Step 1: Overcome Yourself
“Holy fuck, I can actually win this thing,” I thought as I was dusting the competition, sprinting downhill, above the clouds in Agoura Hills in Los Angeles County on that Saturday Morning in early December 2021. I found myself in 1st place about 8 miles into my first ultra-marathon, a 50k, about 31 miles. I was just taking my phone out to record a video of myself boasting when I looked behind me. Fucking fuck. The guy who was in first place about 3 miles through, who took a wrong turn for a while, was now right behind me, probably by about 800m at the top of the mountain. I felt stupid, put my phone away, and kept pushing downhill. Listen to the whole audiostory now.
