S4E1 Challenge is What Men Need with Robert Owens
Robert Hamilton Owens is a man of many hats. He’s been and done a lot – mountain climbing, radio and TV personality, keynote speaker, minister, Ironman, philanthropist, triathlete, Special Ops Pararescueman, and father of five – to name a few. But of all the pursuits he’s undertaken, there’s one title that best describes this literal force of nature: Robert is The Fittest and Mentally Toughest 66-Year-Old in the World. Period. “My goal is to be the longest active Ironman in the world,” Owens says. The 140.6-mile Ironman (2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bicycle ride and 26.3-mile run, all done without a break) is among the shorter competitions Robert’s put himself through. At age 65 he embarked on the 238 mile “300 of Sparta Endurance Race,” an eight-day endurance race in Greece to help raise over $315,000 for the families of fallen Navy SEAL contractors who died at Benghazi. A mere four days before his 66th birthday, Robert took on the SEALFIT’s Kokoro 50-Hour Challenge, originally created to train Special Operations Candidates. He was the oldest of the group by 25 years to finish, and at the same time became the oldest to ever complete the challenge, for which he was awarded the “Most Advanced Age Ever Award” by SEALFIT. And then without any training, he took on the Ironman Mexico – his 12th Ironman. And in January, 2018, Robert took on and completed "The World Marathon Challenge – 7 Marathons 7 Continents 7 Days.”
Today on the show, we'll hear from Robert about his adventures throughout life, and some direct challenges to us as men that will change how you think about the way you live (no hyperbole here).
This week's adventure challenge:
Grab a couple of buddies and listen to this episode together. No one leaves the room until you all write down three takeaways from the episode.
“The Lord needed to put me in Pharoah's army to grow me up because the church couldn't. The church couldn't deal with a young guy like me because they were soft on me." - Robert Owens
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