91. Dirty Sanchez to Vegan and Extreme Endurance Athlete: Interview with Mathew Pritchard

The Kris Gethin Podcast

Kris Gethin

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Nutrition

4.9 • 598 Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2020

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

You could say Mathew Pritchard has done it all. Professional skateboarder, stuntman, TV personality, IRONMAN athlete and vegan chef, his credentials are about as wide ranging as anyone.

On this episode of the Knowledge and Mileage Podcast, Kris unpacks the grit and mental strength that has kept Mathew going through it all.

Time Stamps

The fine balance between all the things he has going on [1:08]
What was the climate for pro skateboarders in Cardiff? [5:01]
Pritchard vs Dainton: The origin story behind the birth of 'Dirty Sanchez' [11:14]
Has he suffered any permanent injuries from the show? [17:12]
The 'mental' transition from 'Dirty Sanchez' to endurance athlete [18:21]
The solo journey to getting what he wanted [22:39]
What were the extremes he went through after doing his first IRONMAN? [26:14]
From tears of happiness to tears of pain: The mental roller-coaster he endured through his endurance races [31:35]
Tips for someone who wants to get into their first Ironman race [36:58]
Where did the 'Dirty Vegan' come from? [43:40]
Has the propose behind the book been fulfilled? [49:04]
Does he take supplements? [55:52]
Endurance athletes and keeping healthy testosterone levels [57:23]
His latest injury from his trip to Dubai [1:00:15]

Featured Guest: Mathew Pritchard

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0:00.0	All right, everybody, welcome to another episode of the Knowledge and Mileage Podcast.
0:04.8	The person on the other line here that is speaking to me, and if you're watching on YouTube,
0:09.5	you'll see him over there wearing a tri-club hat, is Pritchard in Wales.
0:14.9	Now, this has been a long time coming. This has been, I don't know, I've been asking him to get on
0:19.2	this show for about a year and he's just been avoiding it, but now finally pinned him down.
0:24.6	And he's on the show.
0:27.3	So, Pritchard, if you may know Pritchard from that crazy TV show and the movie Dirty Sanchez.
0:35.9	And it's funny now because it's this quite the antagonistic combination because it's like
0:42.9	this guy just wants to die early, but now looking at the way that he eats and the way
0:48.7	that he has all these crazy endurance adventures, he wants to combine the longevity sector with, you know, living, well, sleep when you're dead
0:58.9	and living until you get into a very early grave.
1:02.7	Hey guys and girls.
1:03.9	Chris Geth in here.
1:05.4	Now, I have quite the badass surprise for you today.
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1:20.2	suggest it to my clients because I consider my gut to be my first brain, not my second, as a lot of doctors would have you,
1:29.7	think I believe that I feel so much better mentally when I look after the health of my gut.
1:36.7	If I have good prebiotic and probiotic health and opportunist flora in my gut,
1:42.4	I am such a better person to be around. And if you want to be a
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1:57.5	Chris free. Okay. And you will get a free bottle. You'll automatically get access to your
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