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Episode 92: Embracing discomfort with Samantha Gash

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Samantha Gash is a social entrepreneur with heart, grit, and intelligence! She is a warrior!

She believes “if you want something you’ve never had, you have to do something you have never done before”

From being the first woman to finish one of the world’s toughest ultra-marathon events to raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for charity, Samantha’s journey from corporate lawyer to endurance athlete and social impact entrepreneur is a must-hear!

Here are some of her badass Warrior feats:

  • First female and youngest person to complete Racing the Planet’s 4 Deserts Grand Slam in one calendar year (2010)
  • A 379km solo (supported) non-stop run across the Simpson Desert in Australia (2012)
  • A 3253km, 77-day run from the west to east of India (2016)
  • Raised close to $200,000 to support six education initiatives through World Vision (2016)
  • Co-founder of Freedom Runners, raising $50,000 for a social enterprise business that will employ and train young women in South Africa on women’s health issues (2014)
  • And now she's started Her trails with her Cofounder Bec Wilcock - A Female Trail & Adventure Platform and holistic running program 

Today on the podcast Sam and I talk about 

  • Samantha's story and her limiting beliefs 
  • How to overcome the stories we tell ourselves that often stop us from doing the work
  • The key skills we need to have a successful training practice
  • Importance of creating a strategy: your training strategy
  • The next best plan: agility, pivoting, and adaptability
  • Working with your physiology and training with your cycle
  • Her trails - A Female Trail & Adventure Platform and holistic running program 

Connect with Sam and Her Trails

Samantha Gash website https://www.samanthagash.com/

The "gram"  https://www.instagram.com/samanthagash/

Her trails website https://hertrails.com/

Her Trails the "gram" https://www.instagram.com/her_trails/

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