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Podcast: The ZenRUN Podcast
Episode: Episode 461 - Gabe Alves: Broken Toe, Big Perspective & Final Calm Before Delirious West
Description: In his seventh and final check-in before Delirious West, Gabe Alves shares how he’s navigating a pre-race curveball—a fractured little toe just four weeks out from race day. Instead of pushing through, Gabe’s leaned into rest, mindfulness, and perspective, choosing recovery over panic.
With help from an ultra-running doctor (who casually offered to “fix it after the race if it snaps again”), Gabe’s embraced the ultra mindset: “get to the start line, adapt, and do the thing.” He talks about the recent course change due to fire damage, and how the reversed course l...