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🗓️ 23 July 2024
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Welcome to this Big Fish mini series which follows me as I attempt to complete a Guinness world record of 30 marathons in 30 days on sand through the Jordanian desert. I fly out on Saturday, and start the race on Monday 29th July. Many people think this challenge isn't even possible; but I disagree. In this episode I'm joined by my running coach Chris Taylor and trainer Shaun Stafford to go through all the details of the race, including the route, how I've been training and all the challenges we're expected to encounter. Please donate if you can, at www.makesomenoise.com.
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0:00.0 | If I had to picture a moment of calmfulness, it would have to be at the beach. |
0:05.0 | On the edge of the sand, with the waves at my toes, what's yours? |
0:10.2 | Calm's Herbal Remedies. |
0:12.2 | Calm's days, a traditional herbal medicine used for stress, exclusively based on traditional use only, contains Valerian Root. Always read the label. |
0:21.9 | This is a Global Player Original podcast. |
0:30.6 | Hello everybody, I'm Spencer Matthews and next week I embark on my Guinness World Record attempt running 30 marathons in 30 consecutive days through the Jordanian desert in the middle of summer. |
0:45.3 | It's the hottest time of year in that desert with temperatures reaching 45 degrees. I have a support team out there with me so we're going to try and be as safe as I can possibly be. |
0:56.3 | And here we have an entire miniseries dedicated to the race itself. I'm going to be updating you all |
1:03.3 | every step of the way. You're going to be able to follow me online with a geo location map, |
1:07.8 | if you would like. And I'm also going to be talking to a load of really inspiring |
1:13.6 | people who have achieved great things within running about what they gain from running and what |
1:19.1 | I've learnt from talking to them and all the experience that they're bringing to the table |
1:22.9 | so that I can have the best possible chance of succeeding in my world record attempt. |
1:28.8 | I've had the great fortune to compete in some incredible multi-stage races so far in my life. |
1:36.0 | I really want to push the boundaries of what is physically possible and came up with this idea last year in December |
1:45.5 | to try and do something that nobody has ever done before |
1:48.7 | in order to try and raise as much money as possible |
1:51.3 | for globals make some noise |
1:53.4 | to try and make as big a difference as possible |
1:55.2 | to as many children as possible in this country. |
1:58.2 | It's going to be the hardest thing I've ever done by some margin. Many people in this country. It's going to be the hardest thing I've ever done by some margin. |
2:02.8 | Many people in this industry don't even believe that it's possible. I disagree. I think we can do it. |
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