#17: The power of your portfolio

How to leverage your experience by writing online or building things

Hey friends,

In this edition, I will talk about:

• how I set my goal to run a half-marathon

• the power of your portfolio

• 3 posts I liked

• an app I recommend for running

• an unpopular opinion about working under pressure

  

  The longest run of the year and the first club selfie in ages

1/ Taking “running” seriously

My personal update for the week is that I try to take running more seriously. I’ve never run that much, I always thought it was very boring.

Until college, I played several sports: football (that’s soccer for my American friends), basketball, and volleyball. But I don’t believe I’ve run more than 2K.

From 18 to 27 or so, I didn’t do too much physical activity, and that can be seen when looking at photos from that period of my life. After that, I started going to the gym and discovered CrossFit about 5-6 years ago.

I don’t remember when I started running, but it was probably during the pandemic. It was sporadic, though, but for a few months now I’ve run almost every single Sunday.

But the turning point came last week. We spent a week at the seaside, and bec…