PK Podcast 018: Mark Hines, Methodical Man Of Endurance Adventure
Mark Hines is a professional adventurer, a well-regarded endurance athlete, with a professional background in exercise physiology and biomechanics.
He has become known as an ultra-endurance athlete, who has participated in some of what are considered the toughest ultra events in the world, including the Marathon des Sables, The Jungle Marathon and the Yukon Arctic Ultra.
Mark is a writer who has penned books on his outdoor exploits as well as areas of health, diet and fitness, including a book on human evolution and diet.
It was with respect to all of these areas that I wanted to speak with Mark, particularly regarding the intersection of these varied yet overlapping areas of interest.
Indeed, it was Mark’s writing which first motivated me to interview Mark for this podcast.
I then met Mark at a presentation evening he and Leon McCarron (a previous guest on Podcast 009) hosted in London and we agreed to “have a chat” at a mutually convenient time.
Our wide-ranging conversation forms Episode 18 of the Paul Kirtley podcast, which you can listen to below.
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TRANSCRIPT
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Links Mentioned In This Podcast
markhines.org
marathondessables.co.uk/
junglemarathon.com
arcticultra.de
Connect with Mark Hines
Mark on Facebook
Mark on Twitter
Mark on LinkedIn
Mark’s Books
There is a full list of Mark’s books here, along with links to Amazon and ebook downloads.
You can also cast your eyes on some sample material from his books as follows:
Extreme Physiology:Exercise in Hot and Humid Conditions
Extreme Physiology: Exercise in Cold Climates
Brain Development and The Paleo Diet
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10 thoughts on “PK Podcast 018: Mark Hines, Methodical Man Of Endurance Adventure”
Absolutely fantastic! Once again another insightful and thought provoking pod cast on a far range of subject matters that was a sheer pleasure to listen to.
I find the pod cast series to be little gems which I often listen to multiple times because of the many valuable tidbits of information embedded within. I also find the format of these to be spot on. They are naturally fluid, never rushed and often times the questions asked I find to be similar to those I had in mind. Even the little back ground noises add to the overall experience.
Many thanks for your time and effort it no doubt takes to produce these, but also for the interviewee and their willingness to offer their time, knowledge, experiences, mistakes and the general insights into their lives.
Best regards,
Carl
Hi Carl,
Thanks for your specific feedback on this episode as well as the series as a whole.
I’m very happy you are finding so many “little gems” as well as the flow, pace and level of questions being to your liking. Thanks also for your comments about the background noises 🙂 All valuable feedback.
Thanks for listening!
Warm regards,
Paul
As Carl says above, fantastic stuff.
I have also listened multiple times and will most likely listen a few more…oh hang I am listening to it (again) right now 😉
All the best
Matt.
Hi Matt,
It’s good to hear from you. Hope you are well.
I’m glad to read you are managing to extract so much value from these podcasts.
Warm regards,
Paul
That for me was the best one yet. The part about training especially , very interesting. I also have listened to it two times because of the amount of great info and just like the way you do it.
Keep up the good work, can you interview Lars FÄLT !
Great choice of interviewee Paul. Full of information as usual. I was especially interested in the diet comments as the ‘Paleo diet’ subject is something I am coming across more frequently as I bounce around the web reading related topics. The inability to fully utilise grain foods seems founded on common sense given that as a species we have only been farming for around 10000 years of our existence. I would be especially interested in revisiting Mark with this as a central topic.
Thank you for your efforts.
Kev
Loved this episode so much. I had never heard of ultra marathons. I will have to look into that more because that sounds like so much fun.
My favourite podcast to date…have listened to it three times now. Covers such great topics and I love the style of both these guys. Humble, methodical and very interesting.
Great podcast Paul. Mark is clearly very knowledgeable & experienced, an inspiration. His candour about his research etc borders on being a “whistleblower” regards the sports / biomechanics industry (his comments on biomechanics were especially helpful to me as i have perthe’s disease). Mark’s the kinda person you want to be sat next to in a plane crash, lol.
Hi Craig, thanks for your feedback on this. Glad you enjoyed the detail.
Cheers,
Paul