Hey friends 👋

Happy April – crazy how fast this year is flying by… 

If you’re new here, I send an email once per month updating friends and family about what’s going on in my life.

Typically, we recap the past month and look forward to the month ahead…

Let’s dive in 🤿

KPIs from March 📆

• Miles ran - 233 miles

• Total steps - 556K steps

• Sleep duration (avg) - 7 hrs 3 mins

• Resting heart rate - 48 bpm

• Articles published - 2 articles 

• Flights - 4 flights, 7K miles flown

‘Twas a busy month…

London Marathon 🏃‍♂️

This weekend marks my last long run before racing the London Marathon in 16 days!! It’s been quite the training block…

• 22 weeks of training and 800+ miles

• Countless wet, snowy, and windy runs

• Hundreds of dates – the fruit that is…

And in just two weeks, I’ll have a chance to celebrate all the hard work. But more importantly, I have a chance to support Children With Cancer – an organization dedicated to funding research, supporting families, and raising awareness for children affected by cancer.

I’m asking friends and family to join me in supporting Children With Cancer by pledging a donation to help me reach my fundraising goal of $2K.

When you donate, I’ll write your name on my race-day shoes. That way, you get to run with me and support millions of children worldwide battling cancer.

P.S. My bib number is 44897. Race day is on April 21st! We’ll debrief the marathon in next month’s update :)

I’m Writing a Book 📖

In January’s email, I mentioned that I am writing a book. Many of you reached out and asked how you could help – thank you for the support!

After 6+ months of research, I’ve put pen to paper and started writing The Daily Maxim. Before I share how you can help, I want to briefly share why I’m writing the book.

I’m writing The Daily Maxim to…

• Open source the mental models, frameworks, and mindsets used by top athletes, entrepreneurs, and creatives.

• Provide young men and women with an operating manual/source of truth for navigating life's challenges and complexities, sourced directly from world-renowned leaders and thinkers.

• Live out high-school-Noah’s dream of getting people psyched about life and sharing wisdom with the world (more on this later).

At its core, this book is about sharing distilled principles from history’s best leaders. I wanted to write it because I know I’d benefit from it. And I read one time that’s a good proxy for creating something valuable lol.

Here’s how you can help:

• Advising: I’m looking for a group of 4-5 editors to read rough drafts, give feedback, and provide direction on messaging and content. If you’re interested in writing and would like to help, your feedback is greatly valued.

• Financing: I’m looking to raise $5K to help bring this project to life – funds will go directly to design, publishing, and promotion of the book. Investors should be excited by the prospect of helping people lead healthier and more purposeful lives.

• Publishing: If you’re in the publishing business, or have connections to publishers, I’d like to learn from you/them.

If you’d like to support me in any of these respects, please fill out this form or reply to this email! Again, thank you for the support!

Out West 🏔️

Lastly, I traveled to California this month to spend time with friends and family. Here’s a few pictures from the trip…

Shoutout to Ben for convincing me to ruck up a mountain on Easter, twice!

Love me a good West Coast IPA…

Till next month!

Cheers,

Noah Cracknell

P.S. I wrote some cool stuff this month. Read it here and here.