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Endurance Athlete @craftsportswear // Body Mechanic // Domestique // Papa Bear

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Joined November 2012
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5 years
Boston, Thank you for lifting me, and inspiring me. To all of your beautiful fans- I can’t express the gratitude I feel. Happy tears & a full heart. I’ll return. As long as I’m breathing, I’ll keep coming back. Thank you for everything. So much love - Rivs PC: @trailjunkiephotos
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Baby steps. A gentle rage. The process has not changed and so the approach won't either, but now a greater focus is required. The little things of the day make the difference in the big things of life. There is a calm urgency... PC: @StephenKersh
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Our boys @Zach_Miller_38 , @TimTollefson , @walmsleyruns all drop at #UTMB . Cue the haters & the "told you so"s. Those that critique & push armchair prudence from behind a screen. But I couldn't be prouder. They went for it. All of them. Full send. GD stallions. Hats off boys. 🇺🇸
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“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.” -Ernest Hemingway PC: @paulmnelson
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It’s not that complicated. Put in the time. Train hard. Plan smart. Rest often. Eat clean. Love the process. Race when you’re ready, and then fight like hell! PC: @paulmnelson
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Stop fretting about the @bostonmarathon forecast. Decide right now that the only storm on Monday, will be you. #bostonstrong PC: @oakbarzadeh
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Mad respect to @parkerstinson for ripping #RunCIM wide open and finding his absolute limits. Some will hate. Others will caution prudence. But I'm an Oregon boy at heart & growing up a desciple of PRE, I thought that performance was pure beauty. #CIM35 🙏🔥
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New Personal Best 🏴‍☠️
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So inspired by #UTMB , but disheartened by all the online hate. Lets TALK less sh*t about those actually trying to DO sh*t.
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I poured my whole soul out onto that course and yet somehow left feeling even more full... More: #BostonMarathon
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Do less. Eat more. 🏴‍☠️
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Be a badass, not a dumbass 🏴‍☠️
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Friction follows Flow 🏴‍☠️
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Give thanks for life 🏴‍☠️
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The only math I use these days: Consistency x ( stress + rest + replenish ) = Success . PC: @trailjunkiephotos
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Sunday long run 🏴‍☠️
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Zoom in for gratitude. Zoom out for perspective and progress. 🏴‍☠️
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Stress and Rest and Replenish, then Progress 🏴‍☠️
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Keep shoveling shit 🏴‍☠️
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Three years today
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That. Was. Brutal. So proud to represent #TeamUSA as we brought home the gold medal at the 50k #Worldchampionships in Doha, Qatar.
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Breathe 🏴‍☠️
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"Pushing through effort-based pain is badass. Pushing through injury-based pain is dumbass." . . A realization that came about in a moment of self-reflection during my latest PODCAST with Rob from @Training4Ultra
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Thick thighs save lives 🏴‍☠️
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This is a miracle 🏴‍☠️
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Slow, steady, consistent, progression. Trust the process. Set a goal, build a plan, and then work tirelessly until that goal has been achieved. Climbing. Striving. Clawing. Creating. Dreaming. Planning. Becoming. Forward. Upward. Ever onward PC: @trailjunkiephotos
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"Talent is cheap; dedication is expensive. It will cost you your life.”-Irving Stone PC: @paulmnelson
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“The successful person makes a habit of doing what the failing person doesn’t like to do.” - Thomas Edison PC: @trailjunkiephotos #teamaltra
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The only thing worse than dog sh*t on a trail, is dog sh*t in a bag on a trail. Don't bag it up if you're not going to pack it out. At least then it's just normal dog sh*t, rather than a bag of dog sh*t that will remain preserved in plastic, on the trail, for the next 100 years.
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Keep doing the work 🏴‍☠️
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Keep making deposits. One day at a time 🏴‍☠️
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First race in over a year. I've missed y'all somethin' fierce. It's good to be back 😘 PC: @mykehphoto More:
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The demon shouts, "You are not strong enough to withstand the storm". But the warrior whispers in the demons ear, "I am the storm."
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On strength: a note to self 🏴‍☠️
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Who said "Nice guys finish last?” Tim Freriks & Eric Senseman are two of the kindest, humblest, most sincere humans I've ever met. Zac & Hayden are in the same class. PSA: Athletic success & incredible humanity are not mutually exclusive. #TNF50 PC: @Andrew_M_Mason @HOKAONEONE
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“Do not wait; the time will never be ‘just right.’ Start where you stand." - Napoleon Hill PC: @paulmnelson
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Joy is not made to be a crumb. - m.o.
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"Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you." - John Muir PC: @paulmnelson
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Boston you are stunning. I am without adjectives to describe your splendor and all the expletives that ... More:
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Dawn Patrol 🏴‍☠️
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“If one could run without getting tired I don’t think one would often want to do anything else.” — C. S. Lewis
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"The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places." - Hemingway . . PC: @paulmnelson
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"Great things are done by a series of small things brought together." - Van Gogh ... PC: @paulmnelson
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"The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step." - Lao Tzu . PC: @trailjunkiephotos
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Congrats to my big brother @jacobpuzey who just shattered the Treadmill World Record for 50 miles running 4 hrs, 57 min and 45 sec.
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"You're always one decision away from a totally different life."
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You don't become a runner by winning a morning workout. The only true way is to marshal the ferocity of your ambition over the course of many day, weeks, months, and -if you could finally come to accept it- years.The Trial of Miles; Miles of Trials. - J.L.P. Jr. 📷 @paulmnelson
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The best things in life make you sweaty. - E. A. Poe PC: @paulmnelson
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"You guys are lucky I turned the AC on. First time in forever." - @walmsley172 #bangbang #seeyouinsquaw #coconinocowboys #WS100
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This is my gym. . PC: @paulmnelson
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Dear Utah, Don't change. Have a great summer. xo, @tommy_rivs
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"Pain is the great communicator. It whispers before is screams. If we listen & adjust when our bodies are still whispering, we can continue to progress. If we ignore until the pain is screaming, we will have to take time off and inevitably digress." More:
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Waxing crescent 🌙
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I’ve always been that proud, overly anxious little brother. @jacobpuzey ’s victories & failures have always felt like my own. I remember watching him lose a b-ball game when I was 10 & trying to hide crying eyes. Cheering this morning from rural Portugal. Grateful 4 the updates.
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Jacob Puzey ( @AltraRunning ) comes through in 7th ~7 mins back #JFK50
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Master the basics. It doesn't have to be complicated. It shouldn't be complicated. The key to achieving results and creating positive adaptive changes in our bodies is based in consistency, not in secret workouts. This is a side plank. It doesn't.... More:
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There is no greatness without some touch of madness - Aristotle PC: @paulmnelson
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Prague you are beautiful 🇨🇿 Thank you for allowing me to experience your incredible city on foot. Write up:
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"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great." -Mark Twain PC: @paulmnelson
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"The greatest skill I ever had was being able to suffer for long periods of time and not die. In exchange, I got to see some amazing things." - Bree Loewen // PC: @paulmnelson
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When your girl tryin' to love you and you like, "Not now babe! Walms took a wrong turn!" #WS100
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"Forever is composed of nows." - Emily Dickinson
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You are entirely up to you.
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"Never look back unless you are planning to go that way." PC: @paulmnelson #HenryDavidThoreau
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