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🗓️ 9 June 2015
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Joe De Sena turned an interest in endurance racing into a passion. His racing resume is the stuff of legends – over 50 ultra-events overall and 12 Ironman Events in one year alone. Most of his races are 100 miles or more with a few traditional marathons in the mix.
To put it in perspective, he did the Vermont 100, the Lake Placid Ironman and the Badwater Ultra in ONE week. For those that don’t know or just don’t want to hear the gory details, the elevation climb for Badwater is over 8,500 feet up to Mt. Whitney and temperatures soar into the 120’s. Joe also rode cross-country to the Furnace Creek 508 which has been coined “The Toughest 48 hours in sport.” It’s no wonder his favorite quote is, “Death is the price we pay for life, so make it worth it.”
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0:00.0 | This week on London Real, we have Joe Desena, CEO and co-founder of Spartan Race. |
0:08.0 | We need competition to push ourselves. |
0:12.0 | We want to put you into that war setting where you're going |
0:16.9 | to get so uncomfortable and get yourself out of your comfort zone that |
0:19.8 | you're going to be happier. Let's slow down on the consumerism, let's start eating healthier, let's start sweating more. |
0:29.0 | What's the next level up? Well, you could do 12 hours. |
0:35.0 | Sign me up, we gotta do it. |
0:36.0 | Next level up. |
0:37.0 | What's after that? |
0:38.0 | Sign me up. |
0:39.0 | I need the toughest race in the world. |
0:41.0 | Where is it? Sign me up. And so I find myself in Alaska in |
0:48.3 | January, you know, 30 below, waist deep snow, nearly dead, right? |
0:55.2 | And it felt great. |
0:57.9 | On Sunday, London Reel presents |
1:01.6 | Joe Disseenana Spartan Race. |
1:05.0 | I didn't tell you the dear story. |
1:07.0 | It would have taken too long. |
1:09.0 | Really? |
1:10.0 | Unless you want to do a bonus thing? |
1:13.0 | You want to do a bonus thing? |
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