I watch "Unbreakable" last night. It's a documentary about The Western States 100 ultra-marathon and follows four favored runners closely in their quest to win the legendary race. It also features several commentary scenes with Gordy Ainsleigh, the guy who famously launched the event by being the first attempting the course on foot and not hoof. The original Western States was trail ride--yes, ride--as in horses. The guy ran 100 miles in one day, on foot--with essentially no water, in some of the hottest regions of northern California. Now people run qualifying races in order to stand in line and pay big money for a chance to enter the same race every year. I was fascinated as I thought that there is a lot we can learn from those type of people today when it comes to pain and endurance. They asked for it and then they attacked it. How many of us started our week with that approach? There was a line in one of his scenes where he described how he had been able to go on and endure. This guy wasn't a runner at the time, so this was especially powerful as he had never gone that far before. "One more." That's all he had to keep him self going. He talked to himself. One more. One more step. And after that, he'd say it again. One more. And another. He didn't know if he'd make it but he also didn't know if he'd get another opportunity to try. Where do you need to just focus on "one more" today? Where do you need to give up your fear of not making it and just go anyway? Where do you need to take another step? Watch the film. And then tell me how far you want to go. As always, reach out in the comments and at [email protected] The link is below:
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