Wemcast

'It's very hard to be the athlete but also to be objective enough of your own situation to be able to stop'.  This week, World Extreme Medicine Education Lead Will Duffin is joined by Mark Beaumont; public speaker, author, broadcaster, rower and world-record breaking cyclist (he's cycled 18,000 miles around the world….twice!). Mark considers how his life as a professional athlete has changed under lockdown and how he's staying positive.  We delve into Mark's career and how he's broken the mould to forge an exceptional career. From home-schooling on his family farm to horse-riding and skiing to taking up cycling and breaking a whole host of records. Mark explores his world-record attempts and successes, from his obsession with planning, process, margins and 'controlling the controllable' that proved fundamental to his 78-day circumnavigation of the globe. The pair also consider how Mark reconciled his setbacks with his mission. Mark details how a fall, causing a fractured elbow and broken teeth almost derai