Spencer Matthews: From Reality TV to Running a World Record (E283)
The High Performance Podcast
High Performance
4.8 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 22 August 2024
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Spencer Matthews is a well-known TV personality and entrepreneur who first rose to fame on the reality show "Made in Chelsea." Beyond his on-screen persona, Spencer has pushed himself to the limits with aspiring challenges, including competing in ultra-marathons and overcoming personal struggles.
In this episode, Spencer joins Jake and Damian to discuss his remarkable transformation from reality TV star to ultra-marathoner. He opens up about his experiences in boarding school, the impact of losing his brother, and the moment he realised he needed to change his life.
As Spencer prepares for an extraordinary challenge this summer, running 30 marathons in 30 days across the Jordanian desert to raise funds for Global’s Make Some Noise, he reveals his preparation strategies and the mindset needed to set such an ambitious goal.
The episode explores themes of resilience, goal-setting, and the balance between ambition and acceptance, offering a raw and inspiring look at what it takes to modify ourselves and strive for greatness.
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| 0:00.0 | Regardless of what I've done, you know, finding Michael raising lots of money for |
| 0:04.7 | charity, podcast with millions listening, all kinds of stuff, you know, no one cares |
| 0:08.4 | about any of that. It's always made in Chelsea, right? It's Spencer from made in |
| 0:11.5 | Chelsea. 30 marathons in 30 days on sand. |
| 0:16.0 | It's a personal thing to see how far I can go to compete with myself, |
| 0:22.0 | but it'll be hot. I went through the best part of a bottle of |
| 0:26.0 | whiskey to myself one night towards the end of it feeling very problematic and I just thought this has to stop. |
| 0:37.0 | You just heard the voice of Spencer Matthews the latest guest here on high performance |
| 0:41.5 | the show that Delms a little deeper into the stories and ideas |
| 0:45.1 | of some of the most extraordinary people in the world. |
| 0:48.3 | I'm Jake Humphrey and like a lot of you, I'm simply fascinated by unlocking a better version of myself so along with |
| 0:54.8 | Damian Hughes we discover not just how people achieve great things but the why that |
| 1:00.4 | drives them so Spencer is best known as the character from Made in |
| 1:04.3 | Chelsea that gave him his fame, but to say that's all he is is to do him no justice |
| 1:09.2 | at all from his entrepreneurial story with Alcohol Free Drinks brand Clean Co, which is very impressive, |
| 1:15.3 | to his own brilliant podcasts, to the remarkable 30 marathons in 30 days that he's currently completing |
| 1:21.7 | in the roasting arid Jordanian desert. |
| 1:25.0 | So in this conversation with Spencer, which we obviously recorded before he left for the desert, |
| 1:29.5 | he explains to us how he'd finally had enough of letting himself down. |
| 1:33.0 | What he did to turn himself from overweight and unfit into an elite athlete |
| 1:38.0 | and how he wants you to view him today. |
| 1:42.0 | And of course the crucial moment in his upbringing that informs |
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