Trusting, patience and running for Australia with Julian Spence.

Julian Spence came late to his running career but endured patience and trust and ran for Australia in the Marathon and continues to bust through his glass ceilings and goals.

About Julian

Julian is the founder of Runstrong Online Coaching. He is an elite marathon runner who represented Australia at the World Athletics Championships in Doha in 2019. He began running in 2009 using the reverse progression method of beginning with a marathon. The next few years were then riddled with injury until managing to string some consistency around 2017 when he ran the Berlin Marathon in 2:18. Since then his marathon PR has progressed to 2:14 (Lake Biwa, 2019).

Julian inadvertently started coaching his friends, which then developed to him coaching athletes across a wide range of disciplines such as Couch 2-5k, track, XC, road racing, trail and ultramarathon running.

Julian owns a running store (The Running Company Ballarat) with his partner Bri, coaches athletes, is a race director, and a co-host of the Inside Running Podcast.

“I didn’t want to be mediocre at anything, I wanted to be amazing at one thing.”

— Julian Spence

In the episode...

• Julian’s goal this year was to compete in the Marathon at the 2020 Olympics in Toyko

• How Julian became interested in running.

• Where the inspiration came from to start running marathons.

• Julian had always felt he was going to be ‘good’ at one thing, and for so long he claimed to never finish anything.

• Julian had a passion and patience spanning over 10 years to accomplish his initial running goals.

• After being riddled with injury and impatience Julian finally found how to string together some quality years of training to smash through his glass ceiling.

• Julian explains how you suffer mentally for a long time when running a marathon.

• The mental conditioning workouts that Julian does to train his mind to prepare for races.

• Why you have to practice being mentally uncomfortable.

• Why Julian takes his watch off when he is running.

• Running for Australia was never ‘a dream’ because Julian came to running so late but he describes it as a magic experience.

• Julian describes the amazing running culture in Japan.

• Why trust and patience is the key to Julian’s success.

• The calming thoughts Julian had the morning before the race where he levelled up into a different class of running.

• How Julian used trust and patience when building his business.

• The impact of coronavirus at the peak of Julian’s career when he was training for the Olympics 2020.

Why Julian continues to seek out travels and adventures…it simply is an innate feeling.

“Training mentally for a marathon is about becoming comfortable with being uncomfortable.”

— Julian Spence

Links

Strava - Julian Spence

The Inside Running Podcast

www.runstrongonlinecoaching.com.au

Coming back to the present moment.

Being present requires us to heighten our senses and be here and now.

“The present moment is the only moment available to us and it is the door to all other moments.”

— Thich Naht Hanh

In the episode...

• How to be in the present moment.

• Why you feel so present when you travel and go on adventures.

• 6 ways to feel connected back into the present.

“When you embark on something new, travels or adventures, your sense of presence is heightened”

— Abby Lewtas

Links

Podcast Ep.98 - Travel teaches us to be present with Hannah Ivanovskis.

Travel teaches us to be present with Hannah Ivanovskis.

Hannah, quite simply….keeps it real. Mum of 3, now living on the Surfcoast in Australia after moving from the UK. Travel taught her how to be present but also knows….its’s not always going to be that way.

About Hannah

Hannah Ivanovskis is a woman of many hats! Mum of three under 5, ex-pat Brit living on the Surfcoast in Victoria, qualified life coach, communications queen, exercise junkie and storyteller. She tells it like it is, and keeps it real, in every forum. Her corner of the 'gram is a mixture of mum life, positivity, motivation, laughing and swearing. 

Since Hannah left home to go to uni at 19, she has always taken chances on starting over in new places. So when she met her husband at 33 and he was already moving to Australia, it was inevitable that she would give it a red hot go. She moved thinking it was temporary but it became clear quite quickly that Janis had no intention of going back to Europe. So began a 5-year struggle with settling into ex-pat life.

There were so many things Hannah missed about the UK, until she realised it really wasn't serving her or her family. In her 40th year, she finally realised she had to stop pining for home and invest properly in being here.

“The idea of presence [when you travel] you’re taking in absolutely everything.”

— Hannah Ivanovskis

In the episode...

• Hannah followed her fiance to Australia, having known him for only 5 weeks. She never went home.

• How growing up in the UK, travel was so normal… she took it for granted.

• Stories from her backpacking adventures through South East Asia as a teenager.

• How the further you go the more ‘foreign’ you feel.

• There is still a culture shock in a similar country to your own.

• When you travel, you have to trust your gut and your instincts.

• Hannah is feeling so much more aware and present in her environment during this pandemic.

• Being mindful as a parent is not something you can always embody as you are having to focus on so many things at the one time.

• Hannahs story of immigration to Australia.

• When Hannah finally let go of the idea of returning home to the U.K.

• The importance of personal development and a healthy mindset for Hannah and her husband and how it has served them SO well.

Why Hannah continues to seek out travels and adventures…The promise of something new.

“Your gut and your intuition definitely play into it when you’re so far from home.”

— Hannah Ivanovskis

Links

Instagram - @hannahivanovskis

Pip Honour - A wellness journey and a travelling adventure.

Creating a confident body image, mindset and setting up her own business during her travels through Europe, South Africa, India and Sri Lanka.

About Pip

Pip Honour is a Wellness Coach and Meditation Teacher. She works with women 1:1 and in groups to help them create more Confidence, Clarity and Calm in their worlds. Her work is grounded in the belief that transforming your mindset will create positive and lasting change.

Pip went on a six month adventure spending 2 months in Europe - Italy, Croatia, France, Germany and Hungary, 1 month in South Africa, 1 month in India and 1 month in Sri Lanka before returning to Australia to grow her life coaching business.

“What I’ve experienced is to be treasured by me.”

— Pip Honour

When coming home...

• Emotions Pip faced - Excitement and nervousness although felt ready to return home. Deflated. Frustration.
• What had changed - Her work and work environment from corporate to her own business. Not having a regular monthly pay check.
• How Pip supported herself - She got a puppy and took time to be appreciative for everything she had.
• How did her mindset change - Gained perspective. She didn't need a lot to live life.
• 3 Lessons learned from travel and reverse culture shock

1. Continue to be open minded and be considerate of others.
2. We get to choose how we create our life.
3. Remain present.

• Advise to herself for returning home - Consistancy and routine is so important and also plan your next trip to keep your adventure alive.

“By going on this big overseas trip, I felt a real sense of perspective and the simple life that I really want to create.”

— Pip Honour

Links

Website: www.piphonour.com Scroll to the bottom of Pips home page to access your Self Retreat Freebie from Pip.

Pips Instagram: @piphonour

Facebook: piphonour

“We are our own creators and we get to make our own decisions and when we sit in this space its really really empowering.”

— Pip Honour