#14 - Ultra-Runner | Soldier | 250km Footrace Across The Sahara
Zukie Tandathu is an ultrarunner, a 22-year soldier, and a crew member of Black Trail Runners. In this episode we chat about how joy and discipline can live side by side, what it really takes to train for the desert in the Marathon de Sables, and why inclusion in trail running needs more action than slogans.
In this conversation we talk about:
Growing up in South Africa with sport at the centre
Moving to the UK at 14 and culture shock
Joy and discipline coexisting in training and life
Lessons from 22 years as a soldier
What it really takes to run the Marathon des Sables
Instilling adventure…
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