Gary Brecka
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
His father was an abuser.
Like, they were poor.
They were, it was him and his brother.
I related to...
I'm like, how in the hell did this guy write a book and go through this?
And I'm like, who am I?
I'm like, I'm like, that was me.
Like, like I, I, that happened to me.
I'm like, and this guy's writing books and is one of the most well-known runners of all time.
I'm like, and at that point in my life, I hated the military.
I was making excuses.
I was still drinking.
It was post COVID.
And I was in like, at that point I was still drinking.
I was, you know, just, I still just wasn't a good person.
I wasn't where I wanted to be.
So what I did is I am not a great reader or writer.
I started listening to the book and three times a week I would go out to the track on Camp Dodge and it was a two mile like loop and I would run four loops, eight miles.
And in like,
Walmart shoes, you know, like I just, I, and I didn't, you know, in a hoodie and a sweat.