Ollie Stoten
Endurance athlete - Doctor - Adventurer
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To better understand physiology in extreme environments and to challenge accepted truths & dogma, we teamed up with John Hattersley and the team at the Human Metabolic Research Unit in Warwick to peel back the cover and take a little look inside at what our bodies were doing as were crossed Antarctica:
Category: polar, research Tags: Antarctica, performance, polar, research
As part of our 1,800km expedition across Antarctica, we worked with renowned psychologist Dr Nathan Smith to understand a little more about coping strategies and mental health in this extreme environment.
Category: polar, research Tags: Antarctica, polar, research
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Van life. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
📸 Ardent, Montriond, 🇫🇷 . ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
H. Jackson Brown, Jr. in “P.S. I Love You”, a collection of wise aphorisms from his mother, Sarah Frances Brown. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This summer we took a big risk and turned against the grain of young professional life, quitting both of our jobs in favour of living in a van. It ranks up there with the best things I’ve ever done. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The simple life it leads to is just amazing and so reminiscent of expedition life: where will we find food, water and a place to sleep? Until then, use your legs to explore new places, mountains, towns, forests and meet new people. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Now we’re back to normal life I can look back with such fond memories, and dream of doing it all over again in the future. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Day 28 of my video diary from Antarctica.
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I’m starting to feel pretty good. I’ve got used to the load from hauling in excess of 100kg behind me for 10hrs every day. If only I knew what was to come!
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Thankfully my mouth ulcers were healing, a classic sign of walking the fine line between pushing myself to the edge, and being at a point where my body can’t recover fast enough.
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I’ve switched to half skins on my skies by this point which really helped my achilles tendonitis. There was a lot of debate about what would be best to use; the full skins gave us more grip, especially over the difficult terrain with heavy pulks. The half skins were less grippy, but used less energy on the recovery stroke forwards.
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A new team PB with a daily distance covered of 17.5 nautical miles (32.4km). We used nautical miles as our unit of measure as it is 1/60th of a degree of latitude, therefore makes the navigation and maths simple when we are aiming to close down the degrees of latitude towards the South Pole.
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Nearly half way through the expedition distance. Only 600 miles to go! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
For the rest of the video & more like this, visit my site (link in bio 👆). ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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T- 6months to London Marathon.
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After a busy few weeks away with work since returning to the UK, I’m pleased to have now returned to Bournemouth for a few months before moving on to the new job.
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As much as I’ve enjoyed being on the road and being fully immersed in work, it’s nice to have a base again to get some consistency in training and slowly start to develop some speed with a marathon in the sights. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Very fortunate that Bournemouth Emergency Department will have me back to work there in the interim before moving on - I thoroughly enjoy working in that department!
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So here it is: 6 months to learn to run fast. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
📸 Cortina Trail ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
#training #running #trailrunning #marathontraining #londonmarathon #consistency #cortina #dolomites #goals #traininggoals
“Storms draw something out of us that calm seas don't.” - Bill Hybels
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13 December 2016, 0849hrs, en route to the South Pole.
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We would be up, out of our tents and ready for go for 0900hrs every morning, religiously. No one wanted to be late and hold everyone else up in this weather. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Similarly no one really wants to drag their tired, battered bodies out of warm tents and face this weather, but this is what adventures in these difficult conditions are all about. Facing up to the adversity and getting through it. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
I’d have it no other way. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
#antarctica #expedition #spear17 #storm #adventure #getoutside #tbt #snow #ice #cold #explore #exploremore #polar #travel #travelphotography #sun #adversity #overcome #adaptandovercome
Absolutely delighted to be offered an anaesthetics training job (CT1) in Severn. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
This level of smiles this week!!
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Yr 1- Yeovil
Yr 2- Bristol (Southmead)
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It’s going to be a steep learning curve but an exciting prospect & new adventure for G & I.
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Hoping all the admin from now goes without a hitch 🤞
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Time to start planning the running calendar 😉
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📷: Cortina Trail
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#healthcare #anaesthetics #coretraining #health #smiles #happiness #happy #pushingthelimits #career #newplace #trailrunning #lavaredo
Tour du Mont Blanc - day 3 - Courmayeur 🇮🇹 to Champex Lac 🇨🇭.
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48km; 2,484m elevation gain.
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Beautiful weather all day as we hauled our heavy legs up & out of Courmayeur, then loved running the ridgeline running to Arnouva, via a Refugio dopio espresso ☕️.
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A steady 750m climb up to Grand col Ferret before we split for the 20k of descent deep into the valley. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
As I passed La Fouly google maps told me that was the last supermarket until Champex Lac, which closed at 1700...in 2 hours 🥴... I didn’t fancy hauling our dinner+ breakfast all that way so took the risk of not being fast enough and gunning it for Champex. It was a tough & pretty emotional 2 hours hard effort on very tired legs, flying up the last 500m climb from Praz-de-Fort to Champex Lac, arriving at 1658, moments before our chances of food vanished. Or so I though...the shop was actually open for another hour. Thanks google😂! Good bit of training. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Champex Lac - stunning - pricey!
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