Closing the Chapter

This site began as an experiment.

Not a transformation story.
Not a promise.
Not a guarantee of a finish line.

The goal was simple and uncomfortable: find the limits — not by theory, but by experience.

Over months of training, data tracking, travel, work, recovery, and stress, I followed the process honestly. I didn’t skip the hard days. I didn’t soften the metrics. And when race day arrived, I stayed in it long enough to reach the point where continuing would have caused harm.

That’s where this chapter ends.

I didn’t finish the race.
I finished the experiment.

This experience clarified things no spreadsheet, wearable, or plan could fully predict:

• How cumulative fatigue compounds under travel, work, and time-zone stress
• How breath, trunk stability, and recovery fail together — not separately
• How effort can remain strong even as systems quietly approach their limit
• And how knowing when to stop is as important as knowing how to push

I crossed the line where willpower is no longer the answer — and I respected it.

That matters.

During the race, I watched strong, young, fit athletes leave the course injured or unable to walk. Many finished at significant cost. Others didn’t finish at all.

This isn’t a failure story.
It’s a truthful one.

Most people stop before they ever learn where they become breakable. I stayed long enough to find out.

There is no commitment to another race.
No redemption arc planned.
No promise of “coming back stronger.”

This chapter was about understanding — and that work is complete.

If something new emerges in the future, it will be because curiosity returns — not because this story needs fixing.

For now, this page stands as a full stop.

— Jeff