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Kevin Gillotti - Spartan Up Podcast - SPARTAN ATHLETE

Kevin Gillotti - Spartan Up Podcast - SPARTAN ATHLETE

Kevin Gillotti - Spartan Up Podcast - SPARTAN ATHLETE

Kevin Gillotti - Spartan Up Podcast - SPARTAN ATHLETE

Kevin Gillotti - Spartan Up Podcast - SPARTAN ATHLETE

Kevin Gillotti - Spartan Up Podcast - SPARTAN ATHLETE

Kevin Gillotti - Spartan Up Podcast - SPARTAN ATHLETE

Kevin Gillotti - Spartan Up Podcast - SPARTAN ATHLETE

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The last hooray. The end of an era. The closing of

The last hooray. The end of an era. The closing of a life chapter.
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Since I went all in with Spartan in '15, my last duathlon WC was '14, you've seen me doing this (& much more) in this very backyard, streets & house. I've arguably thrown tens-of-thousands (yes, you read that right) of practice spears right here. Solo & w/ buddies. Including 1 year where I threw 5,000 AND 1 (the "1" was New Years Eve just before midnight). A few years back in '18 I had an entire season of 0 misses (±30). In '19 I had 1 miss & in '20 (7 races) 0 misses. I'll reveal '21 numbers when the season is over 😉
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I'm a nostalgic guy, so it's going to be painful & sad for me to leave the 760. This home has served me well for 21 years. It's simple, it's basic, it's nothing fancy or extravagant, but it's all I ever really needed. I became a man in this town & home. I lived a simple, easy, quiet life here & I have stacks of great memories. But, I started feeling stagnant & antsy for a new challenge. CO was always the plan.
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So, throwing some final spears in my yard seemed like a righteous & meaningful way to wrap it up here in SoCal at my house. I had fleeting visions of trying to fit in all of the nostalgic places & activities I love to go & do here, but that list is far too big, the time is far too short & it's just not realistic. I need to be at peace & content w/ the fact I did it all an untold number of times over 28 years of SoCal living. But my soul needs something new. It's time... #themountainsarecalling so I'll see you in Colorado!✌️👉
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The headline of a recent article I read... "Want t

The headline of a recent article I read... "Want to Be Happier? Science Says Buying a Little Time Leads to Significantly Greater Life Satisfaction. Buying things won't make you happier. But research shows that buying time can."
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As I've aged, matured & become more financially secure, I've bought (pun intended) into this concept more & more. I like to be $ prudent & fiscally conservative. I value every single dollar. But at the same time, I've come to appreciate, accept & value spending a bit more money, for the benefit of my sanity, time & mental health. Not to indulge, but to be happier. An example? I don't fly 1st class, but I did decide to higher movers after succumbing to the feeling I was actually in over my head trying to do it alone. I can, I could, I'm capable, but the mental & physical toll is not worth the $ savings. But that in itself has a cost balance (ROI) each has to weigh.
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I haven't fully adopted this philosophy across the board. I still go looking for deals & price check everything before I just blindly buy, but I'm cognitively aware of the fact that at a certain point, the price of saving a buck can come at the cost of losing the most important thing we have in life... Time. (Oh, & happiness & mental health too.)
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𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘛𝘏𝘙𝘌𝘈

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘛𝘏𝘙𝘌𝘈𝘛𝘚 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘐𝘕𝘛𝘌𝘕𝘛 & 𝘊𝘈𝘗𝘈𝘉𝘐𝘓𝘐𝘛𝘠 - 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺.
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A conversation w/ Colonel @cjdrosa in UT this past weekend sparked a thought that stuck w/ me. There are so many great military tactical concepts that carry over to training & racing. It's a similar mindset & a way of approaching how to actually get the task done, versus talking about getting the task done, in a simple & succinct way.
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A life (& race) goal of mine is to always be at least considered a potential "threat" to my competition. Even if I'm not a likely podium candidate, being a legit "THREAT" is powerful in itself. I've hopefully proven I have "CAPABILITIES". My "INTENT" should never be doubted if I put my foot on any start line. Fortunately, I have the "RESOURCES" to get to where I want to go in this arena. And after +30yrs in this space, I have a "KNOWLEDGE" base to draw from to get the task done. So, I may not end up a winner, but it's important to me that I fully - viscerally believe, & my direct competition feels, I'm still at least a potential "threat". #beathreat
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The CO packing shit show has begun. I've been drea

The CO packing shit show has begun. I've been dreading this week for months now 😬. I envision 2wks of nothing but 2-a-day HIIT efforts. I have too much to do to work in any sort of longer efforts until I land in CO. I'll stay on the grind, but only shorter, higher intensity grinds like this & likely close to home. A top 10 "hate" of mine? A disorderly home 👎
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Incidentally, this is the reason I didn't race the UT Super on Sun as planned & only raced the Sprint. Why? The emotional drain & this move weighing on my mind woke me up at 4am Sun stressing hard about the amount of work that MUST be accomplished in the next 7-14 days. I suddenly felt under h20. I was so focused on the task at hand, UT Beast & USNS points, that I was able to table these worries. But once that goal passed, the mental flood gates opened. So I woke up in a funk trying to mentally hash it all out when I should have been prepping to race. It's really as simple as that. I was capable, I was able, I felt surprisingly recovered, no actual physical issues, but my brain was occupied & in a totally different space. That's not an acceptable way to start a day. Especially w/ a race on THAT course. So I spent the morning cheering others on & getting my shit together mentally to at least rally for the Sprint👍I wish there was a more amazing reason 🤣
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Want to talk irony in OCR racing? Despite being em

Want to talk irony in OCR racing? Despite being emotionally & physically depleted yesterday after that bitch of a Beast, I essentially came out unscathed. No damage, no issues. I recovered surprisingly well, minimal stiffness & soreness. But, today was an entirely different story.
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In the Sprint, I twisted my right ankle on a bombing descent to the point where my ankle touched the dirt. However, I adhered to the advice I've been giving for decades & that I thoroughly believe in + know to be true.. KEEP RUNNING! Stopping & allowing it to inflame & stiffen up is the worst thing you can do. On the final obstacle, 10ft from the finish, I jumped from the 4th rung on the back of the slip wall (like I pretty much always do) but slipped & smashed my shin on the final step to the point of now having a contusion bigger than an egg. And somewhere along the line, because the shoes I choose to use (& have used for 11yrs) don't have a rock plate, I took a bruise on my left heel to the point of where I'm now limping. How fucking ironic is all of that. Skated thru a brutal Beast, jacked up by a Sprint. But, none of it stopped me nor will😂
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Anyway, I had a 2nd clean race, ran much stronger, felt better & in the end I took my AG win + was top 10 AG Sprint overall (8th) + locked in my 2x '21 Trifecta. I'll call that a successful wkend all things considered.
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I knew SR Utah was going to be a mother fucker. An

I knew SR Utah was going to be a mother fucker. And it was. For those that have raced these, think 75% Big Bear + 25% Tahoe & hot AF. I don't recall it being "this" tough in '19. And, to the people doing the Ultra (insert bow down emoji here) #respect👏. BUT, race long enough & you'll come to know that the mind & body have an amazing defensive mechanism in that they do a great job of "understanding" pain memories, but also shield you from the visceral recall of the actual "pain" feelings. You know it's going to hurt, but the mind protects you from actually reliving the specifics. And thank God, because it then allows you to keep coming back for more. Otherwise, you'd do 1 race like this one, & never return again 😉😁
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So, I had a good race, I had a conservative race plan, I stuck to it & executed it, I had a clean race, I started/finished, & I had no actual issues. I'm plenty satisfied w/ my results. This day was just a culmination of factors stacked against my talents. But as I told a lot of racers post race, if you race long enough & stay on it, everyone - & I mean everyone - eventually gets a course that best suits their skills & talent. For me, this is the upper end of my racing ability & asks a lot of me, takes a lot from me, & humbles me. Case in point? I went 23min faster in Montana. A Beast course that suited my skills better. But that's racing & that's what makes OCR racing so valuable to me; selection, options, variability.
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Finally - to the guy that said to me in the last 2mi, as he flew past me, "it's an honor to race w/ you KG" I can't tell you how much that meant (& means) to me. It gave me a little extra push at a moment when I needed it. TY👊
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Pre-race, stress relieving, cliff jumping shenanig

Pre-race, stress relieving, cliff jumping shenanigans at Causey Reservoir w/ @luca.lorenzoni.one & @lescowan. Same location I hit up in '19 & the H20 was hella refreshing after a run.
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And It's official, I'm submitting these videos to @redbull & I'm going to retire from OCR at the end of the '21 season & try to turn pro in #cliffjumping. 😂😉
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PS - watch out for vipers lurking in the grass.
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Prepping for UT is done & dusted. Nothing more to

Prepping for UT is done & dusted. Nothing more to accomplish. I kept the intensity↑duration↓I'll do a quickee W¹ in UT the next few days.
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25min AMRAP:
-1km run
-5x "1 arm" hoist pulls
-5x spears
-5x anchors away passes or 3x pegboard passes
=4+12, I tried to marginally negative split each R.
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Yes, I'm wearing the new @spartan "OCR speed" shoe by @craftsportswearus. Yes, you'll see I did saturate them in H20 before starting my W¹ to get an idea of 1) drainage 2) wet weight 3) material stretch 4) feel. Details & review to come, just collecting data now. No, I won't be racing in them this weekend, I'll stick to my proven go-to racers. I NEVER take risks like that w/ new gear. I'm also wearing my @uswesports Race Pro l will be using for the Beast on Sat (maybe Super also). Heat + sun = hydration pack. See you @ this wkends #sufferfest🔥
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𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬, 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 & 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵. ~Ueshiba
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This was my last longer tougher workout (8x 400m repeats / 4 run carry / 4 just run) this past wkend before heading to @spartanrace UT this week for my 2nd (& potentially brutal) '21 Trifecta weekend + the 2nd USNS race. Why? Because you're damn right I'm tapering for this race. At this stage, physiologically speaking, there's absolutely nothing to gain in terms of strength, fitness, skill, ability. But, there's a shitload you can lose.
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Throughout a full racing season (which averages ±25 races, 2-3 countries, ±8 states for me) I only taper for a handful of them. The others I train right on through. And let me be very clear about one other thing... I H8 taper weeks, but they are a necessary evil.
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So... 10 months of Colorado house hunting came to

So... 10 months of Colorado house hunting came to a conclusion yesterday. When I 1st started the process in Aug of '20, I was very optimistic. But as the months wore on, I became very pessimistic of this day ever coming given the absurdity of the housing market. After 8 months, a few failed offers, a dozen houses looked at, feeling emotionally depleted, I finally just stopped as racing started back up & I always told my realtor that when that day came, that was going to (re)become my main focus. Duh. So I stopped looking, deleted my Zillow app, moved on & figured I'd pick it up at another time in life. I'd determined it wasn't meant to be yet & I was trying way too hard.
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A month or so later, after no contact, back to full time racing, my realtor @cecilia.devilliers surfaces & tells me she has something she thinks I should see. I was still standoffish because I had already watched this whole process play out multiple times for +8 months. So I was like.. "meh, but ok, fine I'll look".
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To make a long story short, after walking away & letting it all go, something better than I could have ever expected + better than anything we had previously seen & that met FAR more of my criteria than any other house I'd looked at thus far (including budget) fell into my lap. And if I told you the plethora of weird coincidences that lined up right before & during all of this, it started to feel like it was meant to be & like a train, there was no stopping it. As though THIS one was MY destiny.
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PS - I'm stoked & super grateful for everybody that's reached out to me w/ a congratulations. It's heartwarmingly cool there are still people out there that can root for you, be happy for you & not just try to pull you down 👊👊𝙊𝙣𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙 & 𝙪𝙥𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝟯𝙧𝙙 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙮 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚. 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙚𝙙!
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