93. Lex Gillette: "Challenges help us grow and ascend" 🚀 episode artwork

EPISODE · Aug 1, 2020 · 36 MIN

93. Lex Gillette: "Challenges help us grow and ascend" 🚀

from For The Long Run: Exploring the Why Behind Running · host Jonathan Levitt

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 2004 -winning gold at the Games and what it would mean for him -where his motivation comes from -gratitude  -his Why -the meaning of life (yep, we went there!) -and much more! Follow along with Lex’s journey at https://www.instagram.com/lexgillette and https://twitter.com/lexgillette

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 2004 -winning gold at the Games and what it would mean for him -where his motivation comes from -gratitude  -his Why -the meaning of life (yep, we went there!) -and much more! Follow along with Lex’s journey at https://www.instagram.com/lexgillette and https://twitter.com/lexgillette

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