Becoming Stubborn with Devon Yanko and AJW
Trail Runner Nation
Trail Runner Nation
4.5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 20 May 2017
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
The word Stubborn has a negative connotation in many cases. In this podcast, Devon Yanko and Andy Jones-Wilkins dive deep into the philosophy of stubborn.
- Is it good for an unltrarunner to be stubborn?
- How do you know when to give up?
- Or is this a time to take your heels in and persevere? Where is the line?
- Stubbornness can be a result of successful experiences but can be detrimental when you lose perspective.


Life in A Day, a film by Billy Yang featuring Devon Yanko
If you are in the California North Bay, go try some "Cuisine Genius" made by Devon at M.H. Bread and Butter
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Don, I just paid my annual premium for my life insurance and I got that life insurance |
| 0:10.4 | probably 10 years ago and it was before I knew I was still a runner 10 years ago, but |
| 0:17.2 | I didn't know that there were different rates for healthier people. |
| 0:20.7 | Health IQ has been something that has come out since then that aligns a rated life insurance |
| 0:26.5 | companies with healthy people to give them the best rates possible. |
| 0:29.6 | So let's break it down Scott, did you save some money when you compared your rates? |
| 0:34.4 | Yes, I've saved money and I think that everybody else should do it, should too, by going to |
| 0:41.0 | Health IQ slash TRN. |
| 0:43.0 | Now we're going to take a quiz. |
| 0:44.2 | I'm ready. |
| 0:45.2 | Okay. |
| 0:46.2 | Another quiz. |
| 0:47.2 | This is about transitioning from treadmill to the outdoors. |
| 0:50.9 | Oh, now these are the quizzes that they send each, every once in a while, periodically |
| 0:55.2 | just to help us increase our knowledge of health. |
| 0:59.4 | Let's stay healthy. |
| 1:00.4 | Go ahead. |
| 1:01.4 | I'm ready. |
| 1:02.4 | Okay. |
| 1:03.4 | Running outside increases damage for UV rays, aside from sunscreen, what can help protect |
| 1:08.4 | against UV damage such as skin lesions, a rubbing oatmeal on the skin? |
| 1:15.3 | No, no, no, I'm not going to do it or be shorts and short sleeves, three, a diet high |
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