“Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty… I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.” — Theodore Roosevelt Learn the hard things. Do the hard things. Why? Because many people do not want to. The harder things are to do, the
November 17th, 2015
Richmond Half Marathon 2015 Review – A New PR Under Odd Circumstances
Just three weeks after running the Marine Corps Marathon, I spontaneously signed up for the Richmond Half Marathon the Monday prior to the race. I had originally planned for MCM to be my last race for 2015, but I was a little disappointed with the outcome of Marine Corps Marathon, despite getting a personal record and shaving 7 minutes off my Chicago Marathon time from last year. I know I
November 13th, 2015
Startup Lessons Learned- The Lean Approach
Startup Lessons Learned- The Lean Approach My workplace (not my startup) has been pushing a “lean” environment for five years, so I am not new the “lean” principle. I was just beginning to think about LivestockCity when Eric Ries wrote his book about Lean Startups. Truthfully, I am not sure I was a fan of the lean concept back then for a variety of reasons, so I had no interest
November 2nd, 2015
The Nontraditional Startup Entrepreneur – Part II
In Part I, I discussed my searching of what to do in life as it pertains to a career and discovering that I am happiest when pursuing entrepreneurial projects much more that a steady high paying but mundane career. The problem with that is my discovery happened later in life after marriage and children and “settling down”, hence making me a nontraditional startup entrepreneur by today’s standards. In this follow
October 29th, 2015
Marine Corps Marathon – OORAH! Mission Accomplished! Race Review
Last year I ran the Chicago Marathon, and that was my first one. I think at that time, I thought maybe that would be the only one I’d do. That distance is not a walk in the park. But, as the months went on, I began thinking I might want to try another one. And so here we are, talking about marathon #2, the Marine Corps Marathon (MCM) in Washington,
October 21st, 2015
The Nontraditional Startup Entrepreneur – Part 1
(Note: Originally Posted on Medium.com) The Nontraditional Startup Entrepreneur – Part 1 I am a member of “Generation X”, defined by Google as “the generation born after that of the baby boomers (roughly from the early 1960s to mid 1970s), often perceived to be disaffected and directionless.” It’s a stereotype that many GenX’ers have or had no goals, no direction, no clue what we want to do in life, and actually,
October 10th, 2015
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Hi everyone, if you like reading my blog, please consider following me on social media sites. You can find me on the following sites: Twitter – @ejameswhite1 Medium – ejameswhite Cyber Dust – jwhite1 or livestockcity About.Me – E. James White Facebook – LivestockCity
October 6th, 2015
The Final 20 Mile Run Report
Going into the final longest run before the marathon, my legs were feeling pretty achy. My one leg ached with such a weird pain that I wondered if I was beginning to have a stress fracture. I got a leg massage last Friday, and I found out that I had some very tight and sore deep calf muscles. The massage probably helped things in preparation for the 22 miler I
September 26th, 2015
The Second 20 Mile Run
Last Sunday I had the second big training run, and I planned to experiment with hydrating and fueling to see if I could rid the problem of nausea in the late miles that I experienced last year and a little bit on this year’s first 20 miler. Earlier in the week I was reading some articles about hydrating during long runs. Usually there are two schools of advice. The first
September 16th, 2015
Review – Bird In Hand Half
The Bird In Hand Half is a race I did not think I would be able to run this year. It had sold out the day that I went to register, but I got placed on a wait list and got off the wait list in August. This race is popular due to the uniqueness of running with the Amish and the very cool custom-made horseshoe medals. If you are