Charlie Engle is a world renowned ultra-marathon runner who has endured some of the worlds most punishing long-distance foot races including his run across the Sahara Desert, documented in the film “Running the Sahara.” He is also a speaker and the author of the memoir called “Running Man.” In this wide-ranging discussion, he and the Commander talk about the personal difficulties with addiction that led to his career in running.

Find out:

• How addiction manifests in different ways and doesn’t always have to be negative
• At first, Charlie’s running was an attempt to “beat” the addict out of himself
• About how Charlie became a kind of fitness coach for prison inmates

Listen to this episode to gain insight into the running lifestyle and how to be able to go to extremes to accomplish a task.