What happens when your identity gets ripped away in an instant?

Dan Marchese was training for the Olympic weightlifting stage when a brutal shoulder injury shattered everything he thought he was. Instead of giving up, he found purpose through pain—becoming a five-time 100-mile ultramarathoner and founder of Infinite Coaching.

In this episode, we talk about how a defining failure can launch you toward your true calling.

🔥 Topics We Cover:

- The injury that ended Dan’s weightlifting career

- How running became his spiritual and mental therapy

- Building Infinite Coaching to help others find purpose

- Identity, faith, and becoming more than what you do

- The discipline of self-auditing your habits

🧠 Quote of the Episode:

“There’s more to running than running. It’s who you become when you keep showing up.”

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