Your Next Goal Won’t Wait for Life to Slow Down.

I want to tell you a story about the day my daughter was born.

I did my first triathlon in 2010, moved into long course, and by 2014 I was at the start line of my first Ironman. At that time it was just my wife and me, two young professionals, a dog, and a couple fish.

Nine months later (yes, if you do the math, that Ironman was very memorable), my first daughter was due in June 2015. So naturally, I signed up for a couple of Olympic triathlons earlier that month.

One Friday night, right before one of those races, my neighbor called because her dogs had gotten into a fight and one of them was in bad shape. I headed to the clinic, stitched the pup back together, and got home around 1 a.m., excited to get some sleep before my race.

Except when I got home, my wife, 8.5 months pregnant, was standing in the bathroom brushing her teeth. I started rambling about the dog’s injuries, and she waited patiently before casually dropping this line:
​“My water broke three hours ago.”

I went into full panic mode.
“What should we do?”​
“Do you want me to start the car?”​
​ “Should we call the hospital?”

She calmly explained she had already called, and she wasn’t in a rush. She wasn’t contracting yet and had no intention of sitting in a hospital bed until they induced her. Then she looked at me and said, “Get some sleep and go do your race tomorrow. Then we can go to the hospital.”

So that’s what I did. I raced (one of my fastest Olympic finishes ever, for obvious reasons), rushed home, picked up my wife, and we made it to the hospital with almost 24 hours to spare before our daughter was born.

That day became our “founders story” as a family: equal parts sport, chaos, and life-changing.

Since then, life hasn’t gotten easier or less busy. Work, family, kids’ activities, and the endless responsibilities pile on. But I’ve never seen sport as something I do in spite of my family or career. They’re woven together. Pursuing goals makes me a better dad, a better husband, a better professional. And the chaos is part of the story.

Here’s the truth: if you’re waiting for life to calm down before you chase that next ultra, marathon, or triathlon, it won’t. Life doesn’t hand out wide-open schedules and stress-free weeks. But when you commit to your goals, you don’t take away from your family and career, you give back to them.

• You show up with more energy.
• You model commitment for your kids.
• You build resilience that carries into every corner of your life.

And no, you don’t need endless hours to succeed. You need structure and creativity. With a plan (and maybe a coach) to help you make the most of the time you have, you’ll find that training for a big goal is not only possible, but sustainable.

Don’t wait for the “perfect time.”

Start now. Build now.

The best version of yourself, the one your family, your career, and your future self will all benefit from, is waiting on the other side of that first step.

Your life is busy. So is everyone else’s. The difference between you and everyone else is that you have the desire to keep growing.

👉If you want someone who is experienced in how to balance life commitments and the training required to achieve your next goal, hit reply to this email!

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