SAINTS, SINNERS AND WILL POWER

THERE IS A BIKE RACE FROM SALT LAKE CITY TO LAS VEGAS called Saints to Sinners.  It's a relay race.  I wish it was called Sinners to Saints.  Not because there is a prevailing headwind blowing east, I just like the idea...

... ending up a saint vs a sinner.

Today, we lost a saint..

A few years after selling Dragon Alliance,
18 months PRing IronMan St George,
12 months after his diagnosis,
6 months after helping me
launch our Tri bag,
he's gone...

... to race in the heavens.

We met in college, in a fraternity.

I didn't get him at the time.

We were friendly, but I thought he was arrogant.

That's on me.

My insecurities and my inability to read people who are simply a lot smarter than me kept me from appreciating Will.

We reconnected here in San Clemente.

Once he retired, he got out his hammer and chisel to reclaim the fitness he'd enjoyed as a young man.  He went from doughy hanger onner, to a lean, happy...

... watt producing machine.

Few recognized him at first.
It was an astonishing transformation.

Why wouldn't it be?

He'd transformed an idea; from his garage to a successful business. 

More importantly, he'd transformed himself into a wonderful husband and father.  

Along the way he'd found time to serve his local community, and guided many people to a higher way of living...

... closer to the Great Spirit.

Will was so kind to me, and a champion of my little business.  He spent hours sharing Dragon stories with me, and how to do things better...

... because he enjoyed seeing others succeed.

Maybe that was his secret.

I'll miss him,
his intellect,
his spirit.

Heaven got a good one today.