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Episode 92: Embracing discomfort with Samantha Gash
FromWarrior School
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68 minutes
Released:
Dec 22, 2021
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Podcast episode
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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/
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/
Released:
Dec 22, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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