054: Travis Macy with Mark Macy | You Need an Ultra Mindset

The Hard Way w/ Joe De Sena

Spartan Races

Fitness, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, 792700

4.7 • 870 Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2015

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Travis Macy, an avid ultrarunner, wrote The Ultra Mindset after he learned a valuable lesson himself. He was working to become a school principal, a respectable position and by all means a sensible decision, but stopped in his tracks to write the book. Pushing forward in the wrong direction for the wrong reasons would’ve left Macy unfulfilled. Raw perseverance without deep purpose is not enough. Lucky for us, Macy channeled his mental toughness into the right endeavor and he shares a number of strategies for you to do the same in this podcast.

Lessons:

1.When things get tough it’s helpful to focus on why you’re doing something and not on the drudgery of the task.
2.Training is equally important for developing a strong mind as it is for getting fit.
3.Quitting is okay when you find yourself on a path that doesn’t align with your values, but if you are on the right path, don’t give up.

Transcript

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0:00.0	You're listening to Spartan Up Podcast. We're going to interview somebody every week from all over the world and see what they did in their life to become successful, no matter how they define it.
0:12.0	Hey, welcome back to the beautiful Amy Barn here in Pittsfield, Vermont.
0:15.6	Got some great people around me. To my right, Joe DeSena.
0:18.6	Sefra who only needs one name. Colonel Tim and I who makes up for it with three names
0:22.3	and then a person whose name
0:24.6	you'll know but not her face is Marion our wonderful camera person and
0:28.0	producer behind the camera keeping us all on track. Speaking of on track, father's son,
0:32.3	son following in father's tracks, Travis and Mark
0:36.8	Macy wrote a book called The Ultra Mindset.
0:40.1	Yep, fantastic.
0:41.1	Incredible book that really gets into the core of how somebody will run 100 miles, 200 miles, and then apply those lessons learned to business to life etc how can you push further than you thought you could push
0:56.4	So this isn't just for runners this for anybody this is well we're all running in life right we're running right to the grave
1:01.5	Perfect there we go.
1:02.6	Well, let's go watch this interview.
1:04.6	Let's go watch this interview before we end up in the grave.
1:08.8	We're in the jungle of the Bahamas right now at Mark Macy and Travis Macy and Travis Macy and
1:15.0	and Travis Macy is an ultra distance marathoner correct?
1:19.0	Yep.
1:20.0	Mark of you? Yes.
1:21.0	You got an Iron Man hat on? Yes. Is that your first sport, Iron Man?
1:25.0	Uh, actually, I was ran a couple of marathons and then I did the Iron Man.
1:32.0	So tell me your guy's story, how do you... couple of marathons and then I did the Iron Man.
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