Episode 14: Ultra Endurance Athlete – Sam Weir

Brad Beer recently sat down with Ultra Endurance Athlete – Sam Weir for Episode 14 of The Physical Performance Show podcast.

Brad has a fire-side chat with Sam, discussing the highs and lows of his journey to becoming an Ultra Endurance Athlete and obtaining a place in the Bad Water Race – USA!

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• Sam’s most memorable achievement
• Sam’s training regime consists of an 8 hour trail run
• Some of the craziest things that Sam has seen on his training runs
• Preparation for a 450km foot race
• Sam’s qualification entry to the Bad Water 135 mile race
• Sam would like to achieve 26 – 28 hours for Bad Water
• How Sam got into Ultra Marathons
• Sam’s achievement of 4 age group marathons
• Sam’s adventurous training runs
• Training sessions leading into Bad Water
• How Sam keeps pushing deeper to get through the race
• Sam’s Kokoda adventure for charity – Legacy
• Sam’s advice for achieving during a race
• How you can help Sam get to Bad Water
• Sam’s bucket list

To follow Sam Weir

To follow Sam on social Tumblrr, Facebook, @samweir_ultra (INSTA)

More about Sam Weir on Pogo Physio Website

How you can help support Sam Weir on his journey to Bad Water – Go Fund Me!

Timeline

1:00   Welcome to Sam Weir

2:30   What is your most memorable and ultra achievement to date

4:00   How do you prepare for a 450km foot race

9:00   Sam’s qualification entry to the Bad Water 135 mile race

11:00  Training for the Bad Water race

15:00  What Sam would like to achieve in the Bad Water race

17:00  How Sam got into Ultra Marathons

20:00  Mental Barriers

24:30  Medical issues during races

27:00  Sam’s adventurous training runs

31:30  Training sessions leading into Bad Water

35:00  The Kokoda trail adventure for charity – Legacy

38:30  Understanding the stories behind Kokoda

40:00  Sam’s advice for achieving during a race

41:00  How you can help Sam get to Bad Water

43:00  Sam’s bucket list

46:00  Finish

For questions and comments about this Episode

Send to to the show host @Brad_Beer (Twitter)