"Coach was high fiving me and they just said; "you know you've won a place to represent Victoria in the 24 hour championships" and I just remember, everybody was clapping and cheering and I just thought "Holy $&^@! I've got to do that all over again, twice as long? ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!"
That's professional speaker, author and Health & Lifestyle Educator Kim Morrison retelling her EPIC journey to becoming the youngest female to run 100 miles in less than 24 hours and setting a World Record in the process.
It's easy to perceive our sporting heroes as being almost more than human. Possessing the genetics, innate drive and dedication that you or I simply may not have been gifted with. The narrative is rarely focussed upon the times they quit or even the fact that perhaps, as was the case with Kim, they weren’t even particularly interested in their sport to begin with!
As it turns out Kim fell into Ultra Marathon. She was simply looking for the fastest way to accrue 200 hours of community service she needed in order to graduate from her Sports and Remedial Massage Diploma. So how did this reluctant runner switch grooves from a university student with a passion for Netball to becoming the best in the world at the cruel sport that is Ultra Marathon running and what ultimately made her hang up her running shoes at her peak?
Gain insight to the mindset of this passionate and empowering epic champion of The Art of Self Love in this episode of the Doing Epic Stuff podcast.
Show notes:
- Kim’s website: https://kimmorrison.com/
- A clip featuring Cliff Young; the Aussie potato farmer who came out of nowhere to win the 1983 Sydney to Melbourne Marathon and who coached / mentored Kim: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGFA2N0oS1Q
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