Cancer, addiction, diabetes - having emerged from all these struggles throughout his life, nothing can hold Nick Klingensmith down.It’s not enough simply to survive, Nick decided to truly live, and since making that mindset switch has embarked on over 100 Spartan races, marathons and ultra marathons, and so many more.His story is the epitome of determination, and a testament to the power of the human spirit, and one which we share on this week’s episode of Extrology.Lee and Nick discuss:The early stages of alcoholism and when Nick knew it’d be a problemLearning to live with Type 1 DiabetesNick’s approach to his cancer diagnoses being different to that of DiabetesThe moment of Nick’s first obstacle race turning his life aroundDefining yourself not by adversity, but by your response to itExtrology: https://www.extrology.com/https://www.instagram.com/extrologypodcast/https://www.tiktok.com/@extrologyLee Cooper: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leecooperrecruiter/Nick Klingensmith: https://www.stridemotivation.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/nklingensmith/https://www.instagram.com/stridemotivation/Get in touch: lee@extrology.comSend us a textGet in touch: lee@extrology.comExtrology: https://www.extrology.com/ https://www.instagram.com/extrologypodcast/ https://www.tiktok.com/@extrology https://substack.com/@extrology https://www.youtube.com/@extrology Lee Cooper: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leecooperrecruiter/