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Transform teams through resilience and goal achievement with Nick Butter, speaker, endurance athlete and world record holder. Nick works with organisations to develop perseverance, mental toughness and purpose-driven leadership, delivering powerful insights from his 196-country marathon journey.
Nick Butter is a British endurance runner and the first person to run a marathon in every country in the world. He speaks to organisations about resilience, perseverance, embracing failure, and what people can achieve when they commit to a goal.
Nick completed all 196 countries in 674 days of solo travel, running three marathons a week for 94 weeks, and now holds 11 world records and 4 world firsts. His account of the expedition, Running The World, became a bestseller, followed by Run Britain, the story of his 5,250-mile run around Britain.
Along the way he was mugged at gunpoint, shot at, and ran on through broken bones. He uses those moments to show how planning, training, and persistence keep people moving when a goal feels out of reach. He also founded The 196 Foundation, a non-profit whose monthly donors vote on the projects it funds, and Run Weekends, a global trail running retreat company.
Audiences take away a clearer view of their own potential, a healthier relationship with failure, the value of community when things get hard, and a keener sense of how to use limited time well. Nick's talks are built around photography and video from his expeditions, so audiences see the places and moments behind each story.
For organisations asking their people to stay committed through pressure or change, Nick brings first-hand proof from 196 countries that steady, consistent effort gets results.
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Nick Butter ran a marathon in every country in the world, travelling alone for 674 days through broken bones, a mugging at gunpoint, and being shot at. This talk follows the journey from start to finish, using photography and video from the road to show what kept him going when the goal looked impossible. Audiences leave with a clearer sense of their own potential, a healthier view of failure, and a mindset that keeps them committed when others around them falter.
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Nick Butter builds his talks around first-person stories from his 674-day run through all 196 countries, including being mugged at gunpoint and shot at, told with humour and paired throughout with photography and video captured on the expedition.
Nick Butter specialises in resilience, mindset, perseverance, embracing failure, and achieving long-term goals under extreme pressure. He was the first person to run a marathon in every country, completing all 196 in 674 days, a journey told in his bestselling book Running The World, and he holds 11 world records.
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