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Mt. Everest

Mountaineering & Adventures

I am very behind on publishing a blog post on last year's Mt. Everest summit expedition. It's coming soon! In the meantime you can watch a complete documentary filmed by
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Founder Dependency Is a Valuation Killer

Business

Most founders don’t believe they have a dependency problem. Revenue is steady. The team is loyal. Customers are happy. From the inside, the business feels stable. But the real question
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Want to join me on my next adventure?

Other Epic Experiences

Spoiler alert ... my dad bod in a tight fitting bike kit will be coming to a big screen near you!! But before I dive into that, I want to
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Ultraman Florida 2024 Race Report

Ironman & Triathlons

I've got this thing about unfinished business. In this case unfinished races. In 2020 while trying to maintain my qualification to compete in the IRONMAN World Championship I participated in
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IRONMAN Cozumel 2023 Race Report

Ironman & Triathlons

This Iron stuff sure doesn’t get any easier! This one had a special meaning to me because it was an attempt at redemption for the only IRONMAN I dropped out
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6 Incredible days in Cambodia

Other Epic Experiences

It all started with my younger daughter letting us know she wanted to go on a South East Asia trip in the fall. My knee jerk reaction was “There is
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Ironman 70.3 New York at Jones Beach Race Report

Ironman & Triathlons

It’s been a few months since my last post and/or book update. Good news on both fronts. Had a crazy race adventure worth writing up so here goes. Oh, the
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My BIG mental adventure

Other Epic Experiences

I normally blog about physical adventures like mountaineering and triathlons. Last weekend I had an incredible mental adventure that I wanted to share. It all started when I started reading
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Ultraman Florida 2023 Race Report

Ironman & Triathlons

It's been a while since my last post. I've been pretty busy with my advisory business as well as my book project. Speaking of which, I'll provide a quick update
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The writing is complete. Thanks to helicopter delays!

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The writing for my upcoming book is FINALLY done!! The manuscript writing that is :-) What's a manuscript? I didn't know either. It's basically the raw version of ~50,000 words
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Ironman World Championship Kona Race Report

Ironman & Triathlons

Everything about the IM World Championship was world class. I’ve raced at over a dozen Ironman venues, all are great, some are excellent, but this one tops them all. If
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Road to Kona Training : Week of Sep 26 and Oct 3 (PIVKON -0)

Ironman & Triathlons

Aloha from Kailua-Kona Hawaii!! Hard to believe but PIVKON is finally here. 10 hours until the cannon goes off and 11 hours before I hit the water for a little
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Road to Kona Training : Week of Sep 19 (PIVKON -1)

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Getting closer...Pivnik’s Kona dream (PIVKON) is next week! Flights, hotels, connecting flights, Airbnb, cars all booked, rebooked, double and triple checked. We finally go wheels up on Wednesday which will
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Road to Kona Training : Week of Sep 5 and 12 (PIVKON -2)

Ironman & Triathlons

PIVKON-2 for any new readers is short for Pivnik's (me) Kona Dream - 2 weeks out :-) This post will cover two weeks because some Sunday travel got in the
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Road to Kona Training : Week of Aug 29 (PIVKON -4)

Ironman & Triathlons

August is finally in the books! With the main event only 759 hours away I put in a very solid effort last month biking 480 miles, running 77 miles and
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Road to Kona Training : Week of Aug 22 (PIVKON -5)

Ironman & Triathlons

5 Weeks away from the big day. 38 days to be exact! Last week was intense with 5,200 yards of swimming, 23 miles running and 142 miles of biking. This
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Road to Kona Training : Week of Aug 15 (PIVKON -6)

Ironman & Triathlons

I miscalculated the title of the last post, it should have been -7...So here we are PIVKON Minus 6 or to be more specific 45 days away from the big
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Road to Kona Training : Week of Aug 8 (PIVKON -8)

Ironman & Triathlons

What is PIVCON?? It's something between Comic Con because my family thinks I'm a character and a DevCon level because I do feel like I'm going to explode due to
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Zion 100k Ultra Marathon Race Report

Marathons & Ultra's

Instead of blogging about this entire race experience, I’m going to just cover my drama filled final hours here and I will create my very first V-Log on YouTube sometime soon.
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Great start and snow angels to cool down.

Other Epic Experiences

Week 1 of 2022 was like the beginning of any new hobby or initiative. A lot of energy and tons of "I've got this" feelings and making working out a
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My addiction to Ironman

Ironman & Triathlons

I'm almost done with a book called Dopamine Nation by Dr. Anna Lembke. From Amazon: This book is about pleasure. It’s also about pain. Most important, it’s about how to
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Alaska : Denali (Mt. Mckinley) Expedition

Mountaineering & Adventures

With unfinished business from my 2014 expedition on Denali I booked a second attempt with my favorite tour company RMI. I purposefully selected the expedition lead by Hannah Smith as
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Arches and Zion National Park, Moab UTAH and Vegas

Mountaineering & Adventures

Last month I had a fun adventure to Lake Meade, Bryce Canyon and Zion National Park. I left with some unfinished business in Zion that you’ll read about down below.
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Antelope Canyon Ultra Marathon Race Report

Marathons & Ultra's

Sometime in September ‘19 I got the bug to fill up the adventure calendar for 2020 and an email from VacationRaces.com caught my attention. After clicking on the link I
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Helicopter Skiing in British Columbia

Other Epic Experiences

After 6 years of coming here it is about time I share what my now annual heli skiing adventure in British Columbia is like. The place I've been going to
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Ironman Barcelona Race Report

Ironman & Triathlons

The quest for 12 Ironman finishes continued in Barcelona Spain. If I complete 12 I get to enter what they call the Legacy Lottery where 100 mortals get a chance
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Dinner in the Dark

Other Epic Experiences

This blog is mainly for adventure and travel stories but last night's "Dinner in the Dark" qualifies. I had the unfortunate experience of being temporarily blind (in each eye separately
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Ironman Arizona Race Report & Gourmet chicken broth discovery

Ironman & Triathlons

I’ve never been happier to end a race. My body is trashed from the insane load I’ve but on it this year and Sunday’s finish line was truly a symbolic
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French Castle and Wine Porsche Tour

Other Epic Experiences

Since this blog was originally started to document travel trips, I’ll interrupt the flow of race reports and mountain adventures with a write up of an epic trip that my
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Ironman Vichy Race Report

Ironman & Triathlons

I was born in the former Soviet Union, now the Ukraine, in the city of Odessa. My birth name is Vichislav. My parents called me Slavik and still do in
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