@andybacon1

Race director @ex2adventures, agilist, adventure racer, family guy. Keep moving forward.

 Virginia, USA
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Joined June 2009
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We are only 3 weeks away from the start of the Blue Crab Bolt Trail Running Series! June 24 - Seneca Creek July 22 - Schaeffer Farms August 5 - Little Bennett Register for more than one race in the series and save 10% / race! #RaceWithEX2 #TrailRunning #Running #RunMoreTrails
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Gearing up for the 5th annual Loudoun 1725 Gravel Grinder on Sunday June 11th! Ride day information was sent yesterday to all riders. That information is also linked from both the EX2 ride website and the BikeReg event notes. #gravel #gravelgrinder #gravelroads #cycling
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Race day is Sunday July 9th...join us for the summer classic...join us for XTERRA EX2 Off-Road Triathlon, Duathlon, and Relay. Registration fees increase next week! #RaceWithEX2 #XTERRAPlanet #triathlon #duathlon
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We have adventures for everyone in 2023...trail running, mountain biking, gravel grinding, XTERRA, and adventure racing! Registration is open now for all our events. Take advantage of the lowest registration fees of the entire year now through January 1st. #RaceWithEX2
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Join in the fun this January and kick off 2022 right! #backyardbrrr
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Join me for the Backyard BRRR this January!
EX2 Adventures@ex2adventures27 Nov 2021
The Backyard BRRR is back for round 2! The challenge will run from January 1-31 and the goal is simple...at least 31 total miles in 31 outside activities during the month of January. It's easy...and yet hard at the same time! Get outside this January!! #BackyardBRRR
It’s been a long time since I was on a podcast! Thanks so much for the opportunity @runpacer
EX2 Adventures@ex2adventures16 Sep 2020
Had a blast chatting with @runpacer + @pacethenation crew...we talk about Rosaryville + find out if RD @andybacon1 is related to @kevinbacon
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Give yourself an awesome goal for July!!!
EX2 Adventures@ex2adventures16 Jun 2020
What do you have planned for July?? runsignup.com/Race/MD/Gaithe…
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Had my first business meeting...not related to my own small business...in a long time. Felt a bit strange!
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Thanks to a very kind and thoughtful @united captain for letting my daughter sit in the cockpit before our flight. Great start to our trip!
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Come help me create the best trail events around!!!
EX2 Adventures@ex2adventures24 Jan 2020
EX2 is HIRING!! EX2 is HIRING!! forms.gle/A31wiksLEFxSd3f7A EX2 is looking for a few great people to join our team for the 2020 race season and beyond.
Students at TJHSST donate $12,500 to Wildlife Conservation Society to raise awareness of wildlife conservation. bit.ly/35giumx
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Great idea for a retrospective. Teams, individuals, husbands and wives...anyone really.
Tim Ferriss
@tferriss28 Dec 2018
Forget New Year’s Resolutions and Conduct a ‘Past Year Review’ Instead bit.ly/2RiCsZX

Forget New Year's Resolutions and Conduct a 'Past Year Review' Instead (#559) - The Blog of Author...

I’m often asked about how I approach New Year’s resolutions. The truth is that I no longer approach them at all, even though I did for decades. Why the change? I have found “past year reviews” (PYR)...

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Come race with EX2 Adventures in 2019!
EX2 Adventures@ex2adventures20 Dec 2018
Yes!!! Registration for all 2019 races is now open!! The best pricing of the year is available now through January 6th. #RaceWithEX2 #running #trailrunning #runmoretrails #varunner #runva #rundc #rundmv Photo credit: Swim Bike Run Photo
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A study shows consultants don’t have to know it all — just enough to be taken seriously while they get more information s.hbr.org/2yGCkbq

How Consultants Project Expertise and Learn at the Same Time

For consultants, work is largely a performance. Like skillful actors, they use a combination of “backstage” preparation and “front stage” performance to make clients believe the story they want to...

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Have a new appreciation for... 1. The ups + downs of small business ownership 2. The fact that our #healthcare system is so messed up.
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Replying to @krystian_kaczor
I described the name-search session in the interview I gave for Agile Uprising: podcast.agileuprising.com/ma… starting at about 20 minutes in. It was a 7-stage sequence: brainstorm, discuss, vote, discuss, vote, discuss, vote. Take a listen
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defense contracting slow to adapt to agile methods for well over a decade now. Maybe it will take a generation... defensenews.com/air/2018/03/…

DoD watchdog: Air Force failed to effectively manage F-22 modernization

Without a clear contracting strategy, the F-22 Program Office has increased the likelihood of delays in the modernization schedule.

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Think I’ve settled on tools and processes for managing my backlog at @ex2adventures. As an #agile guy it’s fascinating.
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During the .com implosion I was introduced to the book “Who moved my cheese”, I think of that book everyday as my agile transformation clients tell me “That isn’t what I do” #TransformationIsHard #ChangeIsHard
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