What Would You Do w/ A Million Dollar Race Horse?

I just returned from a great week in LA and the Juice Plus Leadership Conference. JP+ was such an integral part in my 2010 4 Deserts Challenge and a great partner and sponsor to fellow runners and now great friends, Dave O'Brien, Samantha Gash, and Lisa Tamati. Along with the lovely filmmaker and force behind the Desert Runners Movie project, Jen Steinmann, we were invited to play a part in the conference and to meet many of the warm people who make up Juice Plus. What a pleasure to meet such open and sharp people like Jay Martin, Sean Hopkins, Melissa Brady, Ron Atkins, DJ Paganoni, and so many others. How exciting and encouraging to see such a large inspired group who ardently believe in good health and nutrition. 


I can't mention enthusiasm about health and nutrition without talking about Dave O'Brien. Dave gave the most inspiring, incredible and crowd rousing speech on the Thursday night about the difference between health and fitness and the impact of fruits and vegetables on the body and it's performance. One of the insights that I took from Dave's speech was his story about investing in a racehorse. Dave asked "if you spent your last $1mm on a race horse, would you feed it large quantities of alcohol, would you keep it out all night, would you feed it greasy food, would you let it get dehydrated? Then why would any of us do this to our own billion dollar bodies?" Other than just being packed full of energy, and great humor, Dave was full of thought provoking insights. He's a consummate professional and I couldn't have been more impressed.