Richard Whitehead MBE

RunPod

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Running, Health & Fitness, Sports

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2022

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of RunPod, Jenni chats with double Paralympic champion, Richard Whitehead. Rich is a double through-knee congenital amputee, and runs with prosthetics, yet he claims to be someone who ‘just puts one foot in front of the other’. We hear how Rich sees no obstacles in between him and his running goals. He talks about how a double amputee decides to take up running, what it’s like to run in blades and has a load of top training tips. His story is hugely inspiring and what he says is incredibly motivational. After listening to this episode of RunPod, you’ll be reaching for your trainers!

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0:00.0	This episode of RunPod is sponsored by M&S, where you can shop all your favourite sportswear brands.
0:09.1	Hello and welcome to RunPod, the Run Club of the podcast world. I'm Jenny Faulkner, club leader,
0:15.2	here with one aim, and that is to provide motivation to get you up off the sofa and go for a run
0:20.9	and hopefully also provide some inspiration by chatting to a guest with a great story to tell
0:26.5	and I'll tell you today's guest is certainly someone who will inspire you.
0:31.1	He was a T-42, is now a T-61 Paralympic athlete, which essentially means he's a double leg above-knee amputee.
0:41.1	However, he is an incredible runner.
0:44.0	He's won a total of nine gold medals across the Paralympic Games, IPC World Championships,
0:48.9	and IPC European Championships.
0:51.2	He's been a world record holder in the marathon distance.
0:55.8	He's ticked off an amazing challenge of 40 marathons in 40 days across Great Britain. And he's got plenty of races lined up in
1:01.9	2022 as well. He's also created his own event, which you could be a part of. And here to tell us
1:07.7	more and just have a natter about all things running is the wonderful Richard Whitehead.
1:12.9	Hello there.
1:13.9	Hi, Jenny, and you're definitely are motivating runners out on the road.
1:18.3	I hear lots of great feedback about your podcasts and not just the guests, but also yourself and the insight of actually just getting on the road,
1:28.4	getting it done.
1:29.6	And yeah, thanks again for being part of your podcast series.
1:34.2	Oh, thank you.
1:35.0	Such a nice thing to say.
1:36.5	No, it's great.
1:37.3	I know that you came on.
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