EP 547: Remember to LIVE!
Trail Runner Nation
Trail Runner Nation
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🗓️ 19 November 2021
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
Dr. Gordon Harvey is a Professor of history at Jacksonville State University. He is also a seasoned ultra runner with dozens of finishes under his belt. He has a pendant that says, "Memento mori and memento vivere" - Remember that you must die, and remember to live.
Gordon joins The Nation to talk about his recent experience training and running the Pinhoti 100. This was a race to prove that his first 100-mile finish wan't a "fluke". But there were obstacles and set backs in his training, including a heart attack and surgery less than one year before the race. Gordon shares his not-so-unique story with us and helps us understand and cope with the process and the result.
Read more about his Pinhoti 100 journey HERE
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| 0:00.0 | And then if I can actually finish a hundred mileer, then wow, I've done something, you know, |
| 0:10.0 | it's like every time I can finish a race, it kind of proves to me that maybe I'm not the |
| 0:14.2 | lazy slacker that I imagine myself to be. |
| 0:17.3 | And so it's almost like every race is a way to prove to yourself that you're better than |
| 0:20.8 | you think you are because we all, I think we all negative on ourselves. |
| 0:24.6 | Very few of us go around saying, you know what, I'm awesome, I'm really awesome, you know. |
| 0:34.0 | Welcome to the Trailhead of TrailRunner Nation. |
| 0:35.6 | We go on virtual trail runs with interesting guests that tell some great stories and help |
| 0:40.7 | us become better runners and possibly even better humans. |
| 0:44.8 | And today's guest is Dr. Gordon Harvey and he tells a very inspiring story. |
| 0:50.8 | In fact, it's just not his story, it's our story as a trail community. |
| 0:55.7 | He's going to get into some of the medical conditions that he had that could have easily |
| 1:00.1 | made him take his shoes and hang them somewhere prominent in the garage and never laced them |
| 1:04.8 | up again. |
| 1:05.8 | But importantly, he took good advice from his doctors, steered him in the right course, |
| 1:10.8 | and now he's back on the trail. |
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