Monday Motivation: Runningman Atlanta Takeaway. 5k Or 50k??

Happy Monday, Cadre crew. It is Luke Wentland live from beautiful Minneapolis St. Paul. I hope everybody had a wonderful weekend. You're gonna hear about mine in a second. Hope everybody had a world class weekend, and I hope that you did something special for you. I'm gonna tell you all about mine and what I did special for me. But I went down to Atlanta this weekend. Jesse Itzler and his wife Sarah Blakely, hosted this big running event called Running man. And at running man Friday, Saturday, Sunday, it's basically like a three day festival all about mental health and wellness.

It's utterly amazing. It's one of the coolest experiences that I've had in some time. But I want to share a story that I think will resonate with all of us and will be a huge takeaway for you and your life going forward. So there was a gal that arrived. Her name was Leslie. And Leslie came from Clemson, and she's a senior at Clemson. And prior to the event, everybody was asking, like, the very first question is like, how many miles are you going to run? And da da da da da. And she's like, well, you know, I feel like my mental health is struggling, and I needed something as, like, a jump off point for me to be able to continue to support my mental health.

And so she's like, the longest I've ever ran prior was a five k. Okay. And then so on Friday, everybody gets there. You have a, you know, really cool event for that night. Jesse keynoted a speech which is always just fire. The guy's unbelievable. And then Saturday morning, everybody got up and the race started opening. And you had a, for lack of better words, like, you had like a belt around your leg. It was just like a little like tassel s type of thing. And then it tracked how many laps that you made.

And it was exactly 1 mile around the track. And inside of the track was all these really cool things from vendors, things like hyperice sound, a cold plunge, different foods, you know, that are all based in the health and wellness space. And so this gal said she's gonna run a five k. When I saw her later that night, and Mike Posner. Posner. Shout out to Mike pill and Ibiza guy. We had a opportunity to watch that, you know, in this, like, intimate concert setting where he went really deep about mental health and otherwise.

But I ran into Leslie, and I asked her, I said, leslie, what did you finish? Athenae, she ran a 50k. Okay, let's. Let's pause. She was coming to the event to do a five k. 1 mile and ended up doing a true story. Sweet Leslie. Unbelievable. That is rock solid, crazy cool. One of the coolest things in the world. And I also want to give a shout out to Dave Holmes. Dave Holmes, MTV VJ from back in the day. He was there, and he was doing a really cool piece for runner's world on this experience and what it felt like and what it was like.

And he actually interviewed me about, why did I do this? Why did I take time away from my family, et cetera? And so what I really want you to and why is cause I needed to be inspired. I wanted to be inspired by people like Leslie. I wanted to see people doing 50 miles, hundred miles, like all these different things, right? I wanted to see that. And seeing that gave me a renewed sense of purpose, et cetera, in my own mental health and wellness, where I want to take it to the next level. So, with that being said, you may not even know your capabilities.

And think about this gal from Clemson that busted out a 50k or 31 miles when she was showing up to do x. So think about that going forward in your life when maybe you're looking for jobs, going into interviews, have a speech coming up, getting your own mental health and wellness back on track. Remember that, okay? Maybe you don't even know what you're capable of today. Have a remarkable day. I do apologize, guys. We're having a little bit of live streaming technical issues, and I believe these have all been fixed.

Now, the notifications have not gone out yet, but they will. And so we'll be back in the saddle, and we'll be back to normal. So I apologize about going late. m. on Monday central time. So unfortunately, I apologize about the noon central time live stream. But regardless, you guys all have a wonderful day. Do something special. And this is your encouragement and invitation to remember. You really have no idea what you're capable of. So go get it. Have a wonderful Monday, you guys. Peace. Take care.

Find a way to be a Leslie. Bye.