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Alex Staniforth

Alex Staniforth

Adversity Adventurer, Motivational Resilience Speaker, Author and Mental Health Activist

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October 9, 2020

The Power of Human Connection

World Mental Health Day seemed the perfect opportunity to talk about isolation. The outdoors can be a lonely place. Maybe that’s part of the magic.

Category icon3 Peaks Run,  Mental Health Tag icon3 peaks run,  alex staniforth,  getoutside,  mental health,  mental health day,  mind over mountains,  world mental health day

September 13, 2020

Relentless Forward Motion

Life's pretty simple when you just have to run, eat, sleep, ice, elevate, and repeat. The 9 1/2 days spent running/hobbling the National Three Peaks

Category icon3 Peaks Run Tag icon3 peaks run,  alex staniforth,  barefoot,  mental health,  mind over mountains,  national three peaks,  three peaks challenge,  three peaks run,  ultra running

August 9, 2020

3 Peaks Run Challenge: the Kit List

After conveniently spraining my ankle a couple of weeks ago and having to delay the start of my 3 Peaks Run, fine-tuning my kit list and preparation

Category icon3 Peaks Run Tag icon3 peaks run,  alertacall,  alex staniforth,  awesome walls,  ellis brigham,  inov-8,  kit list,  mind over mountains,  multi-day kit list,  nicholas associates,  omm,  rab skyline,  thomson hayton winkley,  three peaks challenge,  three peaks run,  ultra running,  untamed entrepreneur,  westgrove group

July 22, 2020

Running out of Lockdown: Challenges come in Threes

You couldn’t imagine the irony. I’d just climbed Scafell Pike on the Stairmaster machine of my local gym whilst the fells beckoned in the sunshine

Category icon3 Peaks Run Tag icon3 peaks challenge,  3 peaks record,  3 peaks run,  alex staniforth,  mental health,  mind over mountains,  record attempt,  ultra running

April 19, 2020

Update: National Three Peaks Run Challenge

Hi folks, I hope you’re keeping well, which has albeit taken on a very real meaning recently. In 3 weeks I was due to begin my attempt to run

Category icon3 Peaks Run Tag icon3 peaks run,  alex staniforth,  mind over mountains,  national three peaks challenge,  record,  three peaks run

December 6, 2019

How to Get Started in Public Speaking

So, you want to get started in public speaking? Well done on embracing the most common phobia in America – with over 25% of us estimated to have a

Category iconUncategorized Tag iconalex staniforth,  fear of speaking,  inspirational speaker,  keynote speaker,  motivational speaker,  professional speaking,  public speaking,  speaking,  tedx,  young speaker

August 19, 2019

The endless pursuit of more – why are millennials burning out?

Being busy seems to be a badge of honour nowadays. It’s the automatic excuse for our daily routine of spinning so many plates, rushing around and

Category iconInspiration,  Inspiring,  Mental Health Tag iconachieving goals,  alex staniforth,  burnout,  everest,  goal setting,  mental health,  mental health speaker,  mental wellbeing,  millennial burnout,  millennials,  mind over mountains,  stress,  workplace

August 26, 2018

Fundraising Tips for a Sponsored Charity Challenge

Be it a marathon, cycle, hike, mountain, skydive, team challenge, volunteering project, or a sponsored silence (which my family are still encouraging)

Category iconUncategorized Tag iconalex staniforth,  charity,  charity challenges,  charity fundraising,  climb the uk,  fundraising,  justgiving,  marathons,  sponsored challenges,  tips

January 4, 2018

Why Your New Year Resolutions Should Scare You

It's that time of year when Facebook is plastered with New Year resolutions, motivational quotes and renewed promises of change ahead. The gym will

Category iconAdventure,  Inspiration,  Mental Health Tag icon2017,  2018,  achieving goals,  alex staniforth,  ambitions,  climb the uk,  fitness,  goal setting,  goals,  gym,  mental health,  new year,  new years resolutions,  resolutions,  tips

August 18, 2017

Expedition tips: the kit list for a 5,000 mile adventure challenge

Whether it's climbing Everest, rowing the Atlantic, or cycling around the world, we seem to have a fascination about the equipment chosen to get the

Category iconChallenges,  Climb The UK,  Endurance,  Inspiration,  Inspiring,  Viewranger,  Westgrove Group,  YHA Tag iconadventurer,  adversity,  alex staniforth,  charity,  cheshire,  climb the uk,  ClimbTheUK,  Counties,  everest,  highest points,  icefall,  mental health,  motivational speaker,  record,  wellbeing,  young minds,  young people

May 12, 2017

Who Tries, Wins!

The week before a challenge is a feeling I know too well. You plan to have everything boxed off so that you spend the last few days in a state of zen

Category iconChallenges,  Climb The UK Tag icon#CTUK,  adventure,  alex staniforth,  challenge,  climb the uk,  Counties,  icefall,  mental health,  young minds

climb the uk training mental health week

May 8, 2017

I ain’t Prince Harry, but I am speaking out.

You probably already realised, but I ain’t no Prince Harry. Sorry ladies. I’m just a lanky guy with a stammer about to go and climb the highest points

Category iconChallenges,  Climb The UK Tag iconadventure,  alex staniforth,  awareness,  charity,  climb the uk,  ClimbTheUK,  fundraising,  mental health,  mental health week,  wellbeing,  young minds

CLIMB THE UK

April 21, 2017

Climb The UK – A route to all 100 UK counties!

My latest challenge nears closer - reaching the highest point of all 100 UK counties on bike, foot and kayak in just over two months. I will now be

Category iconClimb The UK,  Inspiration Tag iconadventure,  alex staniforth,  challenge,  cheshire,  climb the uk,  Counties,  cycling,  fitness,  mental health,  mental health week,  outdoors,  prince harry,  running,  walking,  yha,  young minds

Climb The UK #CTUK

February 22, 2017

Climb The UK 2017

I’ve dedicated the last few years trying to climb the highest there is. A journey that gave me so much more than expected – the amazing opportunity to

Category iconClimb The UK,  Inspiration Tag iconalex staniforth,  challenge,  ClimbTheUK,  icefall,  mental health week,  young minds

Inspirational Talks with Alex Staniforth

December 24, 2016

I have my challenges, but they don’t have me.

2016 draws to a close and “New Year, New Me” pledges clog my Facebook timeline as we reflect and set new goals: be it to lose weight, start a new job

Category iconChallenges,  Icefall,  Inspiration Tag iconadversity,  alex staniforth,  bear grylls,  cho oyu,  everest,  fundraising,  icefall,  inspiration,  mental health,  speaking,  speech problems,  stammer,  stammering,  stuttering,  walk4nepal,  young minds

October 2, 2016

Cho Oyu expedition: so close yet so far…

We left ABC on 27th September for Camp 1 where I felt strong and confident. It then emerged that I'd picked up some sort of stomach bug. I decided to

Category iconCho Oyu 2016 Tag icon360 expeditions,  8000m,  adversity,  alex adversity,  alex staniforth,  cho oyu,  Cho2016,  himalayas

September 29, 2016

SUMMIT PUSH IS ON!

The SUMMIT PUSH IS ON! After a number of days, and few updates, we are pleased to say Alex is currently at Camp 2 with the team, at 7125m waiting

Category iconCho Oyu 2016 Tag iconadversity,  alex adversity,  alex staniforth,  cho oyu,  Cho2016

September 19, 2016

Camp 1 Update

At Camp 1 for a second night, feeling strong. The Ice cliff and Cho Oyu is right behind me. Climbing an 8000m peak is bloomin' hard, but mental

Category iconCho Oyu 2016 Tag iconadversity,  alex staniforth,  cho oyu,  Cho2016,  young minds

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Alex Staniforth - Adventurer
You can't beat a good walk with great friends - an You can't beat a good walk with great friends - and a dog.

Grateful to get back on proper hills this week. There's something about being outside that makes it easier to open up and share what's really going on in our lives. We have less eye contact than face-to-face conversations, where we normally avoid showing emotions. That's the whole ethos @mindomountains - creating safe spaces to walk & talk, and a chance to leave some mental baggage behind.

Next Thursday 2nd Feb is #TimeToTalkDay. If you know someone who's struggling or withdrawn, make some time to talk - and get out for a walk if you can. 

Thanks @hatching_a_plan_ @danobeaumont for the company today.

#forgotthehatthough @ordnancesurvey 
@ellisbrigham
Excited to continue as an @inov_8 athlete in 2023! Excited to continue as an @inov_8 athlete in 2023!

Super grateful for the faith & support, when I still don’t know when I’ll be back running again. Even beforehand I was only really an average runner, not exactly winning races or breaking records - but hopefully what I CAN do for now is help everyone else going through their own setbacks, physically and mentally. We all know that running itself is the straightforward part. Holding on through the setbacks is the hardest training we’ll ever do.

Lucky to work with great brands supporting athletes through tough conditions, not just on the mountains and the trails, but in our everyday lives.

Photo @andymiltonphotography last April - always gets my best side! 😂

#inov8 #getagrip #endurancerunning #enduranceathlete #longcovid #ultrarunning #ultrarunner #fellrunning #lakedistrict #coniston #athletemindset #ultraendurance #mountainrunning
4:01pm. Still light! Walking with my friend @ric 4:01pm. Still light! 

Walking with my friend @richjjones today we chatted about the paradox of choice. When the conditions are great you want to make the most of them. But living on the edge of the Lakes, there's too many good options! We're incredibly lucky that even our 'boring' route is probably a day trip out for others.

Sometimes I've dragged myself out for a sunrise run, changed my route (at least twice) and ended up missing it altogether... Anyone else?! 

Too many choices = decision fatigue. 

Barack Obama was famously known for having just 2 colours of suit so he could focus his energy on more important decisions. 

Moral of the story: cut out the noise, get outside and find the beauty in every moment. 

@ordnancesurvey
@ellisbrigham

#WinterBlues #SpringIsComing
What if I fall? ... But what if you fly? Throwba What if I fall? 
... But what if you fly?

Throwback to last January, prancing around in the Howgills. My favourite training ground: a quiet kingdom of runnable hills, mindless descents, and once you're up, you're alone on the tops for miles. 

My photo archive is getting a little thin now so hopefully I'm running again soon, or you'll end up getting dog photos and trips to Ikea instead...

📸 @danieltoalphoto 

@ordnancesurvey @inov_8 @ellisbrigham #Snow #Howgills #Fellrunning #GetOutside #Downhill #WinterRunning #longcovid
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