The Morning After The Life Before

Ben Reilly O‘Donnell - Science, Sport & Silliness

We're back with an episode with Ben Reilly O'Donnell. A PhD researcher now working in London on groundbreaking new science on the heart. We had a lot of fun recording this podcast and hope you enjoy! 

#9 - Season2 - Rehab, Rest & Recovery.

Me & Sam catch up on what we've been up to, what's happened in the last few months and what's next. It's been a while since we've done an episode, and sorry for the delay on this one. But hopefully we'll do more in the coming months. 

#8 - Season 2 - Christmas, Covid, C-Olympics?

We're back! After a bit of a sabbatical we're back for another season of episodes. Excuse the poor audio in this episode, but we're back for a quick catch up before we line up another exciting guest. 

#7 Dougie Musson - Running, Re-evaluating & Reconnecting.

We're back! It's been a while but we caught up with Dougie Musson. Dougie is a fantastic athlete and a really inspiring guy. It was great to chat to him about how he's been dealing with the challenges of the last few years and moving to new challenges both in and out of sport. We hope you enjoy the episode! 

#6 Sam Courty - Trauma, Treatments & Therapy

In this episode Sam turns guest for the conversation! Jack gets into the details about a long term mental health issue Sam has always struggled with. 

We talk phobia, opening up about mental health, the wider effects of "small issues" and how to go about dealing with them.
As it's world mental health day, we think this is a conversation that needs starting more and more. 
Jack would like to thank Sam for being so honest and opening up on our own podcast. Please don't forget to leave us feedback and a review, or get in touch if you have any recommendations or ideas for us. 

#5 Scarlett Williams & Frazier Christie - International Sport, Injuries & An Identity Crisis

In this episode we have Scarlett Williams & Frazier Christie. Having both experienced international sports and the highs and lows that come with that, this power couple have turned to a new business venture over the last few years. We get under the surface to hear how they've taken the transition from sport to business in one of our favourite episodes yet! 

We chat to Frazier & Scarlett about:

• Growing up with dreams in elite sport.
• The commitments and sacrifices that are made in pursuit of them.
• The highs and lows of sport such as injury, pressure and falling out of love with it.
• Transitioning from a life of sport to business and the ‘real world’ and the difficulties and emotions related to that process.
• Finally we go into depth about whether they perceive their lives so far as a success or failure and how happiness plays it role.

We really enjoyed this episode with Scarlett & Frazier and took a lot away from the conversation. Please don't forget to leave us feedback and a review, or get in touch if you have any recommendations or ideas for us. 

#4 Tim Geraedts - Struggles, Stardom & Supporting an Olympian (International Episode)

In this episode we chat to Tim G. Tim is successful in business as well as being a high level age group triathlete. On top of this Tim is the top supporter to his girlfriend Inge who is an olympic medallist in the dutch quad. 

We chat to Tim about:

• Rowing at Uni.
• Trying to make race weight.
• Transition from rowing to cycling.
• A separate work/sport identity.
• The support networks we lean on on the road to success.
• Tim taking inspiration from Inge.
• Struggles of burnout mixing work & triathlon.
• How lockdown has impacted the immediate future.

We really enjoyed this episode with Tim and took a lot away from the conversation. Please don't forget to leave us feedback and a review, or get in touch if you have any recommendations or ideas for us. 

#3 Sam Brockie - Ham, Heartbreak & Hakuba

In this episode we speak to Cambridge PhD Student and British Cycling consultant Sam Brockie. Sam has been a keen cyclist since his uni days and we really enjoyed the conversation with him. After an easy start to life it was great to hear the other side of the coin and remind ourselves not to judge people before we know the full story.

Sam opens up about bad relationships with food and mental health, and we try to get the conversation started about topics that we all agree are incredibly important. 

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#2 Tom Peirson Smith - Overdoses, Oil Spills & Oxygen Shortages

This episode we chat to Tom Peirson-Smith. Tom is a Formula 1 engineer and a good friend to both of us. We hear lots of stories from school life, through university to life in Italy - with a lot of blunders along the way. Tom is a really inspirational character and we hope you enjoy this insight into his life as much as we did. 

We hear about overdoses and failed drugs tests, flooding engines with oil and nearly suffocating people with an oxygen shortage. 

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#1 Fiona Gammond - Fires, Fights & Farmers?

In this episode we chat to international rower Fi Gammond.

Fi is a professional rower with the GB team, she made her senior debut at the 2016 World Rowing Championships in Rotterdam with a convincing win in the women’s four. Now with her eyes set on the Tokyo olympics, we caught up with her to find out exactly what happens behind the scenes, and hear some of the untold stories on the road to her success. 

We hear about how she was bought a stun gun as a present, set herself on fire as you can see in the image, had an altercation with a cow on a date, and many more fun stories. We hope you enjoy the episode as much as we did. 

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