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Brooks Bash got injured at mile 6 of a 300 mile race. It sounded ridiculous, but then he mentioned he just ran 100 marathons in 100 days in the months prior.

It puts the injury in perspective, but it also begs the question: what's the point of all this? Isn't this whole ultra world just spinning out of control?

I'm curious to hear with your thoughts on the topic. Drop them in the comments.

How Brooks still managed to finish this race, what learned from running 100 marathons in 100 days, and his motivation for getting into these crazy challenges is what we focus on in this one.

Turning pro lands you in this funny place. It gives you both more time and pressure to train. 

So, how do you make sure the pressure doesn't outweigh the time aspect? 

Today, Alyssa shares how her eagerness to show herself as a pro backfired, how it lead to DNF'ing instead of shining, and what she learned from it. 

I wish you an insightful episode. 

Today we tried to talk about principle/provocation 3 in our 4 part series…but we didn't get to it. 

Instead of talking about the potential of running free from "assumptions", we got carried away talking about how to apply the "no judgement" and "no expectations" principle. 

Enjoy the episode. 

Alexandra's short doc "Resilient" recently won 1st prize at the trialsofmilesracing film festival.
It touches on her journey with chronic depression and how running has helped her manage it.
And it's the red thread throughout our conversation.
Enjoy the episode.

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Updates on training and how we're sculpting our life to make it all work together. 

A question for our next episode? 

Just drop it in the comments. 

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4 years ago she wasn't even running. This year, she finished the TSP solo, running 480km through the desert. And she got sponsored doing it. 

This is a conversation on mental resilience, building leverage with brands through social media, and me asking shamelessly for tattoo advice. 

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How not to gain weight when lifting as an ultra runner. It's just one of my main concerns as I'm hitting the gym more often. 

It's actually not, but I asked Ben (my current strength coach) anyways. 

This one is for anyone trying to get stronger up and down those big slopes even though the closest mountain is thousands of km's away. 

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After talking about the importance of "no judgement", today we talk about "no expectations". 

This is part 2 of a 4 part series where Steve & I go deep on how to use a four fold apophatic path to go deeper into yourself through running. 

In these inner dialogues we go all the way and share how we embrace running as a spiritual path. 

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Today Emily shares how she embraces cycling to supplement therapy in working through mental health issues. 

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PSA If it's not clear from the episode, don't exchange actual therapy for cycling (or running) if you're struggling with mental health issues. 

Are we training professionally enough? Or are we just having too much fun? 

Some thoughts we're pondering on today's episode. 

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