Heber Cannon once ran eight miles into a marathon in Death Valley before the heat pulled him out of the race. Eighteen years later, he went back and finished it, on what turned out to be the hottest day ever recorded there. In this episode, the filmmaker behind CrossFit's biggest documentaries and the Buttery Bros YouTube channel talks about failure, obsession, and what it actually takes to keep showing up.

Heber traces his path from a childhood spent bouncing between roller hockey, jujitsu, marathon running, and almost any other sport he could try to a career filming CrossFit's biggest names, and the moment in 2018 when he chose to not pursue his previous dream of filmmaking in Hollywood and build something of his own instead. Nathan, Matt, and he dig into the Death Valley marathon that has bookended his adult life: the failed attempt in h ...