James Egerton is a teacher at the International House Accademia Britannica in Rome, Joshua William Dennison is an entrepreneur running a business in the UK. Both are athletes and marathon runners. In this podcast episode we talk about preparing for a marathon, how Joshua found himself in an official Muay Thai fight in Thailand, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Jordan Peterson’s 12 Rules for Life, The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Game by Neil Strauss and much more.

Time Codes:

How James and Joshua got into running marathons 2:36
The origin of the marathon race 6:28
Systematic vs. organic training for a marathon
9:55
Things that can go wrong on a marathon day
14:30
How to prepare for your first marathon?
20:03
About Roman water fountains called “big noses (nasoni)”
25:40
Carrying stuff while running
27:28
About amateurs outperforming professional athletes
30:30
Getting through the crowd at the beginning of a race
40:45
Eliud Kipchoge and the Breaking2 Documentary
48:08
How people are respectful practicing Brazilian jiu-jitsu
1:00:00
How Joshua ended up in an official Muay Thai fight in Thailand
1:04:21
Bruce Lee and Wing-Tsun
1:15:00
The four stages of Learning
1:17:00
Rule 9 of Jordan Peterson’s 12 Rules for Life
1:20:00
Nothing you think you know know is an absolute
1:33:00
Watching Jordan Peterson Debates live
1:35:00
About algorithms and Homo Sapience
1:41:00
The Game by Neil Strauss and social dynamics
1:45:00
The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
1:53:00
The Rome Marathon 2019 itinerary (Maratona di Roma)
2:03:00
Eating before a race
2:10:00
How your marathon race time is measured
2:21:00
Open Mic Rome
2:22:00