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Declan Gessel on building businesses as an ultramarathon runner

By Aadil Pickle · Feb 2026

You can tell a lot about how someone approaches life by watching them play pickup basketball. Playing with Declan is like having a golden retriever on your team. He jumps for every rebound. Sprints to save the ball any time it's going out of bounds. Shoots the ugliest jump shot and having faith it'll go in. Always asking for tips to improve....