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We're gonna deviate a little bit from my usual content today. Before we begin,  I’ll provide a little background information on this post for those who don’t know; my grandfather passed away last week and this is the speech I gave at his funeral. I wanted to capture his spirit and who he was as an individual and this is what I came up with. The intention was to be light, tight, and bright without losing any seriousness.  This speech is reproduced with permission from my amazing step-grandmother to share with you all, because I think we could all take a little something from this larger-than-life character. I described him on social media as ‘an exquisite model for living a badass life’, and here’s 10 reasons why. So here we go, fellas. Hope you enjoy (and don’t try most of these at home!!*). 1.        Make the most out of your youth. For example, get your Texas A&M Corps buddies together and go steal your rival’s mascot in the middle of the night. It doesn’t matter i

Brace yourselves, fellas, it’s about to get kinda real up in here… That and I totally ripped the title from the 2012 film with Bradley Cooper. Sorry Bradley. Okay, now that you’ve been warned, let’s get dirty. This is a story about a low-key race I did recently that went both really well and not-so-well at the same time. In my opinion, these ones are really valuable to becoming mentally more resilient, because we’re left with the choice of choosing which side of the performance you want to put more of your emphasis on: the positive takeaways or the “wish I would have’s/if only’s/why couldn’t I’s”. I think you get where I’m going with this. As the above paragraph alludes, I found myself right in the middle of that dilemma after a race effort and am sharing with all you fine people not because I think I’m awesome and have superior mental strength (truth: a constant work in progress), but that I keep learning things and trying to teach the reader all the same. While I’ve