3 Mile Rundown

Joining me on today’s trail running interview is ULTRA runner Simon Prytherch who runs 100 miles per week.

He went from a total non-runner before deciding now is the time to pick up Ultra-Marathons.

Simon Prytherch is truly full of knowledge. Since he has undergone the process from moderately active but smoking and drinking to specialising in races of 100 miles or more, you are one lucky gal or guy as Simon is coaching athletes of all abilities.

So, no matter if you are progressing towards your first half marathon, working out how to transition to ultra-marathons or want podium in a 145-mile race, Simon – you will notice listening to today’s run-conversation – is your guy to train with!

I’ve known Simon since a little while but only recently picked up on his running career and – of course – asked him for a run.

#FunFact: I took a tumble but didn’t lose the camera on today’s run at only 00:06:56 minutes in. Simon took it easy on me and assured me that is usually the sort of thing he’d tend to do. I hope you can be as kind as he is and forgive my wobble!

Let’s Go!
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Runners Quote:
A little different than the usual, though I think there is so much to learn and take away, it’s more interesting than a simple quote:
7:57 Why Simon wears compression shorts
8:27 What gear Simon pays attention to
9:42 What food he is eating during his Ultra’s
10:13 he starts talking about his hydration & eating regiment whilst running
10:41 What Simon is carrying in his hydration bottles
11:48 Talking about the calorie deficit the body goes into when ultra running
12:31 We get into conversation about Dean Karnazes who Simon ran with during the Spartathlon in September 2018.

There is obviously way more to come including his infamous experience to DNF (did not finish) at 100 miles during a 130 mile race.
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LINKS
Find out more about Simon on this website
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AWARDS
St Illtyds Ultra 50km (GBR), May 2019 – 1st Overall
Endure 24 hour run (GBR), July 2019 – 3rd Overall
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FOLLOW Simon's Journey on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook or Instagram.
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I’d love to see you more often around
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3 Mile Run Down is a way for me to talk with equally enthusiastic people from all sorts of backgrounds. My aim is to tap into their knowledge achieved through paths life took them. We may pound the miles together and it combines, and it may bring us even closer, that being said it’s for each something else that sets us on this path.

This is an open invitation to find value and knowledge in each different runner and run, because no life paths are the same and no three-mile run is either.

Ultra Runner Joshua Deuermeyer shares his dream of buying his own running shop in Las Vegas called the Red Rock Running Company.

So how did he and his three friends end up running a Sports company in Las Vegas?

Well, it all started with an email response to his friend saying: “Dude, I just had a dream the other night about buying a shoe store!”. That was Dewey responding to his friend Mark after he forwarded him an email that the Red Rock Running Company is for sale. With two of the friends in they started the process and reached out to the owner. They do put it down as a worthwhile experience though it became clear after a little while of pushing, they needed a third partner.

Since the trio ran together many times, Joshua was the number three and the triad ownership of the Red Rock Running Company was born.

As already stated in one of my earlier running videos with James Ellis (S1:E8), I am a big supporter of small independent running stores. Dewey himself is an ULTRA runner and though there are some awesome trails around Las Vegas, we were unlucky enough for this run to have rain. Well, heaven knows the soil needs it here, it is a desert after all!

Today’s rain allows us to both go incognito, as two raindrops decided to remain almost exactly over our faces on the video, so be glad to listen to the rain - especially if you run in sunshine.

The conversation with Dewey is on point for everyone who either is retired an is looking to open a business or just simply wants to be part of the business force on the running end. Dewey is retired from the military in the US and having picked up his hobby in ULTRA running to make it into a business with friends was a smart move in my eyes.

Come and run with us for more info on how this is all going. It’s quite informative.

Lets’ Go!
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This is day 2,966 of my personal Running Streak.
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Runners Quote"
Head to 00:12:05 and start listening from there for information on Gait Analysis.

Dewey’s explanation of Gait is less than one minute and the reason for me pointing it out is that information is always key, no matter what you do.
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LINKS
Find out more about Joshua’s Shop on his website
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FOLLOW his Red Rock Running company on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram or follow him personally on LinkedIn or Instagram.
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I’d love to see you more often around
► Subscribe to My  Podcast or to 3 Mile Run Down on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter or YouTube
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3 Mile Run Down is a way for me to talk with equally enthusiastic people from all sorts of backgrounds. My aim is to tap into their knowledge achieved through paths life took them. We may pound the miles together and it combines, and it may bring us even closer, that being said it’s for each something else that sets us on this path.

This is an open invitation to find value and knowledge in each different runner and run, because no life paths are the same and no three-mile run is either.

Today, I am having the pleasure to talk to and run with trail Running Coach Kimberly Mathis-Reed, or Kim, who takes us through the desert of Nevada.

Her life journey is an extraordinary story of a life well lived and how tragedy turned to a holistic running and life coaching business.

She is a native to the Hoover Dam and Lake Mead, close to Henderson in the State of Nevada, USA. Her grandfather moved there to help build the Dam and the family never left. It is a stunning environment to run in I have to say. As I was there on a business trip, I thought I’d ask her for a run interview and she kindly agreed. She has one incredible story. If you are from there you are lucky to have possible access to her and her holistic coaching methods.

After the death of her first-born son she had two options in her mind... The first option was to hide from life and turn to alcohol (as I mention during the run, I think that would have been me in all probability, which I mention at 00:08:48) and other avoidance tactics to escape the grief that was swallowing her whole. And who would have really thought ill of her doing so, after all, there is no word in any language I know of, for a parent who is losing their child.

The second option was to figure out how to live a joyous life while honoring herself, her child and her family. Lucky for me as well as all her clients, she chose the second option. To be fair, the selection process was not as straight forward and pragmatic as it is given here as you can imagine.

Through a very difficult journey of self-coaching she also found trail running. Running and outdoor fitness had become the foundation of her coaching ideology.

It is her passion to help others create their best days after she found hers.

This might involve a basic running plan to improve their 5k time or weekly sessions involving in-depth discussions and activities to break through mental barriers.
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With nearly two decades of coaching and teaching experience under her belt, just listening to her, you will find her more than qualified to help others.

In many ways, you are joining me on a run with a superhuman being.

Let’s Go! (If you dare - take some tissues with you on the run, you can thank me later)
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This is day 2,972 of my personal Running Streak.
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Runners Quote
00:15:50 – 00:15:57
“Even just going from track and road to trail, everything just changes about the way you run.” – Kim on how she moved from track and road running coach to trail running.
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LINKS
Find out more about Kim on her website or follow her Journey on Facebook or on Instagram
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I’d love to see you more often around
► Subscribe to My Podcast or follow 3 Mile Run Down on Instagram, Facebook or YouTube
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3 Mile Run Down is a way for me to talk with equally enthusiastic people from all sorts of backgrounds. My aim is to tap into their knowledge achieved through paths life took them. We may pound the miles together and it combines, and it may bring us even closer, that being said it’s for each something else that sets us on this path.

This is an open invitation to find value and knowledge in each different runner and run, because no life paths are the same and no three-mile run is either.

Phil Hewitt ULTRA Marathon runner joins me on my running streak interview.

A career journalist, marathon runner and cricket fan now living with scars and PTSD. One heals, the other is a work in progress we can follow via a book that was written in 2019: ‘Outrunning the Demons’ (Link Below)

He was in South Africa to watch an international and was on his way back to his hotel when a few wrong turns and somewhat careless decisions – given the location – left him bleeding to death by the side of a busy highway.

Phil Hewitt ran and completed 30 marathons and they all where about the time he made and steadily improved on. The 31st however was the first after his experience in South Africa. The 31st marathon was a milestone as it was so much more than “just” the time.

Running has taken a turn to become the restorative power of exercise in his life, like it has in others.

We talk about his experience whilst running three miles on a beautiful, crisp, sunny morning in Hampshire, whilst also talking about the restorative power of exercise.

Phil tells the story on how he got to write the book and hear people’s stories with similar experiences. Reading the book on a flight, might have given away my thoughts by way of tears.

As usual, I invite you to run with us.

Let’s Go!
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This is day 3,258 of my personal Running Streak!
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Phil’s BOOKS:
Outrunning the Demons: Lives Transformed Through Running (2019)
In the Running: Stories of Extraordinary Runners from Around the World (2016)
Keep on Running: The Highs and Lows of a Marathon Addict (2012)
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SAS: Who Dares Wins - Channel 4 - Competitor Efrem Brynin, joins me for a Running Interview.

Efrem Brynin is the founder of the UK based StrongMen Charity, helping men with PTSD and bereavement above the age of 18 in whatever way possible.

Efrem is mentally and physically tough because he's had to be.
He was on Season 2 of S.A.S. - Who Dares Wins, where he was bested by the directing staff and we (my wife and I) discovered his heartbreaking story.

We live near one another as it happens and so I reached out. Efrem agreed to a lovely three miles in the National Trust property of Petworth Park. If you have not heard of the property, then it is well worth visiting. It’s inspired by the Baroque palaces of Europe and nestled in the South Downs National Park. Petworth House displays the finest art collection in the care of the National Trust.

We talk about Efrem’s story and of course the StrongMen Charity he founded for men in a similar position as himself.

This is your chance to run with us and find some more mental health and strength within you. I for one couldn’t get enough with one run with him and did a second one off camera.

Over to you, Let’s Go!
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This is day 3,256 on my personal Running Streak!
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CHARITY Work
Efrem’s charity is called StrongMen - StrongMen is tackling emotional and mental health issues brought about in men (over 18) by the suffering from bereavement.

Join me on my running interview with team GB Rower Olympics Gold Medalist, Greg Searle.

He is a British Olympic rower educated at Hampton School and London South Bank University and is seen as a national treasure here in the UK.
Its mind blowing to think of the training and dedication it takes to win Olympic Gold. Have you ever thought this through?

I don’t know about you, but at the age of twenty I was in nightclubs until the early hours and in no state to focus, let alone put in the hours required, to be an Olympian of any sort.

Just imagine instead, - rewind to your twenties - fighting off other twenty-year old’s to gain a place in a rowing boat, for a chance to represent your country at the Olympics. That was Greg Searle’s path and he did it twenty years later once more, at the age of forty!

I'll hear very swiftly that Greg is a genuinely lovely guy and easy to talk to. Once you get past his good looks and rock hard 6' 4" physique, his charm really wins you over.

He's a natural athlete but training and hard work created the Olympian. Genetics and talent don’t count for anything without the hours, as we all come to understand once we start the journey of physical movement. In my humble opinion, you really have to hand it to him.

I invite you to join in. Download the audio experience and run as we run.

In that spirit, let’s Go!
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This is day 3,240 on my personal Running Streak!
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QUOTE
“Good habits come from sports and then carry over [into your life].” - Greg Searl
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Purchase Greg Searle’s BOOK 'If Not Now, When?'
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FOLLOW him on Twitter and LinkedIn
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CHARITY WORK
Greg Searle’s charity at heart is Access Sport - because no child should be without access to the unique power of sport

Olympic Track and Field Gold Medalist Tom Marshall, joins me for this Running Interview today!

Tom Marshall is what they call a sub four-minute miler and he represented Wales in the 1,500 meters at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on Australia’s Gold Coast.

He has competed and won medals in several events, including the Diamond League. He is now on track in targeting the 2022 Commonwealth Games, and World and European Championships along the way.

Whilst he is on one or the other competition training all the time, he takes time to be part of local communities in Park Runs.

He found his love for running after a torrential downpour cancelled his rugby lesson and the coach had the team out for a run instead!

Tom and I chat about his work with the fascinating startup Sports Injury Fix, as well as what it takes to compete at sports highest levels.

Tom is an amazing ambassador for his country and people (Wales) and it was a great privilege for me to be able to run with him. Here is to you, joining us on this run.

Let’s Go!
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This is day 3,212 of my personal Running Streak!
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AWARDS
EU GOLD – Mixed Relay Cross Country Champions 2017 (first GB vest)
BRONCE - British Championships 2017
Commonwealth Games 1500 meter standard (2017 & 2018)
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FOLLOW him on Twitter or Instagram

Joining me today on my park run journey is William Pullen, who is a Ted X Speaker talking about dynamic running therapy, short for DRT.

Psychotherapist William Pullen has developed something called “Dynamic Running Therapy” (DRT) whereby William pulls from the “static and sometimes medical atmosphere” of a therapists office that often feels uncomfortable to clients into a natural environment of a park. His current sessions are privately available for £150 per session and is meeting clients in Parks of West and Central London.

He and I did a lap of London's Hyde Park and the time flew by as I experienced William to be a warm, empathetic, nonjudgmental, although a little direct character to talk to. The weather was fantastic, which I always find makes talking easier.

I first became aware of William watching his Ted X talk about the work he does in his practice as a integrative psychotherapist treating those with anxiety, depression, emotional abuse, stress of all sorts, bullying, substance abuse and so much more. In simpler words, he aims to facilitate wholeness between the feeling, behavioral, cognitive, and physiological levels of functioning – in other words, he incorporates what he calls the whole person.

To achieve that, he draws not only on one specific style to work with clients but on a whole variety as he knows that each client coming to him is different.

William also introduced something he calls “Empathy Runs” into schools, for children and parents alike. Getting out and running with his clients but also in every facet of our communities is important to him as well as me, because running is what we all love.

As a humankind, we still underestimate – or take less into account – the effects of mental health and generic health. While we all accept, and even expect, that we may catch a common cold here and there, it is still very troubling for some to take note, that one in four of us will struggle with at least one diagnosable mental health problem in any given year.

In addition, people with a mental illness are almost twice as likely to die from coronary heart disease compared to the general population and are four times more likely to die from respiratory disease, let alone being at a higher risk of being overweight or obese.

There is of course much evidence to suggest that physical exercise has a positive impact on those who are obese or overweight or have other physical health issues but there is equally evidence to suggest that physical exercise helps dealing with mental illness.

I’m for one in full support of Empathy Run and can only say I am fascinated by the Run Therapies William does, so today is a chance for you to catch a 3-mile “freebie” to listen to William Pullen talk and run, much like he would if you’d run with him in a session.

Let’s Go!
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This is day 3,176 of my personal Running Streak!
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PURCHASE HIS BOOK:
Run for Your Life: Mindful Running for a Happy Life Kindle Edition (2018)
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William Pullen is a fully qualified Psychotherapist registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)
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FOLLOW his Journey on Twitter, Facebook and Pinterest

Today I’m joined by the founder of The National Running Show, Mike Seaman. His success story was born from his kitchen table, where his passion for running motivated him to create a running show from passion, and not just based on making money. In today's fast paced online business boom, this is a feat on it's own!

Mike will tell you that he has 15+ years in event organisation and absolutely loves events. He is constantly impressed by the inventiveness of exhibitors and organisers to create interactive and engaging experiences for their customers. But he asked himself, why Running Shows are continuously on such poor standards.

There are 16 million runners in the UK and no major national exhibition for runners – that was about to change. The hardest part was to keep objective to the subject he loves himself so much. Mike is a runner at heart.

The last National Running Show was co-hosted by Susie Chan (whom I had as a guest for a running interview too).

Let’s Go!
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This is day 3,113 of my personal Running Streak!
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LINKS
Find out more about The National Running Show on there website.
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FOLLOW the National Running Show on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram or YouTube 

Today I’m running with Marathon Des Sables ULTRA runner Susie Chan. Her mission in life is, "to inspire more people to get active". That’s what gave her the chance to work collaboratively with Strava as it is also their goal.

Named and “the number 1 runner to follow on Instagram” by Runners World. Previous Guinness World Record holder for 12-hour treadmill running, 3rd female to cross the finish line in the Jungle Ultra Marathon.
Susie Chan is an Endurance Runner, who takes on races of all distances from 1 mile to 100 miles; it seems the more the better.

She is a veteran of several Marathon des Sables, runs 100-mile non-stop races and through jungles. She has also finished ALL of the World Marathon Majors.

As well as running, Susie can be found talking about running in interviews, radio and magazines, as well as commentating at races, so it comes as no surprise she is one of the most recognisable faces in the UK within the running industry.

Susie is incredibly approachable and as much as she loves a good challenge, she also has a love for Park Runs, like Vassos Alexander, or a chat whilst she is running with a fellow mother or a friend.

Susie has a runners profile on ‘Run Mummy Run’ (see Podcast Season 1, Episode 26) where you can read more about her running career and training as a single mother.

If her impressive runners resume intimidates you, please consider that I am running today with her – I definitely think she took it easy on me -, but you have a chance to do the same for 3 miles right now. Plug in your headphones and come with us.

Let’s Go!
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This is day 3,110 of my personal Running Streak!
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LINKS
Susie is Managed by Breath Unity PR
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FOLLOW her Journey on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram