How do you eat an elepant? One bite at a time.

Fantastic quote taken from Breaking BUD/S

Get Busy Living or Get Busy Dying.

Winter is wrapping up here in the midwest and I’m realizing I haven’t ran, rode, or did so much as a push-up in over 3 months. That’s what winter and cabin-fever will do to you, and that’s what it did to me. BUT, it doesn’t have to be that way, and as the snow is thawing and the prospect of us moving into a better place draws closer, I’m brightening up and looking forward.

One month from now I’ll be laying on an operating table having outpatient surgery that I hope will fix what ails me. Another month after that, if I’ve recovered enough, I’ll be taking my annual backpacking trip into Northern Michigan. I do hope I can make that trip.

Last year I told a friend that I’d try my first triathlon this fall, I also aim to complete that goal. So, after recovery and the backpacking trip it’s off to running and riding to prepare for the event (and get back into shape).

I’m hoping to make this spring and summer rock and take back the title I’ve given this website “Burning at 110%”

You’ve just been pep talked

Well, get to it people, make this world a better place!

I certainly couldn’t add anything of value to that video, so I’ll just leave it at that. :)

So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart. Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view and demand that they respect yours. Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life. Seek to make your life long and its purpose in the service of your people.

Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide. Always give a word or a sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, even a stranger, when in a lonely place. Show respect to all people and bow to none. When you arise in the morning, give thanks for the food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies only in yourself. Abuse no one and nothing, for abuse turns the wise ones to fools and robs the spirit of its vision.

When it comes your time to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song and die like a hero going home.

Chief Tecumseh, the Native American leader of the Shawnee

For my recent 40th birthday (yeah, yeah, I’m old) my wife got me one of those new Kindle Paperwhites. It is awesome. I love the size, the screen, everything.

But.

After some thought about book ownership, and some recent events in the news where some people are getting their entire Kindle library wiped due to terms infringement. I’ve been wondering about this whole digital book concept. Or, more specifically, the Amazon controlled book library.

I love the idea of the Kindle, and I love it’s execution, but I’m having a hard time buying into the whole deal. It really makes me nervous and doesn’t make me want to buy too many books on that thing. Not to mention I really like the idea of a physical library of books you’ve read or intend on reading.

If you have any opinion or advise, please comment on this post.

The most dangerous risk of all - the risk of spending your life not doing what you want on the bet you can buy yourself the freedom to do it later.

So, what are you doing?

Since trying to get into barefoot running I just haven’t been able to eek out the miles that I use to. Training your body for the change requires your running to be broken into intervals of walking and running, this eases your legs and feet into the new stride. A side affect of this can be a lessening of your overall endurance since you’re only able to push out a mile or two at a time.

Today I decided to put on my old non-barefoot shoes and make sure I hadn’t lost any of the endurance I had built up. Since I broke into the 4 mile mark it looks like I still have it. :)

In my last post I mentioned renaming the blog to “Burning at 110%”. So far I’m really digging the name, actually so much so that I went and registered the domain! Soon this site will load strictly from burningat110.com and briantimmer.com will simply redirect.

I also registered burningat110percent.com, but since shorter domains are always preferred I have that domain redirecting to burningat110.com.

All of this has my mind churning away at ideas for this site… hopefully big things are afoot! :)