Filling the Emotional Cup, Body Resilience, and Bamboo Scrambles

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235 pounds and inactive. 170 pounds one year later.

EJ Gonzalez of Texas made a choice. A choice to return to the active life. To work on himself as much as he was supporting others in the corporate world.

Lacing up the tread and heading out the door was the most natural start to EJ’s endurance sports journey that would expand to include triathlon and followed by an introduction to the trails thanks to a friend asking if he wanted to play in a five mile run on the dirt. Special memories of youth quickly return.

“This is pretty cool.”

The Trail Snake had bit.

The active life would became a place of physical transformation, emotional renewal and joy, and an opportunity to support and motivate others of all ages.

Enjoy our chat from this Spring after being first across the finish line at the Toughest ‘N Texas 20 miler in Waco, Texas.

Big Cedar 100 and The Stick

Our chat includes the following musings and other useful goodies for you:

EJ’s all-in journey back to endurance sports starting in 2009
the relateable experience of running a new distance (EJ’s first 1/2 marathon)
the couch moment that led to triathlon
filling the emotional cup through sport
EJ shares his memories of youth when running the trails today
community observations at EJ’s first trail race
100 mile memories and The Stick
key running workouts EJ includes each week
EJ’s core strength training 1-3 times each week
the importance of sharing the active life with others
trail running tips you can use
and the scrambling bamboo fun at TNT 20M

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About the author

David Hanenburg is the passionate dirt-lovin' creator of Endurance Buzz and has been playing in the endurance sports world since 2000 after knockin' the dust off of his Trek 950 hardtail thanks to a friend asking to go ride some local dirt. In 2007 he ran his first ultra on the trails and fell in love with the sport and its people. For more information on David's endurance sports journey, check out the About page.