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Hey , my friend , are you going through a difficult

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time in your life , whether it's related to family

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, your health or job ? Well

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, today our guest is going to share how finding

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running and races after

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a devastating loss in his life

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gave him a renewed sense of purpose

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and a healthy way to cope with that

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loss . Hope you enjoy .

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Welcome to Inspire to Run Podcast

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. Here you will find inspiration

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, whether you are looking to take control of your health

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and fitness or you are a seasoned runner

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looking for community and some extra

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motivation . You will hear inspiring

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stories from amazing runners , along

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with helpful tips from fitness experts

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. Now here's your host , richard

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Connor .

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Hi , my friend , welcome to Inspire to Run Podcast

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. Today I have the privilege of sitting down

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with Bruce Davis . Bruce was

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coming from a very difficult time and

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he found peace during endurance events and

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obstacle course races . This

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year Bruce has done four Deca Strongs

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, three Deca Miles , one

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Deca Fit High Rocks , tough

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Mudder , two Savage Races , two

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Rugged Maniacs and three Spartan

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Races . And he just finished up running

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his first half marathon and Spartan

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Beast . And this is only

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the beginning . Welcome to the show , bruce

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.

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Thank you , thank you , rich , rich , thanks for

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having me .

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Yeah well , thanks for being here and sharing

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your story . You have an incredible story

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this year alone . I'm just amazed by

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all of the races you run . I'm reading through

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this I was like I know you've run a lot of races

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, but this is a lot of races in one year

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and I didn't quite know the full story . So excited

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to kind of get into your story and just learn a little

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bit more about you and really , what

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was the reason that led you to do

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these types of races ? So just take , you know

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, wind the clock back a little bit and just tell

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us a little bit about your story .

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I was just you know , just that everyday

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guy at one point , just you

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know , we , you know we call him the Jim Rats , the

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guy's always skipping leg day , just

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you know . One day , arms , two

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days , chest back , whatever , and it

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just came routine . I just kept doing it , I kept doing

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it , I kept doing it . And

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it was when my

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son's mother , when she passed , it

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was just , I was at a lock , I just

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was still . I had no

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, I felt like no direction . I felt alone

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, I felt like

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I had nothing going on

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in my life but a routine . The

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routine was like the rat race of life

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going to work , paying bills

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, coming home . You know what I'm saying ? And

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for me it was . I was just tired

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of that . I needed to find my

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tribe and my why , and

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it was when I discovered the

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Spartan races that you

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know , that opened up the door for me .

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Well , I'm so sorry for your loss and

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I appreciate you sharing that with us and

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you know it's really great that you found Spartan

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and you found kind of that sense of purpose

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and I'm really curious to understand or

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hear like why Spartan

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?

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Why Spartan Spartan was . You

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know , me and my friends , all we had

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this thing where we always it was

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like we kept putting it

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on the tape on the shelf , like maybe next year , maybe

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next year , after that , maybe next year . We just didn't

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want to . You know , it

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was just the regular , like next

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year , next year . And it was one day

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I was on the , I

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was on my phone and I seen an ad for

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the Spartan stadium

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run and when

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I saw that stadium run I said you know

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what ? Now is the time . It was only a month out

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. And when I saw it I

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said you know what , now is the time , let me , let

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me sign up . And from there

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, you know , 30 days , I had 30 days

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to train . I trained myself . No coach

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, no , nothing , just me and the will

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to just do it . It took

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me an hour and 40 , I

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think an hour and 40 minutes to finish that stadium

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run and that it woke

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me up . That was the day I

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completely , like , switched the light switch went right

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off , click and I was just . I was , I was down

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, I was hooked .

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So I appreciate you sharing that . You know

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, similar to to my story when

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I first started with Spartan . So you

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know I was , I was running as part

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of a team , we actually

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did train . So a little bit different from your story in that

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regard , but I did the rate

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by first race . It was a Spartan sprint . And

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then , you know , after that I'm like I

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want to continue doing this and I want to

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. I could know I could do better , right . And

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it was just kind of the spark was like this

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is I'm going to start this year this journey of doing things

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that I've never done before and overcome fears

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, and this was a way for me to do that

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. So , but it really just took that first race

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to kind of light that spark

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, right . So

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you know , tell me a little bit more about that . So

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you mentioned that

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you didn't train 30 days . You did the race

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. You know , tell me a little bit more about , like , what did

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you experience during the race ? And then what happened

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?

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It was . It was hard . My heart was just beating out of

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my chest . One

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good moment I do remember about that , rich

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, was that I had no training

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with the spear throw and I hit

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it on my first try . I go oh my God , I got

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it . They're like , yeah , you did it . I'm

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sure it did . I was

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really excited about that . Overall , looking

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back at that I had I discovered

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with what my strengths were and what

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my weaknesses were in doing that

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stadium run , and again

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that that was that will always be

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my favorite race for

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the rest of my life because that opened the door

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for me that got me into into this , into this

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world . You

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know , and after I finished , I was , I was

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hooked man . That's , that's when you discover

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it all you know the whole vote

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of what , what we do , you know .

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Yeah for sure . And you know for our

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Spartan friends who are listening , they're

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going to be super jealous to hear that you nailed the spear on the first try . So

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I I can tell you after many races I don't

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think I've had a successful spear throw . So a

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lot of folks are probably going to be jealous to hear that you did that right out of

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the gate .

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Right out , right out the gate man . And yesterday

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I did it . I did it and landed it . But

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I landed it on the second try because I knew I

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could do it . So I threw it up

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and burning in it and it missed . I

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got some . I'm gonna try this again . Screw that , I'm gonna try this again

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. Grabbed it , concentrate on my breathing

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, leveled it out , Boom and hit

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it . And as soon as I hit it I said I knew I was going

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to let that slide .

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I'm gonna hit that mark . Heck no . That's

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awesome . That's awesome , all right

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. So you know what are the things that you learned . When

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you said you know you learned a lot about yourself

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during that race , like what are some of

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the things that you learned ? And then what ? Where did you

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take it from there ?

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I learned the world about my weakness

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as well , being a better runner , learning

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how to condition my body , pace

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and just overall

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, just a sense of purpose . I mean

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it . You know , dealing

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with your mental . You know

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, because every time you turn around it's

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something else , is something else and , like

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I was telling a friend of mine yesterday

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, see Spartans , all about mental . Yeah

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, the physical is there , but they really

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want to psych you out mentally . That's why every

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time you turn around , even at the stadium run , every

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time you turn around , there's more steps . You got to go up , you got to

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go up . They want you , they want

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you elevated , they want you to keep moving those , moving

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those legs to go up . And so

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when you come back down now you got an obstacle

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, you know . So you know , those

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were the things that I've learned , man , and I

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sense home getting on that I home

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did on my mental , and

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now it's just about

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focusing on strength

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and being able to to

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deal with the problems

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when they come because they're going to come . Not everything's 100%

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, you know . You know 100%

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there's going to be some things that happen out there , but

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you got to be prepared for that and I learned

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that too , even with the stadium run .

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Yeah , for sure . And you know , when you talk

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about mental , is it mental kind

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of the focus and overcoming

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the obstacles of the race . So you're talking about just in

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general , because you mentioned that

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you had experienced a loss in your

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life and you know you're looking for

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that community , you're looking for that purpose . So

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how did you balance that , how did you put your

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, get your focus and your mindset

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in doing something as hard as a Spartan

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race , with everything else kind of going on

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in your life ?

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Life man , you know , shout out to Shamika

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. You know I love her . I love her still

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. She was always used to buy

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me , even at my worst times in life

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, and when she passed away it

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hurted . It still hurts . It hurts that it never goes

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away , you know , and you know

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, sitting there , sitting , you know

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, here , you know , dwelling

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, and not necessarily dwelling , but more

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so sitting on those

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feelings . Either I'm going to let

9:03

them out through Spartan or

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I'm just going to consume them in

9:07

a negative way , you know

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. And so I took her

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passing as a sense of . You

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know , she would want that from me . She

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would want me to thrive and be a

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way better person or

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take my journey

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to the next level . And she's with me . She

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was with me through all of them . You know her

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and my mother . You know I had

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a lot of times on my shirts I

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put her name or I put her face . You

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know , even when I was at the stadium run in Philadelphia

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, you know , I felt her presence there , you

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know , because you know it was because

9:41

of her passing that helped me , because if it

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was her passing I probably would have never , I probably would have

9:45

never been doing this , you know . So

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it was that fuel that

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helped me be me

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, be who I am , you know . And I owe

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that to her . I owe that to my mother .

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Yeah , yeah for sure , and I appreciate you

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sharing that and I think your message

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is a powerful one because there's

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others probably

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in similar situations that are going through something

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, and I've seen through

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and heard through stories like yours and others

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how running and obstacle course

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racing has really

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kind of been there for them during tough

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times and it's been something that they

10:21

can turn to again

10:23

kind of during those difficult times . So I

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appreciate you sharing your story and you know

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I want others to hear this and

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know that they have options , right , if

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they're going through a challenging time , it's . You

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know , now's the time to . You

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know , if it's something to do with being active

10:39

and something to do with sports , it's great . Or

10:41

even if it's something else , but just kind of that

10:43

, that philosophy

10:46

of just movement or just moving forward

10:48

, right , whether whatever that is .

10:50

Right , right , right . Life is

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hard , you know , is what we do

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with it . That makes us who we are , and

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that's the sit . You know , life

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is like a deck of fit , you know what I mean . Or

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running , you know . A half marathon , 10k

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, 5k , an ultra marathon

11:07

, you know what I mean , you know , and pushing

11:11

through those will help you push

11:13

through life , because it's basically

11:15

it's like the same thing If

11:17

you can run a deck of fit , there

11:19

ain't nothing coming . You know what I'm saying . Especially , you beat your

11:22

last time . You

11:24

can do it , you can handle anything Because

11:26

, again , what we do , you know , finding

11:28

that time to train , finding that time to

11:30

exercise . Life doesn't stop for us . Yo

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, we pay for this , we pay to do this . You

11:35

know what I'm saying . It sponsors for us . You

11:37

know what I'm saying . We pay to be here . So

11:39

life doesn't stop and

11:42

what makes us so unique is that we can continue

11:44

to do that while doing the everyday

11:46

things that everybody else still does and

11:49

that , definitely , with podcasts like yours

11:51

, definitely is a blessing . That is

11:53

out there so that people hear

11:56

that and they see that and

11:58

they know that .

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For sure . And I love what you said about the

12:03

crossover between you know , being active

12:05

in the sports world and life . And you

12:07

know I worked for somebody who was always

12:09

interested in my

12:11

running journey and always asking me , did you get

12:13

your runs , or when's your next race ? And they're

12:16

really interested and one thing that they said to me was

12:18

fascinating because they were like look , if you could

12:20

do those things right , if you could have the mental

12:22

toughness to do those things , I

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know that you're going to show up here right

12:27

, you're going to show up at work and you're going to have that mental toughness

12:30

. So you know , even he recognized kind

12:32

of the crossover between you know

12:34

, the active or athletic part of

12:36

my life and the work or the

12:38

professional part .

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Right , right right .

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So let's hear a little bit more about your running journey

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. So I know you did the stadium and I know you've . We

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just talked about all the races that you've done this

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year . So you know , let's talk about

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maybe one of your favorite races that you did

12:52

this year and why .

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Man .

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Is that too hard to choose ?

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Yeah , yeah , because you know what . They all got

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a story . You know if I can

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I don't even know if I have a fit OK

13:04

, because I could say you know , the

13:06

half marathon was most inspirational for me

13:09

, but high rocks was

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like the Holy Grail , because with high

13:13

rocks I had no running , I

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had no running experience . I ran that when

13:19

I did high rocks it was I had two

13:21

months of training for high rocks

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, you know what I mean . And I had before high

13:26

rocks I did maybe two deco

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miles , you know what I mean . So I had no

13:30

running . And to run

13:32

, to be able to run high rocks , was

13:35

an accomplishment

13:37

in itself , you know so

13:39

. So that's my favorite one because

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of where I was at when I did it . My

13:45

, my half marathon will be the

13:47

most inspirational because

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my running improved . My

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running improved . I did I maintain

13:54

a 10 minute pace , about 10 and a half minute

13:56

pace . My goal was under

13:58

230 . I did it in two 2032

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. And to me and that

14:03

enriched my very first one , you know , out

14:05

the gate , you know I didn't do a five K or a

14:07

10 K , I just I just went right to the half marathon

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and very , very inspirational

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. Inspiring for me because

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I just

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wasn't a runner , I was just

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one of those guys . At my heaviest

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I got up to 240 , 240

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like muscle . You know I was going to the gym that's

14:25

lifting heavy weight and then I

14:27

was like , well , to do what I'm about to do

14:29

, I got to , I got to bring it back down . There's no

14:31

way I can move all of that . I mean there's people that

14:33

can do it , but but I

14:35

didn't want to do that . I never . 240 was cool , but

14:38

I like where I'm at now . I believe in that , like my

14:40

last in body scan put me at 212

14:42

. And you know the

14:44

yeah , yeah . So I will say high

14:47

rocks . High rocks because where I was at is a

14:49

combination between high rocks and the half marathon

14:51

. Those are my favorites as of right now

14:53

because every single race

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I did this year has a story

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. You know they all have stories

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. You meet people , inspired

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, inspiring people like yourself . You

15:04

know I mean and the conditions

15:06

. You know I mean everything

15:08

, man . The First part

15:10

in sprint , I did at Mount Vernon

15:12

April of April . It was

15:15

bad , it was bad , it

15:17

rained that whole weekend . I

15:19

did the sprint on a Sunday

15:21

and that the day

15:23

before I ran my first deco mile up

15:26

, kind of up in the same area like an hour away in

15:28

North Jersey , but it rained the whole way up

15:30

there . But the deco mile was that

15:32

was was completely indoors , the whole thing

15:34

was indoors so it was nothing . So

15:37

that sprint

15:39

Was brutal because

15:41

of the weather . People were sliding

15:43

down the hills , it was muddy , it was

15:45

bad . They had to shut down the bucket carry

15:48

because Saturday people kept falling . It

15:50

was bad , you

15:52

know . And that that race taught me a

15:54

great lesson , and lesson is simple

15:57

your mind makes

15:59

it harder than what it actually is

16:01

. It will always be that . Oh

16:03

, my god , I don't want to do an ultra . That's

16:06

30 miles . Basically , your mind

16:08

makes it harder than what it is . And I

16:10

learned that with the , with

16:12

the Spartan sprint , because I never I

16:14

did the rain , the cold weather . I don't want to go do

16:16

all that stuff out there . Who does ? We all

16:18

want the nice sunny , 60 , 70 degree

16:20

weather , but it's not like

16:23

that . Life is not always like that . Is there going

16:25

to be those clouds and is what we do

16:27

with those clouds that makes us who

16:29

we are ?

16:31

You know I love what you said about the

16:33

, the mental part , because it's

16:35

almost like you're reading my mind . Oh , that ultra

16:37

is too hard , is too long is that's

16:39

absolutely what I've been saying to To

16:42

our mutual friend , coach Kevin , like , oh , you

16:44

know , he's like all the ultra's next . I'm like I

16:46

don't know about that . I mean , I've got some , I got

16:48

some other goals . I don't know if ultra is next and

16:50

then and then the death race

16:52

right , the Spartan death race . Oh my gosh , I

16:55

was like the name itself should be an indicator

16:57

. But but super

17:00

cool , you know the races that you shared . So first , shout

17:02

out to high rocks . You know we just had coach

17:04

Kevin and AJ Golik on Instagram

17:06

live talking about tips to crusher Hi

17:09

rocks race on Instagram . So that was

17:11

a lot of fun . I personally haven't done

17:13

it . I've only done the Spartan races and the deck

17:15

races . So I don't know , maybe high rocks is

17:17

in my future . And then you know you talked

17:19

about the half marathon and you

17:21

were building up on the on the OCR

17:23

side , but you went right for the half marathon

17:26

on the road race side . So I think that's

17:28

interesting that you did that . But like , how

17:30

was that first experience for you , kind of doing that

17:32

half marathon , because you had been doing a little

17:34

bit of running , I think through OCR , so maybe you

17:36

felt a little bit more prepared to do that race

17:38

.

17:40

Right , yes and no right

17:43

. And that's a great question , by the way . Shout out

17:45

to rich for that question . That's a good one , right . What

17:48

it was was this whole

17:50

year , man , this

17:52

whole year , everything I thought about

17:54

this . When I saw rich

17:56

Ryan , when the World Championship , atlantic City

17:58

last year , at the Decoral Championships , I had this whole

18:00

thing planned in my head , how I was going

18:02

to tackle 2023 . When I saw

18:05

that it was like Christmas for me when I Was in Atlantic

18:07

City watching this , and that's when I first met coach Kevin

18:09

. Shout out to coach Kevin . Underdog , all

18:11

day I got mad love for my brothers over there , including

18:14

my man , rich . So I

18:17

, when I , when I started running

18:19

, it was April

18:23

. April was when I started

18:25

running . Prior to that , rich

18:28

, there was no running . I did no running

18:30

. I had no coach . I had no , nothing

18:32

. It was all me just learning

18:35

online . You know , I had no plan

18:37

, no structure , until April . April

18:40

was when I finally build up my , got my

18:42

structure in place , got my coach in

18:44

place . Shout out to Robert Woods , would

18:46

he work out ? And we he

18:48

started putting things in place for me to start

18:50

running . You know , interval running , progression running

18:53

, easy runs , long runs

18:55

. After I finished high rocks and

18:57

I started training for , because after

19:00

high rock was over , my mind went

19:02

right towards the half marathon and

19:04

we put together my coach , rather put

19:06

together the plan for me and that

19:08

running progression , all of that help

19:11

with that , could fit with everything else

19:13

I had in the middle . So the OCR

19:15

, the OCR side of what I'm doing , I Really

19:18

do any running in the OCR , our

19:20

power walk , I'll go up . If it's a nice smooth

19:23

like level , then I'll do like a zone

19:25

to light run . But for the most part

19:27

it's just living the experience

19:30

and enjoying myself and meeting

19:32

like-minded people . If we are

19:34

hybrid races where I'll

19:36

be into really trying to

19:38

, you know , pr , get in

19:40

, then you know , compare my time

19:42

for my last time , like , like

19:44

, like the deck of strongs , I did four of them

19:46

. So the best time I did was

19:49

like 16 and some change . You know I'm saying

19:51

that was my third one . My fourth one

19:53

. I wound up doing 18 minutes , you know

19:55

me . But then I stopped because I was other

19:57

a deck of mile and then high

19:59

rocks and all of that . So so so my

20:01

running just I

20:05

used running as a

20:07

base for everything else

20:09

, especially now . So

20:11

me running for the half marathon automatically

20:14

is preparing my mind for the

20:16

full marathon , or for the Rocky run , or

20:19

for the beast . No

20:21

, my legs wouldn't be able to take all that pounding had

20:23

I not been doing all my running .

20:25

So Running

20:28

is key yeah for sure Running is

20:30

key . Sure , yes , sir . So

20:32

you know , tell me a little bit about one of the questions

20:34

I like to ask the guests that come on the show is

20:36

what is the biggest obstacle

20:38

that you faced , you know , during this

20:40

part of your journey , and then , how did you overcome

20:43

it ?

20:45

Wow , the biggest

20:47

, the biggest obstacle so far . Well

20:51

, I want to say right now , my biggest

20:53

obstacle right now was

20:55

running , was running , my , I want to say running

20:57

the half marathon . That was the biggest obstacle

21:00

because I'm constantly . That was

21:02

the longest , I was the longest . I was

21:04

on my feet as far as like , not a

21:07

sense of now , the Spartan beast , but

21:09

even with high rocks I wasn't on my feet that long

21:11

. And it's mixed . You're not doing all , you're not constantly

21:14

running like , you're like , you're constantly running at the

21:16

half marathon . So I

21:18

mean , yeah , yeah

21:20

, I overcame it by my mindset

21:23

. You know my mindset

21:25

persevering , thinking about my loved

21:27

ones , thinking about , you know , my

21:29

loved ones , who's past , and

21:32

you know just , grid

21:34

and determination

21:36

. Man , like I'm not anything

21:38

I signed up for . I am

21:40

going to make sure it gets done , no

21:43

matter what . Now , that doesn't

21:45

mean rich , that hey , like , like , like . For example , I got

21:47

the ultra right in April and

21:49

if I fail , then I fail . But I go

21:51

with understanding and knowing . Guess what ? I'm coming

21:53

right back and I'm going to rock it the next time . So

21:55

, like I'm playing , I got plans

21:57

for all of that . So , mm-hmm

22:00

.

22:01

All right , all right . So

22:03

, incredible running journey , incredible

22:05

OCR journey so far . What's

22:07

next for you ? What's coming up for the balance of this

22:10

year and into next year ?

22:12

Oh man , you know I

22:14

got a saying . I probably got it from somebody

22:16

, you know , but I say a lot , especially

22:19

when I'm out there on the trails or I'm at an event

22:22

. There's always another race . When

22:25

you are , when we are at races

22:27

, that race whether we started at that

22:29

wave or our wave , is later , the

22:31

race is already done because we're here . It's

22:34

always the next race , and

22:36

that race that we're in is preparation

22:38

for that next race , no matter

22:40

what . So my next race

22:43

that I got coming up is

22:45

I have I'm looking to benchmark

22:47

my 5K and 10K later

22:50

this month , october 21st

22:52

. That's the goal . I

22:54

got a , I got a pay for it on one sign up . Haven't done it

22:56

yet . Right , that's the . I am , though

22:59

I have

23:01

the Philadelphia Rocky run . That's the first

23:03

time I've ever done that . That's another one . I

23:05

always wanted to do that run , but never did it . But

23:07

now I mean they have three , they

23:10

have three versions of that . They got

23:12

the 5K , then the 10K if

23:14

you do both . That's the Italian style and

23:16

challenge , basically , you know half marathon

23:18

. So I signed up for the half marathon and

23:21

then that very next week I'll do the

23:23

Philadelphia full marathon , and

23:25

that's it . After the marathon . I'm

23:27

done for the year . I'm with this train

23:30

for next year and

23:32

next year . Right now I got signed up

23:34

for the Spartan Ultra . I'm making

23:36

that rich . I'm making that a whole trifecta weekend that

23:38

weekend . So I'm going to do the ultra and

23:40

then the super and sprint that Sunday .

23:43

Okay , all right . Well , the world's going to hear

23:45

it . You put it out into the world and we're going to

23:47

be there cheering you on .

23:49

My man . Yes , sir , yes , sir , oh

23:51

, and my future . I'm sorry , I'm not in control of two

23:53

. I still got that . I signed up

23:56

Hirox , I got

23:58

Hirox DC . That's March

24:00

of 2020 , next year , and

24:03

now , since I got one of the books , it's PR

24:06

time . Now , you know , I got my numbers

24:08

.

24:08

The goal is simple Beat the numbers , and

24:10

that's all man , you know this is ongoing . This

24:12

is ongoing for us .

24:13

I'm not . This is it for me . This is I found my people

24:15

. You know what I mean . I love . I

24:17

love what you do . I love

24:19

the community . We was out there

24:21

singing never going to give you up

24:23

on the trail yesterday . You

24:26

know we used to be singing that song because I had that

24:28

song on my speaker and it the

24:30

battery died . So they remembered it and we started

24:32

singing together at

24:34

the water station .

24:35

That's awesome

24:37

, that's awesome so 2024

24:39

, man , god bless it .

24:41

It's going to be a fun year . I'm looking to

24:43

run more and I'm just

24:45

so thankful for all of this , and

24:48

I just look forward to having more stories

24:50

.

24:51

All right . Well , we look forward to having those stories

24:54

here on the show . So , bruce , kind of as we

24:56

wind down here , what is the one thing you

24:58

would say to our community to inspire

25:00

them to run while they're going

25:02

through a difficult time ?

25:05

I would say use that difficult time as

25:08

fuel and fire

25:11

and passion to pursue greatness

25:14

. You know what I mean . Let it become

25:16

what it means to become in you

25:18

, to be the person you need to become

25:20

, because

25:22

life doesn't stop for any of us . It

25:25

moves forward . Just

25:27

as there are bad times , there are good times

25:29

. It's what we do that

25:32

makes us who we are . So

25:35

get off that couch , get

25:37

out there , get those mouths in , get

25:39

those stories . Don't

25:42

be that person , because that could have been me

25:44

, that person 10 years from

25:46

now , 20 , 15 years from now . I

25:48

wish I did it . I

25:50

wish that's the worst feeling and

25:53

I haven't gotten there . Thank God Now

25:55

I can sit back . I sit back and look

25:57

at the photos and you get that smile

25:59

, that smile because you did it . Now

26:02

only did you do it . You trained for

26:04

it . You worked 12 hours

26:06

and then you still found a hat that hour

26:08

, two hours just to go out there and

26:10

run or go out there and do some

26:12

threshold work . You know what I mean . You

26:14

know what I mean Compromise running work just

26:17

because you know you wanna be at your

26:19

best when you are out . There

26:21

come race day . So get off the couch . Get

26:23

off the couch , man . That couch is comfortable it

26:26

is .

26:26

I have a comfortable couch back there .

26:27

I can sit right there and play a game all day . No

26:30

man , it's about life's about living . So

26:32

we gotta start living . So live , that's

26:35

what I would say . I would say live .

26:38

Love it , love it . Bruce . Thank you so

26:40

much for coming on the show . I really appreciate you

26:43

sharing your story , your

26:45

kind of , your origin story , your running

26:48

journey and advice for our community

26:50

. So how can our listeners

26:52

find you and follow you online ?

26:54

I mean , like in my past life , past

26:56

life , even in this life , I

26:59

call myself a super editor . I'm a video

27:01

editor of one awards and video production

27:03

for 10 plus years . So

27:05

a lot of people I don't have like be

27:07

fit on all that , it's like be productions

27:10

. So they looked on YouTube for be

27:12

productions . That'd be a good way to

27:14

find me , I guess , here

27:16

, or they can email me , if you ever want , bruce

27:18

Davis , the number 20 at gmailcom

27:20

. That's a great way , a

27:22

great simpler way to get at me . And that's

27:24

about it , man . My YouTube channel has a lot of my fitness

27:27

journey videos , a lot

27:29

of animations that I do inspiring other

27:31

people that I meet in the fitness hybrid

27:34

community , people that I look up to

27:36

and people that

27:38

I inspire . I get that , too , from

27:40

people saying please make me , inspire me , man . Thank you

27:42

so much . Hey , I'm just trying to live

27:44

, man . I'm just like you . You know what I'm saying . I'm

27:47

just like you . I just want my kids

27:49

to be proud of me . I want my loved ones

27:51

to be proud of me , my family , and

27:53

that'd be , like I said , the best way to get

27:55

to me with my email or my YouTube

27:57

channel . And yeah

27:59

, that's it .

28:01

Love it , love it All right . So I'll put that information

28:03

in the show notes to make it easy for

28:06

our listeners to find and follow you Again , Bruce

28:08

. Thank you so much for coming on the show and have

28:10

a great day .

28:12

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28:14

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28:16

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28:18

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