Von’s Vlog

Empathic Strength 09122020

by von | Sep 12, 2020 | Empathic Strength, lhrl.life, Rhabdo Recovery, Run, The Reverend, Train, Von | 1 Comment

Hey, it's a Saturday. Let's play "Things I thought about on my run today." I wonder if he's going to pick up that dog's poop.How can I raise 1500 more dollars for St. Jude. I hope I make it.I'm looking forward to Tuesday's one mile time trial not to see how fast I can...

Empathic Strength: 09112020

by von | Sep 11, 2020 | Coach, Empathic Strength, Life, Lift, Rhabdo Recovery, The Reverend, Von | 0 Comments

Everyone needs a coach! Even coaches need a coach. If you can hire a coach in some capacity you should. I have had two coaches in the past and looking back, those are the times I excelled the most. Any time I’ve tried to go it alone I’ve just kind of fallen flat or...

Be a Warrior Not a Worrier

by von | Sep 10, 2020 | lhrl.life, Life, Run, The Reverend, Von | 0 Comments

Be a warrior not a worrier. I saw this on a friend’s instagram feed this morning, and it landed so perfectly. I am a worrier, and it’s kept me from doing a lot of things in the past. I tend to worry about everything. What people will think, am I doing a good enough...

The Future is Bright

by von | Sep 9, 2020 | Empathic Strength, lhrl.life, Life, Run, The Reverend | 0 Comments

It feels good to be able to do what you want. Seven years ago I was recovering from a broken foot, leaving the comfort of a good full time job, and working on opening a gym. Here I am hobbling and doing the first ring muscle up in the gym back then: Sometimes I wish...

Checking in with Empathy

by von | Jul 30, 2020 | lhrl.life, The Reverend, Von | 0 Comments

Hey. It’s been a while. I thought I’d check in. They used to say “the world is going to hell in a handbasket.” Today’s version of that might be “the entire world is a dumpster fire.” That might be true to a certain extent, but I want to believe that most people fall...

Sean Hilsdon: A special 100 miler addition to the 50/400 Club

by von | Jan 3, 2020 | Inspiration, lhrl.life, The Reverend | 0 Comments

We would like to welcome our good friend Sean Hilsdon into the 50/400 club. He doesn't just make it into the 50/400 club, he does it with the special notation that he ran 100 miles instead of 50! This entry to the 50/400 club is special to me. We have a lot of really...

Empathic Strength – 2020

by von | Dec 17, 2019 | Empathic Strength, lhrl.life, The Reverend, Von | 0 Comments

It's been a hell of a year. It has been a year completely full of some of the biggest WHAT THE F!@# experiences I've ever had in my life. It's been a life threatening year and a life changing year. The "life threatening" probably influencing the "life changing" more...

Grief

by von | Sep 9, 2019 | Empathic Strength, Rhabdo Recovery, The Reverend | 2 Comments

Grief. Google tells me that it means "deep sorrow, especially that caused by someone's death." It can also mean "trouble or annoyance." 2019 seems to have served up a heaping helping of grief. It has also, at least for me, served up a little bit of trauma and some...

Empathic Strength – 08072019

by von | Aug 7, 2019 | Empathic Strength, lhrl.life, Rhabdo Recovery, The Reverend, Von | 0 Comments

I'm on twitter a lot (@vonralls HMU!). On twitter if you aren't super liberal you're an intolerant racist and if you aren't super conservative you're a snowflake that wants to ban guns and make everyone gay. There is no middle ground on twitter. Everything and...

Empathic Strength – 07302019

by von | Jul 30, 2019 | Coach, Empathic Strength, lhrl.life, Rhabdo Recovery, The Reverend | 0 Comments

Believe it or not I do not have all the answers. It's possible I have no answers. Well, maybe I have answers, but they are probably wrong half the time. Who even knows? Nobody. Nobody really knows. We're all just trying to (hopefully) make ourselves better. If you had...