Podcast appearances and mentions of Greg Rutherford

Paul Hawksbee was joined by Charlie Baker for this afternoons podcast. Aaron Ramsdale spoke to us about his career so far, Greg Rutherford's talks about the Olympics... and we had a Birthday Spread. Enjoy ! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send us a Text Message.Can't quite believe the guests we get on here!!! Jaz and the Boys welcome 2012 Olympic Champ Greg Rutherford on the pod to discuss their favourite Athletics moments from Paris 2024. It was so good we even forget to mention the Brits but do agree that Long Jump is deffo the most difficult event to win a medal in

Our time in Paris has come to the end and the podcast team are having their very own Closing Ceremony as we look back on the last 11 days of Athletics action at the Olympic Games. Sanya Richards-Ross and Greg Rutherford get into their PJs to discuss the highs and lows of events on the track and are joined by Athletics legends, and World Athletics President, Seb Coe, who shares his personal highlights and picks his superstars from a brilliant meet. Get more from the World of Athletics and watch a full video version of this podcast at worldathletics.org/insidetrack Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On our penultimate podcast episode of our daily Paris 2024 Olympic Games coverage, we are blessed by Royalty, as his Serene Highness, Prince Albert II of Monaco sat down with Greg Rutherford and Sanya Richards-Ross, where he discusses the Monegasques' involvement and his own career as an Olympian Bobsledder! Our hosts were also joined by Ukrianian Olympian and former athlete, Nataliya Dobrynska, who reflected on her country's performance in Paris and World Athletics President, Seb Coe's visit to Kyiv. Sports Journalist, Matt Lawton was on the ground for that meeting with Ukraine President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and he gives his first-hand account. We'll be back tomorrow with our final episode of our daily podcast run. Watch the full video version of this episode, explore the back catalogue and fine even more great Athletics insight via worldathletics.org/insidetrack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Paris ‘24 is flying past! We're already on Day 9 of the Athletics at the Olympics Games and you can catch up with it all on Inside Track: The Official Podcast of World Athletics. On today's episode, Sanya Richards-Ross and Greg Rutherford catch up on the controversy OFF the rack after the 200m Finals, as Noah Lyles blames Covid for not crossing the line first, and gold medalist Letsile Tebogo claimed he can't be the face of Athletics because he is not an “arrogant or loud” person! Plus, our pair are joined by two very special guests; Former Marathon World Record holder and British Athletics long distance running super-star, Paula Radcliffe, who talks about the strangest things to happen to her during a race AND New Zealand Shot Put legend, Dame Valerie Adams, who discusses the challenges she faced when stepping out of the sport in 2022. Watch the full video version of this episode, explore the back catalogue and fine even more great Athletics insight via worldathletics.org/insidetrack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Things get a little heated on this episode of Inside Track: The Official Podcast of World Athletics, as Sanya Richards-Ross and Greg Rutherford are joined by World Athletics CEO Jon Ridgeon to discuss the latest innovation in the sport INCLUDING the much talked about proposals for the Long Jump… something that Greg feels very strongly about. We separate the facts from the fiction and discuss what those changes could actually mean. Plus, the woman who made the fastest man on earth sits down on the couch to chat about her boy. Keisha Bishop talks to Greg about her son (Noah Lyles') gold medal success and which superhero he wanted to be growing up! Follow this podcast for the “Inside Track” on the World of Athletics and for a full video version of this podcast (and more from the team talking to some of the biggest names from the sport) head to worldathletics.org/InsideTrack Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join Sanya Richards-Ross and Greg Rutherford for day 7 of the Athletics at Paris '24. Today they bring with them another stellar selection of guests from the world of track and field. First up, they are joined by the Dutch team coach and the man behind the success of Femke Bol, Laurent Meuwly, who shares his insights on getting the best out of athletes. He also talks about Femke's chances of grabbing gold in Paris and makes his predictions for the 400m hurdles. Then, our London 2012 gold medal winning pair are joined by another legend who saw success at those games, Aston Eaton, who talks about where Paris ranks in his all-time top Olympics! Plus, in Ask Me Anything we get to find out why Greg talks to himself like a dog! Follow this podcast for the “Inside Track” on the World of Athletics and watch the full video version of this, and the other shows, at worldathletics.org/InsideTrack Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's day Six at Paris 24 for the Inside Track team as they, once again, bring you the latest news, biggest views and best guests from the World of Athletics at the Olympic games. On this episode our Olympic gold winning pair of Sanya Richards Ross and Greg Rutherford are joined by two sets of guests. First, social media athletics sensations (and seasoned podcasters) Jodi and Bayo, aka The Backstraight Boys, share their excitement about being in the French capital for the games and talk about the future of athletics coverage. Plus, we also hear from Kenyan World Champion and Olympic Silver medalist, Janeth Busiennei and Athletics “Supercoach” Ralph Mouchbahani who both talk about the different ways that they are “giving back” to the sport. If you want to hear more from The Backstraight Boys then you can check out their podcast here: https://backstraightathletics.buzzsprout.com/ Follow this podcast for the “Inside Track” on the World of Athletics and watch the full video version of this, and the other shows, at worldathletics.org/InsideTrack Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Inside Track is back for another action packed podcast in Paris as Olympic champions Greg Rutherford and Sanya Richards-Ross are joined by Helena and Greg - the parents of Pole Vault sensation Mondo Duplantis - and they reveal why the Swede isn't going to be holding back at the Stade de France. Plus, British legend Sally Gunnell drops in and finds out that Greg named a pet after her in the 90s! Follow this podcast for the “Inside Track” on the World of Athletics and watch the full video version of this, and the other shows, at worldathletics.org. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join Olympic champions Sanya Richards-Ross and Greg Rutherford for the latest episode of Inside Track, where the duo are joined by the legendary Lady Mary Peters and United States Paralympian Hunter Woodhall. Mary shares her incredible history in the sport as she takes in her 13th Olympic Games, whilst Hunter tells us how he balances sprinting and social media, including the story on how his wife Tara "shot her shot!" Follow this podcast for the “Inside Track” on the World of Athletics and watch the full video version of this, and the other shows, at worldathletics.org. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Perhaps the most famous name in British athletics (and no it isn't Greg Rutherford!) joins the Inside Track team in Paris, as Daley Thompson sits down to discuss the documentary about his incredible career and offer his predictions for the Decathlon at the Olympic Games. Daley reveals his thoughts on how the sport can grow, whilst Sanya Richards-Ross wants to know the real reason the beds are made of cardboard in the Olympic Village! Follow this podcast for the “Inside Track” on the World of Athletics and watch the full video version of this, and the other shows, at worldathletics.org. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Scott's got a retro present for pop megastar Katy Perry! She's back with new music and popped in for a catch-up.There's an Olympic special Spinterview with gold-medal winning long-jumper, Greg Rutherford. He steps into the celebrity spin studio for Radio 2's Let's Move It season.Scott's got some big news and he's trying to track down the Welsh Mr. Worldwide... his new obsession, the Pitbull impersonator from the Valleys.Plus, the Homes Under The Hammer game is back! Radio 2's Owain Wyn Evans is the show's newest presenter... but Scott needs to put his property knowledge to the test.Hit subscribe to get Scott's latest podcast every Friday, or listen live weekdays 2-4pm on BBC Radio 2.

Dan Pfaff is widely regarded as one of the most influential track and field coaches of all-time with over 50 years of experience. His thought provoking insights on sports performance concepts always come with a lot of dept and in this episode, He spoke about the rationale for having a holistic knowledge base and how coaches can develop that. From there, we dove into debriefing throughout the season so that coaches can make the athlete aware of the overall objectives to facilitate 'smoother' sailing throughout the year.The horizontal jumps is an area where Dan has had a lot of success coaching athletes like Greg Rutherford, Fabrice Lapierre, and Kareem Streete-Thompson to name a few. He described how he navigates complex issues like approach accuracy and take off mechanics. The final big theme of the discussion was the necessity for mental resilience so that athletes can perform under pressure. Thanks to Dan for coming and sharing his lifetime worth of wisdomSupport the Show.

Inside Track kicks off at Paris 2024 with two stellar guests, as Olympic champions Greg Rutherford and Sanya Richards-Ross are joined by World Athletics President Seb Coe and Olympic silver medalist Steve Cram. The pair discuss their battles in the 1980s and the modern 1500m rivalry that could grip Paris 2024. Steve also recalls the time he left the stadium without his family after becoming World Champion, whilst Seb explains why he thinks the marathon course at the Paris games is the 'toughest of all time.' Follow this podcast for the “Inside Track” on the World of Athletics and watch the full video version of this, and the other shows, at worldathletics.org. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Paul Scholes speaks to talkSPORT about Manchester United's upcoming season. talkSPORT reacts to Ben White's potential England U-turn. Jake Livermore joins Drive in the studio and gives his insight into playing under Gareth Southgate. Andy Townsend talks about the Enzo Fernandes situation at Chelsea. Greg Rutherford and Tim Henman talk to talkSPORT ahead of tomorrow's Olympics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On This Week's Mum's The Word:Kelsey Parker is joined by journalist turned social media influencer Susie Verrill on this week's podcastThey'll Discuss:What being a parent alongside Greg Rutherford is like?Why pregnant women aren't supported enough?Why having a third baby isn't as bad as people think?Get In Contact With Us:Do you have a question for us? Get in touch on our Whatsapp, that's 07599927537 or email us at askmumsthewordpod@gmail.comThanks for Listening---A Create Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Greg Rutherford has gold medals from the Olympics, World Championships, European Championships and the Commonwealth Games. In this episode Greg Rutherford discusses a lot, including his life post-athlete, his sporting childhood, how he trained and managed injuries and the importance of having a team around him and the impact Coach Dan Pfaff had on his career.   Follow Greg on Instagram @gregjrutherford

Recorded for release W/C 11th Sept 2023 This week Charlie Brooks chats about The Ocean at the end of the Lane at The Wolverhampton Grand, Alan Fletcher talks about the return of Neighbours and a special single release of a Fan's Favourite song, Nicky Evans of Drama Kids talks about the drama classes she runs, David Tristram lets us know about his 10,000th production of his play and a series of shows to mark this and we have two Olympians joining us too, Fatima Whitbread and Greg Rutherford.

Gold-medal winning Olympian Greg Rutherford has spent his entire working life travelling from competition to competition. Now that he has retired from athletics, has he embraced the chilled life or is travel still all about new challenges? Russell sits down with Greg to find out.  From the draw of America to his favourite off-the-beaten track skiing spot, Greg and Russell retrace the different stages of his life through travel, as well as trading tips on how to travel with the most tempestuous of toddlers.  Feeling inspired to go on your own adventure? Check out TUI.CO.UK to find out more about all our exclusive offers and holiday information. We'd like to invite you to provide feedback on the show to help us improve our podcast, by completing the following questionnaire.

Recorded for release W/C 10th Oct 2022 This week H (Ian Watkins)From Steps talks Parenting, Ben Cajee, Michael Greco, Sophie Ann and Ian Billings all talk about their roles in Wolverhampton Grand's production of Aladdin this Christmas, Greg Rutherford chats about how to avoid food waste and  we talk wall paper with Carol Smilee.

To mark the end of Series One of The Breakdown, Orla Chennaoui puts co-host Greg Rutherford in the interviewee seat for a special bonus episode... In what could be a therapy session, the 2012 Olympic champion looks back in candour on the childhood experiences which propelled him into the world of sport and shares the sliding doors moment when as a tearaway teenager, he could have died ‘car surfing'. We take a deep dive into the trials and tribulations of his career, and explore the chip on his shoulder that drove - and still drives - him to strive for more… “I think no matter what walk of life you're in and what you've done - be it in sport, business, whatever it is - you can try new things and challenge yourself”.Production Manager: Maria PilkingtonAudio edit and mix: Phil Golston and Chris WattsFootage edit: Phil GolstonProduced by Orla Chennaoui and Pete Burton Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the latest episode of The Breakdown, Orla Chennaoui and Greg Rutherford pay a visit to one of the most successful operators in the history of the British sport industry, Barry Hearn.Renowned for his revolutionary promotion of snooker, darts and boxing, Barry - now aged 74 - draws distinct parallels between sport and business and looks back light-heartedly at the many lessons of success he's learned throughout his accomplished career: “My candle is not the brightest in the room, but it burns longer than anyone else.”He also opens up about his relationships with two hugely important men in his life; son Eddie and snooker legend Ronnie O'Sullivan…Production Manager: Maria PilkingtonAudio edit and mix: Phil Golston and Chris WattsFootage edit: Phil GolstonProduced by Orla Chennaoui and Pete Burton Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We've taken a short break to make way for an epic summer of sport, but we're back with a bang with none other than the legendary Ronnie O'Sullivan.In an incredibly open conversation with Orla Chennaoui and Greg Rutherford, Ronnie takes us back to the dark places he promised himself he'd never return to en route to winning his record-equalling seventh World Snooker Championship title.He also opens up about his experiences with anxiety over the last decade, the invaluable buzz he gets from running and his revolutionary work with psychiatrist Steve Peters on taking ownership of his thoughts: “It's about parking it up; we're not dealing with that now, we'll chat about that later but not right now while you're trying to win this snooker match…”Audio Editor: Phil GolstonFootage Editor: Phil GolstonCameras: Alex GilesProduction Manager: Maria Pilkington Produced by Orla Chennaoui and Pete Burton Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Man Baggage Season Five Complete! Let's take a look back at some of the episodes featuring: DJ Fat Tony & Gizzi Erskine, Giovanna Fletcher & Greg Rutherford and Jack Fincham with my wife Lindsey! Don't forget to subscribe and see you next week for Season 6! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Man Baggage Season Five Complete! Let's take a look back at some of the episodes featuring: DJ Fat Tony & Gizzi Erskine, Giovanna Fletcher & Greg Rutherford and Jack Fincham with my wife Lindsey! Don't forget to subscribe and see you next week for Season 6! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Next over to Grace's house is the former long jumper Greg Rutherford, who's won gold medals at Olympic, world, European and Commonwealth level. He tells Grace about growing up in a conservative religious household, being brought home by the police as a teen, and how he turned it round to become one of Britain's most successful athletes of all time

On Man Baggage this week we are discussing Self Care. We all like a bubble bath, chill on the sofa or relaxing walk in the park but do you take time for yourself to do any of these things? Along side Author and queen of the jungle Giovanna Fletcher and track and field olympian Greg Rutherford we discuss if self care is less important to men than women. Subscribe now and never miss an episode! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On Man Baggage this week we are discussing Self Care. We all like a bubble bath, chill on the sofa or relaxing walk in the park but do you take time for yourself to do any of these things? Along side Author and queen of the jungle Giovanna Fletcher and track and field olympian Greg Rutherford we discuss if self care is less important to men than women. Subscribe now and never miss an episode! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hello listeners, The Bradley Wiggins Show will be back for the Giro d'Italia later this week but in the meantime, let us introduce you to our new podcast, The Breakdown, kicking off with a big exclusive with the man who will be aiming to boss the sprints in Italy, Mark Cavendish.Speaking to our own Orla Chennaoui and Greg Rutherford, Cav opens up like never before over his relationship with team-mate Fabio Jakobsen and those media stories whirling around about who will get the coveted Tour de France spot. You can listen to that part of the conversation right here as a taster.Ahead of the Giro, he also discusses his depression diagnosis, and reveals a truly unique Fight Club-style initiation at Quick-Step, which you won't want to miss.To listen to the full interview with Cav, search 'The Breakdown Eurosport' on your podcast platform of choice, or just click here to go to the feed right now. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Eurosport is delighted to announce the launch of a brand-new podcast taking you into the heart of elite sport, The Breakdown with Orla Chennaoui and Greg Rutherford.With new episodes every Tuesday, Warner Bros. Discovery presenters Orla and Greg meet sports stars and celebrities, breaking down the components of success, the battles common to us all, and the elements of sport that unify each and every one of us.The season kicks off with British Cycling legend Mark Cavendish. The most successful sprinter in the history of the Tour de France opens up like never before on his battles with depression, a condition he admits to dismissing in the past, his relationship with teammate Fabio Jakobsen, that Eddy Merckx record and a brilliant story about his team initiation. This sets the tone for a podcast which delivers raw reflections and unrivaled insights.The breakdown is a three-way conversation breaking down the elements of success and the lessons learned through sport. Every week, broadcaster and journalist Orla Chennaoui and Olympic Champion Greg Rutherford speak to elite athletes, celebrities and renowned experts in their field to break down the ways in which their successes and failures can help us all.The Breakdown is presented by Orla Chennaoui and Greg RutherfordProduction Manager: Maria PilkingtonAudio edit and mix: Pete BurtonFootage edit: Phil Golston and Pete BurtonCameras: Marco Camilloni and Pete BurtonProduced by Orla Chennaoui and Pete Burton See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This is Anything but Footy the Olympic and Paralympic podcast - official episode no.65! Three time Olympic champion Max Whitlock heads into a gym for the first time since Tokyo, as John and he discuss inspiring people to get active, Sports Personality of the Year and what comes next, as he sits out the World Championships later this month. He was speaking at the opening of the Harpenden Leisure Centre following a total rebuild - and Michael reveals there used to be an outdoor pool there!Joe Joyce should be Olympic champion himself but missed out in Rio due to bribery and corruption according to the latest stinging report from Richard McLaren - we ask if its actually worse than doping?!?Greg Rutherford's aiming to be only the second man in history to win an Olympic gold in the summer and winter games but hear why there's a long way to go yet, despite Beijing coming up fast!PLUS sooooooooo much more - judo, badminton, rowing, eventing, foil surfing, the London Marathon and Sliding Doors! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

To know God is to know that He wants to be close to you. His desire is for fellowship and intimacy with you - His beloved. In this episode of The Effectual Fervent Prayer Podcast, Guest Intercessor, Greg Rutherford, shares about yielding to the will of God. He speaks to the heart condition and posture required to genuinely experience God in your everyday life. Are you ready to pray? Learn more about me & get resources: http://www.darlyshiamenzie.com/connect Connect with Greg Rutherford: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/As1Music IG: https://www.instagram.com/as1music/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@as1music Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmZNeKtt17fF5kVuAnJZ1SQ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ferventservant/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ferventservant/support

To kick off the new series, Gi is joined by Greg Rutherford, MBE, former track and field athlete who specialised in long jump. He represented Great Britain at the Olympics, World and European Championships, and England at the Commonwealth Games. He's also Masterchef Celebrity champion for 2019 and is planning to compete in the GB bobsleigh team at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing! Greg is a father of three and in this episode he shares his experience of supporting his partner through severe hyperemesis. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Greg Rutherford reveals this week he's training to compete at Beijing 2022 in the Bobsleigh - but as Michael explains its not the first time the 2012 Olympic champion has thought about the Winter Games! Plus British Gymnastics has a new star at European Champs & big cricketing teams confirmed for Birmingham 2022...

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Visit NMN Bio for more information.  Watch Losing Sight of Shore, a documentary about four brave women rowing across the Pacific Ocean, from America to Australia. The strength of adaptability: achieving the impossible, Laura Penhaul on TEDxTruro What it takes for a team to survive 9 months at sea, Laura Penhaul on TEDxClapham Endurance podcast with Mark Beaumont and Laura Penhaul Endurance: How to Cycle Further by Mark Beaumont Connect with Laura: Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn   Episode Highlights [05:12] Laura’s Background Laura worked in elite sport for the Olympics and Paralympics for more than 14 years. As a physical therapist, she was able to see people through their journeys as athletes.  In the face of adversity, Laura found two types of people: those who bounced back from it and those who gave up because of it.  She was inspired by those who wanted to thrive and make the most out of life.  She never experienced rowing before, but she was searching for a challenge. Ocean rowing was something she found ideal.  The expedition gave her a lot of learnings.  [12:58] Gaining Confidence Reach out to those who have done what you want to do or to those who have expertise.  Laura had to break down the journey and prepare for it: planning the possibility of the route, gaining logistical and structural support, planning out the time frame and preparing the team.  She expected to finish in a year but didn’t. It took four years of planning before they could carry out the expedition.  She had to learn from her failures, figure out her blind spots and reach out to other people for help.  [16:12] Gathering Financial Support and Sponsorships At first, Laura could not ask for money to support her journey. She reached out to people who worked in business and sponsorship. They helped her shape her deck, brand and business model.  She also reached out to Mark Beaumont, an elite expedition athlete. She learned from his experience and failures.  With Mark’s help, Laura could have a structure for the timeline, budget and sponsorship.  [20:06] Physical, Emotional and Mental Resilience  Optimise your own elite performance.  Break down the journey and plan everything. Being prepared makes you feel confident when dealing with the unknown.  Have the courage to step away from comfort and the norms.  Push outside of your comfort bubble to reach your full potential.  [25:40] Going Beyond Your Comfort Zone Laura considers herself a calculated risk-taker.  She does not leap blindly and makes sure not to leave any stone unturned.  It’s not a failure if you learn from it.  Have the physical, emotional and mental resilience and robustness to bounce back and ask where and why you went wrong.  [29:36] Dealing with Failure You can prepare everything and still fail. There are things you can’t control. Be adaptable and flexible in your performance. During difficult times, the strength of Laura’s team was able to support a struggling individual. Different perspectives help you see things you can and cannot control. It can prevent you from being ill or injured. [34:42] Team Dynamics Compared to individual sports, being in a team is difficult.  Expeditions bring out the best and worst in people. You won’t know unless you are in the situation.  Laura wanted her team to be cohesive and transparent. She always confronts an issue and steps forward to speak about it.  A performance psychologist helped them understand the differences in each other's personalities, which helped make their journey a success. [44:05] Keeping Mindfulness in Moments of Struggle Leveraging each member’s strengths and differences can end up holding the team together rather than pulling it apart. When you are struggling, you may show a part of yourself that is cynical and selfish.  Remember: we are all working on our character.  In extreme circumstances, the bad side of ourselves could come out. Dealing with it is part of resilience and teamwork.   7 Powerful Quotes ‘There's people that can go through the same type of thing. And yet one person wakes up, being so thankful that they're alive’ they're now going to make the most of life. And then somebody else that wakes up and they're like, they wish they didn't wake up’. ‘How can I put myself in a situation which is completely unknown, that's kind of gonna make me want to give up? And I want to understand what it is we draw on when we can't give up [and] we've only got one option’. ‘It's all about perspective, isn't it? And it's all about the context that you're in. And this is the thing that I get really passionate about is, I want to optimise people's own elite performance’. ‘It is not a failure unless you don’t learn from it. And leaping sometimes is exactly what you need to do, and it's just not being scared to fall, like just knowing that, you know what, if it doesn't work out, it doesn't work out. It's got you one step further. And one step closer to finding what the next thing might be’. ‘You kind of just got to crack on and then there's no going back, you can't row backwards, sort of, it's only about having the confidence to step into taking on the Pacific’. ‘You've got to understand that there are things you can't control. So you've done everything you can control. And now the rest is up to the gods, basically. And you're going to have to be able to be adaptable and flexible’. ‘The girls hated confrontation. They weren't used to giving and receiving feedback. That was always felt like a personal threat. I just had to put myself in the barrier first. I be like, “Right, cool, okay, if you're not going to give it and you're going to say everything's rosy when it's not, I’ll pull it out”’.   About Laura Laura Penhaul is one of the world's most respected physiotherapists. She helps train many of the top athletes in Olympic sailing and the Paralympics.  Laura is known for her nine-month, 9000-mile crossing of the Pacific in a rowboat. She managed a team of four women known as the Coxless Crew; she was the expedition's team leader and organiser. The expedition is featured in a documentary called Losing Sight of Shore. Connect with Laura through Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn.   Enjoyed This Podcast? If you did, be sure to subscribe and share it with your friends! Post a review and share it! If you enjoyed tuning in, then leave us a review. You can also share this with your family and friends so they can learn more about stories of strength and mental resilience. Have any questions? You can contact me through email (support@lisatamati.com) or find me on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube. For more episode updates, visit my website. You may also tune in on Apple Podcasts. To pushing the limits, Lisa    Full Transcript Of The Podcast!  Welcome to Pushing the Limits, the show that helps you reach your full potential with your host Lisa Tamati, brought to you by lisatamati.com. Lisa Tamati: Hi everyone, and welcome back to Pushing the Limits once again. Today, I have another world-leading, actually world-record-holding, superwoman. Now, this lady is Laura Penhaul from England, and Laura is one of the world's most respected physiotherapists. She helps train many of the top athletes in Olympic sailing and in Paralympics with people with disabilities. She's done an awful lot in high-performance sport. But what Laura is really known for is that Laura did a 9,000-mile crossing of the Pacific in a rowboat, you heard that right. Right across the Pacific. Nine months it took and she was the team leader and organiser of this whole expedition. She got four women together to do this epic event. And there is a documentary out called Losing Sight of Shore. And today we discuss this mammoth expedition that Laura undertook. The funny thing is that Laura hadn't even been a rower before she took this on. But because she had worked so much with high-performance athletes, people pushing the limits of endurance, and people with disabilities doing crazy things. She wanted to understand what is it that makes some people so resilient and strong, and other ones want to give up when they're faced with a trauma. And she thought, 'I don't need to wait until something drastic happens in my life, and my health has taken off me or my mobility, or I have an accident or I have something to wake up. I can actually take on some mammoth task so that I can start to understand what it actually takes and what resilience and strength is all about'. And she felt like she didn't have the right to be leading and guiding other people if she didn't have that experience herself. So she set off on a mission, what she thought would take them a year to do for a status to organise this expedition across the Pacific. And they knew that taking it four years of preparation, we go into the, all the details of putting together such a high-performance team, it's a fantastic interview. She really is a superwoman. I'm in awe over here, I can't imagine being in a 29-foot boat for anything more than about two hours, I reckon, before I'd start going nuts, so she's pretty impressive, this lady. And before we head over to the show, just want to remind you, we've launched now, our patron program for the podcast. So if you want to become a premium member of our podcast tribe, if you like, we'd love you to come and join us here on over to patron.lisatamati.com. And we'd love to see you over, the, it's all about keeping the show going. We've been doing it now for five and a half years each and every episode takes me a long time to put together to chase these world-leading experts, to do the research that I need to do, especially when it's dealing with scientific topics, and a test takes an awful amount of time. And to keep it going we need your help. And we wanted to give you lots of benefits too so people who do get in behind the podcast and help us provide this super valuable content to everybody get a whole lot of exclusive member benefits. So we'd love you to check it out. Go to patron.lisatamati.com for more information on that. And on that note before we just hit over to Laura, I just want to remind you about my new longevity and anti-ageing supplement NMN Nicotinamide Mononucleotide. You would have heard a couple of times in the podcast I had Dr Elena Seranova and we're going to have her on more often. She's a molecular biologist and tells us all about the ways that we can help with anti-ageing. And one of those things is by taking Nicotinamide Mononucleotide, which is a very, very powerful supplement. It's an NAD precursor that helps up-regulate the sirtuin genes, helps provide a bigger pool of NAD to every cell in the body and helps on a very, very deep level. The ageing working against the ageing process and who doesn't want to know about them if you want to find out all about it and all the science behind it, please go to nmnbio.nz. Right, now over to the show with Laura Penhaul. Lisa: Well, hi everyone, and welcome to Pushing the Limits. Today I'm super excited. I have an amazing, amazing guest for you. I really do find the most incredible people and this lady is a superwoman. So welcome to the show. It's really, really nice to have you Laura. Laura Penhaul is sitting in Cornwall in England. Laura, how's your day going? Well, you're not going. Laura Penhaul: Oh I was gonna say yeah no, it's been great. Do it. Yeah, it's now eight o'clock in the evening. So yeah, no, it's all good. It's been a beautiful sunny day. Lisa: Oh lovely, lovely. So Laura is an amazing person who does expeditions and as a physio, Laura, can you give us a little bit of background? I want you to tell your story in your words, give us a bit of a synopsis about what you do and what the critical things. I mean I've done a bit in the intro so, but I really want your words, if you like. Laura: Yeah, no props well, firstly, yes. Thanks, Lisa for having me on the show. It's been an honour because I think you're a superwoman more than me. Lisa: Hell no. Laura: But no I mean yeah, my background is I worked in elite sport, in Olympic and Paralympic sport for over 14 years. Sort of went to Vancouver, London, Rio, Tokyo cycles. And yeah during that kind of journey, and that was as lead physio in different sports, whether that was downhill skiing, whether it was with British Athletics Paralympic team. And more recently, I was with the British sailing team. And during that sort of journey as a physio like, the role that we have, as physios, physical therapists are very much kind of, you know, you're seeing somebody through a journey. And like when I worked with them and we've worked with patients in trauma, worked versus kind of, you know, in spinal cord injuries, and then straight to Paralympic sport, I've been surrounded by people that have been faced with significant adversity. And it's sort of, it's always along my journey of my career, have I been fascinated by understanding the person in front of me and kind of going, there's usually two types of people when they've been thrown a massive curveball, like an RTA or road traffic accident, or something horrendous, that is completely changed their life for the rest of their life. Those two, there's people that can go through the same type of thing. And yet one person wakes up, being so thankful that they're alive, they're now going to make the most of life. And then somebody else that wakes up and they're like, they wish they didn't wake up. And as a physio dealing with those two people, you've got to have a very different approach. And in the, kind of—to me, understanding that person that wants to give up and actually being able to change their mindset and facilitate, go shoulder to shoulder with them is really powerful. And then those people that do wake up and want to thrive, like they're the ones that have inspired me to do more stuff, because I'm like, why do we wait for adversity? Why do we wait for something to be a curveball before we then, like, start to go, ‘Oh, my God, I need to make the most of life like I’m fit. And I'm healthy. I need to make the most of life because clearly stuff could happen in an hour’s time. Lisa: At any time. Laura: Exactly. So that's kind of what then drove me to start to do more and more personally, and kind of a bit of exploratory expedition space. And then the real, so that led me to ride the Pacific Ocean, which is kind of you know what, we're talking about. Lisa: You said it again, you just rode the Pacific Ocean is, I just dropped it as a, to yeah, and then I rode the Pacific Ocean. So you were into sailing and into rowing and into all of that sport, as prior, this was your thing? Laura: No. Well, that's the thing, no wasn't in all honesty. I was, I'm kind of a jack of all trades like I love anybody, any athletes, anybody that I work with, I want to understand them. And I want to understand the sport, the environment that they're in. So when I was working with skiers, I went off and did a ski season. I learned to ski when I, and I'm somebody that, yeah, I love to do different sports and outdoors, the sort of outdoor environments. And if I was working with marathon runners, I was like, I can't fully treat them if I don't understand, if I haven't run a marathon like, to me, I need to experience what they've experienced, even in a small way to kind of get a glimpse of the environment. So I would run a marathon, same with triathletes, and, you know, not to the extent of your, sort of did a half Ironman, and then the point was the Paralympic cohort when I was working with them. I was like, this is an area that I can't untap you know, yeah. Lisa: Yeah. Laura: I can do it, but I can't understand what it is to be a Paralympian. Lisa: Yep. Laura: However, how can I put myself in a situation which is completely unknown, that's kind of gonna make me want to give up. And I want to understand what it is we draw on when we can't give up you know, we've only got one option. Lisa: Yep. Laura: So I kind of, that's what I was searching for, for a couple of years of searching for something that was going to be out of my comfort zone completely and was going to be a challenge on multiple levels. Lisa: Sure must have been. Laura: Yeah, yeah, exactly. And I guess at the time, I was doing, sort of, triathlons. I was enjoying them. But anything that was cycling, running, swimming, I felt like this would be expected and I kind of would already be a bit familiar with it. So when I suddenly heard about ocean rowing, I was like, ‘Oh my god, this is ideal'. I've always wanted to row but never did it. Then never got a chance to, so I'd never rode before. I've never lost sight of shore. Like, you know, I've never been out at sea properly, never sailed or any of that stuff. Well, a bar like going on a few trips. But yeah, not a sailor by anyway, shape or form.  So it was, I was, and that just connected, you know, when something, an opportunity comes up and you're like, ‘This is exactly what I've been looking for'. And it was a proper light bulb moment. And the thing for me, it's the one time in my whole life that I've been so focused, like, ‘I have to make this happen'. Because I know, in my heart of hearts, I know what I'm going to get out of this is going to be huge. Lisa: Wow. Laura: And that basically is why starting point with it, it was kind of, I didn't know how to row, I went from being a marathon weight of like, something stupid, like 58 kilos up to, I had to go up to 72 kilos to grow on mass, you know, to be not skinny, because we lose a lot of weight out there. I had to put a team together, whereas, in my personal sport, I was doing quite individual sports. So, you know, I had to work out the team cohesion, the whole team dynamics, and recruitment. I had to figure out what the boat was, get it built, like then set up this as a business, you know, so. So yeah, so the whole journey it was, I mean, now on reflection, there's so many learnings from it. But I absolutely thrive from the self-awareness piece, how much I've learned about myself, and the different perspectives. And you know, approaching that row, my approach is very much like, this is all brand spanking new. So if I can approach it with a blank canvas, if I can have a real adaptive mindset, and if I surround, if I've now gone on the other side of the table, rather than surrounding athletes, if I surround myself with the relevant expertise, how far can I get? And how far can I really experience that athlete? Lisa: Yeah, sorry, just my brother's just come in the middle of the podcast it’s all right. There. Come on Mitch, get around the other side. Yeah, this is podcast life for you. Didn't tell your brother you’re recording. There was so much here that I wanted to unpack. Because there was like, you just skipped over a ton of stuff. Number one, you had no idea. So what gave you the confidence, what was the little voice inside you saying, ‘I can do this’, when you're in a completely unknown sport? Like what was it that made you think, ‘Oh, yeah, I can ride across the Pacific on a row across the Pacific, you know, for nine months, and that all worked out well'. You know, how did you even come up with a concept for something so audacious? Laura: Well, I mean, it's all about small pieces, isn't it, and kind of reaching out to those that have done stuff and those that you respect and have the expertise. So it was basically breaking it, breaking the journey down. First of all, one is that route even possible? So initially, somebody had asked me to be part of the Indian Ocean, and they were putting a team together and then I evolved it into the Pacific. And then somebody, I was like, well, actually, originally, it might have been the new ocean wave race, which just goes from San Fran to Hawaii. And I was like, well, that's not the Pacific. That's a third of it, like so if I'm going to say I'm going to row the Pacific. I want to row, can I row all of it? Yeah. So it was then reaching out to somebody from a logistical point of view and a support structure point of view saying, ‘Is this even feasible? And what would it look like?’ And when they said, 'Yes'. I was like, right, okay. So that's route can get involved, this is what it's going to look like. We're going to need to start, we're going to need to replenish, but it's doable. But it's going to take this time frame. And then it was kind of like right, in order for me to get prepped and the team to get prepped, what's the time frame that it's going to take to do that? Let's be realistic. And I wasn't realistic. I was naive, I thought it would only take us about a year to get to the start line. And hell no. It took four years to get to start, like four years. Lisa: Four years. That’s massive. Laura: Yeah, so it was. But interestingly, there's so many parallels, you know, like working in Olympic sport, everything's in four-year cycles for the Olympic cycle. And so there's so much that I learned through that process of, I thought I was only going to go in a year's time. That didn't happen. We didn't have the funding. I didn't got the team, the boat wasn't finished, you know, it was like, right, I need to go again. I need to reset. I need to sort of keep the ball rolling. But I need to learn from what failures have had here. And how do I overcome them? Lisa: Wow. Laura: The second year, I didn’t quite have to win I thought it was but it's all that sort of stuff. You go, yeah, you can give up why it's such a clear vision with it. And the question in my head was, ‘There's going to be an all-female team that is going to do this at some point. Like, why can't it be me? And I'm sure that will happen in my lifetime'. So what am I missing? What are the things that I can't see? That's in my blind spots. And that's where I started to reach out, to pull in different people to say, right, ‘This is the problem I've got, how can you help me’? How can you see and it was that reaching out for help with the right expertise that got us to the start line? It wasn't me. It was the collective bigger support team around us. Lisa: How did you even, like the resources and the money in the financial and the sponsorship, when you didn't have a—I mean, you had a backstory as a high-performance expert, and helping other people in training and so on. But, you know you didn't have, you weren't—there were no huge amount of resources behind you. How did you—I know what I had to go through to get to the races that I did. And that was probably a heck of a lot less than what you had to go through. How did you face that? And what did you learn on the business side of the journey, the marketing, all of that sort of stuff? Laura: Yeah, I mean– Lisa: Selling the idea to people. Laura: Yeah, the money. It kind of—it’s exactly that. I think it's showing the belief, like the absolute dogged determinedness, that this is going to happen, and you know, like, I put in my own swag to it. I paid for the boat built in the first place. So I'm like, I'm gonna do this, like, do you want to be part of it or not? But I want to do this regardless. Yeah. Lisa: So basically, how I did too. Laura: This is not my approach. But you know, I mean, I say that, but let's face it, I was useless at kind of asking for money, like, you know, it's great, you're doing it for charities. But to ask to support me, and like our journey. I was crap. You know, I'm a physio, I like to help people. I don't like asking for help. You know, at the time, I was very much in that poor sort of leadership style. And that's a big, that was a big learning point. But then reaching out to people that do work in business and do work in sponsorship. And they were the people that then helped me to shape sort of your sponsorship deck and how you need to brand it, what's your, you know, the colours, the language, all of that type of stuff. Lisa: Wow. Laura: And I loved it because I mean, I love learning. So suddenly, I was entering a snippet of a different world that I knew nothing about previously. Same with like the PR side of it, I had no idea but that was great fun, and, and the business model itself, like yeah became a business and I thought it was all about the physical and that was totally not it was 10% of like the project. And then yeah, so like you say, setting up a business no Scooby-Doo about and so simplicity was reaching out to people that had been successful had done it before. And the likes of, you know, Mark Beaumont, that we've talked about before like Mark. Mark is somebody that's an elite athlete, expedition athlete, he'd actually at the time rode the Atlantic, and unfortunately, they nearly died at sea. So I'd reached out to him to learn from his experiences from the actual failures, more, I don't want necessarily the successes, but, and he then was great at providing me with a bit more of the structure for you know, the timeline, the budget that this, that in the other room. Lisa: Wow. Laura: How you sort of need to get the sponsorship. And yeah, so I think to me, it's about as you know, if you hold, if this is a new space and you hold an ego thinking you're going to, then you're never gonna get anywhere. Lisa: You’re gonna get your ass kicked. Laura: Yeah, basically, just whereas for me, yeah, well, I don't mind. I don't mind saying I don't know something. I'm happy to ask why and how and who can help… Lisa: You can be very humble, we can tell that five minutes of talking to you, you know. Laura: Thank you very much. Lisa: And how did you get a team together? Because you get four ladies, you rode the Pacific and people were talking like nine months and a rowboat unsupported, like from California to Cairns, wasn’t it? It's great. Yeah. There's a documentary out on it. If people want to find out we'll work out with it with the link sir. And how they can get hold of it perhaps afterwards. Four ladies in a rowboat, rowing across the lake. I mean, to the average person who doesn't know anything about rowing? It sounds absolutely insane. And I, like, I said to my husband, I was interviewing this morning and I said I couldn't last 24 hours in a rowboat. I probably couldn't last four hours in a rowboat. How do you comprehend nine months like that for me? Is, I mean, I've never done anything on that scale, of that long. You know, like, the longest thing I ever did was run through New Zealand which was a sustained effort over 42 days. And that well nearly bloody killed me, you know. But that's not nine months, you know, little logistics and all that. Wow. Laura: Yeah, but you know what, I've been, flipping heck, you know. 40 odd days that you're running the lengths of New Zealand, like that is insane. So you could have... Lisa: That’s a hell lot easier than rowing. Laura: It’s not though! I mean, it's all about perspective, isn't it? And it's all about the context that you're in. And this is the thing that I get really passionate about is, I want to optimise people's own elite performance, like, not comparative to anybody else, like, what's your—so what you're really is your achievement of like, 42 days and everything else you've achieved is huge. Whereas somebody else's 42 days of running, will be running a marathon like that will be—it's about that gap analysis, like, where you'd got yourself to, to then be able to take on the 42-day sort of challenge. Like that was a big old leap, but you're already like, sort of—your experiences, and you'd prepped yourself for that. Lisa: Yes, years and years. Laura: Yeah, and where is somebody who's on a couch, but then is setting their sights of running a marathon. That's their 42 days, like, that's their elite performance for them. And the row for us? Yeah, it was a big old leap, but it was fundamentally, it was broken down. Like I think sometimes you must have found this with the run, you're talking about there and everything else. You've got to break it down, like you certainly in the preparation phase, you've got to plan every inch and every sort of crook of it within its life so that you don't leave any stone left unturned. You feel like you're best prepared, that gives you confidence, to then have capacity to deal with the unknown when you're faced with it. So to me, that sort of, I always wanted to leave, like, at least 30% of capacity in my headspace to make sure I can react to when I need to. Lisa: You can handle it. Laura: Exactly, and deal with the unknown. If I mean, if we'd gone on that row in that first year, Jesus Christ, like most of it was unknown, like that. I was so naive, it was ridiculous. But by the time you know, it's four years down the line, I felt so confident in actually we've trialed the boat, we've done 72 hours, we've done a couple of weeks. We've done team testing, we've done routines, we've done steep depot, we've done the training, we've done the site support, you know, all of those, every aspect of it. I feel like we took out and then it was a case of right, well, then we just need to do this on a day and day out. And then however long that's gonna last for it's just sticking to routines, which you know, the same in whatever you do. Lisa: The more you do the more it becomes normal. Laura: Exactly. And then it's kind of like, Well, actually, once you lose sight of shore, whether you're out there for five days, five weeks, five months, actually doesn't make much difference. Lisa: You’re in this shit anyway. Too far from home anyway, you've lost sight of shore! Laura: Yeah, you kind of just got to crack on and then, you know, there's no going back, you can't row backwards, sort of, it's only about, you know, having the confidence to step into taking on the Pacific. And for us, you know, yes, we rowed the Pacific literally, but to me, it was the essence of everybody's got their own Pacifics to cross like... Lisa: Yes.  Laura: ...our film’s called Losing Sight of Shore because it's about having the courage to lose sight of shore, like, have that sort of courage to just step away from the comfort, step away from the knowns. And like, Oh, my God, you know, that's where life just opens up and expose. Lisa: Because you know, I had Paul Taylor, who's a neuroscientist, and ex-British Navy guy, and exercise physiologist on the show last week, and he's talking about the small bubble where you can live in or the big bubble. And the big bubble is where we all want to be, you know, where we’re reaching our potential and we are filling and where are all these amazing things that we could do. We know that that bubble was there. But we're all scared living in this little comfort zone. And how do you push outside because that outside is risk of failure, and in your case risk of dying. You know, there was so much that you put on the line physically, mentally, financially, emotionally, relationships, you know. You name it, you put it on the line for this one thing, and that is living in that big bubble and scaring the crap out of yourself and doing it anyway. Most people have this tendency to want to be comfortable in and I see this as a massive problem in our society today is that we are all cozy and comfortable and sitting on the couch watching Netflix and we are warm and we don't push ourselves for the gloom we don't push yourself. And this leads to disaster when it comes to resilience and being able to cope because you're been through this amazing adventure and expedition and you've risked everything, you must have an inner confidence that is just—and I know that you won't have it in all areas of life because this is certainly specific. And I know how that works because I'm really good and some things and really crap in others and I'm still working on my mindset in this area and that area or whatever, we're work in progress but you when you've lifted up your horizons to that big, nothing must daunt you in a way. Like he must be like, ‘Okay, whatever is coming at me, I can probably handle it'. Because you know, inside you have that resilience, which is so important. Laura: Yeah. I mean, I think you're right. It's about context, isn't it? Like I—you know, I'm a risk-taker, but I'm a really calculated risk-taker, right. Lisa: Yeah. Laura: Exactly. So kind of the Pacific seems like it's ridiculous, and it's life threatening. I mean, I didn't leave any stone left unturned. I had military guys helping us to make sure we'd sort of not left stuff unturned. We went through survival practice. We, I mean, there was everything and the amount of sort of, you know, routines we had on the boat, leashes, and kind of safety equipment was next to none. Because I was like, the risk we've got is getting separated from the boat. So I'm risk-aware, really risk-aware. And, and kind of, and make sure that sort of don't leave any stone unturned so then I feel confident to go forwards. I wouldn't just leap into it like blindly. Lisa: Yep, you shouldn’t. Laura: Yeah exactly. Lisa: Because you will die. Laura: Yeah. But I mean, it's no different if you watch, I don't think like, you know, you watch Alex Honnold, climbing free solo, you know, the El Cap, sort of the climb, if anybody’s seen that film. I mean, it's phenomenal. And anybody would, you know, you watch it. You're like, ‘Oh, my God, that's insane. He’s free climbing that like, what if he just slipped’? What if this? What if that? But look at his meticulous approach to it. Lisa: Yeah, one hand wrong. Laura: Exactly. But then his meticulous approach, he hasn't just woken up that day one, right. So I'm going to climb up, you know, sort of freestyle at this thing. He's like, he's been off top-roping with it, he is kind of lead climbed it. He's, kind of, known every single holding place he's written it, he’s drawn it, he’s visualising it. And he's only done it when he feels completely ready, prepped. And that actually, there's no move in that that is going to be a risk. So, therefore, he's a calculated risk-taker. And it is extreme when you watch it, but the preparedness is totally there. Lisa: I couldn't do it. I didn't put the parachute on as I'm halfway down. You know, you do learn from that, you know. I remember going out into the race in Niger, which was 353Ks across one of the most dangerous landscapes in you know, places on Earth, countries on Earth. And we were meant to have food come from France, and it didn't arrive. And I wasn't prepared. I didn't have my own stash, I didn't, my husband at the time, my ex-husband there. He did, you know, like, and when you're doing things like that, and you end up with food poisoning, and you're, you know, vomiting and shitting your way across the Sahara. And you realise, you know, you could have avoided that. That’s sort of a big lesson and do your preparation better, you know. Don't be so cavalier with your, ‘I am going to go and, you know, run 100 miles, and I haven't even trained for a marathon yet'. No, no, you know, and I had to learn those things the hard way because I had a tendency just to dive in. And this is all exciting. And let's do it. Laura: But then you learned that didn’t you? Lisa: Yeah, but it's not a good way to learn in the middle of the Sahara. It’s better to learn previously. Laura: Yeah, that is sure. But yeah, I mean, you still but you learn and I think that's one of the biggest takeaways, of whenever we talk about failure and stuff. It is not a failure, if you, unless you don’t learn from it. And leaping sometimes is exactly what you need to do, and it's just not being scared to fall, like just knowing that, you know what, if it doesn't work out, it doesn't work out. It's got you one step further. And one step closer to finding what the next thing might be. Lisa: Yeah. Laura: So yeah, just it's having that like you say, that the sort of the robustness, the resilience or whatever it is to bounce back to kind of jump back up to ask the questions. ‘Well, why didn't that work? And let's try it a different way', or learn from it and do something. Lisa: Yeah, like you said, You reached out to Mark and he'd had, you know, nearly died and had actually failed in that particular expedition, done lots of other crazy stuff, but you know, and that one and it is those things like you are risking failure and you have to understand it from the outset. That you can take care of all the things you can prepare. You can get everything and you're still risking because, if this was easy, everyone would be doing it. And you have to be okay with the—this is something I try and get my athletes to understand. When you're actually done the work, you've done the boulder, you've done the—all the hard stuff that you knew now standing at the start line, that's actually to have time to celebrate and go, you know, ‘I've done the hard work. Now it's up to whatever's going to come my way'. And like you say, being able to adapt and to have the flexibility to take whatever's coming at you, which isn't always easy, but you have to sort of give up those—I think the consequences of what if, what if, what if, because if you’re constantly asking yourself, for ‘What if I don't make that time?’ You know, say you're running a marathon, or I want to do it in under three and a half hours, or whatever the case may be, and then you're so like, ‘Oh, no’, and then it takes you three hours and thirty-two and you know, ‘I'm a failure’, you know, like, hang on a minute, no, hang on. That's not how it works. Laura: Yeah. Lisa: Yeah, you've got to understand that there are things you can't control. So you've done everything you can control. And now the rest is up to the gods, basically. And you're going to have to be able to be adaptable and flexible. And that was one of the things in your website, talking about adaptive, being adaptive in your performance. And I think that's a really good thing because we cannot control like… You can be having a bad day at the office and get up and you feel sick and your immune system’s down and you've got your period and you've, you know, whatever the case may be. And you weren't bargaining with that, you know, so you have to be able to work, ‘I need to still go because there's no way back. How do I deal with it’? You know? Laura: Yeah, and I think it's a really valid point. Because I mean, even in the row halfway through, and it's in the films, it's not kind of confidential stuff. One of the girls, like, she just completely changed her personality, right, because that was exactly the problem. She thought she could control the boat. She thought, you know, she was a rower. Out of all of us, she was somebody that actually had rowed since she was a kid and stuff. She thought ocean rowing was, you know. She didn't want to lose the passion. Unfortunately, yeah, it killed her passion. She didn't know then, she lost the sense of identity, all of that stuff. Lisa: Oh yeah, real tough. Laura: Yeah, awful. And, but because she was trying to control the boat, you know, like, the current, the wind was against us, like, those are things you cannot control. It’s a one ton boat, not one person is going to be able to control moving that in the direction you want it to go in. And so, but it was the collective of the team that enabled us to be able to rally around and understand, first of all, recognise the change in personality, it was a behaviour, it was yeah, there was something underlying. It was not her—well, it was, but there was something emotional that she couldn't verbalise straightaway. So hence, she just changed her personality type. Lisa: Wow. Laura: And then it was like the strength of the team to be able to rally together to support that. So kind of come at it from the right approach that she was able to share it, to then collectively go, we just need to see a different perspective on this stuff. And I think that's where, you know, a vast dynamic sort of team, you know, a diverse team sorry is what I meant, has got so much strength in it, because you know, what, when you see it through your own lens, there's only sort of one way. Whereas if you've got some diversity there, I just think it brings a different perspective. And suddenly, you're able to see, you can't control the uncontrollable, you know, you can only control the controllables. You can't control what's out of control. And those things are the weather that is, you know, yes will prevent being ill or injured. But that might well happen. That, you know, is what it is. And if the boat sort of fails, but you whatever, then those are only three things that are going to be out of our control. And if anything happened there, then I wouldn't be. I would have been upset, I would be upset, but I wouldn't be throwing my toys out the pram because it isn't something we could control. And if the row didn't happen, we didn't finish because one of those three things, that is what it is. Lisa: Yeah, it is what it is. And you've done your utmost. And I mean, I've failed on different expeditions and things that I’ve done, like really fallen on my face, you know, with, you know, documentary crews there have captured all on film as you just absolutely completely faceplant. And, you know, and it takes a long time to get up again, and it knocks the crap out of you. And, you know, but it's part of that, okay, well, this is the game wherein, you know, we’re pushing the limits, and sometimes, you know, you are human and you don't have the resources or one of the things that I find really, really I'd love to and I think this probably needs its own podcast is the whole team dynamic thing. I mean, it's one thing to be a solo athlete that does things, you know, but it's a—couple of times when I've had to be in a team situation. I find it really, really tough because you were reliant... I did one in the Himalayas, and we're trying to do the world's highest marathon ever done. And I was with a guy who was a mountaineer and used to altitude and very at home in that space. And I wasn't. And I don't—I've done a couple of things at altitude and sort of survive by the skin of my teeth. I'm an asthamtic and I don't really do well on the mountains. So take on, you know, the world's highest mountain. Good idea. And we'd be in shape. And I got sick. I got altitude sickness, and I couldn't even start my body. I couldn't even tie my shoelaces.  But the worst thing was that he changed. The person that he was down here was not the person that he was up there, and, it ended up being quite nasty, and quite, detrimental. And he's not here to defend himself. So I'm not gonna say anything too much. But it wasn't a nice situation to be in — I did not trust that if I was in the shutout there, that we would work together as a team to get through it. I felt like, now, he wouldn't do that.  And then so now I'm like, very, very always aware of if I'm teaming up with people like we've got at the moment, this weekend in my hometown, that Oxfam 100, it's 100-kilometre event where lots of just normal everyday people are doing 100Ks, which is like amazing, walking, and they're doing it in, you know, teams of four, and the staff are going to go through... And there'll be people that are, you know, expeditions bring out the worst and bring out the best in people. And you don't know until you're in the situation with them, which way are they going to go, and which way you're going to go. I mean, I can become, I've been a really horrible person on some of my, you know, with my crew on different occasions where I've just lost my shit because I'm in so much pain, sleep deprivation, motions are up the wazoo. And you just, you know, you're snappy, irritable, you know, just horrible. Afterwards, I’m heading to go and say, ‘I'm very sorry'. You know? So how did you deal with that over nine months like that on steroids? Like the dynamic—four women—everybody's having their highs and lows at different points in there. How did you cope with that? I mean, you're obviously,  you've mentioned the one person and how you helped pull together, it takes incredible leadership to keep a team like that together for nine months, no matter how wonderful you all are. Laura: Yeah, that I mean, don't get me wrong, you still have arguments and stuff, but it was all in the preparation. And it was, we knew I mean, so it is a 29th version rowing boat, right. So it's kind of the size of Greg Rutherford's, it's got the world record for the long jump, right? So it is, kind of, his long jump is the size of our boat. So it's a really small space. And then when you're cramped into the cabin, there's two of you. And if it's stormy, then all four of you are either in that or two in each cabin. So it's a tight, confined space. So it was really clear from the outset that this team had to be, we had to be cohesive, we had to be really transparent. And something I was particularly pedantic about was, I never want to leave a permanent issue. Like if there's an issue, we need to confront it, we will have to step forward into it. We can't, I don't want any bitchiness like, there was, that was always been, sort of my approach to most things. Like, I can't stand the whole talking to other people, rather than talking to the individual that you've got an issue with. You just need to step into that as much as it might feel uncomfortable. And I guess, working in a performance context, we're scrutinised on a daily basis, you know. We're kind of everybody's asking you why what are you doing, you know, type stuff, you've got to justify, you feel like you're under a spotlight all the time. So you start to feel this kind of separation, you know, look kind of right. No, this is they're asking me that because of the person in front of us or the, you know, the end goal, that's what it's about. It's got nothing to do with me personally. We're just trying to optimise what we need to do. So when, my, I pulled this, the sort of the team came together, a lot of it, I was like, how do we stress test this, like, we have to stress test it because– Lisa: Hell yeah. Laura: –exactly. And that's where I, you know, I started working with Keith, the performance psychologist. I reached out to him so I was like, there's got to be more depth to this, you know, we need tools we need to I need to know what I'm going to draw on when I'm wanting to give up like, what's going to be my go-to’s, I'm going to, I need to know how I can respond and react to different personalities and stuff and how they're going to react to each other. So Keith was the absolute rock to the success of our journey, in all honesty. I worked with him for four years and I still worked with him. I still work with him, sorry, to this day. And Keith, sort o—he enabled us to sort of understand the differences in our personalities from the basics of just doing psychometrics and stuff, but pretty in-depth ones. And then analyzing that a little bit more and playing it out in different scenarios, and then really forcing us to kind of do the round table. Yeah, because—and the girls hated confrontation. They weren't used to giving and receiving feedback. That was always felt like a personal threat. Yeah. So I just had to put myself in the barrier first. So I be like, ‘Right, cool, okay, if you're not going to give it and you're going to say everything's rosy when it's not, I’ll pull it out'. ‘So this is what's not going so well. And this is not going so well. Right now give it back to me, hit me’, like because then as soon as I've given it they're happy to give it back to me because I think I'm being—yeah exactly. That's fine. And then I would show them that I was learning from it because I was. And there was— I— they would call me, I would have Laura number one, Laura number two, my personalities. And they—I didn't realise that until sort of, you know, going through the row and they're like, ‘Oh my god, it's Laura number two'. And Laura number two is somebody that when she starts getting, like, tired, hungry, all of that gubbins and, and sort of just a bit over it, I start getting really assertive. I'm very tunnel vision, and my empathy just goes. Whereas normal time, like I've got heaps of the empathy, until it gets to a point… Lisa: Yeah, yeah. So like me. Laura: And so they’d be like, all right, Laura number two. Because we then had a language that was a little bit disconnected to the personal and it made a bit of fun of it, then we sort of were able to sort of take a pause, hear it and stuff. But we had loads of loads of methodologies that we built, we'd worked on to try and get to that point. And that was sort of to the point with there, though, is that is not to say we didn't have any arguments, because we did like, I mean Nat and I, in particular, completely different personalities. She is like a, she's a beautiful character. She is Miss Mindful, she is in the moment, and she is just totally there. She's talking about the sky and the sea and the colours. Whereas I'm Miss Planner. Like I'm already in Cannes, I'm thinking about fear, I’m planning, and what do we need to do, what do we need to sort out? So, you know, when we did the team testing before, this was during selection of the team. I remember when I met Nat, I was like, ‘Oh, god, no, we are poles apart. There's just no way', you know because I was trying to see it through. I was only seeing it through my own lens of who I was getting a rapport with. But I brought her onto the team testing weekend, which was, I'd gone to some ex-military guys. And I said, ‘Look, we need to be tested. I need to see what we're like when we're cold, we’re hungry, really sore, in pain. You need to physically push us. You need to mentally push us'. Well. And so we did like a 72-hour sleep depot type thing, you know, in the Brackens in Wales, yeah. On reflection that was like, yeah, that was it was great fun and obviously hated it during. I remember, like during it, sort of Nat in particular, as a personality that stood miles out because when she came on to it, I was thinking oh she can come along. But she's, I don't think that I’m going to be selecting her. And then Nat was the one that, you know, she might not have been the fittest. But even when she was struggling, and she was in pain, she had a sense of humour. When I was starting to struggle, she made me laugh. And I was like, ‘Oh my god, there's not many people that can do that while I'm in that space'. Lisa: Yeah. Laura:  And I'm like, this isn't just about me. But for the comfort of the team, like we need that. Because otherwise, I will make this too serious. I will. When it gets into it, it will be too boring and serious. I need a sense of humour in this. And she is, she's got it in abundance. And she kept us at the moment. Lisa: Wow, yep. Laura: As well. Like, I needed that mindfulness when we're out to sea because otherwise, I wouldn't have remembered half the things that went on and I wouldn't have recognised and seen it. Lisa: Isn't that amazing? So looking at the strengths and differences can actually end up being the thing that holds you together rather than pulls you apart. Laura: A hundred percent. Lisa: And I just think in this space I have to connect you with Paul Taylor, he will love you. He's a resilience expert that I was mentioning before and yeah, I think it when you have characters and I've started to do this just with for myself even now I have these different characters, you know, there's the good me and there's bad me and the good means like Wonder Woman, she can do anything and she's amazing.  And he has all these character traits that you know I aspire to and want to have and that side of me and then the other side's a real bitch, you know, she's a horrible, cynical, selfish person and those are both of me. And I know when you put this on—Paul talks about doing like cartoon characters and putting speech bubbles on them and actually giving them life and because it puts you outside of these characters that are fighting in your head, and you're trying to be that good one you want to be, but when you're hungry and cold and freezing, and you haven't slept in three days, and you're struggling somewhere, and God knows where. And you just want to go home and cry and hide under the covers and get mummy to give you a chicken soup. Well, you—it puts it outside of you, and it helps you see what you're doing.  And even in daily things like, you know, I've been rehabilitating my mum now for five years, seven days a week. And you know, beginning first three years, it was like eight hours a day. So it was just, it was full, full-on. And then even longer than that in the first year. And I catch myself sometimes being so short and irritable because I'm like trying to multitask and trying to run my businesses and she's waiting for me and you know, like, you just find yourself snapping at somebody when you just feel like, you know, that asshole is sure is present, you know, and you're just like listening to yourself going, ‘How the hell do I get a grip on this?’ We're all human. And we're all working on this. And, you know, I go to my mum and I put her in bed at night time and a cuddle. And tell her, I say, 'You know, I'm sorry for being a bitch today, Ma. I’m sorry for snapping at you'. And she's so lovely. She's like, 'Oh, that's all right'. Like, you know. But we have moments where we're just not nice, and when you're in these extreme circumstances fad, the ones that come out, and this is a part of the dynamic thing that I find really, really fascinating in that whole resilience and teamwork, and how do you bring it all together? So, you know, we're going to have to wrap up this one, because I've really enjoyed talking to you, Laura. But I really would like to have you on a couple of times, because I think there's much more to this actual story because we haven't even got to talking about well, what was it actually like to row? How did you, you know, do, what did you actually do on a daily basis? And how do you plan for such a thing? And how do you have such a big project and deal with it? And so I'm really glad that we've made this connection, and I'm very, very keen to have you on the show again, if you, because we've really just been part one, I think. Laura: Let's see… No, I’ll be honoured to come back on. There’s so much I think we connect with in, and we can talk about for sure, especially in that headspace how we can be… What we've both learned from the experiences that we faced and continue to learn, I think is always an exciting journey. Lisa: Yeah. Laura: Yeah, I'd be honoured to come back on it. It’s been great. Lisa: That would be fantastic because I think also the work that you've done with Paralympians and, you know, people that have worked with disabilities and trauma, we haven't even unpacked that either. Because I think that, you know, we can learn a heck of a lot from people that have gone through, you know, all these dramas and so on, me, I learn every day from Mum, like, her mindset is just like, incredibly strong, resilient. And so I'd like to unpack some of that stuff as well. So Laura, thank you very much for your time today. I think you're a rock star, where can people find you? And where can they get involved in what you're doing? And, you know, do whatever you got available? Because you've got some really good lessons to share with people. So tell us where we can find you. Laura: Yeah, I mean, on usual social media, sort of, the Instagram or Twitter or LinkedIn, just @laurapenhaul. And that sort of, you know, P-E-N-H-A-U-L is my surname. So yeah, reach out to that we've also got our endurance book. So where we've sort of added science behind, kind of some of the endurance sort of focus is on GCN, which is a Global Cycling Network website, or our podcast is Endurance as well, which is where's Mark Beaumont, which I co-author on. Lisa: So I'm very keen to meet and hopefully get on the show as well. Yeah, hook me up there. Laura: Yeah, Keith will get you on that as well. I think you've got a lot to add and share their experiences for sure. Lisa: I'd love to. That would be an absolute honor. Laura, you're one hell of a strong woman. I can't wait to see where you go and in the future in what you know, what you take on. God forbid is probably going to be big, and thank you for sharing. I think you have such great knowledge to share with people and you have a duty to get that information out there because this is the sort of stuff that helps people. So thank you very much for your time today Laura. That's it this week for Pushing the Limits. Be sure to rate, review, and share with your friends and head over and visit Lisa and her team at lisatamati.com.      

“Behind the locked doors of the nation lurks an invisible menace – one where there is no test like there is for COVID-19."  This episode focuses on the mental health of children and young people.  In a world that seemed to be creating a myriad of problems for children's wellbeing even before the pandemic, how big is the problem now?  How is it manifesting itself? Are we really facing a crisis? Join celebrity host and Olympic Gold medallist Greg Rutherford as he explores this important subject with Joanna Holmes, from the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and Joseph Howes, CEO of children's grant giving charity Buttle UK.Greg, Joanna and Joe consider a wide range of issues including the link between children's mental health problems and poverty; the impact of the pandemic and lockdowns and the role schools and parents can play in supporting children to recover.You can find out more about the BACP Campaign to get more counsellors into schools, discussed in this episode, here: bacp.co.uk/news/campaigns/school-counsellingTo be notified about future episodes of ‘All in the Same Boat?' then please sign up to Buttle UK's newsletter at buttleuk.org/newsletter.   

We have reached another milestone on the podcast. This is our 50th Episode of unscripted!, Big thank you to everyone that tuned into the podcast each week, and thank you to everyone that has shared with me how the podcast is speaking to them in some way. We appreciate everyone one of you! This week, we have Hall of fame Coach Dan Pfaff. Throughout his career Dan has an extensive resume in many different categories during his 30 years as a collegiate coach, he has directly coached athletes with 29 NCAA individual titles, more than 150 All-America honours, and a slew of collegiate records. Those same athletes helped their teams to NCAA glory as well, as 17 teams Pfaff assisted won NCAA titles. He's been to 10 Olympic Games, 15 world championships, He guided 33 athletes to the Olympic Games, who have won a total of 10 medals, including 1996 100-meter gold medalist Donovan Bailey of Canada and 2012 long jump gold medalist Greg Rutherford of Great Britain. In this episode, we discuss the history of American & Culture, his upbringing as a science teacher turned coach, His NCAA journey, the tough reality of trying to find balance, the Olympic games and some of the athletes he's worked with over the years. This is an episode if you are a coach you do not want to miss, I enjoyed some of the great stories shared and lessons he shared. follow dan Pfaff on his social accounts: @DPfaffSC If you want to support the channel and the content I create for you guys, check out my Patreon where you'll get early access to behind the scenes content creation, exclusive podcast content, motivational albums and new motivational video content click the link below, Join me in spreading hope one motivational content at a time

One of BALANCE's favourite-ever episodes: the great Greg Rutherford.The multi-gold-medal-winning long-jumper here reveals some of the secrets of his success - while proving hilarious and heart-warming company.Greg is an ambassador for Alaska Seafood. To find out more, click here. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Greg Rutherford is one of the most successful British long jumpers of all time. His greatest sporting achievement came in 2012 when he won a gold medal at the London Olympic Games on 'Super Saturday'.In this episode of the DOSE podcast, he reflects on his athletics career, including suffering from performance anxiety and his healthy rivalry with Chris Tomlinson. He also discusses his retirement from the sport, his current training regime and how mountain biking has replaced the buzz of competing.And of course, we had to grill him about his keen interest in cooking and what it felt like to be crowned the winner of Celebrity MasterChef in 2019.This podcast is in partnership with Alaska Seafood. Alaska, the large, sparsely populated US state, is one of the world’s largest seafood exporters. Seafood from Alaska is 100% wild, natural and sustainable. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode of Speed Talks with Les Spellman, I sit down with Dan Pfaff to discuss his philosophy on resistance training, early acceleration, physical & technical attributes, proximal cueing with max velocity, and more.  Dan Pfaff is one of the top coach in speed development, training Olympic/Professional athletes including Donovan Bailey, Christian McCaffrey, Greg Rutherford and hundreds more.  Twitter: @PfaffSC Have questions you'd like answered? Send me a DM on Twitter! Interested in other Spellman Performance offerings? Check out the links below!   FREE ACCELERATION VIDEO SERIES: https://lesspellman.podia.com/video-s... EDUCATION OFFERING: Speed Pillars: https://lesspellman.podia.com/speed-p...   TRAINING OFFERINGS: [NEW] Summer Camps: https://train.lesspellman.com/summers... [NEW] Training Sessions: https://train.lesspellman.com/summers... Speed Code: https://online.pjfperformance.net/use​​​...   JOIN OUR SPEED MISSION: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spellmanper​​​... YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeD6​​​... Twitter: https://twitter.com/les7spellman?ref_​​​... Website: https://www.lesspellman.com/​​​

On this week's Runpod, Jenni is joined by not just a talented runner, but a Gold medal winning jumper. Yes, it's Greg Rutherford! Although retired now, Greg continues to run, and not just those short distances his sport required. Greg and Jenni talk the difference between training as a professional and training now, how he got into long jump, Super Saturday (how could they not?!), his nippy 5k time, running a half marathon with close to zero training, Strava excuses, and if Greg will be running on Christmas day. A fascinating listen!

This week's guest is Greg Rutherford - gold medal winner on that incredible Super Saturday night at the London Olympics in 2012. Greg takes us on his sporting journey - from football and badminton to the long jump. He talks about his winning mindset and the hard work he put in to get to the top of his sport. And also the importance of choosing the right people to be around you - in Greg's case, his coach. It's a great hour with lots of thing we learnt and are going to apply to our training and approach to our sports. If you don't know about us, Ellen White is an England footballer and has been to three World Cups. Richard Whitehead is a Paralympic athlete with gold medals at the London and Rio Games

Welcome to the first Track and Ball Podcast. This is audio from the launch live stream which you can see on You Tube. So who is Ellen White? Ellen reveals her achievements, her injuries and the things she loves to do. And who is Richard Whitehead? Richard talks about his athletics journey, getting concussed during lockdown and why this podcast means so much to him. Ellen's played at 3 football World Cups, the London 2012 Olympics and has 92 caps. Richard won gold at the London 2012 paralympics and made it a 200m golden double at Rio in 2016. This launch gives a taste of what's to come in the series - with Rebecca Adlington, Ronnie O'Sullivan and Greg Rutherford the first guests. Follow us on @trackandballpod

We all know the right nutrition can improve our performance. But for elite athletes, eating well isn't just a lifestyle choice – it's a crucial part of their success, enabling them to train, recover and perform to their full potential. In this episode, host Rowena Morris is joined in our virtual studio by Greg Rutherford, MBE, a retired British long jumper who won gold for Great Britain at the Olympics, Marc Fell, a performance nutritionist at British Athletics, and Alex Cooke, a data intelligence partner at PwC.Our data intelligence experts know even the smallest detail can make the biggest difference and we are working together with British Athletics to give coaches and athletes access to powerful insights that will help improve performance. Our partnership with British Athletics showcases our ability to combine business understanding and human insight with technology innovation to deliver greater results for any organisation.

Welcome to The Andy Jaye Podcast - previously titled 'Driven Celebrities' which is the podcasted version of 'Driven', the radio show on talkRADIO. This is episode 9 of our show featuring bonus content you've not heard on the weekend radio show. This week, Andy talks to olympic gold medalist and national treasure Greg Rutherford, star of Lucifer Tom Ellis and from Made In Chelsea; Miles Nazaire who opens up about his own mental health struggles.Hear the show every weekend on talkRADIO (Saturdays at 4pm and Sundays at 7pm) with the podcasted version hitting your devices every Tuesday. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On Breakfast the Crystal Palace winger Andros Townsend warns of the division big money signings can create in Premier League dressing rooms, Jason Cundy defends Arsenal for making 55 members of non-playing staff redundant at the Emirates, former Gunner Perry Groves supports Mikel Arteta’s attempts to sign Chelsea’s Willian and reckons he’s better than Pepe, Fulham goalscoring hero Joe Bryan reveals how he pulled off his wonder free-kick in the Play-Off Final, on Drive Andy Goldstein & Darren Gough react to the breaking news that Gareth Bale is left out of Real Madrid’s Champions League squad, Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer praises Anthony Martial’s work rate after scoring against LASK in the Europa League, Olympic gold medallist Greg Rutherford looks back at his sleepless night after Super Saturday at the London 2012 Games, Wolves boss Nuno Espirito Santo admits that he won’t be distracted by transfer speculation surrounding his players, former Manchester City defender Danny Mills praises Pep Guardiola’s signing of Nathan Ake from Bournemouth and Hawksbee & Jacobs bring us another edition of some classic clips from 2006 including a belter from Graeme Beecroft. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

I'm back with Greg in part two and I couldn't let our chat pass by without talking about the statue erected in his honour! It's making me very jealous and we've now filed a petition for my statue with Newcastle council...I'm not holding my breath! We also chat about his beautiful family, and I hear the unbelievable story of his very delayed proposal, and how COVID has gotten in the way of his wedding plans. He'll also be sharing his hard learned wisdom on achieving your dreams. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ladies and gents, this man needs no introduction- he's an olympic gold medalist, housewives' crumpet and the reason I didn’t win Masterchef (I’m not bitter, I promise!) Greg Rutherford! As well as being a lovely lovely man, Greg is genuinely one of the most impressive people I have ever met. His life hasn't been without hardship, but he has a grit, determination and positive attitude that I find genuinely inspirinG. For anyone out there looking for advice one how to achieve their dreams- this is the episode for you! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Finding joy and meaning in serving others with the legendary Olympic coach. During Dan's career, he has coached 49 Olympians, including nine medallists and five World Record holders. He helped Greg Rutherford win long jump gold at London 2012 and Donovan Bailey win 100 metres gold in 1996. Outside track and field, he has coached football, NFL and tennis stars – including Maria Sharapova. Throughout his nearly 50 years in coaching, and his studies into the military, Dan has come to appreciate the value of service in providing meaning and enjoyment in life, and in this episode he talks about the importance of building a network and giving back. Dan also shares wisdom around resilience, optimism, self-talk and gratitude – and explains the importance of knowing what makes you tick as well as understanding what you need to help you calm down and be able to understand other people's perspectives.

QPR FC Sport Scientists Ross Bennett & Ben Smalley are joined by world-renowned sprint coach Jonas Dodoo internationally renowned sprint coach Jonas Dodoo (@EatSleepTrain_). Jonas is the Head Coach of Speed Works, has an MSc in Coaching Science and has studied and worked alongside Olympics coach Dan Pfaff. Jonas has also worked with Olympic long jump champion Greg Rutherford and consulted for teams such as Arsenal FC and Bath Rugby Club. You can follow Jonas on Twitter at @EatSleepTrain_ or at www.speedworks.training The lads speak about Jonas' history and coaching experience, his sprinting philosophy and they go into detail on the mechanics of speed work and training. This episode is supported by RYPT - who offer the best software package for fitness professionals & gyms and gives you the ability to offer online programmes and support for your teams & clients. Their clients include DSS, Kerry GAA and Swim Ireland. Find out more at www.RYPT.app www.DeelySportScience.com

Bloodsport is the story of the systematic doping of the 2012 and 2014 Olympics by the Russian state, its subsequent unmasking and the ongoing fall out amidst the power play of nation against nation. The Evening Standard's sports correspondent Matt Majendie tells the whole story from 2012 till now. In this episode athlete Greg Rutherford breaks ranks and journalist Martha Kelner hunts for Russian sources. It is the single most important sports story of our time and it reads like a Cold War thriller. You’ll hear the whole story from 2012 to 2020 told by the people who were there. You’ll hear from Paula Radcliffe and Sebastian Coe on London 2012, you’ll meet the expert German investigator who cracked the case wide open and from athletes who doped. We’ve got access to the elite Swiss lab racing to finish testing London 2012 samples and we’ve spoken to the guy who masterminded doping control at the London games. You’ll also hear first-hand testimony from people who blew the whistle inside Russia (at the risk of their own lives) and from seasoned journalists who watched open-mouthed as the whole thing unfolded. And we’ll take you into the ongoing arms race between doper and tester, to see how the science of testing plays out in the analysis of blood and urine samples. Despite it being eight years ago, the story isn’t over. There are unfinished corruption trials in French Courts and ongoing allegations of flagrant Russian cheating (even as the Russian government denies all the evidence). Against all this is the soon-to-be pressing question of whether Russia will participate in the now postponed Tokyo Olympics. The credibility of the Olympic movement might hang on the decision. The clock is ticking.

In a special one-off bonus episode Bradley Wiggins joins Lizzie Deignan and host Orla Chennaoui as part of Eurosport's ‘Return to London 2012 series'. Brad opens up like never before on every aspect of his games in a summer that redefined British sport. From riders letting down Mark Cavendish to having to ‘cruelly' ignore his family to focus on gold.You can relive London 2012 in all its glory with exclusive interviews from Brad, Chris Hoy, Joanna Rowsell, Mo Farah, Greg Rutherford and many more here: https://www.eurosportplayer.com/sport/olympic-gamesThe Bradley Wiggins Show will be back soon, stay tuned! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

With TV studios on lockdown, Eurosport presenter Orla Chennaoui turned to Zoom to film interviews with a who's who of British athletics for Eurosport's re-runs of the London 2012 Olympics next week (24 May-31 May). Her interviews, with the likes of Mo Farah, Adam Peaty, Chris Hoy, Rebecca Adlington, Greg Rutherford and Bradley Wiggins, were all recorded with the athletes at home, recollecting their memories of the hugely successful Olympic Games. This came with its own challenges, and also a number of key benefits, as discussed in the podcast. The entire production was created remotely – it was filmed and edited remotely, the archive clips were all accessed remotely, and some re-commentating was also done remotely. Impressively, the production values still manage to mirror that of a typical studio-based show. Orla discusses how it all worked in this 11-minute chat with Broadcast Sport editor Jake Bickerton.

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From just one gold medal in Atlanta to second on the medal table in Rio and the impossible - improving the medal haul in the edition after being the host nation - there's now less than a year until Tokyo hosts the 2020 Olympic Summer Games.In the second of our Summer Special Editions, we examine in detail where Team GB are in terms of medal winning performances with less than 12 month to go. We look at where the medals were won in Rio and the range of different sports that produced that record haul of gold, silver and bronze.Familiar names like Mo Farah, Andy Murray, Justin Rose, Jessica Ennis-Hill, Greg Rutherford and Nick Skelton all returned from Rio with more medals for their collection. New superstars emerged - the likes of Max Whitlock, Jack Laugher and Adam Peaty all won gold, whilst names like Alistair Brownlee, Nicola Adams, Jason Kenny, Charlotte Dujardin and Laura Trott followed up their London 2012 successes.So, who will be the starts of Tokyo 2020 for Team GB? Will some of those medal winners from Rio return and do it all over again?It's time to look into the Anything but Footy crystal ball and point you in the direction of some of the personalities and sports that we think will be making headlines next summer. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hosts Steve and Rich dial up former Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth champion long jumper Greg Rutherford to chat about his biggest challenge yet - being a dad.They talk all things fatherhood, including his aim to not be one of *those* pushy sports day parents, why playing in a sandpit at the park is a nightmare when you're a famous long jumper... and why being an Olympic champ doesn't mean your body can cope with dadding! For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

What does it mean to be a hero? One of Dan's own heroes, Olympic superstar Greg Rutherford, called him to discuss just that!

England and Harlequins rugby star Joe Marler, former England cricket captain Charlotte Edwards and long jump legend Greg Rutherford join Eleanor Oldroyd. They discuss the key to great sporting comebacks, whether fearlessness of youth is really a thing and how success breeds success. Plus Joe reveals the anxiety issues that played a part in his retirement from international rugby last year aged 28.

England netball captain Ama Agbeze, multiple long jump gold medallist Greg Rutherford, track cycling star Elinor Barker and four-time Superbike World Champion Jonathan Rea join Eleanor Oldroyd to discuss the sporting issues of the week.

In this episode, we catch up with Olympic, World, European, Commonwealth and Diamond League champion Greg Rutherford, who bid an emotional farewell to the London Stadium last weekend. Also featuring is Kyron McMaster, who took home the Diamond Trophy in 2017. The 400m hurdler reflects on his career to date including the tragic loss of his coach during Hurricane Irma last September. Meanwhile Alex Seftel runs through a few key highlights of some wonderful meetings in Monaco and London.

For the first time in thirty episodes, all three of us were at the same meet, with nothing to do but soak up the atmosphere, interview some international stars, and discuss the world of athletics. And, if we do say so ourselves, we've delivered. Morgan Lake, KJT, Laura Muir, Sifan Hassan, Guy Learmonth, Sandra Perkovic, Maria Lasitskene (feat. interpreter), Adam Gemili, and - of course - the man who has catapulted himself into the hearts of British athletics fans, and onto more podiums than you could shake an airline-mislaid bag of pole vault sticks at: Greg Rutherford. We also look back at the Monaco Diamond League, reminisce about some of Millicent Fawcett's finest mile races, and ponder the impending European selections. There have been some lovely reviews recently: thank you ever so much. Prizes to follow in our next, Euro preview, pod. Please keep listening, rating, and tweeting (@BackstraightB & @Claire_GThomas). Enjoy!

Elly Oldroyd discusses the sporting issues of the week with England footballer Laura Bassett, multiple gold medal winning long-jumper Greg Rutherford and curling star Eve Muirhead.

"I'm not being judgey but..." is something my guest Susie Verrill was criticised for saying a lot on Instagram Stories, and it's probably fair to say we can all be a bit judgemental from time to time. As parents, we've probably all felt judged more than a few times too - even if it's actually all in our heads sometimes.So judgement seemed like a good topic to discuss with Susie, who as a blogger, Insta Mum and partner of athlete Greg Rutherford, has had her fair share of judgement.We had a slight technical hitch with this episode recording, thanks to my laptop giving up and wiping half an hour of it, but like the true professionals we are, we recorded the episode from scratch.Music: Epidemic Sound See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Dan Pfaff is an all-round GENIUS!! He’s a track and field coach, who coached Donovan Bailey to Gold in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and has coached many other World Championship and Olympic medals in his time, including Gold to Greg Rutherford in the 2012 Olympics and Silver to Australia’s very own Aussie, Fabrice Lapierre at…

Host Melvin Echard sits down with the decorated British jumper to talk things off the track: media, family and mindset, as well as on the track: 2017 and plans after Champs. ALTIS.WORLD

Dan is the Head Jumps and Multi-Event Coach at Altis in Phoenix, Arizona. Dan has coached multiple Olympic medalists including 100m Olympic champion and world record holder Donovan Bailey, with his most recent medalist coming in 2012 with long jumper Greg Rutherford. Dan has also coached at famed collegiate programs including LSU, University of Texas, and the University of Florida.

Greg Rutherford, MBE is a British track and field athlete who specialises in long jump. He won Gold and Bronze at the London and Rio Olympic Games respectively. WATCH THE FREE FULL EPISODE: http://londonreal.tv/greg-rutherford-strictly-gold/ Chapters: 00:00 Trailer. 01:55 Brian’s thoughts on the episode. 05:27 Brian’s Introduction. 06:03 Being famous. 08:08 What Greg learnt as a competitive sports person from being on Strictly Come Dancing. 19:13 Learning to manage positive and adverse social media. 20:59 Winning Gold at London 2012 Olympics. 24:53 What motivates Greg to win. 26:54 The killer edge, inherent belligerent belief. 33:51 From the red carpet to everything falling apart in 2013. 36:59 Mental strategy for possibility of career ending injury. 38:40 Building foundation for future career path. 40:54 Coping with bitter disappointment at Rio Olympics 2016. 46:42 How Greg gets his body to perform despite injury. 49:36 Taking responsibility for being a role model. 51:33 Performance level and entertainment value of Usain Bolt and Conor McGregor. 1:00:01 Re-igniting public interest in track and field events. 1:02:01 Taking inspiration from Mo Farah. 1:03:56 Carl Lewis’ negative attitude effect on sport. 1:07:31 Performance enhancing drugs use. 1:16:24 Jamaica’s success in athletics. 1:19:31 Drug taking in football and sports where vast sums of money are involved. 1:21:52 How growing up with Jehovah’s Witnesses parents shaped him. 1:26:52 Greg’s book ‘Unexpected’ shows about going off the rails. 1:30:56 Greg’s past body issues. 1:33:01 Without Dan Pfaff Greg wouldn’t be an Olympic Champion. 1:39:37 How Greg turned his life around. 1:43:50 Greg’s forays into skeleton bob and NFL. 1:49:01 Launch of Take Flight, online fitness programme, hopefully to revolutionise the fitness world. 1:58:25 Success secrets. 1:58:55 Wild parties after Olympics. 2:01:34 Why Greg spoke out about Tyson Fury’s remarks. 2:05:05 Phone call to the 20 year old Greg Rutherford. 2:07:27 Best advice ever received. 2:09:07 Advice to the young person listening who wants to succeed in sport. 2:10:29 Brian’s summing up. Show Notes: Greg Rutherford on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GregJRutherford Greg Rutherford Team GB: https://www.teamgb.com/athletes/greg-rutherford Greg Rutherford on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Rutherford   Greg Rutherford's Book: Unexpected  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Unexpected-Autobiography-Greg-Rutherford/dp/1471162524 FULL SHOW NOTES: http://londonreal.tv/greg-rutherford-strictly-gold/

Greg Rutherford, MBE is a British track and field athlete who specialises in long jump. He won Gold and Bronze at the London and Rio Olympic Games respectively. Watch this trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFgCrSZl7zo  FREE FULL EPISODE: http://londonreal.tv/greg-rutherford-strictly-gold/ (Out Now for Members; Public release on 18-Dec-2016)

In this episode of Strategic Investor Radio, host Charley Wright sits down with Greg Rutherford, co-founder and CEO of Cavalier Funds. Cavalier operates a family of seven mutual funds each managed by sub-advisors. The fund family consists of five equity and two fixed-income funds, each of which aim to capture benchmark returns in rising markets, while protecting assets in declining markets.

If you enjoy track and field, I can almost certainly guarantee that you have come across Jimson Lee’s fantastic site, speedendurance.com.  Much of my own formation as a coach has come as a result of the internet age, and discovering sprint training ideas, and more from Speedendurance has played a large role in my own development. Jimson Lee has been around track for a long time.  There aren’t too many facets of sprint training, or history, that you won’t find somewhere on his website.  One of the things I’ve always enjoyed in any aspect of sport is not only knowing the science and practice of training, but also the history of where it all came from. Today’s episode is brought to you by SimpliFaster, supplier of high-end athletic development tools, such as the Freelap timing system, kBox, Sprint 1080, and more. I was excited to speak with Jimson, particularly in regards to his in-depth knowledge on speed training, the 400, and sprint history, as well as his thoughts on track and field and the upcoming Olympic games. Key Points: Jimson’s background in track and field, and beginnings as jumper turned sprinter, and his transition into coaching and masters track Thoughts on models for training speed, long to short and short to long. How do determine which route to take Reasons for the success of older sprinters on the world level, such as Gatlin and Collins How to optimize training for athletes in their 30’s Jimson’s thoughts on the 100-200 double at the Olympic Trials How to approach backing off after setting personal bests in sprinting or weightlifting Lessons in training athletes for the 400. Classic 400 workouts from world record holders Why aren’t there many fast 400m runners in the world today (outside Van Niekirk) Predictions for the Rio Olympics sprints What can be done to save the sport of track and field The use of technology in speed training Quotes:  “The best way to learn is to shadow somebody, if you have the money, time and motivation, take two weeks off work, and spend time at ALTIS, or help two weeks at a national training camp in your own country.  There is so much you can learn by watching people, and just being there day in and day out, and you can’t get that from any textbook, or internet for that matter” “When I was training (masters), I skipped some workouts on the easy days, because I just couldn’t handle it.  6 days a week was too hard on me.  I’d be in the hot tub, or getting a massage” “I think Greg Rutherford is a good example, he trains only 3 days a week” “Gatlin has found the magic formula that makes him run fast, if you don’t get injured, you’re fine” “At that age, undertraining is far better than overtraining” “Don’t get injured, the older you get, the longer it takes to recover” (Donavan Bailey) “When I set a personal best, I take a flight home for 10 days” “In running the 400, you reach a top speed at 60 meters, and then it’s one long deceleration” “The faster your top end speed, the faster your 400; that’s through thousands of splits taken” “Look at an athlete’s injury history when determining whether to do a short to long or long to short approach” “Look at a history, and see what kind of training won’t break that athlete” How to bring back the sport of track and field “Have two athletes go head to head, or try to have athletes break world records” “Have different eras of women’s track and field records” “People want to see head to head competition” About Jimson Lee Jimson Lee is a Masters Athlete and Coach. He was the President of the Metro Athletic Club based in Vancouver.  He is the coach and founder of the world-famous speed training website, www.speedendurance.com. 

Greg Rutherford has been a European, World, Olympic, and Diamond League Champion in the Long Jump. He knows what it is like to win, but he also knows how it feels to come up short. 

Tom Farrow is a performance coach and rugby combat consultant. He is the owner of Areté Performance (http://www.arete-performance.com/), a sports performance and personal training company based in London. Tom worked for Wasps RFC for the past 3 years as a strength and conditioning coach, both with their senior team and more recently with the academy. Tom has also consulted as a combat coach (applying wrestling techniques to rugby) for Wasps, England Sevens and England Women's rugby, as well as various other clubs and schools in London and the surrounding Home Counties. Tom has recently taken on a position with Speedworks as a Performance Coach, working under renowned sprint specialist Jonas Dodoo. Speedworks oversee the training of some of the country's fastest sprinters as well as World and Olympic champion long jumper Greg Rutherford. Tom has also recently been appointed the UK Director of the International Strength and Conditioning Institute, a newly born, educational association that promotes sensible, evidence based sport training methodology as well as bridges the gap between science and practice.

Track & field, explosive sprinting; jumps; master coaching It’s a great pleasure to have master coach Dan Pfaff back on the show. He’s one of the very most accomplished coaches in track and field, having worked with over 49 Olympians, including nine medallists, most recently helping Britain’s long jumper Greg Rutherford win a gold medal […]

Sprinting to long & high jumping to NFL preparation It’s always an honor to have a true master coach on the show. This week, sports renaissance man Dan Pfaff joins us. Coach Pfaff has worked with 49 Olympians, including nine medallists, most recently helping Britain’s long jumper Greg Rutherford win a gold medal in London. […]

A week before the biggest Paralympic Games ever, Eva Loeffler speaks to Radio 4 about her father Dr Ludwig Guttmann, a German Jewish refugee who started the Paralympic movement. Sprinter Libby Clegg on performing in front of a home crowd and running with a guide during the Games. Are the complex classification categories for disabilities holding the Paralympics back? Para-dressage rider Nicola Naylor and Baroness Tanni Gray-Thompson discuss their frustrations, and the use of blindfolds during competitions. BBC World Service's “Inside the Paralympics” investigates the inclusion of athletes with intellectual disabilities for the first time since a Spanish team cheated at the Sydney Games. As we gear up for the Paralympics, what's next for the Olympians? Long jump gold medallist Greg Rutherford reveals how he is dealing with his new hectic life and his plans for Rio 2016. Comedian Rhod Gilbert takes exception to Usain Bolt's declaration that he is “a living legend".

Make no mistake-Team GB has enjoyed a wonderful Olympic success. Leapy is the first to acknowledge this. However, Leapy has been misunderstood. As a fan of Athletics he was concerned that Britain had little chance of medals in a lot of the events. In the euphoria after the success of Mo Farah, Jessica Ennis and Greg Rutherford in the Long Jump there has been a number of events which have not seen success. Leapy hastens to add he didn't mean to generalise and he applauds the wonderful successes that have been achieved in so many disciplines.. There are areas where the Olympic Committees will be looking at their strategies but overall these wonderful athletes and competitors have put the GREAT back in GB. There is a valid point that money must be invested to back the efforts of all competitors. The success in Equestrianism, Rowing, Sailing, and Cycling comes at a price. There must be an investment strategy and this has been the case with GB. How can the same success be transferred to the Blue Ribbon event?

Make no mistake-Team GB has enjoyed a wonderful Olympic success. Leapy is the first to acknowledge this. However, Leapy has been misunderstood. As a fan of Athletics he was concerned that Britain had little chance of medals in a lot of the events. In the euphoria after the success of Mo Farah, Jessica Ennis and Greg Rutherford in the Long Jump there has been a number of events which have not seen success. Leapy hastens to add he didn't mean to generalise and he applauds the wonderful successes that have been achieved in so many disciplines.. There are areas where the Olympic Committees will be looking at their strategies but overall these wonderful athletes and competitors have put the GREAT back in GB. There is a valid point that money must be invested to back the efforts of all competitors. The success in Equestrianism, Rowing, Sailing, and Cycling comes at a price. There must be an investment strategy and this has been the case with GB. How can the same success be transferred to the Blue Ribbon event?