What I Learned From Failure
In 2011, I joined a team of 10 Canadians on an expedition to run across the Sahara Desert – and I was determined I would make it to the finish line. Well….I didn’t. Early into the 7 day race I would get very dehydrated, throw up at camp night 1 and on day 2 red line the motor – and no amount of water was going to revitalize this radiator. After ten months of training, I sat back against the wheel well of this expedition jeep, and the only shade in the 120 F heat, agonizing on a decision whether to pull out of the race. Days before, I had left friends and family back home; excited and nervous about tackling one of the toughest endurance races on earth and now was on the edge of an epic failure. This is the exact moment that I pulled out or the race and a picture that both motivates and haunts me till this day. Later that day, I would have an important choice to make. Would …