Ep 11 - Craig Watson, Walking for Warriors Endurance Challenge

Craig Watson comes on to speak to us about the Walking for Warriors Endurance Challenge and how supporting Young Veterans has helped him improve himself. 

Craig talks about how he has found of love of running and endurance adventures that drive him to test himself physically and mentally.  We talk about veteran mental health and how we both found new identities through running and community sports once we left the Army. 

Craig takes us through how got into running and ultra marathons, even though he struggled to identify himself as a runner for a long time and considers himself a back of the pack runner. 

Jimmy and Craig share some information on available support and services for veterans and others and those details can be found below:

Websites

Walking 4 Warriors Endurance Challenge Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1933465206795348

Walking 4 Warriors Endurance Challenge Event Link - https://fb.me/e/UOd09luk

Young Veterans Australia - https://www.youngveterans.com.au

Phone Numbers

Open Arns - 24/7 - 1800 011 046

Safe Zone (anonymous) - 24/7 - 1800 142 072

Lifeline - 24/7 - 13 11 14