Running Category

Too Bad!

Your candidate didn’t win the race? Too bad! It’s time to claim your power and start something new. My book FEAR – Fuck Everything and Run will help you train for and run a marathon. It will change your life forever. It’s free today on Amazon. Get it now. https://www.amazon.com/FEAR-Culver-Connor-McCall-ebook/dp/B016AZM5TW Here is an excerpt… Outwardly, […]

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Excess does not equal success – 

   Have you ever had a peak experience? A peak experience is a moment accompanied by a euphoric mental state often achieved by self-actualizing individuals. The concept was originally developed by Abraham Maslow in 1964, who described peak experiences as “rare, exciting, oceanic, deeply moving, exhilarating, elevating experiences that generate an advanced form of perceiving […]

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This girl is on fire – Alicia Keys runs NYC Marathon

Alicia Keys ran the NYC Marathon this past Sunday to raise funds and awareness for her foundation http://keepachildalive.org. Their mission is to realize the end of AIDS for children and their families, by combating the physical, social and economic impacts of HIV. Thank you Alicia for inspiring us to go the distance. You rock!

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FEAR is your friend – 

  My new book FEAR is now available in print and kindle formats on Amazon. FEAR explores what it takes to get to the finish line of a marathon. Of course, FEAR is an acronym for Fuck Everything And Run. But, in the context of running, it means so much more than that.  In FEAR I […]

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Free FEAR Gear

   To get to the finish line of a marathon you have to say yes when you’d normally say no and no when you’d normally say yes – and sometimes that just means saying, “fuck everything and run.” My take on marathon training, FEAR, is available for presale in the Kindle format on Amazon. It […]

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FEAR is here –

   It’s been a crazy, exciting and fulfilling year for me.  After publishing my first book Stonewall to Obama in January 2014, I’ve struggled to identify a new writing project that would be as meaningful to me as the blending of music and culture with the gay rights movement. Publishing S2O threw me a major […]

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Fear of Failure / Fear of Success – 

   Last week I sent the manuscript for my new book FEAR to my editor. Since then I’ve been in a sort of purgatory. I’ve been vascillating between fear of failure and fear of success. What if no one reads it? What if it’s a huge success? I’ve run through countless gloom and doom scenarios […]

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Climb Every Mountain – Boston 2016

“Climb every mountain. Ford every stream. Follow every rainbow, till you find your dream.”  I’ve just registered for the San Francisco marathon in July. The SF race is a Boston qualifier. It’s also one of the hardest marathon courses in the world. In order for me to qualify for Boston, I’ll need to run […]

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A Higher Goal Awaits

Sometimes life hands you more than you think you can handle. Sometimes we overestimate our own abilities and strengths. But, sometimes, a goal that seems unobtainable really just needs to be smashed. That was the case with me and the NYC Marathon. In 2013 I set a goal for myself of running New York in […]

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Support Me in the Fight Against AIDS

Dear Friends, On November 2, I’m running the TCS New York City Marathon with Lifebeat, Music Fights HIV/AIDS. I joined the team to make a difference in the fight against HIV/AIDS and raise funds to continue to grow Lifebeat’s programs. Since 1992, Lifebeat has been distributing educational literature and condoms at concert venues, music festivals, […]

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