Trail Journal is my mile-by-mile story of the Great American Rail Trail training, trail lessons, and the people I meet along the way. I’m riding with Warrior Expeditions to support veterans and prove that movement is reinvention. Welcome to the ride.
Don’t Just Extend Your Life. Expand It.
Lifespan tells you how long you’ll be here. Creativity span helps determine how alive you feel while you’re here.
The Story You Tell Yourself About Aging
But through better questions, greater self-awareness, and repeated actions that remind you that you are still capable of becoming more.
T-Minus 37: The Return You’re Creating
We do not abandon dreams because they are too difficult to accomplish. We abandon them because…
T-Minus 44: What This Ride Means
It means refusing the idea that aging is about shrinking back, playing it safe, and expecting less.
T-Minus 45: Why I’m Going
I believe this season of life can still be one of effort, growth, curiosity, and bold decisions.
Train to tolerate what the ride demands.
We are all in training for what life will ask of us. If you do not train…
What Aging Reveals About The Life We're Practicing
I think a lot of what gets blamed on aging is often the result of long-term deconditioning…
What People Hear When You Say Yes to Adventure
Because life often gives us the choice to look at the unknown as either something to avoid or something to step into.
When Possibility Needs Meaning
It says maybe there is more here for me than comfort, caution, and the familiar.
Heat. Hills. Headwinds. Humidity.
The four H’s. Heat. Hills. Headwinds. Humidity. Friend or Foe?
Five Essential Movements
You do not have to train like an athlete to stay capable. But you do need to keep using your body in ways that support strength, balance, and confidence. The goal is not perfection. The goal is to stay ready for life.
Staying Comfortable Can Become a Slow Disappearing Act
There is a difference between living intentionally and becoming smaller, but many people confuse the two.
The Retirement Upgrade
Here’s what I’ve come to realize: retirement isn’t the absence of work. It’s the freedom to work on what actually matters: your strength, mobility, curiosity, relationships, hobbies, and adventures.
Focus on what you can control
As a cyclist, you prepare for the road, not the road for you.

