Fellow intensivist Ed Litton and I signed up for a big challenge 10 months ago when we registered to run in the Run Larapinta, a 4-day stage race in central Australia. We’ve both completed many endurance events, however neither of us have done any serious trail running nor have we ever run 130km in 4 days on a rocky and mountainous trail like the beautiful Larapinta trail in the Northern Territory of Australia.
It’s now only a week away so Ed and I had a conversation to update each other on our recent training before answering 5 questions we thought were worth asking each other at this final stage of our preparations.
- What’s worked well in our preparations?
- What’s not worked well in our preparations?
- What’s the focus of the remaining time?
- What have we learned from taking on this challenge?
- What is exciting us about the upcoming challenge?
We hope you’ll enjoy listening to the conversation, and that it might inspire you to get out for a run or for any type of exercise that suits you.
Thanks for listening.
Andrew Davies
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About the Mastering Intensive Care podcast: The podcast aims to inspire and empower you, through conversations about the human side of Intensive Care, to bring your best self to the Intensive Care bedside, with a focus on compassion, collaboration and personal wellbeing.
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Relevant links
Ed Litton on Twitter: @ed_litton
Ed Litton at University of Western Australia
Mastering Intensive Care podcast - Episode 40 with Ed Litton
Mastering Intensive Care podcast - Mastering Intensive Challenges - Run Larapinta - Episode 1
Mastering Intensive Care podcast - Mastering Intensive Challenges - Run Larapinta - Episode 2
Mastering Intensive Care podcast - Mastering Intensive Challenges - Run Larapinta - Episode 3
Mastering Intensive Care podcast - Mastering Intensive Challenges - Run Larapinta - Episode 4
Mastering Intensive Care podcast - Mastering Intensive Challenges - Run Larapinta - Episode 5
Mastering Intensive Care podcast - Mastering Intensive Challenges - Run Larapinta - Episode 6
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