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The first thing I do in the morning is go for a run. It’s never a negotiation. I’ve never woken up and thought to myself that I don’t feel like doing it today. It’s just never happened. I get up and do it because I know the kind of depression I’ll carry around with me the rest of the day if I don't get that endorphin rush in the morning. It’s almost like a necessary evil. People think I’m crazy when I tell them I run 10 to 15 miles per day, especially when it’s done before I go into the office. I'm a big believer in telling people what your goals are so you can't walk them back. Once you’ve told people, there's a huge level of accountability and there are no more excuses. Adding that pressure is motivation for me, and when you’re in those dark places in a marathon, you need anything you can to keep you going. Personally, I find the fear of losing to be pretty powerful. I so desperately don’t want to lose, and I don’t want to embarrass myself. However, I love the question “What would you attempt if you knew you couldn’t fail?” As much as I want to win, I lose 99% of the races I enter. I’ve only won around 5 legitimate races in my whole life. But that’s what keeps me coming back. Overcoming fear, never accepting defeat, and never settling. You don’t have to win every round to win a fight so you can look at the next event or race as just another round of the fight. I ran a 3:30 marathon and thought it would be impossible to break 3 hours, but then I just decided that I didn't want to limit myself to that goal. My times kept coming down in big chunks: I ran a 2:58, 2:45, then 2:33. And each time I hit a new milestone I realized that I probably had a lot more to give, and I would wonder whether I could take another 10 minutes off. I think the biggest limitation for a lot of people is the mental component. You’re in control of whether or not you train, and how much you train. And if you put in the work, you’ll see the results. I think I’m proof of that. I’ve played a lot of sports and was never elite or super talented, I just wanted to win and that has really applied to my life since finding endurance sports. I don’t want my beliefs to be limiting, so I want to try to win the Masters division, or win my age group at the Boston Marathon, or win my age group at Kona. I think a lot of it has to do with being a kid and wanting to be accepted by my dad, or by my peers, or to fit in. Childhood was difficult, at times. I feel a bit guilty because that feeling of wanting to be relevant can be very selfish and it can impact my wife and kids. I’m super aware of it, but being aware of a problem doesn’t mean you’re doing anything to fix it. I’m aware that at some point I probably have to work out a healthier balance between it all. 

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