October 10th

10 miles at Baylands

It rained last night, so it was a perfect temperature tonight. Did the usual loop along the bay. Legs felt pretty achy at first, but loosened up about 4 miles in.

I got to see the founder of Patagonia speak at work today. He is an incredible man who grew the company to a $300 million a year business while using environmentally noninvasive methods of production, donating 1% of their annual sales to green organizations, and passing up the opportunity to make a buttload of money by going public or selling the company. He actually deliberately capped the growth of his company so that he wouldn't have to compromise any of his core values.

The guy is like 70 years old, has been doing what he loves for a living (climbs rocks and surfs) for the past 30 years, is one of the most successful businessmen in the country, and has resisted the temptation to sell out. I think that's pretty awesome.