Dave HooverJan 7, 20193 minCan't Hurt Me - David GogginsI can't recommend this book enough. It is awesome! If you like people and stories that inspire you to seriously train harder, then this...
Dave HooverJul 19, 20181 minRide the waveEnergy and effort are cyclical. We can go hard. We can work hard, train hard, and demonstrate incredible stamina over long periods of...
Dave HooverJun 11, 20182 minBooks I've been readingThe Champion’s Mind – by Jim Afremow This book is brilliant. It addresses all of the mental aspects to be successful in sports, and in...
Dave HooverJun 10, 20181 minThis is 50!Saturday I ran a 50k ultra to mark my fast approaching 50th birthday. Why? Because I can. With training, we all can. We are meant to...
Dave HooverMar 26, 20181 minYou don't have to be great to start"You don't have to be great to start. You have to start to be great." This was the quote on the 19 km marker of the Hamilton Around the...
Dave HooverMar 17, 20181 minCanoeing with Gators‘Resistance’ is a powerful force, and it wears many guises. It’s the label Steven Pressfield applied in the War of Art to the force that...
Dave HooverMar 3, 20183 minBooks of February"To live is to learn." In keeping with this mantra, here are the books I've read / listened to over the past month. The 4-Hour Work Week...
Dave HooverFeb 16, 20181 minAm I too old?Why do those wizened old movie martial arts masters always answer questions with other questions? More personally, why am I starting to...
Dave HooverFeb 16, 20181 minSet goalsImagine a baby learning to walk. On his first attempt, does he fall down? Absolutely. And on his second, third, and several attempts...