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Working on getting 1% better every day. Lost 105 lbs. Runner, athlete, musician, father, sales exec
05/03/2026
Sometimes you don’t know what you don’t know…
“Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.”
— Oscar Wilde
Coming into this, we didn’t fully understand what it meant to stack races like this.
5 half marathons in…
and these weren’t all road races.
Most were trail.
Different terrain.
Different demands.
Different kind of fatigue.
And tomorrow… we step into our longest race yet.
16 miles with Revolution Running at The Big 50.
That’s the thing about pushing into new territory…
You learn fast.
We’ve learned to be patient with training.
To adjust instead of force it.
To rest longer when needed… or scale back when it makes sense.
We’ve modified gym sessions to support the miles.
Built in dynamic warmups.
Actually warmed up before races instead of just jumping in.
And still… every race humbles you in a new way.
That’s what makes it real.
This is our last race before Yellowstone in June.
And honestly…
There’s a mix of everything.
Pride.
Relief.
Gratitude.
Because none of this came from knowing exactly what we were doing.
It came from learning as we went.
Adjusting.
Showing up.
Stacking effort.
🧀 Cheese Fact (.energy ❤️)
Trail running can increase muscular demand by 30–40% compared to road running due to uneven terrain, requiring greater stabilization, coordination, and energy output.
🧈 Butter Tip ()
You don’t need to have it all figured out. You just need to be willing to figure it out as you go.
💘 Butter & Cheese Reflection:
What are you learning right now that you didn’t even know you needed to learn?
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goal… already exists?
“Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.”
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Goethe wrote about imagination as a starting point. Not fantasy… direction.
You see it first, then you move toward it.
We’ve lived that.
There was a time we were running 10:15 pace… winded, but proud.
Before that, even slower.
Now we’re hitting 4 miles at 8:42 and feeling strong.
That didn’t happen overnight.
It started with believing it was possible.
Because if you can’t see it…
you won’t chase it.
And if you don’t believe it…
you won’t act on it.
That’s the cycle:
Potential → Belief → Action → Results
Most people stop at potential.
Some build belief.
Very few stay consistent long enough to see the results.
Visualization isn’t just “thinking about it.”
It’s setting the scene.
How does it feel?
What does the pace look like?
How do you carry yourself?
Then you go earn it.
Rep by rep.
Run by run.
Until one day…
you realize you’re living in the thing you once imagined.
🧀 Cheese Fact (.energy ❤️)
Studies show visualization can improve performance by up to 10–15%, as the brain activates similar neural pathways as physical practice.
🧈 Butter Tip ()
Don’t just hope for the result. Picture it clearly… then go build it.
💘 Butter & Cheese Reflection:
What does your goal actually look like when you play it out in your mind?
🏔️ Sign up for the Yellowstone Half Marathon with us on 6/13 with
15% discount code: BUTTERANDCHEESE
🎯 Code: Butterchops
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