The Athletic’s newsletter, Peak, ran an interview this week with Josh Kerr, the new mile world record holder. Three things came out of it that I think more people should see, so I’m passing them along. If you don’t subscribe to the New York Times (which owns The Athletic), I believe you can subscribe to…
Get this Warm CurrentCategory: Commit
Commit is about showing up consistently. It might be in small ways. But the idea is to do it, repeat it, and learn to make it a habit. Especially a habit that replaces old, bad habits and tired ways of doing and thinking about things that aren’t really working for you.
I Won an Election and I Wasn’t Even Running for Anything
I just won an election even though I wasn’t running for office. Not really, anyway. In Washington State, if two people volunteer to be Precinct Committee Officer, or PCO, in the same precinct (a job that mostly means handing out literature for your party) the county puts your names on the ballot and lets the…
Get this Warm CurrentI Did It. Takeaways From My First Track Race in 40 Years.
Last night I ran a mile in 5:45. For a 58-year-old man who hadn’t raced on a track in over forty years, that’s a respectable time. In fact, age-graded by World Masters Athletics, it puts me at a 77%, which is a “regional” or “competitive masters” class outcome. Still, I have some disappointment. But before…
Get this Warm CurrentTestosterone is an Incomplete Fix for What’s Broken in Men
Testosterone is having a moment. RFK Jr. talks about the president’s testosterone level like it’s some kind of credential. His own assistant secretary of health has been on TRT for a decade and says it’s why he can do his job. Now Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, who has built a whole media identity around…
Get this Warm CurrentNobody Told Me I Have Friends
This week, I’m sharing an update about the work toward my summer running challenge and how I am seeing my own internal barriers to connection popping up. If you’ve been reading you know my right Achilles is still a problem. Not a catastrophic one, but the kind of thing that quietly colors everything, my mood,…
Get this Warm CurrentIt’s Global Running Day! Celebrate Daily
Global Running Day happens on the first Wednesday in June to encourage people around the world to go run. That’s it. There’s no length or time requirement. There’s no particular reason. Just run. Because we live in a time where social media “influencers” seem to dominate, you’re going to see a lot of them seizing…
Get this Warm CurrentCommit to Yourself and Things Change
This week, I will focus the newsletter on the “Commit” pillar of Warm Current. Because I’ve got real evidence that consistent commitment to yourself creates conditions where good things happen. This whole newsletter is my attempt to live out loud the things that I hope will make a difference to (in my own small way)…
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When Things Don’t Go Your Way
I got rejected for a job this week. One I really wanted. It stings, and I won’t pretend it doesn’t. The job market right now is objectively brutal. Unemployment numbers look okay on paper, but hiring rates are at their lowest in a decade. Applications disappear into black holes. “Ghost jobs” that were never real…
Get this Warm CurrentWhy So Many Men Are Struggling
Prince William is talking about men’s mental health in the UK. Fortune and the Wall Street Journal are running stories about non-college-educated men dropping out of the workforce. The VA recently released data showing veteran suicide rates hit their highest level since 2018. I don’t think these are separate stories. They’re connected. The Fortune piece…
Get this Warm CurrentI Watched “Inside the Manosphere” So You Don’t Have To
You probably don’t spend a lot of time consuming the social content created by the guys featured in “Inside the Manosphere,” but your son probably has. And your daughter might be dating him. Recent data shows 60% of adolescent boys find influencers inspirational, and the algorithm is feeding them a steady diet of “alpha” posturing…
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