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Andrew Glaze

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
923 total appearances

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The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
237. Andrew Glaze: On The Mental Health Benefits of Running 100 Miles Weekly

Like the only way to get to mile 80 is through 80 miles of hard work.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
237. Andrew Glaze: On The Mental Health Benefits of Running 100 Miles Weekly

And I mean, that's what we're doing.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
237. Andrew Glaze: On The Mental Health Benefits of Running 100 Miles Weekly

If we're running a hundred miles or whatever it is, like we're, we're trying to do something really, really difficult.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
237. Andrew Glaze: On The Mental Health Benefits of Running 100 Miles Weekly

And so when you get there and you're in the pain cave and everything feels like it's, you know, you, you gotta quit or whatever.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
237. Andrew Glaze: On The Mental Health Benefits of Running 100 Miles Weekly

It's like, that's,

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
237. Andrew Glaze: On The Mental Health Benefits of Running 100 Miles Weekly

That's why we're here.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
237. Andrew Glaze: On The Mental Health Benefits of Running 100 Miles Weekly

We're here to be in this moment when it really, really sucks.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
237. Andrew Glaze: On The Mental Health Benefits of Running 100 Miles Weekly

And then we have to push through and get to that finish line.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
237. Andrew Glaze: On The Mental Health Benefits of Running 100 Miles Weekly

I think, you know, you're, I'm trying to build like a brain that's like really mentally tough.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
237. Andrew Glaze: On The Mental Health Benefits of Running 100 Miles Weekly

And I think that the brain inherently is sort of lazy and wants to take it easy.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
237. Andrew Glaze: On The Mental Health Benefits of Running 100 Miles Weekly

And if you don't constantly remind it that it can go further than it thinks it can, that it forgets.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
237. Andrew Glaze: On The Mental Health Benefits of Running 100 Miles Weekly

And so maybe the addiction is just like that mental training where you're always trying to get

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
237. Andrew Glaze: On The Mental Health Benefits of Running 100 Miles Weekly

yourself into a better spot.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
237. Andrew Glaze: On The Mental Health Benefits of Running 100 Miles Weekly

So when you get into tough spots in life, you can like overcome because the race is very controlled, you know?

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
237. Andrew Glaze: On The Mental Health Benefits of Running 100 Miles Weekly

I mean, yeah.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
237. Andrew Glaze: On The Mental Health Benefits of Running 100 Miles Weekly

Something bad.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
237. Andrew Glaze: On The Mental Health Benefits of Running 100 Miles Weekly

So it's like, and at any moment you really could stop it if you needed to.

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
237. Andrew Glaze: On The Mental Health Benefits of Running 100 Miles Weekly

Um, and so, um,

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
237. Andrew Glaze: On The Mental Health Benefits of Running 100 Miles Weekly

That's like a safety net, but in life, there's not really a safety net, right?

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka
237. Andrew Glaze: On The Mental Health Benefits of Running 100 Miles Weekly

So, but you need to train your brain to be able to like handle a lot of very tough situations.