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Hey Friend Follow the race on my instagram page…

I spoke in Nebraska this week about mental toughness, The Hinge, and NO ONE gets ALONE, and I was asked “can you win?”

I paused…

See, this backyard ultra race is unlike any other, where you don’t need to be the fastest, you just can’t quit. 

However, winning overall isn’t my focus, doing the best that I can do is the goal.

Touching the abyss and having the abyss stare back at you…Reaching deeper than I ever have, to step to that line at complete each loop.

Hence, here what “winning” requires….

1) No quitting in the chair-

80% of people who drop in backyard ultras quit in the chair and simply do not make the start line. If I fail, it’ll be on the trail…

2) Know when the race actually starts

The race doesn’t really start until 100 miles! 24 hours of running before the race begins. The miles until then are just process miles and you can’t rush the process, or cheat the process. Show up when the race starts!

3) Backyard Ultra is a team sport

My pit crew is the best! My family. My wife and kids. Heck, my mom will be there as well, but she can enjoy it. As a team, we have simulated and prepared together. Their love, encouragement, and crewing makes us a team! And it provides me the further motivation that NO ONE Gets There ALONE!

4) This too shall pass

It will hurt beyond anything that I’ve experienced! But, there will also be moments of flow and being in the zone that I haven’t experienced either. Both will happen and good or bad, this too shall pass. My role is to stay in the moment, make it to the tree, breathe, and just keep moving…

Then doing all of these and performing up to my capabilities, at the end of the day, I don’t care what the scorebook says, in my book, I’ll be a winner!