Episode 57 - Nat Heath, Indigenous Marathon Foundation Graduate 2012 - a podcast by Mass Participation World

We are back in Australia again for today's edition of The Aid Station where we head to the other side of the country to Sydney where we meet Nat Heath and hear a hugely inspiring story.

Those of you that watched Episode 37 with marathon legend Rob de Castella AO MBE would have heard him speak about the program he founded with the Indigenous Marathon Foundation. Nat is a proud Aboriginal man and a 2012 graduate of the program.

The program culminates in each participant running a marathon and in Nat's case that was supposed to be the TCS New York Marathon but Hurricane Sandy had different ideas. Instead Nat and his fellow runners ended up shovelling mud in the basement of an apartment block to help its residents.

He ultimately completed the Tokyo marathon the following year and has gone on to finish four marathons and six IRONMAN events including Kona. On July 12 Nat will run 100km as part of the Run Sweat Inspire Festival http://www.runsweatinspire.org/.

What makes it all the more remarkable is that in 2010 Nat was diagnosed with Guillian Barre Syndrome and went from playing First Grade football to barely being able to walk.

Listen to Nat’s amazing recovery and the many lessons from the Aboriginal Marathon Project here https://youtu.be/FXiNppacQco

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