Gary Brecka

You know, my first concern was- Is this the right thing to do, Cole?

Yeah, is this the right thing to do, Cole?

I mean, I know you might inspire some people.

I know this might be, you know, a goal you set for yourself, but, you know, my concern is always for safety.

And when I parachuted into Vegas and sat through that first meeting, I was at, it was mind-numbing the amount of time your team spent on the logistics, you know,

you know, exactly what it was gonna take to move six guys a hundred miles through the night, through the day, on the side of the road, on a busy highway, you know, with a caravan of people that have mostly never done this before.

I was very, very impressed.

And number one, you guys were like safety first.

There was no compromise for safety.

And as I sat back in those vans, you know, each one of the runners had their own van.

And as I sat back in those vans and I listened to the chatter on the walkie talkie, dude, it was always about the runners.

It was always about you guys' safety.

There was so much going on in the back, you know, microwave and noodles, like making sure you had vests on.

Right.

Dude, someone showed up banged up to that race that morning, man.

To drive one of those big vans.

They fired his ass on the spot.

You know, I did a great podcast with Matt and I was really impressed with that guy's journey, you know, basically from, and I'm not saying anything that he hasn't said on the podcast, but basically from a trailer park.

He grew up in a trailer, very abusive father, watched his mother get her teeth knocked out by her father one day in a drunken rage and went into the military, into the National Guard.

sort of collectively got his shit together.