Steven Kempton
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Steven Kempton
But enlightenment, as the monk says, isn’t a point where everything stops and you’ve made it, forever surrounded by a halo of bliss. No, it is something alive, something that pushes you on every day, that calls you to return, whether you are a Daigyoman Ajari on Mount Hiei or a data-management assistant in an office in Hounslow
from The Way of the Runner by Adharanand Finn
The problem with living in a country where you don’t speak the language is that you start to sound like a child when you’re speaking, and so people begin to treat you like a child. Then, to complete the circle, you begin to act like one.
from The Way of the Runner by Adharanand Finn
- I remember looking at my first iPod and being like: “This is a vessel that holds what I’m into.”
And also the early iPod didn’t have a lot of space, so you really had to curate what was on there in a way that people don’t do on their phones.from On the Record with Apple Industrial Designer Eugene Whang by SSENSE
When the police captured McVeigh, he was wearing a T-shirt with a picture of Abraham Lincoln and the words “Sic Semper Tyrannis.” The same words John Wilkes Booth shouted after he assassinated Lincoln, they mean “Thus always to tyrants” and are the words attributed to Brutus after he and his supporters murdered Caesar.
from Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America by Heather Cox Richardson
Once, when they came upon a photo of the Pope blessing a group of believers, Richard’s father asked his son if he knew the difference between the Pope and his followers. And then, before Richard could answer, he said, “The difference is the hat. He is wearing a hat.”
from Teach This to Your Kids by Daily Dad
Kipchoge’s dedication was evident. He discovered early in life that “without being self-disciplined, you cannot go anywhere,” he says.
from We Share the Sun by Sarah Gearhart
We treat the body rigorously,” Seneca said, “so that it will not be disobedient to the mind.”
from You Must Seek This Out by Daily Stoic
Colting Lessons:
• Be willing to undertake ridiculous adventures.
• Use fitness for epic challenges.
• If you’re doing something absolutely bonkers… bring a camera crew.
from Jonas Colting by Gordo Byrn
To support our objectives of developing basic aerobic fitness, training volume was quite high (20-25hrs/wk) but initially of a very low intensity (with most sessions capped at the aerobic threshold, in this case, ~50 beats below max!!)
from How to Turn Yourself Into a Fat-Burner by alancouzens.com
Works out at 3 hours a day. Crazy amount but if it's slow and split into multiple runs it's doable. Note that he also says 'basic' not advanced aerobic fitness!