We thought Laura loved running… until we heard what Samantha Gash has taken part in! The endurance athlete and Survivor star was the first woman in the world and youngest person at the time to complete the Four Desert Grandslam – a series of 4 x 250km ultramarathons across 1 year in the world’s toughest climate deserts. She has also run 379km across Australia’s Simpson Desert, amongst many other incredibly challenging ultramarathons – so it’s no wonder Sam was once the subject of a documentary called Desert Runners.
She is about to take part in another enormous feat, running 1600km from the West to the East of Nepal.
In today’s KICPOD episode, Steph & Laura find out how any of this is even humanly possible, and what kind of mindset you need to have to achieve such an incredibly massive goal. If you’re looking for motivation and want to get better at goal setting, this is the ep to listen to!
SPECIAL GUEST:
Samantha Gash
SPECIAL SHARES:
Steph – Hairspray Musical
Laura – About Time, Netflix film
KIC UPDATES:
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I haven’t always had this mindset, and in all honesty, there are days where I lack motivation and think to myself ‘I really should work out but I just can’t be bothered’, we’re all human! But when these thoughts pop up, I’m quick to remind myself to switch my mindset….
We chatted with Leo about the importance of moving your body to support your mental health and got his tips for how to tackle those days were motivation is lacking.
Working out in winter is hard and Steph sure isn’t immune to the motivational slump that hits every winter. However, she’s got some simple but genius hacks that she’ll be using to help her keep motivated and stay active this winter.