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🗓️ 18 December 2023
⏱️ 46 minutes
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In today's solo episode, I'm sharing a recap of my experience running the California International Marathon. I take you through how I prepared to achieve a PR of 2:39, in the days and moments leading up to the starting line. You will hear everything from how I fueled before and during the race to the course conditions and what was going through my head that ultimately led to an important epiphany. Enjoy!
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00:00 Intro
1:56 Welcome
6:08 Splits
8:46 The days leading up to CIM
12:57 The morning of the race
19:58 Moments leading up to the start
21:54 Consuming water and electrolytes on course
24:23 The course profile
27:37 It’s going to be a good day
31:46 I wasn’t running the race for myself
34:09 The last few miles
37:14 It wasn’t just 12 weeks of prep
39:19 Recovery
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0:00.0 | And I also had this epiphany during the race, where I heard all these people yelling, |
0:04.8 | go on more throughout the 26.2 miles. I saw the community show up, and as I was in the middle of that marathon, |
0:12.7 | I quickly realized this race is not for me. |
0:15.7 | I am running this race for all the people |
0:19.0 | who have supported me and the brand |
0:21.6 | over these last almost 12 years. |
0:24.0 | All these people, if you're listening to this podcast, |
0:26.0 | you're probably one of them, |
0:28.0 | have believed in me, have believed in this brand, |
0:31.0 | believe in go on more, have implemented Go One More into their life and it has changed |
0:37.9 | the trajectory of everything you might do on a daily basis, from your work, your family, to your faith, |
0:44.8 | your health, wellness, performance. |
0:47.0 | Achieving the goal of sub 245, yes, it's something that I want to accomplish, |
0:51.1 | but it's not for me. It's for everyone else who shows the support of me and the brand and |
0:56.2 | who has shown the support of me and the brand over years and years. So I can't run this race for me. I have to run this race for me. |
1:01.5 | I have to run this race for everyone who believes in the mission and the mindset. |
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