freeskier, runner, husband, father, sales-pro, investor, among other things. Peace on earth in our time! ☮️🌎
Salt Lake City, UT
Joined May 2011
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Utah!
At 8 a.m. every Wednesday, my team in Tokyo has a Zoom call with our team in Salt Lake City, Utah. For them, it's Tuesday at 4 p.m.
After three years, our side started a shared file. The title: "Things the Utah team does that we still don't understand."
They said I could share some of it.
"The first five minutes are about nothing. Weather. Somebody's dog. Somebody's kid's soccer game. Our manager timed it once. Five minutes and forty seconds, every week. He used to call it waste. Now he logs on early so he won't miss it."
"A three-year-old walked into the frame and announced he had used the potty by himself. Fourteen adults in Utah cheered. Our manager said 'Congratulations' in English. Best moment of the quarter."
"When someone shares an idea, three people unmute just to say 'Love it.' In three years, our side had never unmuted for anything but a problem. Mr. Hoshino now says 'Love it' at home. His wife is suspicious."
"Kenzie ends every call with 'You guys are crushing it.' We were not crushing it. We were six weeks behind. She said it anyway. Every week. We caught up in five."
"They sang Happy Birthday to our oldest engineer at 4:57 p.m. their time. Three minutes before they could go home. Fourteen people. Wildly off-key. He is 61. He said nobody had sung it to him since he was a boy."
The last entry is about Mizuki.
Mizuki is our youngest engineer. He's so quiet that Utah once asked if his camera was a photo.
In March, as a call was ending, after everyone had said bye, he typed one small line in the chat: "My son was born yesterday." Then he left the meeting.
The next Wednesday, Mizuki logged on, and fourteen cameras in Utah turned on at once.
Every single person was holding a sheet of paper. On each one, in marker, copied off the internet: おめでとう. Congratulations.
One of them was upside down. Nobody fixed it.
Fourteen days later, our office got a package. Inside was a tiny onesie with the shape of Utah on it. Fourteen signatures on the box.
His son is eight months old. He has never been outside Japan. He has fourteen aunts and uncles in Utah who have never held him.
Every week, they ask how he's doing.
First five minutes.
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Javelina Jundred had some wild wet weather this year. Although I didn’t achieve my goal of going sub 15hrs, I’m proud of 15:24 and gritting it out through the mud. Starting it off with a 3:10 marathon was a bold pacing strategy, and I had to basically death march my last 20 miles. But I survived and set some PRs along the way including my 100 mile PR! Life’s short, do hard things!
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Still Standing doc on YouTube on Killian Korth is outstanding! He’s such a champion! Massive inspiration.
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I’m trying to figure out my 100 miler plans for next season. Ultra runners, what’re your top 3 favorite 100 mile trail races? I’ve done Run Rabbit Run 100, Scout Mountain ultra 100, and I’m doing Javelina Jundred on Halloween.
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Run Rabbit Run announced $100k prize for first place man and woman in the 100 mile race next year. Will we get some of the top global talent coming to the race? It’s a beautiful course and I personally hope so. What do you think? Is it the most money in 100 mile ultras? (Good luck to everyone contenting with the elements this year!)
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5th overall at the 58k Snowbasin by UTMB today. Beautiful day in the mountains. Solid race! strava.app.link/O1m2K0p2n6b
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Reed Snyderman retweeted
Major cheat code for life: Always having something on the calendar you're excited about. It can really be anything. Difficult physical challenge, big project, fun trip, ambitious goal, whatever. It creates energy. It promotes structure. It carries you through the lows. Life hack.
Earned 6th place overall (out of over 500 runners) in the Speedgoat 30k yesterday. It’s an amazing mountain course @Snowbird making for a challenging race! Thanks for capturing this great shot @macheemach !
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First 100 miler podium for me! What a beautiful event, the Scout Mountain 100 miler. Rugged, wild terrain, with the best volunteers and aid station workers. I’m incredibly sore and my heart is full. – at Pocatello, ID
Desert Rats by UTMB 100k success! Managed to get it done in 10.5hrs and secured 10th place male. First time racing the 100k distance. Beautiful zone here in western Colorado overlooking the colorado river. Hope you all had a great weekend!
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Reed Snyderman retweeted
My life advice is to avoid any job where you’re on your laptop in the lodge on a Saturday while your kids are skiing.
That was hard! It’s always a massive motivator to know your family is there at the finish line for you. Blizzard conditions almost had me drop at mile 30, and a lot of people did. Proud and thankful that I was able to finish @RunRabbitRun100 100 miles here in Steamboat in 22 hours and 45 minutes. You can do wildly difficult things! 💗
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