Ep. 108: Fiona Oakes - Going the Distance for Humanity
PLANTSTRONG Podcast
Rip Esselstyn
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 2 September 2021
⏱️ 106 minutes
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Summary
We'd be hard-pressed to find someone as authentic and true to herself as Fiona Oakes. Vegan for almost 50 years, she is one of the original game-changers and shining examples of the power of being a plantstrong athlete.
Fiona has made a name for herself as an endurance runner, earning four Guinness World Records. She is also the fastest woman in the world to run a marathon on all seven continents and the North Pole in both cumulative and elapsed time.
She has competed internationally in more than 50 marathons and set five marathon course records around the globe, including The Antarctic Ice Marathon. In 2015, Fiona ran six official marathons in six days on six continents all on a vegan diet.
Fiona’s achievements are made even more astounding due to the fact she was told at age 14 that she would never walk properly, let alone ever run, after undergoing 17 radical knee surgeries which ultimately led to having her entire right kneecap removed.
Her only mission? To raise awareness for the plight of animals and veganism across the globe. Her suffering is intense, but you'll quickly understand that her rewards come from saving the lives of the animals she serves at her own Farm Sanctuary - Tower Hill Stables.
For most of us, this lifestyle may seem extreme or radical. She avoids simple pleasures in life like TV, long baths, or massages because they're a distraction to her life's work.
Truly, as she says, her goal is for all of us to go out there and lead a happy and healthy vegan life, respect all life, and realize that we're all so intricately connected --The planet, the environment, each other. "I just want us to be good to each other." So simple and so beautiful.
The world needs more people like Fiona Oakes who are going the distance for humanity.
Episode Resources
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Fiona Oakes Foundation Website
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| 0:00.0 | I'm not an adrenaline junkie, I'm not an adventure seeker, I'm not of those things, |
| 0:04.4 | I was there with a very very definite agenda. Just to prove, to show people, not to force people, |
| 0:11.1 | but just to make this a fact that, you know, if you do have any ideas that vegans are weak or |
| 0:16.4 | can't sustain performance or can't operate in over endurance, I can and you can too if you choose |
| 0:22.4 | to take this lifestyle. |
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