Follow scientist, physiologist, and returning AIMSE 2027 Canadian Conference keynote speaker Dr. Greg Wells as he and his daughter prepare for and take on the 777 Great World Race, completing 7 marathons on 7 continents in 7 days. Check back regularly for exclusive video updates, race insights, and practical strategies for resilience, performance, recovery, and achieving ambitious goals.
Videos
Stress Is a Spark – Project GWR Week 5
This video is about recovery. Working hard isn’t the problem. Working hard without ever recovering is what turns useful stress into fatigue, injury and burnout. Greg explains what’s happening physiologically, the two things worth tracking, and why a hot bath works better ninety minutes before bed than right before it.
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Fuel and Heal – Project GWR Week 4
This week is about fueling and recovery: what he and his daughter are eating to train for seven marathons in seven days, and the physiology behind each choice. It’s practical rather than prescriptive, and it ends with two changes small enough to actually make.
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Great World Race Prep Update with Dr. Greg
In this solo update, Dr. Greg Wells shares where things stand as he and his daughter Ingrid prepare for the Great World Race: seven marathons, on seven continents, in seven days.
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Practices are Better Than Willpower – Project GWR Week 3
Dr. Greg Wells’ Great World Race series is up. You’ve picked a goal. This week is about the thing that actually gets you there, because willpower is unreliable by design. Greg explains why big goals sometimes leave us frozen, what’s happening in your body when that happens, and how to build a system that doesn’t depend on how you feel that morning.
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Choose Your Antarctica – Project GWR Week 2
Last week’s video was about slowing down. This week is about picking something big. Greg explains why a difficult, specific goal changes your behavior more than a reasonable one does, and what daily stress has to do with getting there. The task this week: choose your own version of Antarctica, then do one small thing toward it today. Not tomorrow, and not when conditions are right. Today. There’s a worksheet on the page if you’d like to think it through in more detail. You can send Greg questions at [email protected].
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Slow Down to Speed Up – Project GWR Week 1
To get ready for the 777 Great World Race, Dr. Greg Wells and his daughter Ingrid stopped training entirely. This week’s video explains why, and what it has to do with the way most of us handle stress at work and why slowing down might be the key to speeding up. Dr. Greg has a worksheet on the page if you’d like to think it through in more detail. You can ask him questions or get feedback via his email at [email protected].
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