Blogs — adventure

(On Saturday, 150 participants from ten different states were in Bismarck, North Dakota for the BISMAN Triathlon.) Triathlon is a different kind of sport. For most races, it’s about who crosses the finish line first. While there’s some of that, in triathlon, it’s maybe a little more you vs. yourself. It takes something a little more to sign up for a race that puts you on the water’s edge along with over a hundred other athletes. This is not a lap swim with lane ropes. At times it’s a little more like a wrestling match. Getting out of the water,...

When Hugh Weber invited me to speak at OTA: Bismarck, I told him I’d “think about it.” Which really meant “No,” but I didn’t want to tell him that just yet. It was an honor to be asked, but I knew what I was-- just a hopeful dreamer trying to make a coffee dream work. After some encouragement, I decided to write something anyway and if I came up with something to say, I would (albeit reluctantly) agree. Otherwise, my fears were warranted and I could say no.  I went to Boneshaker Coffee with a laptop and I prayed. I...

(Several years ago, I worked with a video production company for a project called "Another Day, Another Adventure." Kelly Magelky, a world-class endurance mountain biker from North Dakota, was a hero to me, and he generously gave his time to be featured in the pilot of a project that didn't really get to see the light of day as originally imagined. I've never forgotten his generosity or the conversation we had on our trip to the badlands. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty had just come out, and that was the soundtrack of our drive. It meant the world to...

(This was originally published on mightymocoffee.com's Runaway Blog October 14, 2013) (Above: Matthew West sporting the new Mighty Missouri Coffee tee shirt in front of a sold-out crowd at Shiloh Christian School!) The countdown has begun! I couldn't be more excited to announce the arrival of Mighty Missouri Coffee to a retailer near you. It has been an almost year-long adventure so far, and it is an amazing relief to finally see the product made available to you. I've said before that if I could have written the Mighty Mo story in a book, we would have been in production...