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Creator and founder of Altra Footwear & P.R. Gear. Runner's Corner co-owner. Coined the term 'Zero Drop' there. Age 12 2:45 Marathon. Record Mountain Descender.

Wasatch Mountains
Joined May 2009
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Fantastic episode of @RickRubin podcast about foot health, the history of shoes and how a flat wide toe box can improve your fitness. If you’re not spreading your toes by the end of this one, please get a neurological exam. open.spotify.com/episode/2FK…
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Are injuries keeping you away from running? 🙋🏾‍♂️🙋‍♀️🙋 It’s most likely your form … and it’s easy to get better. Learn to FloatRun with @RunGolden1 on Episode 4 of The Runegade Podcast. Fresh podcast, awesome guests, give us a listen. YouTube | Apple | Spotify #run #running
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Me and my mom sporting our matching Altras. The Jamaican running revolution starts here!
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Before modern running shoes w/raised heels=hardly any over-striding runners. Now 99% of shoes w/heavy heels = around 80% of runners. #altra
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6th place Olympic Marathoner and support crew. #stachsupport #Run4BYU
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JARED WARD FINISHES 6TH IN THE OLYMPIC MARATHON!!! #RepTheY #GoCougs #BYUTF #BYUXC
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Here it is folks! All the @Big12Conference data on expansion candidates leaked. goo.gl/ppGJIF (They paid, I did it all for free)
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It was awesome having @RunGolden1 Founder of Altra Footwear on Episode 54 of Out of Scope. Great guy. hubs.ly/H01trWl0
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The story of running champion @RunGolden1 and the birth of @AltraRunning shoes. marathontrainingacademy.com/… #runchat #runner @MarathonAcademy
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“I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.” Steven Covey #inspiration #motivation #inspirationalquotes
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Replying to @AltraRunning
@AltraRunning Best example for need of foot-shaped toe box: Close hand w/fingers squeezed together = foot in tight shoes. #embracethespace
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"I believe we have all been created for greater things than we can comprehend." - Jeffrey R. Holland
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You make a living by what you get, but you make a life by what you give.
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Our responsibility is to rise from mediocrity to competence, from failure to achievement.
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"By and large, I have come to see that if we complain about life, it is because we are thinking only of ourselves." - Gordon B. Hinckley
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Today no matter what happens BELIEVE YOU HAVE CONTROL OF YOUR DESTINY AND YOU DETERMINE IF THIS DAY IS GOOD OR BAD.YOUR ATTITUDE COUNTS – at Provo, UT
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"Only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible." ~ Arthur C. Clarke via @coachdotme #zerolimits
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Problem w/ traditional pro athlete contracts: obligation to moral decisions, behaviors, and public decency is only a one-sided commitment.
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Simple 2015 racing lesson: Tangents = fast. Why make races longer? Look ahead & pick your line
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