09/24/2024
๐ช๐ต๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐?!
Just look at Greg Pandise's faceโpain and exhaustion. Why!?
Last year, he ran 26.2 miles under 3 hours at the Philadelphia Marathon.
This week, he ran 100 miles just over 29 hours at the Grindstone100 Trail Running Festival by UTMB.
And now, guess what's next...
He's trying to convince me to join him!
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Here's why I'm considering it:
๐๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐'๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ.
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ตโ๐ด ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธโ๐ด ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ-๐ถ๐ฑ.
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๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐บ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ.
๐๐ถ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐บ๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ต๐ฉ.
๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป.
๐๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ-๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ. ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ?
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Ken Chlouber said it best -
โ๐ ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐โ๐น๐น ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ.โ
When you embrace pain, you're not hurting alone.
You find strength, resilience, and a tribe of people doing the same.
Am I signing up for an ultra?
Not yetโbut Iโm sticking close to people who embrace pain and grow through it.
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๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐? (Comment below)