The 57th Edition

Are you ready when the mountains call?

Something to Think About

The best reason to train is to be capable enough to say yes when adventure shows up.

Something to Ask Yourself

If you were invited tomorrow to climb, run, hike, or explore somewhere wild, would your body be ready?

Article of the Week

Jaime Taets shares a powerful mindset shift drawn from hiking mountains: that readiness often comes after you start, not before. Expect a relatable story that reframes self-doubt and encourages bold, imperfect action.

Track of the Week

Whilst in Americaland, I’ve been hammering a few tunes in the Jeep.

This week’s track of the week is…

By the way, if you didn’t know, I put all these tracks in a Spotify playlist…

Personal Lesson

Whenever I’m in the mountains – standing on a ridgeline in the Alps, marching up switchbacks in the Pacific Northwest, reaching the top of another Scottish Munro on a clear day – I feel grateful. Grateful that I have the health and fitness to be up there. That moment is possible thanks to weeks and months of showing up to train.

I’ve lifted weights so I can carry a pack. Run hills so I can handle elevation. Built strength and resilience, not for the sake of performance, but for the freedom it gives me. I don’t train to be good in a gym. I train to feel strong in the outdoors. To run further into the unknown. To go where others hesitate.

That’s what drives me. Not medals. Not race photos. But readiness for any terrain, any weather, any opportunity. Because the world is out there. And I want to meet it with a capable body.

Running – Life’s Metaphor

Train for the life you want, not the one you’re trying to impress people with.

Final Thoughts

We don’t talk enough about this: the joy of being physically prepared to explore. To move through nature with confidence. To be the friend who says “yes” to the hard route. To feel capable in wild places, not fragile.

This is what makes training stick. When it stops being about discipline and starts being about desire. You want to run because you want to see what’s out there. You want to lift because you want to carry yourself through it. That’s real motivation thatr lasts.

You have to earn the view from the top! And the earning happens in the quiet, gritty hours of training. That’s why we keep showing up.

Train hard. Live open.

Thanks again for reading and subscribing.

Run the runnable, and keep showing up for yourself!

Tommy 🙂