Richard Bowles

Richard Bowles (born 19 September 1978, in Leicester, England) Director of Richard Bowles L+D is an Awarded International Educator, Speaker and Multi-Record Adventurer. Rated in the Top 25 APAC speakers. He undertakes risky adventure experiments; analyse those experiences in-depth, leverages them with neuroscience and psychology, and designs development programs that build the capabilities required to face the challenges of the modern world. His work educates leaders and teams worldwide; transforming people, careers and organisations.

Awarded Speaker and Multi-Record Adventurer Richard Bowles


As an adventurer, Bowles voluntarily puts himself through countless extreme experiences and stressful situations as a “giant life experiment" to learn more about what is required to overcome challenges among the chaos. Having survived volcano eruptions, crocodile-infested rivers, life-threatening foot infections, desert warfare and shotgun-wielding lunatics, he engineers his accomplishments in volatile, unpredictable and complex situations into real business success - think extreme adventures colliding with forward-thinking business acumen.

In 2012, Bowles became the first person to run Australia’s Bicentennial National Trail (BNT). Running from Healesville, Victoria to Cooktown, Queensland, he covered 5,330 km in five months.

Only two weeks after completing the BNT, Bowles ran New Zealand's Te Araroa Trail, at 3,054km becoming the first person to complete it.

In 2013 Bowles ran the Israel National Trail, covering its 1,009 km length in 13 days after a life-threatening foot infection delayed his original plan of 12 days.

Later that year, he became the first person to run an exploding volcano, Mount Sinabung in North Sumatra, after covering 800km from the east of the island to its west.

In 2014 Bowles completed South Australia's 1,200 km Heysen Trail, averaging 85 km a day in 14 days, smashing the previous 25-day record.

In 2017 Dr Ricardo Costa of Monash University approached Bowles about testing his endurance fitness. Bowles ran 50 km a day for a week on a treadmill in a 32 °C climate-controlled tent, while carrying 12 kg. This was to replicate multi-stage races and the nutrition requirements needed in desert environments.

Other adventure achievements
  • 2010 — Tenzing Hillary Everest Marathon, Nepal — Australian Record Holder 2010
  • 2010 — Mind Alpine Challenge, Alpine Region, Victoria, Australia Overall Winners Team Outer Edge
  • 2010 — Wilsons Prom 48 km, Wilsons Promontory, Victoria, Australia — former Course Record Holder 2010
  • 2011 — Tasmanian 3 Peaks Race, Launceston — Hobart, Overall Winners.[1]
  • 2012 — The Australian Bicentennial National Trail 5330 km — First to run the trail's entirety in 5.5 months — World-Record-Holder[2]
  • 2012 — Te Araroa Trail (New Zealand) 3054 km — First to run the trail's entirety in 65 days — World-Record-Holder[3]
  • 2012 — Ran over 10,160 kilometres of trail, equivalent to over 240 marathons
  • 2013 — Israel National Trail (Israel)1009 km — Ran the trail entirety in 14 days .[4][5]
  • 2013 — First to run around an exploding volcano in Northern Sumatra
  • 2014 — Baw Baw to Bourke Street, a three-day running record from Mt Baw Baw in Melbourne, Australia — to Bourke Street in the city's CBD
  • 2014 — Heysen Trail, South Australia 1200 km — 14-day record end to end. Former World-Record-Holder
  • 2016 — 250km Heated Tent Run for Monash University research project into endurance
  • 2019 — One on One insight into the kaihōgyō ("circling the mountain") is an ascetic practice performed by Tendai Buddhist monks. A 1,000 days of marathons.
  • 2019 — Pulled a hand-rickshaw in Kolkata, India while living and working as a wallah for one week. surviving on UD$2.00 a day
gollark: They're too long, really.
gollark: ALSO NEVER!
gollark: See my list of formats above.
gollark: Yep!
gollark: NEVER!

References
  1. Campbell, Peter (25 April 2011). "Winds deny Peccadillo record". The Mercury (OZ). Archived from the original on 30 November 2011. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
  2. "Richard Bowles is running the Bicentennial National Trail | Toowoomba Chronicle". Toowoomba Chronicle (video). Thechronicle.com.au. 18 September 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
    "Marathon man heads for town". Sunshine Coast Daily. 7 July 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
    "Richard Bowles is running the Bicentennial National Trail (BNT)" (video). Outer Edge Magazine. Archived from the original on 13 April 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
    Millen, Virginia (22 January 2012). "Run Richard, run!". Outer Edge Magazine. Archived from the original on 22 January 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
    "Running the B.N.T, an Outer Edge exclusive". Outer Edge Magazine. 31 July 2012. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
    "Richard Bowles departs on his quest to be the first to run the Bicentennial National Trail (BNT)". Outer Edge Magazine. 3 April 2012. Archived from the original on 4 June 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
    "World-first cross country journey". Fraser Coast Chronicle. Toowoomba Publishers. 9 July 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
    "On the road with SANE Fundraisers Richard Bowles and Vickie Saunders". Sane.org. Retrieved 17 November 2013. "Next Level Nutrition e-News #14 - April 2012 - Running the Bicentennial National Trail - An update". Nextlevelnutrition.com.au. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
  3. "Our Clients". Next Level Nutrition. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
  4. "INT Run". SOURCE. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
  5. "Marathon durch Israel". Israel Zwischenzeilen / GIS. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
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