Episode 23 - Dr. Simon Donato on Ultra-Endurance, Grit, and the Doors that Running Opens

The Strength Running Podcast

Jason Fitzgerald

Health & Fitness, 10k, Beginnerrunning, Marathontraining, Fitness, Injuryprevention, Marathon, Halfmarathon, Running, Sports

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2017

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

It's not every day that you meet somebody with so many varied interests.

And when you do, pay attention. Their insights and mental models are light years ahead of the average person.

Simon Donato is one of these "Renaissance Men." His many accomplishments include:

A PhD in Geology from McMaster University and a Masters in Paleontology from Western University
Credit as the creator and host of the television show Boundless chronicling his pursuit of adventure and ultra-endurance
Creator of both Stoked Oats and Adventure Science
Finishes at the world's toughest races, including 220km of stand-up paddle boarding to running 250km across the Sahara Desert

He's on the podcast today to help us find more adventure in our life.

I think runners are uniquely suited to be adventurers because of our endurance, appetite for suffering, and thirst for new experiences.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Ready, set go.
0:04.0	Welcome to episode 23 of the Strength Running Podcast with author, adventurer,
0:10.0	entrepreneur, television host, ultra-endurance athlete,
0:13.5	and the modern day Indiana Jones, Dr Simon Donato. Hey everyone. Welcome back to the strength running podcast where I speak with runners coaches authors and other
0:35.0	interesting people so that you can learn from their insights and mistakes to
0:39.3	become a better runner and if you celebrate Easter I hope you had a great holiday with your family and friends.
0:45.0	My family and I were hosting some family from my side of my family, and the weather couldn't be beat in Denver, Colorado for our Easter egg hunt and spending most of the day
0:55.6	out in the backyard enjoying the sunshine.
0:58.1	I also should mention that that sunshine had a cost.
1:01.5	A few days ago was the Boston Marathon and it was a scorcher. Sun, heat,
1:05.8	humidity, every distance runner's sworn enemy. If you ran Boston or if you know somebody
1:11.4	who did, look it was a tough day out there the conditions on
1:15.3	marathon Monday were arguably more difficult to run through than higher
1:19.4	altitudes so I hope you stayed safe out there and enjoyed running the most prestigious marathon in the world.
1:26.0	All right, on to our show for today. I'm talking with Simon Denado. Simon is quite the character,
1:31.0	a man of many pursuits, as he might say. I think of him as a
1:35.1	modern Indiana Jones traveling the world as a geology PhD competing at some of the
1:40.6	most challenging ultra-end endurance events he can find.
1:43.7	He does this primarily as the host of Travel and Escape's TV show Boundless, but also through
1:49.3	his organization Adventure Science, which matches scientific expeditions with endurance-oriented
1:56.0	adventurers to advance the areas of science, conservation, the environment, and humanitarian
2:01.6	causes.
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