Adventure & Pursuits

I’m constantly challenging myself physically and mentally to be the best leader and all around person I can be. This is where I share what I have been reading, doing, and thinking about to improve my life and mind. Common subjects include bicycling, running, and how to keep a positive mental attitude.

The AFTERMATH OF Jordan Peterson’s INTERVIEW

By Jon Sabes

This weekend, I walked into the aftermath of an interview Canadian psychologist, professor, and author, Jordan Peterson gave to the London Times. The recorded interview, the London Times article, the blog posts, and comments that follow only add to the vexing circumstances of why Jordon Peterson, one of the world’s leading populist intellectuals goes dark […]

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Running Ultra – Road Dog Podcast with Luis Escobar

By Jon Sabes

The world of ultrarunning is a unique enclave of individuals whose personal stories come alive through the feats they accomplish on foot.  One such individual is Luis Escobar, whose Road Dog Podcast chronicles the marquee stories coming from the world of ultrarunning. Ultrarunning is loosely defined as any event with a distance greater than 26.2 miles. […]

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Proper running technique & active meditation

By Jon Sabes

Two posts on Rich Roll’s website provide excellent guides to the concept I call “Active Meditation” and “How to Run.” Many runners I know talk about the mental journey they go on while running. So, the two concepts go hand-in-hand, because you need to know how to run in order to get into an active […]

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Why we run

By Jon Sabes

In this inspiring short documentary, the running pastor embodies why we run.

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Create Your Life: Personal GROWTH PLANNER

By Jon Sabes

Several months ago, I completed a personal pursuit to create a Personal Growth Planner to aid me, and others, in fashioning one’s life to the unique design one imagines it to be. Whether we realize it or not, throughout our life we are engaged in a deliberate act of creation. The question then is, how […]

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Clavicle INJURY & SURGICAL REPAIR PART 4: COLLARBONE PLATE REMOVAL Q&A

By Jon Sabes

Recently, I received some inquires about updates on my recovery from my collarbone fracture, plate install, and hardware removal surgery.  So, I am very happy my post somehow found its way into the hands of people wondering the same things I was. The decision-making process on which treatment option to pursue is challenging.  And after, […]

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Jordon Peterson – Listen

By Jon Sabes

I have been following Jordon Peterson for a while and really appreciate his articulation of complex ideas and thoughts on how we work as humans and in a society. While I appreciate Jordon’s book, 12 Rules for Life, it is no substitute to listening to the man talk and verbal process. On that front, Jordan’s […]

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Clavicle Hardware REMOVAL PART 3: CollarBone Fracture – removing the surgical Implants

By Jon Sabes

collarbone fracture clavicle hardware removal! On April 11th, I went back to the surgery center to remove the plate and screws holding my clavicle in place while the broken boned healed.  Since making the choice to surgically repair my broken clavicle last June, I have been plagued by stiffness and discomfort in my shoulder from […]

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Podcast #13: Jack Brewer, Mackensie Alexander and Sergio Brown at Super Bowl LII

By Jon Sabes

This is a special podcast taped at a party we held on Super Bowl Saturday in Minneapolis from our offices overlooking US Bank Stadium, the site of Super Bowl LII held the next day between the New England Patriots and the Philadelphia Eagles. My guests were two retired NFL players, Jack Brewer and Sergio Brown, […]

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DIY Outdoor Winter Safer Running Shoe

By Jon Sabes

This is a DIY video about how to make a safer running shoe for the outdoors during the long winter months of the Bold North. Every avid runner of the cold dark months of the North has either taken a nasty tumble while running, or knows a friend who has.  Normally these falls are of […]

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