Uncomfortable Is Ok Podcast

This is episode 17 and I’m your host Chris Desmond. Today I’m having a chat with Richard McChesney. If you guys have had a listen to episode 4 of the podcast where I chat with Quentin Rew, you’ve be familiar with the sport of racewalking. On a side note, congratulations to Quentin for your fantastic effort in the 50km racewalk at the Rio Olympics. Richard is also a racewalker, but he is a long distance racewalker. You might be saying to yourself that 50k is plenty long enough for a walk but Richard walks 100km races. He has walked around the M25 motorway around London, and competed in a 3 day racewalk in France breaking the New Zealand record for the furthest distance walked in 48 hours in the process. He is going back to France this year to compete in the 6 day event. Today we chat through some of Richard’s walking adventures and the challenges he has faced walking such distance. We also talk about what he has learned about himself and about life as a result of walking. As well as being pushing the boundarie