
📷 “Vision”
📷 “Leap”
📷 “Below”
📷 “Together”
📷 “Escape”
📷 “Hurdle”
📷 “Double”
📷 “Station”
📷 “Spectacle”
📷 “Progress”
📷 “Scale”
📷 “Space”
📷 “Oppose”
📷 “Cool”
📷 “Rest”
📷 “Balance”
📷 “Warmth”
📷 “Rise”
📷 “Attachment”
📷 “Plain”
📚 Finished reading: Ruined by Design by Mike Monteiro, ISBN: 9781090532084
Opinionated, polarizing, challenging. Unfortunate that the people who could benefit most by reading this book are the people least likely to read it.
I. Loved. This. Book.