Athlete shares comeback journey storyfrom @philybowden

Themes

• Resilience
• Goal Re-evaluation
• Comeback Story
• Vulnerability

Techniques

• Personal Storytelling
• Monologue Delivery

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New York, let’s be havin’ you!🗽

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  this

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  is an exciting one

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  I am going to be racing

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  the 2026

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  TCS

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  New York City Marathon

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  and for the first time

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  in my career

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  this isn't about

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  getting a fast time

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  but before

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  I can explain that

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  we need

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  to run it back

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  this time last year

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  I was preparing

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  to run my

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  sixth marathon

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  The Chicago Marathon

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  the block

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  didn't go perfectly

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  but I was in

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  incredible shape

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  and I was

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  so excited

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  to test that

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  on race day

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  Unfortunately

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  two weeks out

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  from the race

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  I suffered a knee injury

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  that took me

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  the best

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  part of a year

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  to fully

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  build back from

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  In that time

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  amongst

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  lots of swimming

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  rehab

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  and problem solving

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  I had a lot

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  of time to think

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  and took a long

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  hard look

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  at my goals

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  as they stand

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  and

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  I questioned

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  if they were still

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  right for me

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  maybe it was time

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  for a reality check

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  or maybe

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  giving up on

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  those goals

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  would be easier

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  but

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  after a lot of thinking

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  and starting

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  to see glimmers

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  of the athlete

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  I know I can be

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  in training

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  I decided

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  I still want

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  to reach for them

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  I want to get

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  to the Olympics

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  and

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  I want to compete

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  when I get there

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  and if I'm

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  going to do that

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  I need to be

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  able to race

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  a marathon

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  not just time trial

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  my way to

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  a fast time

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  that's what

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  New York is about

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  this will be

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  the first marathon

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  where I am truly

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  racing the people

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  around me

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  not shooting

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  for a fast time

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  not clock watching

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  but actually

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  seeing how high up

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  I can finish in a race

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  I'll be tackling

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  some hills

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  along the way

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  but hopefully

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  having an absolute

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  blast as well

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  and I've heard

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  that New York

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  is unlike

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  any other race

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  so

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  it's time

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  to get to work

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  and

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  love the grind