In this episode, we discuss our shared journey together in preparing for the 2024 Pittsburgh 1/2 Marathon.

Sam's first ever 1/2 marathon (coached by Matt) and Matt's transition in preparation from elite runner to elite coach.

We delve into our ever-true mantra of trusting and growing thru the process while dissecting some of our observations and gratitude along the way in preparing for this year's race.

Run for a Reason Partnered Non-Profit - The Outlier Fund

www.theoutlierfund.org

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Our guiding quote from John Steinbeck.

"Once a journey is designed, equipped, and put in process, a new factor enters and takes over. A trip, a safari, an exploration, is an entity, different from all other journeys. It has personality, temperament, individuality, uniqueness. A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. And all plans , safeguards, policing, and coercion are fruitless. We find after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us. Tour masters, schedules, reservations, brass-bound and inevitable, dash themselves to wreckage on the personality of the trip. Only when this is recognized can the blown-in-the-glass bum relax and go along with it. Only then do the frustrations fall away. In this a journey is like a marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it." - John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley in Search of America