Gary Brecka

um you can't just block that out you know you're helping somebody that's in pain or in a high level distress or in a life-threatening situation you're right there at that moment with people in the most trying time of their life um so that's that's got to leave a real imprint and those can come back into your conscience yeah and kind of influence how you feel but yeah i've heard you talk about how

you know, when you got into distance racing and I want to unpack that too, but when you got into distance racing and, you know, it was getting into the pain cave, you know, miles 50 to 85.

And if you just started thinking that miles 50 to 85, that's nuts.

That's even, you rubbed,

Two marathons.

You know, because of the amount of pain and soreness and your brain really telling you to stop, that you actually feel the most alive in those moments.

Right.

And you know there's no PTSD creeping in.

I'm trying to live.

I'm trying to stay alive here.

And is that the addiction, for lack of better words, of these ultra distance...

because you can't get that much gratification or maybe you can.

Because I've done not those kinds of races, but I mean, I love the feeling of finishing, you know, a half Ironman or a marathon for me was a huge deal.

And I was in a great deal of pain.

I cannot imagine if I was...

three marathons in the amount of pain.

You're intentionally putting yourself in that position.

It's an intentional thing.

Right.

That's so crazy.