Eric Gruettner is not elite and he was not met with instant success either.  Eric joins the Cultra Crew and shares with us his struggles to reach the hundred mile distance as he battles course conditions, focus, injury, training, logistics, nutrition, sickness and a bunch of others. Eric’s battle was a chess match that we can all learn something from. The CULTRA trail running podcast is a place where we can get together and discuss all the fun stuff that happens on the trails, that most normal people don’t care about. CULTRA’s headquarters is located in the belly of the beast coast, Glastonbury Connecticut, so most of our stories involve North East Trail running or North East Trail runners. The language used in this show is explicit and raw like the trails we run on, so don’t listen to this with your kids, and if that stuff offends you too much, this may not be the episode for you. The Road Runners Club of America is the organization that underpins most of our Running Clubs with support and Insurance. Find a club: https://www.rrca.org/   Please support Cultra Trail Running Podcast as we need to buy a big drill, and still need Monkey food! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CultraTrailRunning Twitter: https://twitter.com/blueblazerunner Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/cultratrailrunning/ Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/CultraTrailRunning/-R&eid=ARAvGAIpGFU6At4y7HqUd_Heqx5OaCT4rtQPiEHvQNuB0aDaF8juSY9Db3ihSqbqgmMgwz2GFQLpMVps