Why We Endure Podcast

Hector Berry didn't take up running because he enjoyed it. He took it up because anxiety had floored him. Bed-bound, losing 20kg, unable to eat. Running was the last resort that became the only thing that worked.

Four months after his first run, he completed 100k. Then a double marathon. Then a sub-3-hour midnight marathon through London. Then, because apparently that wasn't enough, another marathon a week later, on a hangover.

In this episode, we get into the accident in Bolivia that triggered it all, what crippling anxiety actually looks like day to day, how exercise became his medicine, and why five blokes getting lost in London at midnight running to a Katy Perry soundtrack is somehow the perfect metaphor for all of it.

This is what Why We Endure is about. Ordinary people. Extraordinary things. And the real reason behind all of it.

Where can you find Hector?:

• Morra Active: ⁠Website⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | ⁠TikTok⁠
• Personal: ⁠TikTok⁠ | ⁠Instagram

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Why We Endure is hosted by Chester Allen. New episodes dropping regularly wherever you get your podcasts. Follow us on Instagram @endure_coaching_ and subscribe so you never miss an episode.

Charlie Smith is a personal trainer, co-founder of The Hunchman Trust, and a man who decided the best way to get back into running was to do 250 kilometres across five days. No warmup race. No easing in. Just straight to the deep end.

In this episode, we get into four marathons in 24 hours, training runs at 4 am through London parks, tripping over a dog at 105 kilometres, and why Charlie genuinely doesn't know why he does any of it, but can't stop.

We also talk about losing his dad at 17, how grief shaped the way he approaches hard things, and why The Hunchman Trust exists to make sure other people don't have to go through that alone.

Oh, and Taylor Swift...

Find Charlie:Instagram: @charliesmith_fitt

Support the Huntsman Trust:Instagram: @thehuntsmantrust