This week, Jon and Amie were delighted to speak to Charlie Hurst, a seasoned multi-day ultra runner. Charlie recently placed 5th woman in the Dragon's Back race, a gruelling 6-day race across the spine of Wales, with 18,000m of climbing, a monumental feat - especially when you add in that Charlie is a type 1 diabetic.

This conversation is inspiring for diabetic and non-diabetics alike, about what it takes to plan and execute a multi-day events. As we discuss...it's not all type 2 or 3 fun - it can also be type 1(D) fun!

To find out more about what Charlie is up to, you can follow her on:

Instagram @charliedidthemds

Facebook@charliedoesthemds

Website: https://www.charlieschallenges.co.uk

JustGiving: https://www.justgiving.com/page/charlotte-ultrarunning?utm_medium=FA&utm_source=CL

This week's episode is sponsored by Jon's company Empowered2.co.uk

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In this week' episode, Jon and Amie sit down with ultra runner and UESCA running coach, Sarah Searle-Brown.

We catch up about Sarah's fantastic performance at this year's North Down's Way 100, placing 4th in the women's race in a time of 22:04. We discuss how this race was the culmination of experience and hard work invested since 2018; Sarah talks about her training, conditioning, false-starts and the journey to an exceptional result, grounded in positive self talk and surrounding yourself with the right people.

This is an honest, inspiring and immediately useful conversation, with learnings you can apply to your own approach.

You can find out more about Sarah and her coaching via Instagram: @yankeepankyruns

This week's episode is sponsored by Empowered2.co.uk

Most businesses significantly underinvest in leadership development. They save this problem up for the future as they grow, reaching a scale where middle management don't know how to lead and senior leaders haven't adjusted their approach for their increased responsibility, often still working in the system, not on the system.

Leadership development should be bespoke and appropriate for the needs of your business, adding value by improving the performance of everyone involved with immediately deployable tools and techniques.

Jon helps organisations serious about creating high performing leaders and organisations to create meaningful, memorable and lasting leadership engagements. He'd love to hear about your leadership challenges and how he might be able to help.

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This episode is our second in a two-part mini series on the Chiltern Wonderland 50. We had the pleasure of sitting down with Joe Turner, who won the men's race in a new course record time of 6:18:15.

We talk with Joe about his year in racing: highlights, learnings from DNFs and the challenge of running your own race. We also chat about Joe's transition from road to trail ultras, his training approach, nutrition strategies, the importance of gender equality in ultra running and what's on his calendar for 2026.

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Most businesses significantly underinvest in leadership development.

Leadership development should be bespoke and appropriate for the needs of your business, adding value by improving the performance of everyone involved with immediately deployable tools and techniques.

Jon helps organisations serious about creating high performing leaders and organisations to create meaningful, memorable and lasting leadership engagements.

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This is the first in a two-part mini series about Centurion's Chiltern Wonderland.

In this episode, Jon and Amie are re-joined by Kevin Brady to reflect on his first experience running a 50 mile race. We talk through the build-up since his marathon in April, what the race is like, the joys of forgetting time pressures and advice for others considering their first event at this distance.

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In this bonus episode, we chat about Amie's lessons from months of cross training in the comeback from an injury, and what she'll take forward into long distance training. We also chat about her experience at this weekend's triathlon (the culmination of said cross training), from the initial idea to find a replacement race, to putting high carb training into practice, and the importance of process vs outcome goals.

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This week we had the pleasure of speaking to Becky Hodgson, a personal trainer for 10 years, Hyrox world champs qualifier and Cross Country Champion.

Becky shares about her experiences as a young athlete, how she lost the love of running, and subsequently re-found passion for the process and for high performance, taking this into Hyrox. We talk about pre-race anxiety, body image battles, the pressure to do it all, nutrition and fueling. Becky has loads of insights to share and we hope you enjoy this conversation as much as we did!

Follow Becky here: @Becky_Hall_PT_

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In this week's episode we draw on Jon's professional coaching expertise to dive into the concept of 'mindsets': what they are and how each of us can develop and apply them in our training. Using real examples, we cover how you can establish your own mindsets and use them to overcome challenges and enhance your performance.

If you'd like more insights on mindsets and the free Chimp Paradox summary, drop us a message or contact Jon at Empowered2.

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In this week's episode, Jon and Amie chat about the impact of running injuries and their place in the process of training and racing. Amie reflects on her most recent periods of injury, what she's learnt and how she's managed each of these differently. We talk strength-building tips, the power of consistent habits, as well as the impact of wider lifestyle factors, fueling and mindset on getting injured and the recovery process - and the importance of looking through a gendered lens. An honest, vulnerable conversation; we hope you enjoy it!

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