Running Through Addiction with Ultra-running Legend Charlie Engle / ENDURANCE

The Hard Way w/ Joe De Sena

Spartan Races

Fitness, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, 792700

4.7 • 870 Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2021

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

“The addict part of me is the best part of me,” says Charlie Engle, ultrarunning legend. Charlie speaks to how ultrarunning provided an outlet to channel his inner-addiction.

SpartanUp Endurance Series host Johnny Waite talks with Charlie about sobriety and fellowship, and how ultrarunning ties the two together. In this episode you’ll learn:

-Why Charlie feels that his ‘addict part’ is the best part

-How to run the addiction out of yourself

-Two big lessons when working with a team

-Why fellowship is the tried and true way to get through struggle

-The one reason Charlie enters a 100-mile race

-What happens to us isn’t as important as what we do about it

-How to share without expectation of receiving

-How to maintain sobriety

Connect with Charlie

-Twitter: @CHARLIEENGLE

-Instagram: @CharlieEngle

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CREDITS:

Producer: Ryan Warner

Hosts: Johnny Waite

Sr Producer: Marion Abrams

Transcript

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0:00.0	There's no secret. You show up, you know, you show up, you serve other people without the need for
0:08.0	Pat's on the back or wow, you're amazing or whatever, you do it because whatever your gift is,
0:15.0	is I always say to keep it, you have to give it away.
0:18.7	You got to share whatever you can with other people.
0:22.2	And if you do that without expectation of being rewarded or being put on a pedestal, then your life has a good chance of being good no matter what kind of ups and downs you have.
0:34.3	Welcome to the Spartan endurance series on Spartan Up podcast with host Johnny White.
0:39.8	Hey Spartans, this next interview is a special in the meet.
0:42.4	Charlie Engel is a special in the meeting.
0:42.6	Charlie Engel is a guy who has taken on some of the biggest challenges
0:45.7	you can imagine in the endurance world,
0:48.0	but he hasn't always been a guy out there conquering the world.
0:51.4	In fact, he talks very openly about his struggles with
0:53.4	the addiction. Charlie has some great great lessons for how you can use
0:56.5	endurance to turn your life around and then to help other people turn their lives
1:00.3	around. This episode of Spartan Up is brought to you by two sponsors, Head Space and The Ready State.
1:07.0	This episode of Spartan Up is brought to you by Head Space.
1:10.2	You deserve to feel happier, and headspace is meditation made simple.
1:14.8	Go to headspace.com slash Spartan for a free one month trial
1:19.6	with access to headspace's full library of meditations for every situation.
1:24.7	This episode of Spartan Up is brought to you by our friends Juliet and Kelly Sterret at the
1:28.9	Ready State.
1:29.8	Get a free trial and then save 10% for life by using the code Spartan 10 when you register at the
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