#184 - Rob Jones - "Put Your Legs On" | Paralympic Medalist & 31 Marathons in 31 Days on Defeating the Inner Terrorist 🎖️🏃♂️
Rob Jones - "Put Your Legs On" | Paralympic Medalist & 31 Marathons in 31 Days on Defeating the Inner Terrorist 🎖️🏃♂️
He stepped on an IED in Afghanistan and lost both legs above the knee. He asked his teammates to kill him. They refused. Nine months later he won a bronze medal at the Paralympics. Then he biked across America. Then he ran 31 marathons in 31 consecutive days. Now he teaches leadership at Echelon Front.
What You'll Learn:
- The moment the IED exploded — and what went through his mind in the first 60 seconds
- Why he skipped the first four stages of grief and went straight to acceptance
- How he convinced Olympic gold medalist Brad Lewis to fly across the country and coach him
- The "inner terrorist" — the real enemy that almost defeated him
- Why extreme challenges are 90% mental and 10% physical
- How standup comedy makes him a better leadership instructor
Power Quote: "The blast took my legs, but it didn't take my mission. You don't need legs to stand up. You just need to decide you're not going to quit." — Rob Jones
Timestamps: 🎖️ 0:00 - Introduction
📖 4:30 - The book that made him join the Marine Corps
💣 12:15 - What it's like to patrol knowing every step could be your last
🔥 22:00 - July 22, 2010: The IED explosion
🏥 35:45 - Waking up two days later in Germany
💪 42:30 - First rep in rehab: lifting his stumps off the bed
🦿 48:00 - Getting fitted for prosthetics — and the pain of learning to walk again
🥉 55:20 - Emailing Brad Lewis and making the Paralympics
🚴 64:00 - Biking 5,181 miles across America through the Rockies in February
🏃 72:30 - 31 marathons in 31 days — and the back injury that almost ended it
🎭 78:00 - Why standup comedy is scarier than biking across America
👹 82:00 - The "inner terrorist" — the real antagonist of his story
💡 86:00 - One lesson: Act in the best interest of other people
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