# Find Your Epic: Why Big Challenges Matter in Midlife

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Podcast: [Midlife Circus: Gen X Reinvention](https://stenobird.com/podcast/midlife-circus-7546053)
Published: 2026-04-22T12:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://midlifecircus.fm/episodes/episode-27-find-your-epic-why-big-challenges-matter-in-midlife
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## Resource

Message the Show What does it take to push past your own limits in midlife — and why does it matter? Brent and Rob unpack their own versions of Epic, from Rob’s 250-mile Cocodona race and his breakthrough at mile 170, to Brent’s 18-hour Grand Canyon Rim to Rim to Rim and the clarity it brought during a hard season of life. Everybody’s Epic looks different. This one is about why taking on something hard — a race, a trip, a business, a book — might be exactly what this chapter of life is asking...

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