Jason Mosel has made an attempt at the world record for the most number of burpees in a 12 hour period.
He’s ran ultra-events like 50 and 100 mile races.
He’s going to be doing a 200 mile race, which will lead up to an 888k race which he’ll do in 10 days.
But he’s not a natural born athlete. He keeps pushing himself outside of his comfort zone though, which enables him to attempt these huge tasks. Even if he doesn’t complete them or hit his goal in a given period of time he doesn’t quit.
That’s the overall message of this episode. Step outside of your comfort zone, and give it your all. Don’t quit.
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Scott DeLuzio: 00:44 Hey everyone. Today my guest is Jason Moselle, a former Marine. Jason is I honestly don’t really know how to say other than he’s an absolute machine when it comes to physical fitness. I was introduced to Jason through a former guest, Valerie Pallotta back from Episode 27 and I’ll post the link to that episode in the show notes so you can listen to that one, as well. He’s been doing some great things for the Joshua Pallotta fund, which we talked about in that episode as well as raising awareness for veteran suicide prevention in general. Jason, welcome to the show. Why don’t you tell us a little bit about your yourself, a little bit about your background?
Jason Mosel: 01:25 As you said, my name is Jason Mosel. I am a former Marine. I was a 03-52 tow gunner in the infantry. I was in the Marines from 2003 to 2007. I was stationed over in Camp Pendleton, did two deployments to Iraq, one to Okinawa, Japan. After I got out, we can get into the nitty gritty details a little bit more as we get on but I did have some ups and downs to put it lightly. And then around 2013, I got into running obstacle course races and physical fitness and it’s taken off from there. And now I’m training for my next big feat, next May to run a 500-mile race.
Scott DeLuzio: 02:19 Awesome. I think we definitely want to get into some of the physical fitness things that you’ve been involved in. So, before we get into that though, let’s maybe take it back a little bit to your deployments to Iraq. You said you had two deployments to Iraq. What were some of the struggles, some of the hardships, if you will, that you went through while you were deployed and then later on after you got back from the deployments, what were some of those things that you went through?
Jason Mosel: 02:56 You know, it’s funny when I look back at the actual deployments. Everybody’s story is going to be different and the reaction to what happens is going to be different. But honestly for me, when I look back at the deployment itself, it got to the point, when we were over in Iraq that there wasn’t really anything while you’re there, that’s per se. There are times that you see one of your buddies from your platoon get...
