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Podcast: For The Long Run: Exploring the Why Behind Running
Episode: 93. Lex Gillette: "Challenges help us grow and ascend" 🚀
Description: Lex Gillette is an athlete, a Paralympian, world record holder, speaker and person who loves life at the end of the day.
In this episode we discussed:
-being a Paralympian and losing his eyesight at a young age
-how he’s handling 2020 and the uncertainty around the Olympics and Paralympics
-his background in athletics
-getting into adaptive athletics
-what it’s like to be a blind Track and Field athlete
-getting to and maintaining a high level of excellence, with his first Paralympic Games being in 2...