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Runpreneur
by Kevin Brittain
Kevin is a serial entrepreneur and running philanthropist. He is on a mission to raise £1 MILLION for children’s charities by run-vlogging on consecutive days the distance of one lap around the world! It is a staggering 40,075km. He will run a minimum of 5 kilometres per day and he’ll even do it barefoot-style!During each run, Kevin will vlog about his passions which are entrepreneurship & running, and how exercise can be used as a release mechanism for managing the emotions of stress, overwhelm and anxiety. Support Kevin on his mission 👉 https://challenge.runpreneur.co
Episodes
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Episode 2120 - Loyalty in Business: Why I Will Not Cut Loyal People Because of AI
Loyalty in business is one of the most undervalued traits I know, and I have learned that the hard way. On Day 2120 of my daily barefoot-style running streak, I talk about a decision in front of me right now. AI is changing how much work my businesses need people to do, and in some areas the...
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Episode 2119 - Weekly Milestones and How to Stay on Track With Quarterly Targets
Weekly milestones are the subject of Day 2119. For the last nine months I have focused on my property business, one I have owned for over 20 years and which had stagnated and become inefficient. When you are that busy, it is hard to judge whether you are trending towards your target. A quarterly...
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Episode 2118 - Dealing With Setbacks: One Step in the Right Direction
Dealing with setbacks was the topic on day 2,118 of my daily run streak. A close friend once told me life is full of disappointment. He is right, but he left out the second half. How we deal with disappointment decides how fulfilled our life becomes.In this episode I talk about my first reaction…
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Episode 2117 - Pride and Failure: Why I Struggled to Admit Defeat
Pride has been my weak spot for most of my adult life. In this episode, on day 2,117 of my daily running streak, I talk about why I find it so hard to admit failure.Today I listened to Daniel Priestley on The Diary of a CEO and Mark Cuban on How I Built This. Both reminded me that successful...
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Episode 2116 - Tracking Your Fitness After Injury and Illness
Tracking your fitness is the subject of today's episode, and I came to it the hard way. Yesterday I ran 16,268.02km, my longest run since I broke my foot around four months ago. Between the injury and four weeks of sinusitis, my fitness has taken a real knock, and I wanted to see exactly how…
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Episode 2115 - Team Ownership: Why Your Team Must Own the Outcome, Not Just the Tasks
Team ownership is the subject of Episode 2115, recorded on Day 2115 of my daily running streak. If you manage a team, run a business or build systems, this one is for you.Systemisation asks us to break long processes into small tasks and standard operating procedures. I back this approach. The…
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Episode 1799 - Bank Holiday Weekend Breaks in the UK: What an Empty Hunstanton Showed Me
On day 1799 of my running streak I ran through Old Hunstanton in Norfolk on a bank holiday weekend. This is a town I have known since childhood, when I spent time here with my late Nan, who lived in King's Lynn. It would normally be one of its busiest weekends. This time the arcades, cafés and...
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Episode 2099 - Life Feels Like a Grind: Coping With Stress
Today I talk about what I do when life feels like a grind. This week I returned from a family skiing trip tired, then caught a head cold I cannot shift. I made big decisions at work, started new projects and managed my team through a change of direction. I collected my parents from the airport,...
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Episode 2097 - Lack of Focus in Business: The Launch I Chose Not to Make
Lack of focus in business is the topic on Day 2097 of my daily running streak. I have spent 18 months building a product called Operations Director, and I decided weeks before launch not to proceed. I still believe in the product. I made the decision because of what the numbers say about my own...
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Episode 2096 - Getting Back Into Routine After a Break
Getting back into routine after a break is harder than I planned for. I have been home from a family skiing trip to Andorra for nearly a week, and I am still not back in the routine I live by. I caught a head cold on the way home, went straight back to work on the Friday, and was away again on…
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Episode 2111 - Running in Extreme Wind: Safety Lessons from
Today I talk about running in extreme wind. I was working away in the north of the UK, with winds around 40mph and gusts of 40 to 50mph. The canal beside me, usually still, had a current and waves moving across the surface. I chose a sheltered stretch low in a valley, because the wind was weaker…
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Episode 2110 - False Economy in Property: Why the Best Number Is Not Always the Best Decision
False economy is the subject of Day 2110, and it is one I learned the hard way. I normally judge a decision on forecast net profit and return on investment. Most of the time, those figures point me in the right direction. Occasionally they do not, because the real cost of running a strategy is...
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Episode 2095 - Running When Ill: Day 2095 and a Head Cold
Today I talk about running when ill, because I woke up on day 2095 with the worst head cold I have ever had. I am heavily congested, my head aches and I feel a little feverish. I have been sick on a run two or three times, and being sick gave me relief. This time I get none.My first advice is...
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Episode 2109 - Running With Sinusitis
Running with sinusitis is the subject of today's episode, and I am not going to dress it up. Three weeks ago I had a head cold. Today I received an official sinusitis diagnosis from my GP.I describe what a run feels like with this condition. It is a build-up of pressure and a sensation of water...
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Episode 2108 - Running Through Illness: When Running Makes Things Worse
I am usually positive about running, but today I talk about the times when running makes things worse. For three weeks I have been struggling with what looks like sinusitis. I have had fever-like symptoms, sweats, congestion, migraines and pain in my teeth, cheekbones and eyes. I kept running…
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Episode 2107 - Fail to Plan Is a Plan to Fail: Lessons from a Blocked Kitchen Drain
Today I talk about a line I have lived by for years: fail to plan, plan to fail. Yesterday I came home from two days away to a blocked kitchen drain and a dismantled sink. My wife is one of the most productive people I know, and she had started fixing the problem straight away. She also lost a...
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Episode 2086 - Run Streak Extremes: What 2086 Days Outdoors Have Taught Me
Run streak running looks simple until the weather changes. On day 2086, I look back at the most extreme runs of the streak so far. Yesterday in Andorra, at about 2,000 metres, it was minus 16 degrees in a snow blizzard. The wind and snow stopped me running in one direction and my body went numb.…
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Episode 2087 - Running at Altitude Above 2,000 Metres: Day 2087 in Andorra
Running at altitude above 2,000 metres taught me to slow down. On Day 2087 of my daily running streak, I was in Andorra, ankle deep in snow, with thinner air and a hard climb. In this episode I talk through what I have learned about running in the mountains. The oxygen is lower, so I take smaller...
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Episode 2098 - Increase Running Pace: What Six Years of Comfortable Running Taught Me
Today is day 2098 of my daily running streak, and I have covered 16,153.65km of the 40,075km I need for a lap of the world. 23,921.35km remain.In this episode I talk about a flaw in my running form which took me almost six years to notice. Long distance running rewards comfort. My stride…
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Episode 2094 - Entrepreneur Down Days and Why I Keep Running
Entrepreneur down days are the days when nothing goes right, you feel low and you question whether to continue. Day 2,094 of my running streak was one of them. In this episode I talk about what was going wrong in the property business: tenants vacating, major maintenance, a boiler replacement and...
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Episode 2093 - Why You Should Listen to Advice When You're Young
In Episode 2093, I talk about a piece of advice I ignored in my early twenties, and what it has cost me since. An experienced property investor told me to be careful about buying far from where I live. His point was simple. Problems are quick to fix when you are local, and hard to fix when you…
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Episode 2092 - Running When You're Feeling Rubbish
Running when you're feeling rubbish is the subject of Day 2092. I did not want to go out today. I felt rough, the rain started the moment I stepped outside, and I allowed myself a proper moan before getting on with it.I talk about what almost six years of consecutive days has put in my way: torn...
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Episode 2091 - Leaving Things Last Minute: What I Understand About It
I have always left things to the last minute. For years I told myself I thrive under pressure, and a hard deadline does focus me. The cost is stress, anxiety and overwhelm, and no organisational or productivity tool has changed the pattern.On Day 2091, I talk about the link between this habit and...
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Episode 2090 - AI for Anxiety and Overwhelm
Today is day 2090 of my daily run. I recorded this one in Andorra, in a blizzard at minus 9 degrees, on my last day before returning to the UK.The question I explore is whether AI and large language models help with anxiety, stress and overwhelm. My answer depends on severity. For the normal…
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Episode 2089 - Mid-Quarter Breaks for Planning and Strategy
Today is day 2089 of my daily run, and I am recording from Andorra, midway through the quarter. This episode covers mid-quarter breaks and what they do for planning and problem-solving, especially if you run a business.A weekly plan mostly goes to plan. A monthly plan I can predict with fair...
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Episode 2088 - ADHD When Plans Change
ADHD when plans change is today's topic, and I speak from experience. I have ADHD, and when I set a plan, my mind fixes on the plan and treats the plan as gospel. When something shifts at the last minute, I struggle to react.Today I was skiing with my family. We had planned our routes. Then high...
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Episode 2085 - Extreme Cold Running: Knowing When to Stop at -16°C
Today I talk about running in extreme cold. On Day 2085 of my daily running streak I was in Andorra, around 2,000 metres above sea level, in a snowstorm at minus 16 degrees centigrade. The wind was strong and I could barely see the road. These were the most brutal conditions I have run in across...
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Episode 2084 - Journeys From Hell: Day 2084 and the 24 Hour Trip to Andorra
Journeys from hell happen. Mine started at 3am on a 6.50am flight from Luton to Barcelona and ended at 3am the next day in Andorra, twenty-four hours later. In this episode I walk through what went wrong. High wind gusts delayed the flight. We spent hours on and off the plane. The pilot tried to...
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Episode 2081 - Entrepreneurial Overwhelm: Getting Clarity Back When Everything Lands at Once
Entrepreneurial overwhelm caught me this week. Last week finished well and I was on track. Then this week started and almost everything that could go wrong did. No single issue was the problem. The speed and the volume were. When that much arrives at once, I lose visibility, and I drift away from...
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Episode 2083 - Return to Running After Injury: Why I Multiply Recovery Time by Three
Day 2083 of my daily running streak, and I am three months out from a broken foot. I am back running, and I am grateful for that. My fitness is a different story.I now run 6 to 24,015.44km where I used to run 16,059.56km. My pace is close to where it was, but my heart rate is up to 10 beats per...
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Episode 2082 - Entrepreneurial Overwhelm: The Day After I Made a Plan
Yesterday I described a bad day. Several things went wrong in my businesses in a short space of time, and I felt entrepreneurial overwhelm in my stomach. Today, on day 2082 of my daily barefoot-style running streak, I report what happened after I acted.I took each issue through my OCI...
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Episode 2080 - Running for Mental Health: When a Run Makes a Bad Day Feel Smaller
Today was a bad day, and I want to be honest about that. I went out for my Day 2080 run, and by the end I felt significantly better. The problems had not gone away. My state had changed.In this episode I talk about why I call my daily run my coping mechanism for stress. Three things do the work…
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Episode 2079 - The Injury Recovery Phase Nobody Talks About
Injury recovery is not finished the day your scan comes back clear. That is what day 2079 of my running streak has taught me. Three months ago I broke a metatarsal. The boot that healed it also lifted one leg three inches higher than the other for six weeks, and my body compensated by changing…
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Episode 2078 - AI Phone Calls And The Discipline Of Testing Something New
AI phone calls sit at the centre of today's episode, recorded on day 2078 of my barefoot running streak, 16,028.97 kilometres into a lap of the world with 24,046.03 kilometres left to run. I use today's episode to talk through a business tool I tested this week: software which makes calls on your...
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Episode 2077 - Running Routes In Unfamiliar Towns: The Canal Hack And The Mud That Nearly Beat Me
I got stuck thigh-deep in mud on a hill run near Burnley, held for close to a minute in ground that gave way beneath me without warning. In this episode I walk through what went wrong with my route planning, why checking an app's path legend isn't enough, and the simple canal and waterway hack I...
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Episode 2075 - Manus AI and the Discipline of
Today marks day 2075 of my daily run streak, barefoot-style, on a mission to cover 40,075 kilometres and raise £1 million for Great Ormond Street and BBC Children in Need. In this episode I step away from the run for a moment to talk about a new AI tool called Manus AI, and why testing the tool...
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Episode 2074 - The Testing Phase Nobody Budgets For
On day 2074 of my daily barefoot-style running streak, I talk through the reality of testing a new product before launch. Operations Director, the business operating system I have built, is six to nine months behind our original launch date. Not because the idea was wrong, but because client...
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Episode 2076 - When A Run Doesn't Go To Plan: Sludge, Safety, and
When a run doesn't go to plan, the lesson usually says more than the mileage does. On day 2076 of my daily run streak, I set off on what I expected to be a straightforward route above Burnley and instead found myself knee-deep in boggy marshland, at one point genuinely uncertain whether I'd get...
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Episode 2073 - Like-Minded Friendships and Who's Actually Pushing You Forward
Today I talk about something that came to me mid-run rather than something I planned to say. It's about friendships, and specifically about the difference between the people who push you toward your goals and the people who quietly pull you away from them.Most friend groups form by accident,...
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Episode 2072 - Broken Foot Recovery: 14 Weeks, One Streak, What I'd Do Differently
Broken foot recovery has shaped the last 14 weeks of this mission more than anything else this year. I broke the third metatarsal in my right foot and kept the daily run streak going throughout, first without knowing what was wrong, then in a supportive boot for six weeks, then rebuilding…
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Episode 2071 - What I Learned Running Unwell
Today I talk about something I don't usually recommend, running while you're feeling under the weather. After a business trip that left me short on sleep and dealing with the usual toxins from a social evening, I woke up on day 2071 of my streak feeling rough. My honest advice, if you're unwell,...
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Episode 2070 - The Money Hack That Made My Finances Work Harder
On day 2070 of my running streak, I recorded a reflection on a money hack I tried the day before. I'd walked through assets and liabilities in an earlier episode, and realised afterwards the explanation only worked for me because I've spent years around this subject. So I looked for a simpler…
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Episode 2069 - Removing Emotion From Money: Day 2069 Reflections On Debt, Investment, And Discipline
On day 2069 of my daily barefoot-style run towards 40,075km, I reflect on a subject I have spent years trying to get better at: removing emotion from decisions about money. I talk through the difference between what you own and what you owe, why comparing the interest you pay on debt against the...
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Episode 2068 - Why Being The Worst In The Room Is Where I Learn Most
On day 2068 of this run streak I reflect on a business trip where I sat among people further ahead than me in nearly every conversation. That feeling of being behind used to unsettle me. Now I see it differently. Being the least experienced person in a room is not a problem to solve, it is a...
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Episode 2067 - Running Streak: The Extent Streak Runners Will Go to Keep Going
Running streak day 2067 is part two on a question worth answering honestly: how far will a streak runner go to protect the streak?Tonight I ran at one minute past midnight. I am travelling today, so the run went in before anything could interfere. I ran at half past five yesterday evening. Six...
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Episode 2066 - Run Streak Runners and the Cost of Protecting 2066 Consecutive Days
Today I talk through something most run streak runners don't discuss openly, the lengths we go to when life threatens to break a streak. I'm travelling tomorrow on an early flight, and I've learned from experience that travel days carry the highest risk of all. Once, I didn't run before flying…
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Episode 2065 - ADHD Parenting a Child With ADHD
ADHD parenting a child who also has ADHD is one of the harder things I deal with in my personal life. I am 43 years old, and one of my children shares my diagnosis. On the surface, we understand each other in ways other people might not. Underneath, when a situation tips over, we amplify each…
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Episode 2064 - Regaining Fitness After Injury: The 6-Week Rule, Real Data, and Honest Targets
Regaining fitness after injury is the subject of day 2064, and I am speaking from inside the experience rather than observing it from the outside.I broke my foot roughly 11 weeks ago. It took 10 weeks before I jogged a single kilometre again. During that time I kept the streak alive by power...
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Episode 2063 - Contingency Forecasting: Budget for What Goes Wrong Before It Does
Contingency forecasting is the subject of today's episode, and it is something every business owner needs to take seriously. Day 2063 of my barefoot-style running streak. 15,946km covered. 24,129km still to run.I have been in property for roughly twenty years. The single biggest weakness I see in...
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Episode 2062 - ADHD Entrepreneur: Match or Disaster for Business?
Day 2062 of running a lap of the world. 15,940.96 kilometres in. 24,134.04 to go.Today's episode is a personal one about ADHD and running a business. I'm self-diagnosed and highly confident in the assessment. High-functioning means I cope, but coping and thriving are not the same thing. Over the...
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Kevin is a serial entrepreneur and running philanthropist. He is on a mission to raise £1 MILLION for children’s charities by run-vlogging on consecutive days the distance of one lap around the world! It is a staggering 40,075km. He will run a minimum of 5 kilometres per day and he’ll even do it barefoot-style!During each run, Kevin will vlog about his passions which are entrepreneurship & running, and how exercise can be used as a release mechanism for managing the emotions of stress, overwhelm and anxiety. Support Kevin on his mission 👉 https://challenge.runpreneur.co
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