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Seth Wilmoth

Endurance athlete and former Westmont College pole vaulter known for Project Gold Rush (13 marathons in 13 days across California) and a Catalina Channel swim.

Sep 30, 2026

9:40
And
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so my mind, I'm like bouncing off the walls trying to figure out maybe what I could put into motion and set some structure to.
9:48
And I think it started with a half marathon, which at the time was huge.
9:53
huge you know i'd done a 5k over thanksgiving it's probably one of the longer runs and a bit across country when i was really young but distance running wasn't totally a thing santa barbara had the santa barbara half signed up and that was the first this was maybe two years and i think i was really itching to just train for something and that quickly i did it somewhat casually but wound up being a thing where i was just just fell in love again with the training plan you And this is really cool.
10:20
And to see the progress.
10:21
And it was humbling.
10:22
It was really difficult.

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What would you say is like your biggest lesson that you've taken away from all the challenges that you've done?

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