Mark Glover is 51 but you'd never believe it. He has the energy (and speed) of men half his age. During this episode, sponsored by Athlete Bouquets, we talk about:
- How Mark and I met
- The fact that Mark has a problem with going to fast
- His PR at the Geist Half Marathon despite the hills
- Qualifying for the Boston Marathon and his Boston experience running with the Boston Police Department the year of the Boston bombing
- His first sales gig at the age of 9 and why he didn’t finish college
- Why he didn’t run in school… the girls liked football players
- How a decade of partying with celebrities in LA took a huge toll on his body
- Becoming a dad six months to the day after September 11th
- The “mirror talk” that saved his life
- How he did 95% of his first marathon training on a treadmill
- Listening to “Lose Yourself” by Eminem on repeat during his first race
- Becoming a full time single dad and moving to Indiana
- Living and running with Crohn's disease
- REGNR8 Rx and learning a lot about how to upkeep his body and focus on longevity
- Doing Hood to Coast for the first time
- Losing one of his best LA friends who took the path he would have taken if it hadn’t been for running
- Running for the abs, the medals and the times vs. the awards