Welcome to Chasing Three Hours, a podcast about what runners are chasing, why they keep pushing themselves, and what keeps them curious! On this episode of the podcast, Derek Loseke joins Josh to recap the 2023 Des Moines Marathon! Before diving into everything, they discuss Derek's recent PR at the Berlin Marathon in Germany as well as running the Chicago Marathon. Then they discuss:

• What Josh took away from the 2023 Lincoln Marathon (10:07)
• Training for the 2023 Des Moines Marathon and all it entailed (15:22)
• The mindset going into the race (27:39)
• The routine of Race Day (35:22)
• The start of the race (39:55)
• Hitting 13.1 miles, being right on pace, and the feeling going into the back half of the marathon (43:30)
• Was this a breakthrough? (51:56)
• Where did Leave No Doubt come from? (59:37)
• What's next? (1:09:30)

And a lot more!

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