Don’t quit on your ass

Quit on your feet.

To get what you want, you have to deserve what you want.

— Charlie Munger

Reflecting

Charlie’s point works for finances, fitness, family, and friends. Think about what you want one day each year. Spend the other days getting more wanted. Run up the score in how much value you add 364 days per year. Annually check in to make sure that you get paid back more or less fairly. At that ratio, once you pick you will get your pick.

Training

30-20-10

• Cals on the Bike

• DB Snatch 70 lbs.

30-20-10

• Cals on the Row

• Dips

30-20-10

• Cals on the Ski

• Crossovers and double unders

Fueling

Lollipops for men

What do you bring to parties when you don't drink? My favorite thing to bring is venison frenched rib rack (rare on the Traeger smoked with hickory) cooked in a bit of Irish butter and sea salt flakes. 12 ounces is 104 g of protein for 520 calories which knocks out 1/2 of my protein for the day. They are small so people who start them tend to clean off the bone and you can just pick them up by the bone and eat them in your hand (or um er not sure if Martha Stewart would but my gym bros sure do). The only thing funny -- I bring 4 racks and $250 of meat gets consumed in <5 minutes. Might as well drop in a tank of Piranhas. $10 off a first order here.

Supplementing

I’ve been looking for a decent value in bovine colostrum. Some that I’ve tried has been good but very expensive. This is a bit cheaper but seems to be good quality.

Measuring

There are only 21 days until 2025. Use them well. If you have any aspirations for things you want to accomplish next year, start today. Give yourself a 21 day head start.

Recovering

There’s no substitute for deep tissue massage for recovery, but if you need a quick precision compression on a muscle you can’t reach, the Thera Cane massager is good. We have them at the gym and they help, especially with a tight upper back.

Closing

I’ve competed in a number of backyard ultras where you run a set course each hour totaling 100 miles per each 24 hours. The current record is 110 laps for 458 miles. The winner is the last man standing. You can run fast or slow, but need to be in the corral by the time the next hour starts. If you need to eat or nap or use the toilet, you need to go a bit faster. I generally try to keep an even pace, running 45 minutes when I need one of the above or 50 minutes if not with a 10 minute recovery. I often will run the first few laps with a kid (these are great family events because kids can do as much as they’re able then you can keep going) and we recover in recliners between laps. The race director is a friend who I’ve run with in the past and he’s a great coach and encourager. When I’m sitting by the corral and start to waver about going again he glares at me and says “don’t quit on your ass!” Get up and run. Maybe you’ll quit only a hundred feet into the lap, but maybe you won’t. Just get up. Everyone (but the winner) eventually earns a DNF (did not finish) medal so eventually you quit, but quit on your feet. You never know. Maybe once you get going you’ll decide to keep going.