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Podcast: Barbell Shrugged
Episode: Running the Sahara Desert and Scaling Everest w/ Charlie Engle  — Barbell Shrugged
Description: Charlie Engle is an ultramarathon runner, an adventure-seeker, a global explorer, and a philanthropist. He's also a recovering crack addict, a convicted felon, and a man driven to the edge of human endurance and achievement. Â Charlie is the author of Running Man: A Memoir of Ultra-Endurance, a gripping, vivid, gritty, funny, unforgettable memoir chronicling his globe-spanning races, his record-breaking 4500-mile run across the Sahara Desert, his decade long struggle with addiction, and an unfortunate stint in federal prison for mortgage fraud. Â In this episode, we talk about how Charlie went from do...