{"podcast":{"title":"Motional Intelligence","slug":"motional-intelligence-7373088","podcast_index_feed_id":7373088,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/10b8b0978/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5155880","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/44786286/5a78d1caa897e928.jpg","author":"Calum Goddard","episode_count":54,"summary":"Calum Goddard sits down every Thursday with incredible athletes, content creators, and people who’ve pushed themselves to the limit.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T06:17:55.937185+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/motional-intelligence-7373088"},"episode":{"title":"49. How To Change Your Life & Become a SUB ELITE Runner... *HUGE WEIGHTLOSS*🤯","slug":"49-how-to-change-your-life-become-a-sub-elite-runner-huge-weightloss","published_at":"2026-07-02T16:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/motional-intelligence-7373088/49-how-to-change-your-life-become-a-sub-elite-runner-huge-weightloss","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/motional-intelligence-7373088","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/motional-intelligence/episodes/49--How-To-Change-Your-Life--Become-a-SUB-ELITE-Runner----HUGE-WEIGHTLOSS-e3lhmki","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO2110382374.mp3","summary":"Sam Griffiths (GlobeRunnerGriff) went from 125kg competitive Call of Duty gamer to a 2:22 marathoner — and honestly, his story is one of the wildest transformations we've had on the pod. We get into the Warzone grind, the one-way flight to Nepal that changed everything, why he's never touched alcohol or coffee, his (very) heavy race calendar, heart-rate based training, the London vs Copenhagen double, and a lot more. Timestamps:0:00 Intro0:22 Welcome Sam Griffiths2:07 Sam's story is inspiring2:21 How it all began - gaming to Everest Base Camp5:07 Life as a competitive Call of Duty player13:19 Joining the Army16:44 Running progression breakdown21:36 Natural talent vs hard work25:39 Why Sam doesn't drink or drink coffee29:21 Training for London Marathon 202530:49 What keeps him loving running32:58 Why he races so often44:38 Nutrition and weight cycling for marathons48:59 London Marathon - chasing sub 2:2053:44 The sprint finish battle with Nick Bester55:41 Racing Copenhagen two weeks later1:00:39 Friendship with Jake Smith1:03:22 Why he chose Berlin next1:05:46 Breaking down his training methodology1:09:46 Advice for people documenting their journey1:12:00 Would you rather1:14:33 Outro","meta_description":"Sam Griffiths (GlobeRunnerGriff) went from 125kg competitive Call of Duty gamer to a 2:22 marathoner — and honestly, his story is one of the wildest trans…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4509,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/motional-intelligence-7373088/episodes/49-how-to-change-your-life-become-a-sub-elite-runner-huge-weightloss/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/motional-intelligence-7373088/49-how-to-change-your-life-become-a-sub-elite-runner-huge-weightloss.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}