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In this episode, you will hear from Dan Galasso, with whom I had the privilege to finish our first 100-mile race together. This episode is packed with insight from why he runs, to how mental an ultra race is, and the opening of his soul by the Holy Spirit just before the end of the race. Below is an excerpt from the end of his interview:
I'm at the back end of the farm and I'm by myself There's like nobody around and the sun's kind of coming up over the trees still and I just look out and I got my jacket on, a sweater on because I'm not moving, I'm not generating any body heat, I'm just like, I'm crawling pretty much. And I look at the sun, you know, and I just began to thank the Lord for being able to move, you know, for just literally being able to move. And there are people, and I kind of mentioned it, whenever I post running videos or my progress or whatever, there are people that... I felt kind of silly about it at times. And there are people that every once in a while I feel silly, they message me and they say, man, I love the fact that you post pictures and videos of you doing and going places that I can't go, and running, being that I can't run, or even hiking in that terrain that I can't go, because I feel like I'm with you. It's just such a beautiful thing. And I thought about that. And so whether I'm injured or whether I'm... running or I'm not running as fast as I can or I'm stuck on the road or a treadmill when I'd rather be in the mountains. I kind of, one of the things I don't want to say I guess I meditate on is obviously just gratefulness and thankfulness but a man like I'm just like Lord thank you that I can move you know what I mean like that I can run that I have my legs you know what I mean like my wife just a couple years ago like she was bedridden like not out of pain but because her body wasn't working you know what I mean because of her back and One of the reasons why I do what I do is I do it because I can But I do it for her, you know, cuz we're we are one like we're one in the flesh.
Yeah, and we are one and I do it for her, and I have this moment out there where I'm just looking at the horizon. I'm looking at the sun and I'm at this point I'm kind of tearing up a little and the gravity of the situation is hitting me and I'm thinking at this point I'm like, okay, I've moved one lap, I have three more to go, I can do this. I just thought, okay, I have hope, I can do this. And the Lord speaks to me so clearly, John, and I don't remember actually if I shared it completely with you. I did share it with somebody, I think. I just thought this was so humbling. not being able to do what I want to do and not being able to do what I've always been able to do so easily, which is run.
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