Monday Motivation

Happy Memorial Day, Cadre. To all those that have served under the United States Army, Marines, Navy, Air Force, you name it. I just want to let you know that, you know, anybody who served either now or lost their lives, you name it, you know, we just want to let you know that we're thinking about you and your families. So there's nothing that quite replicates, you know, putting all your time, effort, and energy in your life, you know, into our country. So thank you from the bottom, all of our hearts for what you do and what you do for our country.

So, hey, Risa. So I want to. I want to share today about my musogi, right? And so, what is a musougi? Mussogia's a once one a year event that it's a big challenge that you put on your calendar that's supposed to be so big that every day you have to put a little something into it, right? A little something into it. And, you know, I definitely have. Right. Hey, care. Good to see you. Virtually. So I scheduled a 100 miles plus run, you know, on my birthday, you know, May 27. So a little. Little more than a day ago.

So I'm gonna tell you all about it. Got all ready, right? Got all ready. And I'm just gonna show you what I did for getting everything, you know, ready, right. So I got my. I got my bug spray. I got my nipple protectors. True story. I have honey peanut butter. This thing saved my life. It's a mask that you put over your head like this in order so the bugs don't get you. And I can't believe, like, this thing absolutely was incredible. My phone. So I put my phone around my hand like this so I could switch music whenever I wanted to.

You don't even have to get me started on the butter and vaseline and all that good stuff in all the spots to make sure that you don't. Of course, I had my trusty, you know, let's call it blazer. Blaze green. Deal. Still a little as far as, like, where my mind is right now, I'm still a little off. And then this one is to put around your head just so people can see you there as well. And then I had my light. My light at night again, more blotty glide. And then these little guys you hold for 5 seconds and I just put these all over my body, you know, just to make sure everybody could see me, you know, when I was running all night long and stuff like that.

And then peanut butter and jelly. And then when I got back to the van I would play. I would just have my music playlist keep going. So it just always had good music going. I can't forget about my advil. And then lots of fluid. If you guys only knew how much fluid that I, that I ran through, you know, in the course of. Over the course of those, you know, day and a half, it was just absolutely nuts. But so I just want to. I want to tell you three specific moments for me, and I think three major takeaways that I think ultimately could change your life.

Right? So I did it. You know, I did it. I completed my goal. I'm proud of myself. All those other things. But what does that mean for you? What would that mean for you? What major takeaway could you have? Number one, if I can do this, you can do this. I'm dead serious when I say that. If you see me, look at me, know me, if you, if you have the ability to walk and you have the ability to think and you have the ability to try, which is most people on our planet, you can do exactly what I just did.

You can do literally exactly what I just did. Start getting your discipline together, get your habits right, start forming the right things on the right days, you know, getting yourself prepared, putting the effort and energy in. If I can do it, trust me when I say it. If you are able bodied, and I mean this the most loving way, like, if you do not have cancer or something along those lines or heart condition, trust me when I tell you, you can do this, too. That's number one. Number two, the experience, right?

What about, what about this experience was my major takeaway. Number one, shut off the noise. Shut off the noise of this life. Don't. If you never watch news again, if you never watch the channel four channel, channel five, channel nine, channel eleven, CNN, Fox News, et cetera, get rid of it. Seriously. Just launch it. What I saw over the course of 30 some odd hours was unbelievable. Pieces of nature, humanity, connection, go out and do wonderful things, and you're gonna see incredible things taking place right in front of your eyes.

Get away from the screens of life. Get away from all of the stuff, the noise. Take in the silence. I mean, from them. One of the most beautiful moments of my entire life. And I'm 42 years old. And yes, I love my children more than anything. I love my wife more than anything. I like my love, my friends, my family, all the things. But one of the most beautiful moments of my entire life was from, let's call it twelve in the morning until 455. 455 in the morning is when I saw the first person and he came walking by and I waved to him like, hey, how are you?

You know? But, um, those, those 5 hours to just see nature unfold. I saw, I saw a fox. I saw a fox attack a rabbit. This is a true story. Fox attack a rabbit brought back. I mean, it's, it's the food chain of life. I get it. I saw that happen. I saw two eagles come down and grab fish, like, like, literally in the middle of the night. It was unbelievable, the connection that I had with nature. Like, every step I was taking, I was just so grateful. I was just looking at this beauty of the, the moon up above, shining down on the lake, the stars all around, and it was the most glorious thing I've ever seen.

Well, I'm just suffering, right? My, my hip hurts more than anything. My body is starting to get broken, right? Because I started at about 8830, you know, my wife came with for the first 10 miles, but that as I kept moving into the night, I was just like, wow, wow. What I'm witnessing. So very few people are taking it in this way. Unbelievable. Next, I would like to, I would like to lean into. So again, get rid of the screen time. Then last but not least is just preparation of life. If you prepare and if you get things ready and you put in the time, you put in the effort, you get your habits set, you do the things and you prepare accordingly.

When I'm talking about preparation, pushing your chips in, all of it, right? And you prepare, there's either one or two things that are going to happen to you. You're going to complete your goal or you're going to learn a lot or you're going to do both. So I would encourage you to prepare to push your chips in, get rid of some of the screen time, the noise and all that other stuff. Enjoy the process and find a goal for you that really pushes you and you are going to love the learning through it.

I learned so much over that race. I mean, so much. It was, it was absolutely incredible to me. It was incredible about me personally. It was incredible about the people around me. But some things that I'll never forget on this race is my wife running the first ten with me. And then she ended up running an entire marathon. And she hasn't run a marathon before, but she just has grit like I've never seen before. So she just popped in and ran a marathon with me. My son hopped in. My nine year old son hopped in for 10 miles.

It was everything I needed Alec and Dewey, when they came out and they stepped up and helped and supported me in that mile, 55 through 65 ballpark, don't quote me on that. But those moments for those guys that they came in, my wife, etcetera, and then my wife and my kids finished the last mile and a half together. And so it was like the five of us that wrapped her up. And it was one of the most incredible moments of my entire life. It was like a spiritual moment, this spiritual awakening in this journey.

But, you know, my body went through h***, my mind went through h***, but I stayed strong and I stayed strong through it. And I just kept saying, like, you know, and I, sorry, I have so much. I just want to share with this. But I was broken with pain. Like, I was legitimately broken with pain. And all of a sudden, something would happen to take your mind off the pain. So let me give you an example. So you would. You would go. You'd go. You go. And your body, your hip, your side, your calves, all the stuff, like, you're just.

You're just broken, right? And all of a sudden there would be a car coming behind you at three in the morning and your adrenaline would pop and your pain would be gone immediately. Like, there's no pain, right? Another one, for example, is like, when I saw it, when I saw the fox attack, like, I was like, oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh. No pain. So what I found is my mind. I was giving so much power to the pain. And what I needed to do was try to pull out of that headspace and for like, the last 30 miles, like, I was in utter pain.

Don't get me wrong, I didn't feel anything. I didn't feel anything as long as I had the right fuel, as long as I had the right whatever, because my mind was just willing my body to keep going and it just wasn't gonna stop. And so where I am today is I'm in good shape. I feel good. My mind's right. Most people are taking a week, a month off or whatever. I mowed the lawn, got the flowers, ready to go, baseball at the kid later. Like, we're back to business. We're back to business. And, you know, that goal has come.

That goal is gone. And I'm. I'm back in the saddle for something bigger. I'm something back for something even bigger. I don't know what it's going to be yet. I'll figure it out my next musogi. But right now, you know, I'm really proud. I'm proud of myself. I'm proud of the accomplishment. But again, I just want to tell you if I can do this. Trust me when I tell you, you can. Number two. Preparation. Just prepare, prepare, prepare, and you're gonna succeed. And then last but not least, what was the most?

My last one. Oh, my gosh. Preparation. I had preparation. I had screen times. Get rid of the noise of life. Oh, my gosh. The noise of life. The noise of life. Trust me, I can't stress enough. Like, I'm seeing the best of humanity when I'm running around this lake. I see people holding their hands. I see loved ones, partners, males and males, females and females, families and families walking hand in hand around this beautiful lake. Number one. Number two, I see a melting pot of individuals that are county parks, barbecuing, laughing, loving, enjoying this life, right?

Enjoying this life and just having the most miraculous time. The. What's going on on the lake. People out swimming and doing whatever the connection, I was just. I was blown away. I just kept walking and running and just thinking to myself, like, this is what this life is all about. Nobody's on a screen. Nobody's watching. Like, the news is just killing us. It's killing America, you know? And then it just bleeds into all this other b's that we see on our screens and whatnot. Get out and enjoy this life.

Make some challenges for yourself. You can do this. I just. I can't stress it enough. Like, if. If this 42 year old guy from Hutchinson, Minnesota, can run this, you can, too. That's all I got to say. So. Unbelievable spiritual awakening for me. I had so many just critical moments that it's almost like it's hard to share in words just how important it is and impactful it is for the rest of my life. But the hair is growing out. I've got to maybe get caught up on a little bit of sleep and stuff like that.

But at the end of the day was just a remarkable experience, and I'm so glad I did it. And I shut off those voices at mile ten. Mile 20 miles, 30 miles, 40 miles, 50 miles, 60 miles, 70 miles, 80. And I just kept going. And you can do it, too. So I love you guys. Prepare big. Go big. Set up your masogies for next year and have an amazing memorial.