Discover Your Grit: Lessons From My First Ultra Marathon

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">62 and a half miles in 17 hours. Our host Brian completed his very first Ultra Marathon and in this episode, he and Lindsey are sharing what that experience was like! As you can imagine, running a marathon multiple times over was a tough physical challenge, but on top of that Brian shares the range of emotions and mental strain he experienced completing a race of that magnitude! From pushing through pain to riding the waves of emotional highs and lows, this episode is full of lessons on grit, determination, and mental fortitude in different ways than you might initially think! Tune in to hear about Brian’s 62 and a half mile experience, and Lindsey's perspective supporting him and finishing the last loop by his side!</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">02:30 Have you always been a runner?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">04:10 What is an Ultra Marathon?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">05:10 Why an Ultra Marathon?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">08:50 What did your journey look like running other races leading up to the Ultra Marathon?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">12:00 What was the morning of race day like?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">14:45 The high point of the race!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">17:30 How did you adjust mentally when you made a wrong turn?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">19:30 How are our experiences affected by our words?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">23:45 Lessons learned from feeling weak and pushing through!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">27:20 The hardest part of the run.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">31:45 What was going through your mind as night fell?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">37:30 What did it mean to be able to share the experience of ending the race together?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">39:00 The Phoenix rising from the ashes.</span></p> <p><s