Big race, Big Plans - How to Avoid Big Mistakes plus Andrew

Big race, Big Plans - How to Avoid Big Mistakes plus Andrew McDowall's WSER Dream

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Kia ora e te whānau!Our mate Andrew McDowall is quite good at running. Eugene calls him (inexplicably) the fifth Beatle of DCR, which is absolutely true if not numerically suspect. Andrew has been trying to get into Western States for what has felt like 100 years, but is actually 9 years. Which can feel like 100 years, I’m sure. He only went and bloody got in this year, and we speak to him about what this means for him, his training, and what he is most excited about. We also crack into a gam...

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