The Wide Open Road

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The Wide Open Road podcast series shares the stories of retired professional athletes about their own career transition journeys to help current athletes prepare for the road in front of them for life after sport. When professional sporting careers come to an end a whole new personal journey begins and for many athletes life after sport is filled with fear, self-doubt and uncertainty. And these fears can lead to disastrous consequences. Alcohol and drug abuse, domestic violence, marriage breakdown and suicide. The Wide Open Road podcast series is a resource dedicated to helping current athletes prepare for life after sport by using the experiences of those that came before them in a format that is conversational, informal and informative.

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Wednesday Aug 04, 2021

Highlighting the importance of taking every opportunity whilst competing to help prepare for life after sport

Wednesday Aug 04, 2021

Four time Olympic middle distance star Craig Mottram OLY didn’t grow up dreaming of running at the Olympics and this fact set him up for success on and off the track. Australian middle distance runners are not supported to compete in the same league as their more favoured African nations competitors, yet Craig bucked this trend. His fearlessness and ability to push through pain helped him to incredible success. His on track deeds led to opportunities to meet people and do lots of different things, all whilst completing a degree in marketing by distance education online. Craig’s story highlights the importance of education, singlemindedness and taking opportunities that are afforded to you because you are able to run faster than most people on the planet.

Presented by Edward Kemp. To contact Ed, email edward_kemp@bigpond.com or connect with him on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/edwardgkemp

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