Why I’m Trying a Social Media Detox | 12 Dec 2017

I don’t want to stop using social media. I just want to stop letting it seep in and fill up all those blank spaces with vapid nothing-ness. (more...) [2 comments]

Celebrate Your Small Wins | 6 Dec 2017

Celebrating a work in progress won’t make you less likely to achieve the finished product. Celebrating a step forward does not have to be the same as settling for mediocrity. (more...) [2 comments]

This Thanksgiving, I’m Trying to Be Grateful For Difficult Things | 22 Nov 2017

Can you be thankful for the rock garden you can’t figure out, because it gives you a challenge and room to progress? Can you be thankful for bad weather because it makes you tough? (more...) [5 comments]

This Is What Progression Looks Like | 15 Nov 2017

We’ve been thinking about progression all wrong. Progression is not overcoming fear. Progression is not forcing yourself to do things that scare you. (more...) [7 comments]

Tailwinds and Flawed Theories of Self | 5 Nov 2017

It doesn’t matter what other people could achieve, it matters what you do achieve. (more...) [6 comments]

Stop Wasting Your Failures | 2 Sep 2017

Winston Churchill said “Never waste a good crisis” and the same is true for a good failure. Failure can break you. I know this from experience. But it can also be a catalyst, an opportunity, and as such, a secret weapon. (more...) [2 comments]

Stop Pushing Boulders, Start Moving Mountains | 22 Jun 2017

Pushing boulders is the opposite of “going with the flow.” Pushing boulders is all force and no right effort. Pushing boulders is exhausting and frustrating and ineffective, because you feel like you’re doing everything and yet, those damn mountains refuse to budge. (more...) [3 comments]

Why I’m Reframing the Way I Think About Results | 10 Mar 2017

Last year, I let racing get under my skin. I let it undermine the things that I love about riding bikes and training and being an athlete. I let myself think that I deserved better, when in fact, I have so much already. (more...) [4 comments]

Books for Athletes: The Power of Habit | 3 Mar 2017

A monthly column where I share a book I’ve read recently, and how it’s helped me develop as an athlete. (more...) [3 comments]