Podcasts about desert runners

We thought Laura loved running… until we heard what Samantha Gash has taken part in! The endurance athlete and Survivor star was the first woman in the world and youngest person at the time to complete the Four Desert Grandslam – a series of 4 x 250km ultramarathons across 1 year in the world's toughest climate deserts. She has also run 379km across Australia's Simpson Desert, amongst many other incredibly challenging ultramarathons  – so it's no wonder Sam was once the subject of a documentary called Desert Runners.   She is about to take part in another enormous feat, running 1600km from the West to the East of Nepal.   In today's KICPOD episode, Steph & Laura find out how any of this is even humanly possible, and what kind of mindset you need to have to achieve such an incredibly massive goal. If you're looking for motivation and want to get better at goal setting, this is the ep to listen to!   SPECIAL SHARES: Steph – Hairspray Musical Laura – About Time, Netflix film   KIC UPDATES: Our KIC Tour is happening in October in Adelaide, Perth and Auckland NZ! Grab your tickets now from kictour.com and let's workout together, talk together and meet each other for the first time in years! The KIC Tour is in partnership with AIA Vitality and will be joined by Sarah Davidson.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Australian Samantha Gash started running as a break from studying law. Little did she know those small steps would turn into a journey that has seen her run over 35,000km across every continent on Earth, and raise approximately $1.3 million for charity while advocating for women's empowerment, social change and access to education. Samantha took up running in 2008, entering the Melbourne Marathon as her first baptism of fire. As a rookie athlete, she ‘hit the wall' towards the end of the race, the fatigue nearly stopping her. She stumbled the last ten kms to the finish line with the help of a close friend who was also running. After taking herself beyond what she believed was possible, Sam had ventured into new territory that would become her new domain. In 2010 she took on the 4 Deserts Grand Slam, running four 250km ultra-marathons across the driest (Chile), windiest (China), hottest (Sahara) and coldest (Antarctica) deserts on Earth, carrying everything she needed to survive in a backpack. Samantha made history by becoming the first woman and the youngest person at the time to complete the Grand Slam of all four races in a calendar year. Her journey was captured for the big screen in the award-winning film Desert Runners. With an increasing desire to push the envelope, in 2011 Samantha entered a 222km non-stop run across the Himalayas, which had previously only been finished by one man. It was during this event that she realized she wanted to use her long-distance running for a greater purpose. And so began Samantha's transformation to social advocate. The next year, while working as a lawyer, Samantha ran 379km non-stop across Australia's Simpson Desert, which took 3.5 days and raised $33,000 for Save the Children Australia. Within two months of that run, Samantha helped organise a fundraising running event on behalf of Turia Pitt and Kate Sanderson – victims of the 2011 Kimberley ultra-marathon bushfire – a race that Samantha also ran in. Over $40,000 was raised to support the women's continued rehabilitation. Continuing her work for Save the Children, in September 2014, Samantha ran an average of 61km for 32 days straight across South Africa's Freedom Trail (1968km total) with UK runner Mimi Anderson, raising $55,000 for a South African initiative that increased access to feminine hygiene products and provided education on the importance of attending school. Then in 2016, as an ambassador for World Vision, Samantha ran from the west to the east of India – 3253km over 76 days. Through Run India, she raised close to $200,000 to fund six education-focused programs. She visited 18 World Vision-supported communities across the country, sharing previously untold stories and bringing together industry leaders to tackle barriers to children's education. Samantha has been twice recognized as a finalist in the Women's Agenda Leadership Awards. She has been selected as a delegate for the Australia India Youth Dialogue, and was also nominated for a Pride of Australia Medal. She is an ambassador for World Vision and the Royal Flying Doctor Service, using her platform to bring awareness to these causes. She was a competitor on the TV show Survivor where she met her partner Mark Wales. They welcomed Harry, their first child, in 2018. Find out more about her at www.samanthagash.com

Jennifer Steinman is a critically acclaimed Award Winning filmmaker with over 20 years experience. She is drawn to social documentaries (e.g. DESERT RUNNERS, MOTHERLAND & SHELIA E) and has a powerful ability to tap into the heart and emotion of a story. We explore what characters & stories she is drawn to; how she chooses her projects - examining her notion of 'ease versus pushing a boulder up a hill' and why she got into the film making industry. She shares her personal journey of motherhood - which includes falling pregnant with a sperm donor only 7 days after her first attempt! As well as the impossibility of staying in NYC as a single working Mum, and her return back to her family roots in Berkeley. There's lots in this episode from the process of shedding materialism to pursuing the career you want. Jen began her career as a staff Editor at CBS, both in New York and San Francisco. Her work has aired nationally on ABC, PBS, Discovery, National Geographic, Sundance Channel and many other television networks. Her films have been accepted into many major film festivals including Tribeca, Rotterdam, and Sundance. She won a Telly Award and has been nominated for an Emmy® Award for Outstanding Achievement in Editing. This conversation also celebrates a decade since she filmed DESERT RUNNERS. We go behind the scenes into the film - from a filmmaker perspective - of what it was like to follow & film four everyday runners (including myself) as they cover 1000kms across the driest, windiest, hottest and coldest deserts on earth. Desert Runners was named by the Huffington Post as one of "The Top 10 Documentaries of 2013." The film screened to sold-out audiences at IDFA and was selected "Best of the Fest" at the Edinburgh Film Festival. It won the Audience Award for Best Documentary at both the Vancouver International and The Hamptons International Film Festivals, and Best Cinematography at the Woods Hole Film Festival. We discuss Jennifer's feature directorial debut 'Motherland' - which explores the timeless subjects of grief and healing. When six women from the US - all of whom have experienced a devastating loss - and travel together to volunteer with children in need in South Africa. This film had its world premiere at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival, winning the prestigious Emerging Visions Audience Award. The film went on to win several other best-of-festival awards and was voted by fans to return to SXSW in 2012 for an Encore Screening. TO WATCH DESERT RUNNERS MOVIE: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/desertrunners/ (CODE: StuckInside2020)

Jennifer Steinman is a critically acclaimed Award Winning filmmaker with over 20 years experience. She is drawn to social documentaries (e.g. DESERT RUNNERS, MOTHERLAND & SHELIA E) and has a powerful ability to tap into the heart and emotion of a story. We explore what characters & stories she is drawn to; how she chooses her projects - examining her notion of 'ease versus pushing a boulder up a hill' and why she got into the film making industry. She shares her personal journey of motherhood - which includes falling pregnant with a sperm donor only 7 days after her first attempt! As well as the impossibility of staying in NYC as a single working Mum, and her return back to her family roots in Berkeley. There's lots in this episode from the process of shedding materialism to pursuing the career you want.Jen began her career as a staff Editor at CBS, both in New York and San Francisco. Her work has aired nationally on ABC, PBS, Discovery, National Geographic, Sundance Channel and many other television networks. Her films have been accepted into many major film festivals including Tribeca, Rotterdam, and Sundance. She won a Telly Award and has been nominated for an Emmy® Award for Outstanding Achievement in Editing.This conversation also celebrates a decade since she filmed DESERT RUNNERS. We go behind the scenes into the film - from a filmmaker perspective - of what it was like to follow & film four everyday runners (including myself) as they cover 1000kms across the driest, windiest, hottest and coldest deserts on earth. Desert Runners was named by the Huffington Post as one of "The Top 10 Documentaries of 2013." The film screened to sold-out audiences at IDFA and was selected "Best of the Fest" at the Edinburgh Film Festival. It won the Audience Award for Best Documentary at both the Vancouver International and The Hamptons International Film Festivals, and Best Cinematography at the Woods Hole Film Festival.We discuss Jennifer's feature directorial debut 'Motherland' - which explores the timeless subjects of grief and healing. When six women from the US - all of whom have experienced a devastating loss - and travel together to volunteer with children in need in South Africa. This film had its world premiere at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival, winning the prestigious Emerging Visions Audience Award. The film went on to win several other best-of-festival awards and was voted by fans to return to SXSW in 2012 for an Encore Screening.TO WATCH DESERT RUNNERS MOVIE: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/desertrunners/ (CODE: StuckInside2020)

Jennifer Steinman Sternin is an award-winning filmmaker with over 20 years of experience in television and filmmaking. Jennifer's feature film work includes: Time for Ilhan (2018), Desert Runners (2013), and Motherland (2009).   If you enjoyed this episode, please consider to rate, review, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts/iTunes. It takes less than 60 seconds and it really makes a difference. Rate, review, and subscribe at HardyHaberland.com/iTunes.

Jennifer Steinman Sternin is an award-winning filmmaker with over 20 years of experience in television and filmmaking. Jennifer's feature film work includes: Time for Ilhan (2018), Desert Runners (2013), and Motherland (2009).   Brought to you by Haberland Group (HaberlandGroup.com) and Hardy Haberland's Programs (HardyHaberland.com).   This podcast is brought to you by Haberland Group. Haberland Group is a global provider of marketing solutions. With multidisciplinary teams in major world markets, our holding companies specialize in advertising, branding, communications planning, digital marketing, media, podcasting, public relations, as well as specialty marketing. If you are looking for a world-class partner to work on marketing programs, go to HaberlandGroup.com and contact us.   This podcast is also brought to you by Hardy Haberland's Programs. Hardy provides educational programs for high performers who want world-class achievement, true fulfillment, and lasting transformation in their lives. He also provides consulting for established brands and businesses that have generated a minimum of $3 million in annual sales. If you need a catalyst for transformation and a strategist for success at the highest level, go to HardyHaberland.com and apply.   If you enjoyed this episode, please consider to rate, review, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts/iTunes. It takes less than 60 seconds and it really makes a difference. Rate, review, and subscribe at HardyHaberland.com/iTunes.

Jennifer Steinman Sternin is an award-winning filmmaker with over 20 years of experience in television and film, and she joins Mallory in the MILK Studio. Jennifer talks about trusting the creative process to do its magic, growing up with strong female entrepreneurial artists as role models, becoming a single mother by choice, and how that decision changed her life and her work. She has a beautiful story about finding love at the perfect time, and how hitting milestones out of order has made perfect sense in her life. Jennifer is currently working on a film with percussionist Sheila E., and another project with Ilhan Omar, the first Somali American Muslim woman to be elected to a state legislature in Minnesota. She lives in the Bay Area with her family. Check her out at JenniferSteinman.com.

“We are defined more by our response to something than what happens to us.” Samantha Gash Imagine running a 250 kilometer ultramarathon across the Atacama desert — one of the driest places on Earth — when your only legit running experience is a single ill-fated marathon attempt that left you humbly walking the last eight miles.That same calendar year, you race three more 250km ultramarathons to become the first female and youngest person to ever run and complete the 4 Desert Race Series Grand Slam, one of the world’s toughest and most prestigious endurance achievements imaginable.This is inspiring story of Samantha Gash – ultra-athlete extraordinaire, roll model, humanitarian, and just a really cool person.Discovering a previously unbeknownst acumen for endurance and a disposition for suffering unlocked a certain joy in Samantha, as well as a thirst for more. So the year following her 4 Deserts achievement, she conquered a 222km non-stop foot race across the Himalayas at 6,000 meters above sea level — an event that had only been completed previously by one man.That experience triggered a deep desire to leverage her running for humanitarian causes. So she got to work, running and raising money for causes she believed in. Among her accomplishments:* A 379km non-stop run across Australia’s Simpson Desert on behalf of Save the Children Australia;* A community run & fundraising event on behalf of podcast fave Turia Pitt and Kate Sanderson, victims of the Kimberley ultramarathon bushfire – a race in which Samantha also competed;* A 32-day, 1968km run across South Africa's Freedom Trail, also on behalf of Save The Children Australia; and* A 76-day, 3253 run across India from from Jaislamer, Rajasthan to Shillong, Meghalaya on behalf of World VisionAmidst the insanity of it all, she somehow managed to raise over $203,000 and counting for the aforementioned causes.Today we unpack Samantha's extraordinary, inspiring journey, blisters and all.This is a phenomenal conversation about Samantha’s transformation from someone with no athletic background into the inspiring ultra-athlete humanitarian she is today. From all the hardships and seemingly insurmountable setbacks and obstacles to the rare air she occupies today, it's a story about self-belief, purpose, perseverance and the call to service.But the core theme of today's conversation is the close kinship that exists between passion and suffering. And the magic that transpires when you have the willingness to entertain the impossible, step outside your comfort zone and courageously leap through fear into the abyss.Sam is an absolute delight. It was a privilege to spend a few hours with her and boyfriend Mark Wales, a badass Australian Special Ops Commander she met when they were both contestants on Australian Survivor.You're gonna love this one. Promise.Peace + Plants,P.S. – You may recall that Samantha's name came up in my podcast with Jennifer Steinman way back in March 2015 (RRP 133). Jennifer is the filmmaker behind Desert Runners which profiled 4 people over the course of a year as they tackled this 4 Deserts Grand Slam. Samantha is one of the featured athletes in that amazing movie. See it if you haven’t already and in case you missed it, have a listen to my podcast with Jennifer. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Der Little Desert Runners Club ist zurück von seinem Wüstenabenteuer. In Ausgabe 5 des LDRC erzählt Rafael über seine Erlebnisse und wie es den Teilnehmern ergangen ist. The post FatBoysRun Episode 85 - Little Desert Runners Club #5 first appeared on FatBoysRun.

Jennifer Steinman is a very successful filmmaker that has worked on a countless amount of projects. She is director, producer, and editor to one of my favorite documentaries called Desert Runners. In Desert Runners, they follow a group of non-professional runners that are attempting to complete the most difficult ultra-marathon race series in the driest, windiest, hottest, and coldest places on Earth. This documentary is not just for runners or athletes. This is truly a movie for everyone, and will leave you inspired and feeling a deep connection with this group of runners. The stories of why these people decide to push their bodies to the ultimate breaking point are really incredible. Excited to share our conversation! Connect with Jennifer: Twitter: @jenfilm Website: www.jennifersteinman.com  Check out the Desert Runners movie! www.desertrunnersmovie.com Also available on iTunes and Amazon! Also, check out Jennifer's TEDx talk here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tjSruyYuBw        Credits: Music: www.bensound.com

Philipp redet mit Rafael Fuchsgruber im Little Desert Runners Club dieses mal über Etappen, Klobesuche, Flüge und Schlaf…und vieles mehr.   The post FatBoysRun Episode 71 - Little Desert Runners Club #4 first appeared on FatBoysRun.

Hier der Text von Rafael Fuchsgruber zu der aktuellen Episode My Little Desert Runners Club for Namibia Mai 2017 Ich versuch es kurz zu machen. In einem Anfall von guter Laune hatte ich in einer TV Sendung Anfang der Woche meine Idee öffentlich gemacht und angefragt, ob jemand Lust hat nächstes Jahr mit auf einen großen Wüstenlauf zu kommen. Ich werde mein 10jähriges Wüstenultralaufjubiläum feiern. Danach explodierte mein fb Postfach. Ich kam abends vom Yogern nach Hause und normalerweise gehe ich nach Yoga direkt ins Bett. Diesmal habe ich über 2h lang Mails beantwortet. Vollkommen unverhofft und Hurra! Diese Woche habe ich mich dann mal drum gekümmert. Mit relevanten Partnern bundesweit … The post FatBoysRun Episode 44 : Little Desert Runners Club first appeared on FatBoysRun.

Nintendo! In this episode: Nintendo! Nintendo! Nintendo! Admittedly, the guys a’re fanboys, but they’ve earned that title. Both of their earliest memories involve warm fuzzies emanating from the original NES. Between Beej’s parents having Duck Hunt competitions, and Void playing Super Mario Bros. at daycare, the guys have both owned every single Nintendo system that was released (except for Beej--he just couldn’t do it for the Wii U, and he tells you why!). The Wii is one of the the most innovative consoles ever created, and it ate up much of Void’s college years through Wii Sports Bowling, and somehow Nintendo’s Wii Fit balance board made Beej have body image issues (which may or may not be worse than the Nintendo 64 causing him to week as an 8th grader). Did the Wii U live up to its potential? And is buying one a regret Void will take with him to the grave? No to both! The Nintendo 3DS may be the best console on the market right now. Between the variety of models you can choose from, the massive first-party game library, the virtual console, and the indie games on the eShop, the 3DS has got it going on. Void talks about his mad parenting skills. Unlike lots of parents, he and his wife decided to give their children unlimited screen time for their iPads and 2DS consoles. What that did was teach them that there’s nothing inherently special about screens, gave them ability to pause the game when life happens (and to know when to do so!), and lets them have autonomy and discover their own boundaries. If you like true, hardcore adulting with your geekery, this is the podcast for you! What’s next for Nintendo? Well, the NX comes out in early 2017 and might be a hybrid console. Or it might not be! We don’t know! And Nintendo’s first foray into mobile gaming with Miitomo seems like a miss, but the upcoming Fire Emblem, Animal Crossing, and Pokemon Go titles should seriously make up for that. Weekly Geekery Void - Overwatch (Overwatch Timeline) / The Barkley Marathons Beej - OVERWATCH OVERWATCH OVERWATCH (and Desert Runners, which is actually not on Netflix anymore. Sorry!) Health Hack Beej’s Health Hack leveled up and got its own weekly podcast! More health, more fitness, more geekery, and definitely more of that wonderful Tennessee accent you all love so much. Check it out on iTunes (or wherever you listen to podcasts. Even YouTube! ...because we fancy.) Be sure to subscribe to the Geek to Geek Podcast your favorite podcast app, drop a review so we know how we’re doing, and feel free contact us via email at geektogeekcast@gmail.com or @geektogeekcast on Twitter with any comments, questions, or suggestions for the show. Thanks for listening, and we can’t wait to hear from you! Subscribe: iTunes Overcast Pocket Casts Google Play Music RSS Feed Geek to Geek Podcast Network: Geek to Geek Geek Fitness Health Hacks The Comic Box Video Game News Now Music by CarboHydroM

On this podcast we have director, producer and editor Jennifer Steinman. In our search for epic sports documentaries we stumbled across Jennifer's film, Desert Runners. Being of the Ironman discipline, I instantly gravitated towards the idea of running my legs off over hundreds of miles a week in four different deserts around the world. Because that to me is Fun with a capital F! Please. Even I'm not *that* crazy. So it behooved me to find out who these crazy people were and what makes for crazier people than Ironman triathletes. Throughout the conversation Jennifer revealed many parallels between documentary storytelling and fashion photography/videography (and pretty much all forms of storytelling). It was only after editing and listening to the conversation that I realized Jennifer gave us so much depth and insight into the process of putting together a story that moves the audience. From shooting to editing, Jennifer knows it all and imparts a ton of knowledge especially when it comes to getting good interviews! Check out Desert Runners (link below) and her Jennifer's current project documenting the life of the world's greatest percussionist Sheila E! References in this podcast: http://www.desertrunnersmovie.com/film/ http://www.desertrunnersmovie.com/runners/ http://www.4deserts.com/4_deserts_grand_slam http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1289451/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1332061/?ref_=nm_knf_i2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_E. http://www.sxsw.com/film https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/desertrunnersmovie/desert-runners-lets-finish-the-movie Learn more about Jennifer and her latest projects here: http://jennifersteinman.com/main.html http://www.jennifersteinman.com/blog.html Learn more about Charles and his latest projects here: Website: http://www.lucima.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/charleslucima Facebook: http://facebook.com/charleslucima tumblr: http://lucima.tumblr.com Podcast: http://lucima.podomatic.com

“The thing I really learned was that the difference between the people who made it and the people who didn’t make it had nothing at all to do with fitness. It had purely to do with the belief that they thought they were going to make it.”Jennifer SteinmanFuturist and science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke famously said, the only way to find the limits of the possible is by going beyond them to the impossible. An apropos theme for my conversation with Jennifer Steinman, a documentary filmmaker who spent well over a year following four seemingly normal, far from professional athletes as they prepare for and undertake one of the most grueling, backbreaking endurance challenges on the planet — a collection of ultra-distance adventure footraces teetering on the absurd dubbed the 4 Desert Series.WHAT IS THE 4 DESERTS?Named by TIME magazine as one of the world's Top 10 Endurance Competitions, the 4 Deserts is the world's leading rough-country endurance footrace series. A unique collection of world-class events that take place over 7 days and 250 kilometers in the largest and most forbidding deserts on the planet.Jennifer has a more poetic take on this lunatic fringe:Imagine you’ve been dropped off in the middle of one of the largest, driest deserts in the World. Over the next six days you will have to run, jog, walk or crawl 155 miles through incessant heat, across soft sand and hard-packed gravel, over sand dunes multiple stories high and down razor-sharp rocky cliffs. You must do this carrying everything you need to survive — clothes, food, sunscreen, emergency medical supplies, sleeping bag — in a 20-pound pack on your back.Now imagine doing this not just once, but four times in one calendar year, through the driest, windiest, hottest, coldest and ultimately the most treacherous four deserts in the world: the Atacama Desert in Chile, the Gobi Desert in China, the Sahara in Egypt … and then, the final stage, a 150-mile footrace across the single most inhospitable landscape in the world: The Last Desert in Antarctica.Any single race in RacingThePlanet’s 4Desert Ultramarathon Series is an extraordinary, life-threatening challenge– something we would only expect the most accomplished, elite athletes on the planet to try. But most of the courageous men and women who come from all over the world to compete in these Herculean events are not professional athletes at all, they’re ordinary people—people with families and day jobs and mortgage payments– people like you and me who have decided, for a variety of personal reasons, to take on this extreme physical challenge.Why do they do it?This week's guest set out to answer this question. The result is Desert Runners– a feature length character-driven documentary that follows a remarkable collection of brave souls on an extraordinary year-long adventure, racing to the four corners of the Earth.This is a conversation about:the drive to discover one’s limits;the struggle to escape the comfort zone of modern living;what it means to seek adventure over security; and See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jennifer Steinman's documentary film Desert Runners has won numerous awards at film festivals around the world. It tells the story of four amateur athletes competing for the 4 Deserts Grand Slam which is accomplished by finishing four 250 km ultramarathons in a calendar year. The movie shows how challenging and dangerous it can be to race in the most inhospitable places on earth – the Atacama, the Gobi, the Sahara, and Antarctica. You can learn more about the film at desertrunnersmovie.com and more about Jennifer at jennifersteinman.com. Jennifer Steinman, welcome to The Pursuit Zone.

Jennifer Steinman is a Film Director, Producer and Editor with over 18 years of experience in television and filmmaking. Her work has aired nationally on ABC, PBS, Discovery, Nat Geo, and a bunch of different festivals like SXSW and Sundance. Jennifer’s most recent documentary film project, DESERT RUNNERS was selected "Best of the Fest" at the 2013 Edinburgh Film Festival. It won the Audience Award for Best Documentary at both the Vancouver International and The Hamptons International Film Festivals, and was named by the Huffington Post as one of "The Top 10 Documentaries of 2013."

This week we have race recaps from Katie and Meagan, and we're joined by ultra runner Samantha Gash from the documentary "Desert Runners".Listen now: Episode 47: Secure in a Lot of Wrong ThingsFor More about Samantha and the film "Desert Runners":SamanthaGash.comDesert Runners - DVD and Digital DownloadFreedomRunners.orgRunner Girl Recommends:Katie: Sparkling ICE WatersMeagan: Samsung Galaxy S5Sue: Running Wild with Bear GryllsRunner Girl of the Week:Mary Ann on DailyMileTo Enter the Charity Challenge:2014 Runner Girls Charity Challenge on GoGetFunding.com

David Jonston gives us a blow-by-blow account of his record breaking run at the ITI350 (Iditarod Trail Invitational), Ellie Greenwood talks about her comeback run and win at Chuckanut 50 and her plans for 2014. We speak with Jennifer Steiman, Director of the Desert Runners Movie and Samantha Gash who appeared in the film. Team inov-8 provide some chat from the 2014 athlete retreat and Emelie Forsberg brings us smilesandmiles, a Blog, the News, Up and Coming Races and of course Speedgoat! It's a stcked show.