Hey, what's up, guys? I'm glad you're here. I want to take just a few minutes today to answer a really good question that was sent in by a podcast listener. It is, how did you get into running? And was it easy for you in the beginning or was it difficult? I like this question because running is near and dear to my

heart is something that I've always enjoyed doing, not always, I've enjoyed doing for a long,

long time. I'm fairly decent at it. It puts me around really cool people. It takes me to really

cool places and allows me to see stuff and experience stuff that I would

never see an experience before in my life without running. But the part that I want to hone in on is,

was it easy for you in the beginning or was it difficult? Because this is a story that I don't often get to

tell. I never ran or, you know, on a regular

basis, I never ran, ran for racing or fitness or anything like that on any consistent basis

until I decided I wanted to become a Navy SEAL. When I decided I wanted to be a SEAL, I had to take a physical

standards test, all right? And part of that physical standards test was a 1.5 mile run on the track.

And I went and took that test multiple times every month for five or six months straight before I passed that 1.5

mile run.

And it wasn't a big, it wasn't a hard time, it wasn't a fast time.

I think we had like 10 minutes or more to finish that run.

And it was on a nice flat track with a great surface.

You could wear tennis shoes and

running shorts and all that that's how bad I was at running and the only time I passed

that run was on it was my last chance to take that PST I had a date set that I was supposed to ship off to Navy boot camp I had one

more try to pass this PST I could pass everything else the swim the push-ups the

pull-ups the sit-ups but the run I couldn't pass and I had one more try if I

failed it they were gonna have to move my ship off date in order to give me more time

to hopefully get better and pass this run.

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