Even if you are not a runner, Entrekin's historic performance at the Cocodona 250 elicits strong emotions.

Our everyday lives are set up so that we avoid discomfort, but at what cost?

Endurance sports remind us that willingness to experience discomfort opens us up to growth and change.

Entrekin's performance calls us to question the bounds of our limits in everyday life.

Rachel Entrekin made history this week. Completing the Cocodona 250 mile foot race in an astounding 56 hours. She not only won the race outright, but also set a new overall course record – running the route faster than any person in the race’s history.

Sleeping a collective 19 minutes over the course of three days and two nights, Rachel ground her way through extreme temperatures, mountain passes, pain, and self-doubt.

Watching the video of her crossing the finish is emotionally evocative. As she nears the finish line, she breaks away from her pace crew into a sprint, pumping one arm with pride, covering her sobs with the other.

Though she does this with ease, it is obvious that this was far from easy. She wears the cumulative pain, weariness, and fatigue from the past 500,000........

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