If you grew up in Orange County, chances are you’ve heard the legends of Black Star Canyon: Hooded creatures, KKK, ghosts and demons. You know that you’re not supposed to go there at night…and yet, you go anyway. I first heard about the place when I was a senior in high school way back in […]
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We’re all familiar with Arnold’s six rules of success. Many of us have applied them to our own lives to reach our goals. We decided to take a look at the life of our favorite “Bad guy”, Tony Montana aka Scarface to see if the six rules helped him achieve his success. We’ll also tell […]
In the olden days, brave knights would set off on quests to slay the dragon terrorizing their town. Brave knights who trained and dedicated their whole lives for adventures like these; brave knights hardened from battle. Then there were the guys who didn’t train quite as hard as they should have but showed up to […]
If you were a kid in the 90’s, you know that the coolest martial arts action star in the whole world was Jean Claude Van Damme. The “Muscles from Brussels” had the coolest spinning jump kick ever seen on the big screen. He had a cool accent, cool hair, and he always got the girl […]
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On Wednesday, August 12, 2015 we loaded up the car and took a little road trip to Joshua Tree to watch the Perseid meteor shower. The peak of the shower this year was August 12-13, and it was predicted to be a good one to catch due to the fact that it would be a […]
There’s a poster hung up on the wall right next to my computer monitor. It has a Vince Lombardi quote- “Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing!” Walt Disney also said “the difference in winning and losing is most often… not quitting.” Thinking back on my races, I realize that I have developed the […]
Well, it is now July 30th which means that Arnold Schwarzenegger is turning 68. We here at Get Strong Run Long want to wish Arnold Schwarzenegger a very happy birthday! Arnold Schwarzenegger, as you all know, is a bodybuilding legend (7x Mr. Olympia), movie star (king of 80’s action), politician (former Governor of California), and […]
I recently took some time off from the gym (a little too much time). This week I made my triumphant return to the weight room. Since it’s been a while, I knew that I could expect two things: 1. That I wasn’t going to be as strong as I used to be 2. I was […]
The other day, I was finishing up a grueling trail run and heading back to the parking lot. It was a long trail, really exhausting, so when I started getting closer to civilization I got pretty excited. I pulled out my phone to see if I had any reception; I didn’t. I put my phone […]
Back in October, I crewed for both my brothers in a 100 mile race. I was so inspired by how they kept it together the whole way (injuries and all) until they finally crossed the finish line less than 30 hours after they started. Watching them succeed made me want to do it also. So […]
No sleep, no food, little water, trying to make it out of the Grand Canyon before sunset when temperatures were expected to drop to freezing. It sounds like a story of survival, but actually, it was just a Friday off from work. My brother, Justin, and I made the 7 hour drive from California to […]
I got up at 4am Saturday morning so that I could get ready and make the drive over to Glen Helen Raceway for this year’s SoCal Tough Mudder. This was my 3rd time competing in Tough Mudder, and my first time ever at this race course. My wife and I headed over to the event […]
A friend of mine sends me a picture of the weight bench almost every morning telling me how much he was able to bench press that day. This friend is regularly setting PR’s (personal records). This motivates to me to get up and go to the gym. I haven’t been consistent with my weightlifting routine […]
6am. Mike, my brother, the ultrarunner, sends me a text message asking if I want to go on a hike. “How far,” I ask. He tells me “not far. I have to leave for work at 8:20am.” I say, “ok” and tell him “I’m on my way.” We drive over to the Anaheim Hills trails. […]
A couple Saturday’s ago, I went with my brother, the ultrarunner, and a group of friends on a hike up the Skyline drive trail in Corona. We had never been there before but we had heard that it was a pretty nice hike. We got there close to noon and it was HOT! None of […]
Yesterday I posted about how I work well under pressure, that I procrastinate on homework assignments and I still do good anyway. That makes it seem like everything comes easy for me and I don’t have to work too hard to achieve my goals. Nothing could be further from the truth. Anything that I […]
I have 5 more weeks until I do my third Tough Mudder. This is the part where I start to get nervous. I haven’t been training like I should, I haven’t been eating like I should, I’m nowhere near where I thought I would be by now. Time to quit messing around. My cardio […]
(Updated 2/9/2015) Back in 2011, I signed up for my first Tough Mudder, which is a 12+ mile obstacle course race. This race was held on a ski slope in Big Bear, California. We had assembled a team of 7 people, including my brothers, and some of their friends. I was training really hard for […]
I read a quote today that says “Rock Bottom has created more champions than privilege.” Obviously, the quote is referring to people clawing themselves out of the dirt to become the best that they can be. Obviously. But when I read it, I thought it was referring to The Rock Bottom. I was like, “yeah, […]