Isaac Kenyon: The extreme adventurer using running to raise mental health awareness

Isaac Kenyon is a runner, cyclist, triathlete and extreme adventurer who uses the power of the challenges he takes on to both inspire others and raise awareness of mental health and climate change causes.
His most recent challenge - completed as recently as September 10 (World Suicide Prevention Day) - saw him finish a full Ironman while wearing a 15kg weighted vest.
The vest represented the unseen weight of poor mental health, something Isaac has had to confront himself in the form of often crippling anxiety.
Isaac has used the power of exercise and the outdoors to confront his illness, completing challenges including breaking a world record for the longest continual row of three days and 11 hours, running the 233km Welsh Three Peaks Challenge and rowing 3,000 nautical miles across the Atlantic Ocean in 40 days, from the Canary Islands to the Caribbean.
Running Tales spoke to Isaac about his own anxiety, the power of the great outdoors and becoming one of the youngest international keynote speakers in the world...
 
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You can learn more about Isaac's mission on https://www.isaackenyon.com/ and his Climate Explorers CIC at https://climateexplorers.co.uk/
 
Listen to Isaac's Ted Talk at https://www.ted.com/talks/isaac_kenyon_freedom_and_opportunity_from_being_outdoors/details
 
You can also find Isaac on:Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/isaac_kenyon/Twitter - https://twitter.com/kenyon_isaacLinkedIn - http://www.linkedin.com/in/isaackenyonFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/isaac.kenyon.7
 
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