I ran 4 miles at lunch, and it felt VERY hot. I just kept thinking about Coach @GregReasoner saying "running in the heat is rewarding." And he was right!! It feels good to be able to go out there and suffer! #Type2fun

New mudguards, means new stickers #cycling #audaxuk #gwraudax #willshills #acmeaudax #type2fun #YesIKnowOwen 😉

Just what my soul needed. #type2fun

Struggle is #Type2Fun

Type I Fun = Fun to do, fun to remember. Type II Fun = Hurts a bit to do, but fun in retrospect. 🗣️ Morning Xers: Which type are you? #fun #type1 #type2 #type2fun #sports #adventure #play #gooutside #hike #outdoors #fitness #question #altrock

Type 2 fun. #type2fun #ruck #GORUCK

It still felt surreal that @sbalanovich and I won @HubSpotStartups's #MillionDollarPitch competition 🏆🏆🏆 at the @INBOUND conference even though a full week has passed. The few reasons it felt surreal: 1️⃣ A lot of our product inspiration comes from @HubSpot Reporting application after having used HubSpot at several companies that I worked at. Winning the competition is a great validation for us 📈 2️⃣ I suck at public speaking and stage fright is definitely a thing for me. So pitching my company live to 500 people for the first time was definitely a mountain to climb. Some say it is #Type2Fun 🚀 3️⃣ Because of (2), this competition was the perfect forcing function for me to be coached and to get better at public speaking. Props to my coach Jane Houghton for spending hours with me. Still not great at it, but small steps are made 👣 3️⃣ All of the finalists are building incredible product. I was thoroughly impressed by each of them after watching their pitch at our rehearsal the day before the competition. #Inbound was an amazing experience for @upsolveAI, especially since this is the first-ever conference we've attended as a company. Lastly, my favourite GOAT moments 🐐 of #INBOUND24 were: 1️⃣ Seeing @yaminirangan, CEO of Hubspot, waltzed in the INBOUND stage and talk about the future of HubSpot and it's product in front of 12000 audience with rock solid confidence 2️⃣ @serenawilliams talked about why she became a #VC and how she is reinventing herself to be a champion in the VC world as well Representation matters and so awesome to see female founders with such high visibility. Huge props and big thank you to HubSpot Ventures as well as @n8morg, @kennyohata, and Melissa Braxton-Rasumoff again for this incredible experience ❤️ #founders #startups #founderstories #startupjourney #buildinpublic #pitch #launch

Cwm Idwal in the rain with Lower 6 #glaciatedlandscapes #type2fun #geographyfieldtrip

Another ride with my bro in law, who only knows one speed (fast) and doesn't do flat roads. Usual suffering but the new bike (30mm tyres, discs, great handling) made it really good fun. Up down, twisty, bumpy but great. #Type2Fun #cycling #Scotland

Big sports day. First some #type2fun with a triathlon this morning. Thanks to the race director, organizers, and volunteers for putting on a great race at Walnut Creek Park. Then Katie and I watched the women’s soccer team earn a 2-0 victory over Northwestern.

Respect for taking the boy Trist, memories made despite the football and German efficiency. #type2fun

Character building Wicklow 200 2024 ❄️🌬️⛰️🌧️😵 Today was epic and very hard, and more than once I wanted call it a day but I stuck with it and got it done, CrAzY weather and trashed legs be damned! 💪👊 #Type2Fun #BeComfortableWithBeingUncomfortable #LifeIsALesson #EmbraceTheDay

Well done to our #Silver and #Gold groups who completed their practice expeditions today. 🥾⛺🎒🧭 #IamDofe #Type2fun #Cairngorms Arran @ActiveSchoolStg @wallacehighsch @WHS_SocSubjects @DofEScotland

Staying hydrated is a key strategy for ultra endurance cyclists. Check out this article about how much you should drink during your event. endurancebikeandrun.com/blog… #endurancetraining #bikeandruncoach #type2fun #cycling #bikepacking #audax #parisbrestparis #londonedinburghlondon

There is no tired like Ironman training tired #type2fun

Cold water immersion in nature: a therapist’s experience and reflections 1.18.1 - Immunity and cardiovascular health Two benefits in particular stood out to me as motivators to get started: improved cardiovascular health and stronger immunity. I started the practice in late 2020, when COVID-19 fears were still high, and keeping a strong immune system was a popular topic. Wim Hof mentions that a byproduct of regular cold water practice is not getting sick. One chapter of his book is called “a cold shower a day keeps the doctor away”. I actually did have a 3 year streak of not getting sick with a cold, flu, COVID, or any respiratory or sinus infection, that ended just a few months ago when my girlfriend came back from a trip to Columbia and brought back a microbial guest who visited us both for a while. Before 2020, I was used to getting some cold or flu once or twice per year. I did change several other things besides starting a cold water immersion practice though – including moving back to the mountains, running and exercising more, and generally reducing stress. So I can’t say for sure it was the cold water immersion that made the difference. But fortunately we have some empirical research now so we don’t have to depend on anecdotes alone. Even fairly low amounts of cold water exposure – from 1 session to ten days of training – has been shown to increase white blood cell counts, decrease upper respiratory tract infections, prevent symptoms when introduced to endotoxin (a substance that normally causes fever and inflammation), alleviate pain and improve recovery time from injuries. I won’t go into depth on the lab research that’s done because I frankly like to get a summary to convince me of the decision to invest the energy into a practice, and then rely on laboratory of my own first-hand experience and the data I feel experientially from my own body. But I have found it motivating to hear about the unequivocal benefits of cold water immersion from sources like the Huberman Lab podcast or the book The Wim Hof Method. Exposure to cold water has also been shown to improve circulation and increase blood flow throughout the body. As Wim points out, cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death in developed countries, and cold water immersion can do wonders for healing a damaged and out of shape cardiovascular system. I think of our cardiovascular system as one way that energy flows around the body through the blood. If the flow is constricted and our hearts have to work overtime, we’ll feel more tired and unhealthy. Our brains won’t work as well, and that’ll affect our emotions and our moods, which increases stress and hurts our health in a vicious cycle. All the bodily systems are related. #AdaptationTraining #CardiovascularHealth #ColdDip #ColdExposure #ColdPlunge #ColdTherapy #Coldwater #DelayedGratification #Discipline #DistressTolerance #EmotionalRegulation #ExaminedLife #Health #HealthBenefits #Healing #Hormesis #IceBath #IceBathing #IceTherapy #Immunity #Mindfulness #MindOverMatter #Nature #NatureTherapy #PeakExperiences #PersonalGrowth #Psychology #SelfDiscovery #StressRelief #TherapeuticRange #Type2Fun #Wellness #WimHof #WimHofMethod

Me off my bike: All I want to do is ride my bike Me on my bike: All I want to do is get off my bike Why am I like this? #Type2Fun

Always fun to end up on the wrong side of the road!! 💨💦🚘 #type2fun BUT!! My needles are thro security 🧶🪡✈️🥳🥳

Good luck to our team members and all those taking part in the @Strathpuffer 24, this weekend. #type2fun #aberdeen