Head in the clouds, feet on the ground

I’m Mike Chaput, and I’m an entrepreneur. A lot of my business skillset derives from endurance running and the deep, dark woods that it forces me to navigate and conquer daily. I’m now searching for new ideas and opportunities and hoping an honest introspective look will help fuel my inspiration.

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Running a successful business is like running an ultramarathon—it requires similar preparation, determination, and execution. 42clicks is an introspective collage of my thoughts and experiences, which will hopefully provide the occasional useful tidbit.

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    Fifteen loops until sunrise

    I crossed the finish line for the last time as the sun was coming up. Exhausted, cold, and drenched in sweat again, I stood at the finish for longer than necessary, partly because I was so proud to have endured, but also because I wasn’t entirely sure how many more similar mornings I had left in me. Reasonable old person thoughts, no?

    February 26, 2026

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    Surviving the Bermuda Triangle

    Every January, I run a race to fend off the winter blues and atone for my errant December behaviour. For the past three years, this ritual took me to Red Rock Canyon in Nevada. This year, however, I decided to spend my money elsewhere and mused about entering the Bermuda Triangle Challenge. Well, I guess I did just that.

    January 26, 2026

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    Don’t fall in love with your ideas

    Every entrepreneur knows the feeling: you have an idea so brilliant, so revolutionary, so clearly destined to change the world, that you start to parent it. You name it. You design a logo. You whisper to it at night like it’s a newborn. And this is where things go horribly wrong.

    November 24, 2025