{"podcast":{"title":"The High Performance Podcast","slug":"the-high-performance-podcast-1216457","podcast_index_feed_id":1216457,"rss_url":"https://access.acast.com/rss/3d30295e-f7fb-5af1-b618-30a8763cc75a","website_url":"https://www.thehighperformancepodcast.com/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/61ba3b961a8cbe53713cf2c2/1746778091604-5e5ca4cf-5b91-43f5-8892-2171aa0ebdc7.jpeg","author":"High Performance","episode_count":729,"summary":"Welcome to High Performance. Through fascinating conversations with remarkable guests, Jake Humphrey and Damian Hughes uncover the secrets behind High Performance and explore how we can all become the best version of ourselves. We focus on uncovering the learnings from top performers in every field, from sport to entertainment, business, health and wellness.​ No matter where our guests have excelled, they all have first-hand experiences and lessons to share. On High Performance we find out what non-negotiable behaviours they employed to get them to the top and keep them there. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-01T12:18:48.554519+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-high-performance-podcast-1216457"},"episode":{"title":"The 'Hardest Geezer' On Finding Direction When You're Lost | Russ Cook (E418)","slug":"the-hardest-geezer-on-finding-direction-when-you-re-lost-russ-cook-e418","published_at":"2026-06-26T02:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-high-performance-podcast-1216457/the-hardest-geezer-on-finding-direction-when-you-re-lost-russ-cook-e418","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-high-performance-podcast-1216457","url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-high-performance-podcast/episodes/the-hardest-geezer-on-finding-direction-when-youre-lost","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/the-high-performance-podcast/e/6a3d3bb00d7c33d7eda9d117/media.mp3?tk=eyJ0ayI6ImRlZmF1bHQiLCJhZHMiOnRydWUsInNwb25zIjp0cnVlLCJzdGF0dXMiOiJwdWJsaWMifQ==&sig=z2UoYdDpISfkfUnb1b0rPOU0X59hSXn44GtzoqA32G8","summary":"Russ Cook, better known as the Hardest Geezer, became famous for running the length of Africa. 352 days. 10,000 miles. The first person ever to do it. But before all of that, he was a teenager scrubbing a Waitrose toilet at 4am, opening a cupboard to find a single tin of new potatoes, and hiding a gambling debt from his girlfriend. In this conversation, Jake goes back to before Africa - to the years of directionlessness, the arrogance that masked insecurity, the run home from a nightclub in Brighton, and the chance encounter with a cyclist in Kenya that changed everything. They also get into the question that sits beneath all of it: is Russ running towards something great, or away from something painful? And now he's a new father - how does that shift what he's willing to risk? Plus: why he won't take the Leeds Ironman lightly despite barely managing three lengths of a pool. This episode is brought to you by Bulldog Skincare. Shop their grooming range, from face wash to bamboo razors, at Boots 👉 https://highpfrmc.com/HPP_Bulldog_brandedep Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Russ Cook, better known as the Hardest Geezer, became famous for running the length of Africa. 352 days. 10,000 miles. The first person ever to do it. But…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2602,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-high-performance-podcast-1216457/episodes/the-hardest-geezer-on-finding-direction-when-you-re-lost-russ-cook-e418/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-high-performance-podcast-1216457/the-hardest-geezer-on-finding-direction-when-you-re-lost-russ-cook-e418.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}