120: Ray Morvan | There’s Always a Way

The Hard Way w/ Joe De Sena

Spartan Races

Fitness, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, 792700

4.7 • 870 Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2016

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Mortgage officer and part of a Vermont family maple sugaring business, Ray Morvan found extreme multi day racing at random, after a battle with alcohol and opiate addiction. By helping him find community and a way to exert and build mental resilience it’s exactly what the doctor ordered . He went on to compete in nine Peak Death Races which is almost certainly a record. We spoke with him at the Spartan Winter Agoge. Morvan credits stoicism for getting through life challenges that would break a lesser man. He is now championing the issue of addiction by assisting anyone who is willing to reach out to him. Morvan’s phone line is open.

Lessons:

1. Figure it out. There’s always a way.
2. Simply put yourself out there, everyday, and have faith that it will get better.
3. In addition to PTSD think about PTSG - Post Traumatic Growth.

CREDITS
Producer – Marion Abrams, Madmotion, llc.
Hosts: Joe De Sena with Johnny Waite, Sefra Alexandra, Col. Tim Nye, Dr. Delle & David Deluca
Synopsis – Matt Baatz
Copyright - 2016 Spartan

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0:00.0	Hey Spartans, we are here. We pulled a video out of the vault from a year ago.
0:05.0	The Winter Agogi.
0:07.0	Ray Morvin, you are going to love this. He faced some serious struggles, but the mountains in Vermont and the winter of go gain 30 below
0:14.4	temperatures will change anybody's life.
0:17.3	Kind of like these kettlebells are going to change my family's life.
0:21.5	They don't know it, but I ordered 10 kettle bells for Christmas.
0:25.4	We threw away the traditional holiday gifts.
0:27.7	Everybody's getting a 20-G kettle bell.
0:30.3	Merry Christmas.
0:31.2	Happy holidays.
0:32.0	Talk to you guys soon,
0:32.6	you're gonna love this video.
0:33.6	So welcome to the Sparana podcast,
0:35.8	here in Vermont, it's a home from home for me.
0:38.3	I'm here as a guest, Mark,
0:40.9	and we have Dell to my left.
0:43.0	Another guest from the UK in fact.
0:45.0	I know we're taking over we're invading today.
0:47.0	50%!
0:48.0	I'm the only American.
0:51.0	And the only American that, that's Ephra.
0:53.4	Represent. So you're a rewiled in, refocusing
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