Today’s Guest: Jaqui O’Donohoe
Information:
Jaqui is a Cricketer and in her childhood she played baseball.
Her father was a runner and that motivated her to run.
Jaqui works in a psychological clinic.
Jaqui is out of the social networks for a year and this is the end of the year for that.
For Jaqui meditation and running are very compatible.
Things we discussed:
In 2012 she ran her first marathon when she was struggling with losing her father.
She wanted to keep pushing herself and started trail running, hiking and Cricket adventures.
She went away for a weekend in the mountains and decided she wanted to write a book about her dad.
We talk about the current narrative of mental health.
We talk about how people think about depression and how women are free to talk about it and men are not.
Jaqui loves the idea of pushing your body to the point where your body wants to quit, but your mind doesn’t and that’s why she says Ultra’s are addictive.
She set out to hike the Bibbulmun Track in 28 days. This is a 1000K trail that usually requires 3 months to hike.
She ended up with a blister that got progressively worse. She ended up having to see medical help with an IV and antibiotics.
It took her a while after that experience to regain her love for hiking.
We talked about her reasons for taking a year break from social media.
She started meditating with a 12-week program. She found that it helped in running as well as staying at peace in life.
Bridge questions:
Her most important piece: Water bottle because she lives in Australia.
Strangest thing you’ve seen on the trail: In an ultra she started having hallucinations and thought the ski lift was some sort of alien spaceship.
Word that describes her philosophy of life: Adventure.
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