Hi Everyone,

Happy Friday! Thanks for spending part of it reading The Lake Street Journal.e

Big Buckle

I'm in my second week of half-marathon training, so naturally I've been going down the Leadville 100 rabbit hole.

The Leadville 100 is, you guessed it, a 100 mile running race that starts and finishes in Leadville, Colorado, a town that sits right around 10,000 feet in elevation. As far as ultramarathons go, it's one of the most famous.

I'm obsessed with Leadville 100 content.

I found a good video this week on Tyler Morris' 2025 Leadville race. The video was well done, and this guy was really impressive. He finished in under 24 hours, earning the much coveted big buckle.

If you're into running, endurance races, or just crazy hard challenges, you should check out this video. And if you're like me and have watched a bunch of Leadville documentaries, this is a good one to add to your list.

David Senra on Modern Wisdom

I was talking about books with my wife's grandfather the other day. We were walking around his house looking at his various shelves, and we paused in front of Will and Ariel Durant's Story of Civilization series. It's a notorious eleven volume history of Eastern and Western civilization.

I remarked that I hadn't read any of them, but I had read Durant's Lessons of History—his 100 page summary of the entire series. I said I enjoyed it quite a bit.

"Well, of course," he said. "Everyone loves a summary."

That's my long way of introducing you to this interview with David Senra, a podcaster who has recorded over 400 episodes on history's greatest entrepreneurs. Like Durant's 11 volume series, Senra's podcast might be too much for casual listeners.

But like Durant's Lessons of History, Senra in an interview is a condensed, animated, engaging summary of 400 episodes worth of knowledge.

And like my wife's grandpa said, everyone loves a summary.

Once an Eagle

I'm about 300 pages into this 1,200 page monster, but I've read enough to recommend it.

Once an Eagle is the story of two Army officers over the course of their careers from WWI through Vietnam. Originally published in 1968, it's a novel that has served as a leadership guide for many generations of military officers.

The book is required reading at West Point, but I think it's just as valuable for anyone holding leadership positions in any profession.

If you're interested in leadership or military stories, this is a worthwhile read. If you happened to like Matterhorn, you'll like this one too.

Song of the Week

This song has been stuck in my head since I heard it on the movie Apex a couple months ago.

Pretty catchy beat to throw on during a workout.

It's called Go by The Chemical Brothers and Q Tip.

Quote of the Week

"Fate whispers to the warrior, 'You cannot withstand the storm.' The warrior whispers back, 'I am the storm.'" - Unknown

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Talk soon,

Joe