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In this podcast I'm down the beach with the dogs and getting rather wet from the rain and the surf. I'm discussing mindset and not settling. I've recently got passionate about running again and setting myself some pretty big goals. In November this year I'm heading to Everest base camp and a week from now I'm running my first trail half marathon which is a very tough course and I'm excited to be running these distances again having been out of action recently having had a fall back in November when I damaged my shoulder whilst on a climb. Last Saturday I did my first race of the year which was a 10k course around Abersoch, North Wales along with my friends from the running group the Llamwyr Llyn Striders and happy to have smashed my personal best of 1hr 4mins and 40 seconds down from 1hr 15 mins. So I'm getting a lot fitter for sure. Not bad for a 48 year old, 6ft 2inch bloke. I also share on this podcast some of my story from when I was 28 and heavily overweight, depressed and wanting to end it all, on drink and drugs and weighing in at 23 stone (322lbs). I went to the Doctors and they told me I was depressed and prescribed anti-depressants. I went back home and got angry, angry that this was all they could offer but angry at myself for getting in this position. With this anger I decided there and then to take back control and sort myself out. I started running and for someone that large it was quite painful and lots of wobble but I kept at it and then in 18 months time I had shrunk myself down to 13 stone (182lbs) and finished the London Marathon in 3hrs 45 mins feeling amazing and cleaned my act up. Since that day I have used that mindset of knowing I can push myself to great effect. Read more and see the images on the site with the link below www.OnePlanetOnePlace.com/Podcast26