38 Culture & Dharma – I Started Marathon Running in middle age and found a new life

Story of becoming a marathon runner at 47 years old. Live 6.3.2023

0:00 – Overview of show (apologies for pixilated image, only excuse it was a rainy day)
4:01 – Shri Krishna Sharanam Mamah (Ashtakshara Mantra) 7x
6:53 – Running my 1st 25K trail run (at Pineland Farms in New Gloucester, Maine), with my girlfriend who simultaneously ran a 50K ultra-marathon
10:22 – Trail running vs pavement running
13:34 – Walking up hills is the secret to ultra-marathon running
15:27 – Finishing vs speed
18:18 – 50K & 25K race results
25:06 – Shoes & running gear
26:38 – No athletic background before becoming a runner, starting running as no excuse not to after watching girlfriend run, power/speed walking, practicing distances vs speed
35:05 – Becoming a runner via a Donut Dash 5 mile trail race (my 1st race in Portland, Maine)
40:02 – Donut Dash 5 mile race experience, pushing myself out of my comfort zone
44:02 – Running a 5K (in Portland, Maine)
46:01 – Proving to myself I could run & sense of accomplishment
49:06 – Training for Maine Marathon (in Cumberland County, Maine), miracle healing of foot injury
53:46 – Full marathon running experience
1:03:22 – Sense of accomplishment feeling like a spiritual revelation, going beyond comfort zone, diversity of runners, saying "I can't"
1:10:48 – Changes in body due to running, vegetarian eating, emotional balance
1:14:38 – Lethargy due to too much sitting
1:20:43 – Running Millinocket Half Marathon (in Millinocket, Maine)
1:32:09 – Future half marathon
1:34:18 – Closing thoughts

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