Episode 139: Winning In The Middle Of The Pack - with David Richman

Resources:

https://david-richman.com/winning-in-the-middle-of-the-pack/

https://david-richman.com/cycle-of-lives/  

https://david-richman.com/

 Being an overweight smoker who is out of shape, struggling with relationships and/or prone to making unhealthy lifestyle choices may seem like a life sentence to some people.  Especially if they have left their 20’s behind.  But don’t believe it.  You can turn your life around. David Richman is here to tell you how he overcame those obstacles, became an endurance runner starting in his late 30’s and is still “1000%” convinced that his best days are still ahead of him.

David is an author, motivational speaker, trainer, financial consultant and endurance runner.  As a sedentary, over-weight, smoker who was raising twin daughters alone, he realized that he was not happy with his life and he wanted to change it.  Although he was in his late 30’s he asked himself the question; “IF This is who I am, and this is who I want to be; what do I have to do to bridge that gap?”.  David knew that he needed to focus not on what others wanted out of him, but on what he wanted out of life.  

There are two kinds of people. Driving down the road of life, one is looking forward, one is looking in rearview mirror.  David wanted to look forward. This started his journey of “let’s see what I can do.  What can I be?”  And I need to do it on purpose.  That thinking bled into every part of his life.  Starting from never running at all, David has since completed “over 50 triathlons, including 15 Ironman-distance triathlons (2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike, 26.2-mile run), more than 50 runs longer than marathon distance, including several 24-hour runs, running 85 miles in Mexico in the heat of the summer, running 104 miles straight from Santa Barbara to Manhattan Beach, and most recently biking 4,700-miles in just six weeks as he met with the participants of his upcoming book exploring the emotional side of cancer.”  He is still looking forward.  

David achieved this remarkable change by creating measurable, attainable, and meaningful goals—to become healthy, to raise his young twins in a safe home environment, to become a top performer at work and to seek out his own physical, mental, and emotional limits.  

David admires people who figure out early to have confidence, belief, and awareness to start accomplishing things in a purposeful manor.  That is grabbing life.  He was a late bloomer but has made up for it.  

Running long distances has taught him valuable lessons that permeates how he views the world, and drives everything that is him: 

-       If I don’t take a step forward, I know everything I will ever know about myself.  It will stop at that line. If I take one step forward, I will learn something new.  Keep taking another step.