About this episode

Ben Shepard discusses his journey back to running after a long hiatus due to injury and his motivation to achieve personal bests in his 50s.

Ben Shepard joins Rick and Ben to talk about his 16 year hiatus from marathons after an injury stopped him running, how he managed the fear of re-injury and started training again, why he continues to want to prove to himself he can do hard things and why running continues to his happy place. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Rick, Ben

Guest: Ben Shepard

Topics covered

• marathon running
• injury recovery
• personal bests
• motivation
• running as therapy

Keywords

• marathon
• injury
• training
• personal best
• running
• motivation
• fear of re-injury

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