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940. Missing My Marathon Best by 9 Seconds, and Why Your Habits Have to Match Y
Nine seconds. That's how far Brian finished from his personal best at this year's New York City Marathon, his fifth straight year running the five boroughs. He broke four hours for the first time in 2023 and has chased that mark every year since, coming up just short each time. In this episode, Brian walks through all five finishing times and admits why the clock keeps landing where it does. He uses Roger Bannister's four-minute mile to look at what happens after you break a barrier, and why belief alone stops being enough. Then he widens the lens past running to a gap a lot of high achievers…
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