Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Monday, November 17, 2014
Help someone feed their crazy
What is Feed Your Crazy? We've used several tag lines to try and define it. "Redefining Crazy", "Feed Your Crazy and stay sane", "It's good to be a little crazy" ...
The point is, we all have something deep inside us that wants to be moving, doing, acting, and pushing. What that means to you is up to you. We all have different crazies. Some of us run, some of us lift, ride, cross fit, hike, tri ... you get the picture. The focus from training, and doing can help our out of control lives feel a little more in control.
The Back Story
When I was 21 I was the victim of a violent assault. The result was me in the ICU with head and neck trauma as well as a few busted up ribs. Afterwards all sort of doctors tried to help me out, including one well intentioned family practitioner who prescribed me one medication after another to deal with my anxiety, depression, and overall stress from the injury. None of it helped. I remember breaking down, sitting in the middle of my bedroom floor and simply crying. It's a pretty low place to be at a young age with the world in front of you. Then my mom called me, challenged me to train for a half marathon. So I started running. She paid for my shoes, my entry fee, and it didn't take long until I was hooked. As I ran more, I felt less depressed. Less anxious. I started sleeping better, and actually felt human again.
I've been running ever since. People call me crazy. Crazy for running. Crazy for racing. Crazy for training in the dark. Crazy for training in the mountains. Yeah, well. If feeling good, feeling healthy, and happier than ever is crazy ... I'm gonna feed my crazy.
But Why?
But sometimes you can't do it yourself. Sometimes you need someone, like my Mom to step in and help you get there. We'll be taking 10% of the profits from each of the custom Pearl Izumi / Feed Your Crazy tech shirts we sell and putting it into a sponsorship fund. These shirts are preorder only. One time print, and that's it. Access the store above, or just click here (www.feedyourcrazy.com) Then I'm going to ask people for their stories. I want to hear what they are struggling with, what they could accomplish if they had a race, a competition, an event to train for. Because sometimes that's all it takes. A springboard of focus to get life back into the livable range. We'll select one of the stories and pay for that person's event. Send them out to feed their crazy.
Details
Will there be rules? Yes. I'll come up with them as we get closer. Can you nominate someone you know that may need a lift? Yes. How many events will we pay for? As many as we can fund with the money we raise from the shirts. We will be taking orders through December 8th. The shirts should be ready to ship the first week of Feb. They are custom printed, cut, and manufactured by Pearl Izumi (the best gear out there) for us. So good things are worth waiting for right? It'll give your spring training a kick in the pants.
And if it goes well, we'll come up with a new sweet design and do it again next year. So if you can, buy a shirt. Teach people how to feed their crazy. Share our story. Share our Facebook or Instagram posts. Tell us your stories, and most importantly, Feed Your Crazy.
The point is, we all have something deep inside us that wants to be moving, doing, acting, and pushing. What that means to you is up to you. We all have different crazies. Some of us run, some of us lift, ride, cross fit, hike, tri ... you get the picture. The focus from training, and doing can help our out of control lives feel a little more in control.
The Back Story
When I was 21 I was the victim of a violent assault. The result was me in the ICU with head and neck trauma as well as a few busted up ribs. Afterwards all sort of doctors tried to help me out, including one well intentioned family practitioner who prescribed me one medication after another to deal with my anxiety, depression, and overall stress from the injury. None of it helped. I remember breaking down, sitting in the middle of my bedroom floor and simply crying. It's a pretty low place to be at a young age with the world in front of you. Then my mom called me, challenged me to train for a half marathon. So I started running. She paid for my shoes, my entry fee, and it didn't take long until I was hooked. As I ran more, I felt less depressed. Less anxious. I started sleeping better, and actually felt human again.
I've been running ever since. People call me crazy. Crazy for running. Crazy for racing. Crazy for training in the dark. Crazy for training in the mountains. Yeah, well. If feeling good, feeling healthy, and happier than ever is crazy ... I'm gonna feed my crazy.
But Why?
But sometimes you can't do it yourself. Sometimes you need someone, like my Mom to step in and help you get there. We'll be taking 10% of the profits from each of the custom Pearl Izumi / Feed Your Crazy tech shirts we sell and putting it into a sponsorship fund. These shirts are preorder only. One time print, and that's it. Access the store above, or just click here (www.feedyourcrazy.com) Then I'm going to ask people for their stories. I want to hear what they are struggling with, what they could accomplish if they had a race, a competition, an event to train for. Because sometimes that's all it takes. A springboard of focus to get life back into the livable range. We'll select one of the stories and pay for that person's event. Send them out to feed their crazy.
Mens Tank
Mens T
Women's Tank
Women's T
Details
Will there be rules? Yes. I'll come up with them as we get closer. Can you nominate someone you know that may need a lift? Yes. How many events will we pay for? As many as we can fund with the money we raise from the shirts. We will be taking orders through December 8th. The shirts should be ready to ship the first week of Feb. They are custom printed, cut, and manufactured by Pearl Izumi (the best gear out there) for us. So good things are worth waiting for right? It'll give your spring training a kick in the pants.
And if it goes well, we'll come up with a new sweet design and do it again next year. So if you can, buy a shirt. Teach people how to feed their crazy. Share our story. Share our Facebook or Instagram posts. Tell us your stories, and most importantly, Feed Your Crazy.
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