Epilepsy Journey Update and Moab 240 Race Preparation

Epilepsy Journey Update and Moab 240 Race Preparation

In this video, Nate and Kara share a casual update on Kara's epilepsy journey while preparing for the Moab 240 ultra marathon. They discuss Kara's condition, their van life, and answer questions about race nutrition and training. The video blends personal health updates with insights into ultra running, offering a heartfelt look at managing epilepsy alongside an active lifestyle.

2 Year Epilepsy Update. | Transcript:

Hurry. Only an hour and 20 minutes behind schedule. Packing for a 240-mile race takes a lot of time. We officially have 2 days and 2 hours until the longest race of my life starts. And mine. Crewing. The longest race of my life. But that's not what this video is about. I mean, a little bit. It's mostly about me. Bald eagle. Epic. That's pretty neat. You're in rare form this morning. We are currently en route to Moab. In the next video, I'm going to be attempting to run Moab 240. I'm pretty sure this river wasn't here before last night. Well, I'm just trying to keep our shoes dry. Nice. My skin is like peeling

off from where it's been wet for so long. I am so cold. And we've kind of got like 2 days of time just to get ready for the race, so we thought we'd just uh take you along, fill you in on some of our life. I'll spend a little time taking you behind the scenes of like getting ready for this race, like a lot of stuff that we don't normally share. But, more importantly, something we've been meaning to do for a long time is uh fill you in on Kara's epilepsy journey. Yeah. I feel like with the epilepsy journey, there's always stuff going on behind the scenes that never really fits into our normal videos, so we thought we'd just all throw it into one super casual video, as you can probably already tell. Oh, gosh.

Did you just throw poop at me? Since we're just rambling, I feel like when we meet people in person, they always ask if we still have the van. Answer is yes, and I feel like we can never get rid of it because especially now living in Colorado and all of our friends having vans, there's always a few trips every year that require us to have a van to participate in. Whether we'll have this van forever, I don't know, but we will probably always have a van. Colorado. OH, WE WEREN'T IN SYNC THAT TIME. Welcome to Utah. Oh, the lengths we'll go for a good lunch spot. THERE WE GO.

LAST TIME WE WERE IN MOAB, WE WERE IN an Earthroamer. Let's just say there were very few sounds driving ON THOSE ROADS. All right, double camera angles cuz we have too much time on our hands. It has been so long since I've cooked in the van, and I'm actually really excited. Distance makes the heart grow fonder. So, I decided to turn the race prep portion of this video into more of a Q&A uh so that way I'm not rambling about a bunch of stuff that people don't care about. So, while we were on the way

here, Kara asked Instagram, "What do you want to know about Nate's prep for Moab?" Perfect. She's going to ask them to me while she cooks, and um I'll give you some rapid-fire answers for those who care about my race. It will not hurt my feelings if you fast-forward through this part and just want to hear about Kara's journey. All right, you ready? Let's do it. Is this a weird setup? I love it. It's like I'm on Hollywood Squares. This camera, this camera. I've made that Tell them what you got going on. I have never made that joke in a video before.

I'm running out. It's been almost 10 years of filming. Is Nate more of a fan of uphills or downhills? Cuz I don't know. I feel like downhill is really hard on your knees, uphill is really hard on like your heart and your breathing. It hurts. Everything hurts. My heart and my lungs are a lot stronger than my knees. Um did Andy Glaze sign you up while you two were running UTMB? Andy talked to me a lot about Moab while we were running UTMB because we've both been signed up for a long time now. That's the short answer to the question is no, but the whole time he was talking to me about running Moab while we were

running UTMB, it was just going in one ear and out the other. I wasn't even listening because in my head I was like, "There is no way that I'm doing the Moab 240 after running UTMB." 6 weeks later, I'm doing it. How do you not lose any toenails and sock recommendations? I'm really lucky that I have tough feet. I feel very hesitant to say that before running 240 miles because they've never been tested for that length of running before. But like when we did the 4-day march in the Netherlands and we walked 120 miles over the course of 4 days, my feet were totally fine and Kara's feet were completely toasted. I do love the Injinji toe socks. They felt really weird the first time I put them on, but

by the end of my run I had forgotten about them. You kind of get used to What is Nate's favorite stretch? What's the one called where you lay down during yoga? Child's pose. Uh I do not stretch. Isn't that wild? Me and Andy are in the no stretch club together. I know every like physical therapist out there or sports coach is cringing right now, but he's never done it and he's been fine. Uh any specific poop-related items you're bringing? This is good timing for this question because this is uh how do I explain this? It's a bag that you poop in. So, during the Moab 240 race, you're not allowed to just like poop in the woods.

You have to poop in a bag, and then you have to carry it to the next aid station and throw it away. So, not only do you have to stop and lose time to poop, but then you have to carry that poop. Hopefully that doesn't happen. I've only pooped once during a race before, so I have never had to poop so bad during a race. A few moments later. Okay, so if anyone was wondering, I did not make it and I carried that with you'd have a YouTube channel where you talked about poop?

No. To the public? What's your sleep schedule leading up to an ultra knowing you're going to be deprived for a bit? And a bit being 5 days. I'm pretty sure that science says that you can't bank sleep, but I've been trying my best. I've probably slept for 10 hours a night for the past almost week. This is when having a home base and slowing down to only posting videos every other week has been clutch cuz we were able to have this time leading up to Moab, like post-UTMB, which was already exhausting, to where you could do that. Have you physically recovered from UTMB? I'd be sore for at least 5 years. So, it's been almost 6 weeks since I ran 108 miles during UTMB, and it has been the

weirdest 6 weeks ever leading up to a race because I've been trying to balance recovery, like my knees definitely weren't 100% after I got done with UTMB, with continuing to train to like remind my body that we still have to run 240 miles in 1 day and 21 hours. Somebody said, "Is it normal for people to run this many races this close together?" I don't know what you don't know the true like scientific answer, but I have a theory. If you're going to run a 240-mile race, at some point, probably like 8 weeks before that 200-mile race, you would want to run a 100-mile race for training. So, while it looks like I'm just stacking a bunch of races back to back, in my mind, I've been looking

at this whole year as training leading up to Moab 240. So, it started with MDS in the spring. I just finished UTMB 6 weeks ago, and now it's all led up to the Moab 240. When are you getting that look-alive tattoo? I might have some tattoo points. I like this. OMG, another one for Nate making us 89-borns look young. Good luck. What? Oh, I thought that was calling me old. No, like they were 89, too. Yeah, me and Taylor Swift. Super quick gear breakdown. This is the Salomon 12-liter vest that I've worn for every race I've done. This race, the aid stations are like 20 miles apart at points, and so I'm going to be really

pushing the limits of this vest, but I think I can do it. Waterproof pants from Salomon. This is the rain jacket that I ran UTMB in. It's actually supposed to rain here in Moab. These are my poles. They fold down. They go in the back of this belt like this, and then they sit on the back of my waist as I run. Oh, I'm trying out a waist light for the first time cuz I have to go through four nights. He loved running cuz he could do it anywhere and it was really simple, and while we were traveling, he would just go run so freely. It was like, "All I need is a pair of shoes and I can do this anywhere." Look at this. Starting now. Somehow end up spending $1,000 on

gear before every single race. And I keep thinking like at some point it's going to build up and I'm going to have everything, but somehow I always need new stuff for every race. Pretty much every race requires multiple pairs of shoes. Got three of these right now, all the same, and I love them, and I usually cycle through like two pairs during a race because at some point they usually get wet and I change into a dry pair. Is your family joining you this time as crew? This is the most family-oriented race that I will have ever done and probably will ever do. My sister's pacing me, my brother-in-law's pacing me, my brother, and my dad. Does Kara have any interest in racing? No. Someone said you can't run away from your

problems. I think that's actually a really interesting statement. I do feel like there are a lot of people in the ultra world who either have a history of addiction and they've rechanneled their addiction from like drugs to running. That's a big story that I've heard quite a few times, or some people that like deal with some really dark mental stuff. When you're trail running and you're 60 miles in and you're suffering, you can't think about much else. And I think it's probably just a really calm, nice mental place to be in. I would say I've never been addicted to drugs, but I do think I have a pretty addictive personality. So maybe there's a part of that in this, like anytime I get into something I really get into it.

Addictive is one way to put it, and I think there's an aspect of that. But you also just like when there's something you enjoy, you just go all in. Like you don't halfway do anything in your life. I completely understand why people would think that I'm running away from something. And if I am running away from something, I don't know what it is yet. How do you plan out your nutrition? Like how many calories per hour? And how much do you know to pack? I am basically a caveman when it comes to this stuff. I try to have 250 calories an hour and 60 carbs an hour. And that's about it. And it probably

should change, whether it's light or dark outside, whether I'm climbing a mountain or running on flat stuff. But that just feels all too complicated, so 250 calories an hour, 600 g of carbs, and 1,000 mg of electrolytes per liter of water that I drink. Ideally, but then at some point in the race it all just goes out the window and I'm like, I think I feel thirsty right now. I think my body wants french fries. My plan for Moab is to go with the same strategy that I went with at UTMB, which is eat like basically gels between aid stations, and then eat solid food and whatever I'm excited about at the aid stations themselves.

I also would like to point out that my 6-year-old niece chose my outfit today. Flowers on flowers. I've never worn this combo before, but I'm really vibing with it. Before we wrap this up, this is my almost 20,000 calories of gels that I'm taking with me during the race. But I basically spent all day yesterday putting everything I need for each aid station in 15 different ziploc bags. And my fuel plan during the race is basically to use all Precision products. They did send me these for free, but it's because this is what I've used for the past two races and loved. But I basically have three different types of gels that I'm going to take during the race. This is the big one and where the

majority of my calories are going to come from. I really love these because of like the baby food style packaging. It makes it super easy to get it in your mouth really fast, and you don't get your hands sticky. This is like the bar version of a gel, so it's just kind of solid if I want to chew on something and get tired of just slurping. And then these are the caffeinated gels that will keep me going through all four nights, hopefully. Have you cut any food from your diet that's helped your performance? Meat. So before a big race, I'll cut alcohol out. And then a couple weeks leading up to it, I'll cut back to one cup of coffee in the mornings.

Normally I like two or three cups a day, but I want the caffeine to really hit during the race, so I limit myself to one cup leading up to it. What does training look like for you to prepare for races like this? Because in my mind, and I'm sure everyone else's mind, if you're about to run 100 miles, then when you're training, you got to go run 100 miles. 240, you got to go run 240. Tell them what really happens. If you're training for a marathon, you don't run a marathon. That's not how training works. This 240 race is just like totally different because I just finished UTMB. I was trying to let my body recover. But when I've run

Leadville and UTMB, I've done a really intentional like 12- to 16-week training block before those two races, and I probably average between 50 and 60 miles per week. So in an entire week of training, I'm still not even running the 100 miles that I'm going to be running during the race. I don't have a coach. I completely make this up. I usually go online. I find like a free training plan, and then I just make sure I'm doing somewhere in the neighborhood of like the mileage it's suggesting. But training for Moab has been really weird because the furthest I've run is 23 miles, and I did that one time since UTMB. Yeah, I prioritize recovery over training, and we will see soon if that

was the right choice. It's all here. All right. Thanks for listening. Cara's stuff coming soon. Nate from the future here. We are currently at the Denver Airport where we are starting a very long travel day to Hong Kong because we are going to be spending the rest of the year traveling around Asia. So while we're here at the airport, I'm getting my eSIM set up through the Saily app, and that's how we're going to be staying connected as we travel around Asia. Saily is a sponsor of today's video, and their app makes it super easy to purchase and install eSIMs that will keep you connected in over 200 places around the world. If you don't know what an eSIM is, it's basically the digital version

of those physical eSIM cards. Back in 2016, that's what you had to use when we first started traveling. You had to go to one of these kiosks, buy a physical card, take your phone apart, install the new card, try not to lose the old one, and then it gave you a different phone number. It was a massive headache. But it was the cheapest way to use your phone abroad. And Saily has now taken out all the headaches from that process, and it's still the most affordable way to use your phone when you're traveling. The reason I'm setting up the eSIM while we're here in Denver is because it is so nice to have service as soon as you land in a new country. And setting up Saily is super easy. All you have to do is

download the app, purchase the data plan for where you're going to be traveling, and then follow the instructions to install the eSIM. And then that way, as soon as you land in whatever country you're traveling to, as soon as you turn your phone on, the eSIM automatically activates, and you can use your phone just like you would at home. So if you're ready to start using Saily on your next trip, you can get 15% off your data plan by downloading the app and then using code Cara and Nate, or just go to saly.com/caranate. That link will be down in the description below. These clouds coming over top of these mountains are incredible. Yeah.

All right, hard cut to night time. Okay, so that afternoon, it really in the entire evening, got away from us, ended up running into Andy who I ran the last 30 miles of UTMB with, and he gave me the full rundown on Moab 240. And then my family showed up, we went to dinner, and now we are following Sarah and Dusty somewhere up the mountain trying to find somewhere to pretty camp tonight. Yeah, a lot of dust in the car. The lengths we will go to not pay a few dollars for a campground. It actually has nothing to do with the money. It's just way more fun to camp out in the middle of nowhere. I kind of love it. I think we found our spot.

The perfect camp spot is always right around the corner. Good morning. Just like old times. Good morning. Missed this. Don't act like you don't get this every day we're home. No, in the van. The bed's a little dusty. It might be. A little dust on it. Don't let it fool you. Look at what's inside. Oh gosh. This is what happened last time. This is why I didn't put on mascara. I'm going to figure out how to use the poop bag while you Okay.

I'll work on this. Good luck. Let me know how it goes. Ugh. I promise I'm in a really good place right now. About a year and a half ago, we posted a long, emotional video with all of the details of what happened in January 2024 when my life took a very unexpected turn. Okay, so just in case you have no idea what I'm talking about or you forgot, I'll give you a really quick recap of the first 6 months of last year up until when I left you on a cliffhanger. In January of 2024, Nate woke up to me having a full-on grand mal seizure in bed um out of nowhere. I wasn't breathing. It was multiple minutes long and a lot of other scary things. And that was obviously the worst day of my life. Like I have no

recollection of it happening. I was unconscious the whole time, but just the thought of Nate seeing me that way, like still haunts me. So from there we went to the ER, got some scans, and they didn't discover anything like super alarming at first glance. Um so then I went to see a primary care doctor who I didn't have because we were traveling full-time and didn't have a home base. So that was a whole process of finding someone and getting in there, and then she referred me to a neurologist, which obviously I didn't have one of those either. And so that was this whole drawn-out process. And so all this time has elapsed where I'm still in a lot of fear, you know, why did this happen? Is

this going to happen again? And 4 and 1/2 months later, I finally got in with a neurologist in Texas where my sister lives. So that's why we landed there. And pretty much immediately learned that I had epilepsy, which was a huge, huge shock. Turns out I've been having seizures for the last 6 years and had no idea that's what they were. Simply put, a seizure is abnormal electrical activity in your brain. A grand mal seizure is when that electrical activity is happening on both sides of the brain, and that's what happened to me in January. But Oh, sorry. What I'd been experiencing over and over again for 6 years was the abnormal electrical activity in just one side of my brain, and they call them an aura, which is just like a small

seizure. They determined that I have something called temporal lobe epilepsy and the worst part about that for me, besides just, you know, it being scary and just awful, is one, it makes me pretty emotional, which explains a lot, but also it affects my memory a lot, specifically my long-term memory, which is definitely the hardest part for me because, I mean, in addition to just it being a huge bummer that I can't remember stuff, sometimes it creates a lot of social anxiety for me. Um you know, if I'm in a group of people who I haven't seen in a while, oftentimes I can't remember, you know, a conversation we had or a place that we went and I just never want to come across as, you know, not caring and it

can be kind of embarrassing sometimes and I just don't want to have to explain myself. So, yeah, that's one of the hardest parts for me, obviously. So, anyway, getting the diagnosis, um it was time to start exploring what medications um I should start to hopefully stop the seizures from happening. And this became a very long and drawn-out process. Um so, slowing down the last year has been really good for that. How are you going to state? How did it go? Success. Nice. Oh gosh. Did you just throw poop at me? Yeah. Oh my Anyone who was wondering what a bag of poop looks like.

It's a good one. Thanks. All right, like I was saying, finding the right medication has been a very long and slow process, which I was not expecting and unfortunately I'm still in the midst of that process. But to go into a little bit more detail, I started on one medication, um you have to start with like a really low dose and work your way up to the full dose. So, that took a few months and eventually it was seeming like there was a pattern between when these auras were happening and my cycle. So, I was still having these auras, it was clear that this medication wasn't working yet. Um so, then they put me on another medication in addition to the one I was already on and then that took a few months and it was clear that

that wasn't working either and that pattern just kind of fizzled out and so we still had no idea why they were happening or if this medicine was ever going to work and we just kept increasing, increasing, increasing, uh which I didn't love. Like I just don't love being on medication, period, and then I shouldn't have a good feeling about it. At the same time, if I'm being honest, this neurology center that I was going to in Texas really stressed me out for some reason. I don't know if it's always like this everywhere, but I would only have about 10 to 15 minutes with the doctor and so I would have all of this pre-appointment um anxiousness going into it. I would write out a list of questions that I wanted to ask and I would get in there

and I would just feel so tense and knowing that like time was taking, I was trying to prioritize what conversations we were having and then boom, it would be over and sometimes I wouldn't get through all my questions and I would leave an emotional wreck. Like I would have a nervous breakdown, tears, everything every single time I left. Yeah, it was becoming clear that this just wasn't working and flying into Texas every few months was just getting hard and to fly all that way just to have this terrible experience was getting old. So, around this time is when we decided we wanted to buy a house in Colorado and finally have a home and just settle in somewhere, which meant I

needed to switch neurologists, which was another whole thing and thankfully I got in with someone um nearby and she is the best. It is so low pressure and just what I needed. The first thing she said to me was, "I think this medicine isn't working." I think I agree. So, appointment number one, we decided we're switching meds. So, option B um is a medication that's really popular, it works for a lot of people, but there is a less than 1% chance of this crazy, life-threatening, full body rash. And basically, your whole body turns into a rash and if you don't get it treated within like 24 hours, it's really bad and you can die quickly. That was a little scary to start. One way that they try to um not

let that happen is you start on a super, super tiny dose and really slowly make your way up. So, that's what I spent the first half of this year doing. Once I got to the full dose, I did not have an aura for three whole months, which has never happened. I was amped. Like up until this point, I've been having them every month for basically seven years. And that's where I thought this update was going to end. I was really excited to get this news, but unfortunately, there's a little bit more to the story. Um just 2 weeks ago, I had two auras in one day and then I often like wake up to them in the middle of the night and I'm kind of in this

weird like half-awake, half-asleep, like am I having an aura? I don't know. And then I wake up with this headache and I kind of know that it happened. Like I usually have a pretty weird like hangover feeling after one of those nights. So, that was very disappointing, but surprisingly, I was very emotionally stable about it. I don't really know how or why cuz you see how emotional I get about things, but reached out to my neurologist, told her what happened, also my personal therapist, um Zeke, and they both made me feel really okay about it. Apparently, the dose I was on was like technically a pretty low dose and they said, "Let's just inch it up a little bit." It's been going great and yeah, I don't dread going to the doctor.

I have a nice drive through the mountains, my favorite coffee shop is right next to it and yeah, I've been in a good spot. Um sometimes I look at this and I'm like, "Is this my life? How is this my life? Like I don't this isn't me. Like I'm healthy. I shouldn't have to do this. Um but this is my reality and it's a lot of people's reality and it's not something a lot of people see on social media. And like I love social media. I think there's a lot of great things about it. The reason I really want to make this video and update you on everything and bring all those emotions back up is because the response that we got to that video was just overwhelming in the best way.

I mean, there was just an outpouring of love, which felt really nice and also, when we made that video, I said if there was one person that I could help by sharing my story, then it would be worth it. The best part is there were a handful of people who reached out to me saying that they were experiencing the same thing that I was going through and didn't know what it was and so they were making an appointment to go see their doctor and get it figured out sooner than I did. Tons of people shared their own stories with epilepsy or some other kind of chronic illness. So, it just felt really good to know that none of us are alone with our struggles. Thank you for everyone who reached out.

It really helped to me and just made the pain and fear I was feeling just a little more bearable. These are happy tears, I promise. I also think especially this phase of my life, it's so important to share um both the good and the bad. Like never feel like you're the only one struggling, please. I think that's it. Thank you for listening. I will give another update in January. We love posting like a beginning of the year life update and um hopefully I'll have more good news to share then. Woo. In exactly 23 hours and 4 minutes, Nate is starting his 240-mile race. And we have a lot to do before then, so let's go.

I love you. I love this moment so much, getting to meet all of the other people who are crazy enough to sign up to run 200 miles through the desert. I love that Nate rounds down to 200 because like I would say a majority of people in the world have never run even 40 miles. You can't forget that 40, Nate. That's how the ultra running world works, so this is called a 200-miler. It's all rounded down. I would not be rounding down. All right, I've been waiting to tell you this. Okay. So, we ran the last 30 miles of UTMB together and during that time, you probably spent an hour telling me about Moab 240. Right. I can't tell you what was going through my mind the whole time. What? It was just going in one

ear, out the other because I was like, "There is no way I'm going to actually doing it." I was like, "I've signed up for it, but at mile like 80 of UTMB, I could not fathom standing here right now." Here we are. And Andy's giving me like all these tips and stuff and I was like, "Doesn't matter, not doing it. Doesn't matter." Now you got to do it. But I couldn't be happier to be here with you again. Yeah, yeah, we're going to do it. I'm not kidding, within 7 minutes of crossing the finish line at UTMB, Nate looked me in the eyes and went, "There's no way I'm doing Moab." I knew he would end up here, he just didn't know it. I didn't realize you'd never finished this race. Yeah, I know.

Which makes it way scarier for me because Only he's a super legit runner. What stopped you from finishing the past two times? Lack of sleep, definitely get your naps. I fell asleep while I was running and hurt myself and uh heatstroke. And it's not going to be hot this year, so I think it'll be good. Third time's the charm. That's right. Lots of naps. Andy really undersold the uh hurt himself. He fell asleep, fell off a cliff. Yeah, I did. Fell through a tree, landed on rocks, and was covered in tree branches. So. couldn't move your leg.

Yeah, yeah, I couldn't throw my leg. So, it was walked 5 miles to the next aid station. I did, I did, yes. Legend. Yes. We love you, Andy. We'll get it done. You know, throw some walls and you'll be fine. Hey, Charlie. Uh, no, but I like THAT ADVICE. THAT WAS THE MEDICAL CHECK PERSON. 25. That's a good number. Lowest number I've ever had. It's solid. to make me look bad. We're good, Jesus. That's all right. What are lens? Yeah, that's close up. The thing is, is now you'll notice it sitting in that chair in however many days you'll be like, This is the first race ever where they do it before and after, so that'll be

fun to look back at 4 days later. See how much better you look after 4 days. That's for sure. Three or five, we'll lose somewhere in there. Four is my goal. I'm not even talking about the fifth day. Okay, and I'm also not talking about the third day, so I'll see you in 4 days. But then it's upside down. Well, I got to be able to see it. It's got to be a reminder for me, you know. Oh, okay. Hey, Gali, we come show the camera your tattoo? All right, I was I'm going to do an interview with Gali. How did you decide on the positioning of your new tattoo? I just thought it would be fun to put on my forehead. Does it feel funny on your

eyebrows? Yeah. All right, Bear, show us your buddy. Wow, you look like Uncle Nate. Wow, YEAH. THIS IS LIKE so cool. So, I have this tradition where I eat an entire pizza the night before an ultra, and this is the first time that I have not been able to finish the whole pizza. I only ate half of it, so maybe that means I'll only finish half the race tomorrow. How cool is it that Nate's done enough ultras that he has a tradition? Garett told me before I go to sleep that I have to answer a few more questions. Yeah. 10:00, this is the latest I've ever stayed up before a race. What is your biggest fear going into this race, and how do you plan to overcome it?

My biggest fear is not finishing, but not just because I want to finish, but because my entire family is here, and I don't want to let my pacers down. They've been training for this, they bought a bunch of stuff, and I want for them to be able to get out on the course and run. And so, like, if I drop at mile 150, which doesn't necessarily sound unreasonable, then like, Bear wouldn't get to run, my dad wouldn't get to run. I just don't want to let people down. Yeah. My niece made me this bracelet, so I'm just going to look at this. I want my nieces and nephew to remember their crazy uncle running 240 miles across the desert and not

their crazy uncle that quit the race. They'll have more fun than anyone. They probably won't remember this. Can you sleep the night before a big race, or are you too nervous? I'm so excited to go to sleep. The biggest question is, why? I've been asking myself the same question since the start, and the best answer that I've been able to come up with up to this point is, I want to see what I'm capable of, and so I just continue to push the boundary further and further and sign up for harder and longer races, because I think I kind of want to find my breaking point, and I haven't found it yet, so I keep doing it. Why do I want to find my breaking point? I don't know. And as crazy as it is, it's a lot of fun.

It is fun. These people are fun, training is fun, prepping for it's fun, after party is really fun. I will say, after I finished the Leadville 100, I looked in the mirror, and I feel like for the first time ever in my life, I felt like I looked in the mirror and saw a different person. I've been chasing that feeling since Leadville, like none of the other races have given me that same feeling, but this is twice as far, and I feel like just a massive unlock. It gets back to the whole analogy that I've shared a bunch of times, which is like, your comfort zone, and every time you do something that's outside of your comfort zone, your comfort zone expands, and then it think just opens up a lot

more possibilities in your life, and I love the idea of living life to the fullest, and so I kind of feel like the further I can expand my comfort zone, the more I can experience. You got a new brain. 14 hours. I got to go to sleep. Yeah, me, too. We both have a big week ahead. It's hard work for her, too. All right, good night. Good night. You're leaving. We're going to sleep. Ow. I'm sorry, I'm about to pass these trucks, and I can't have a hold right now.

Ugh. I hate it when I get a hold. I'm going to close my eyes. I'm going to turn all the way over. This is making me think of the video where I was checking to see if the stove was leaking.

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