From PRISON GUARD to MARATHON MASTER: Ken Rideout | Rich Roll Podcast

Crowned "World's Fastest Marathoner Over 50" by the NYT, Ken Rideout is a Jedi of mid-life athleticism and mindset here today to share his improbable story of self-transformation-overcoming a chaotic childhood, a stint as a prison guard, and the an opioid addiction that derailed his life. It's an epic saga for the ages, laced with practical wisdom and tools to tackle setbacks and chase audacious dreams. Read more about Ken👉🏾bit.ly/richroll701
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00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:37 - Ken's Early Years
00:08:18 - College and Prison Guard Job
00:12:50 - Ken on toughness
00:17:47 - Where Ken's Confidence Comes From
00:19:26 - Wall Street
00:28:15 - New York After 9/11
00:30:46 - Addiction Enters Ken's Life
00:40:25 - Ken's Recovery + Lessons Learned
00:46:10 - Ken's Gratitude For His Life Now
00:46:54 - Ad Break
00:48:30 - Ken's Second Life As An Athlete
01:03:15 - What Ken Learned From Hiring Coaches
01:11:22 - Ken on Transferring His Addiction to Running.
01:19:02 - Ken's Mindset Tools
01:28:46 - Wrap Up
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  • @Quaffables
    @Quaffables Жыл бұрын

    I lost my wife to breast cancer 2 years ago this January. I never have been an athlete or care to run a race but after my wife passed, the only thing that helps me in any way is to go running. Running seems to be the only thing I can do that allows my anger, sadness, and loneliness to subside.

  • @shaycarl04
    @shaycarl04 Жыл бұрын

    This guy is the real life person mark whalburg tries to portray in every film

  • @DC-ih8bv

    @DC-ih8bv

    Жыл бұрын

    Haha ! Nice ..I agree.

  • @moniquecobb9051

    @moniquecobb9051

    Жыл бұрын

    😂😂😂😂😂 straight up Bourne Identity

  • @bobbyb2050

    @bobbyb2050

    Жыл бұрын

    I was thinking The real life Bobby Axelrod

  • @anthonychanning3954

    @anthonychanning3954

    Жыл бұрын

    Spot on!

  • @BajeTiger

    @BajeTiger

    7 ай бұрын

    ​@@moniquecobb9051More like The Departed

  • @leighburville2717
    @leighburville2717 Жыл бұрын

    "It's hard to talk about because it's mortifying." Well put! The word "mortifying" is profound. It explains something deeper than deep shame. My example is when I lived as a newcomer on the small island of St. John and my 19 year son was accused of breaking into a gift shop and stealing something. I was a new member of an art group and I sold my original hand-painted t-shirts to all the gift shops and I really had a very good high profile in the community, but after my son's crime, people shunned me the very day it happened and I felt so dirty I couldn't leave my own house for several weeks out of deep death-like shameful shock and deep mortification. It's been hard to find words for it. I've called it a shame attack but it a deep mortification attack. Nothing could coax, bribe or coerce me lo leave my house and face the judgmental people. I lost my income so I left everything I had worked for on the island and moved instantly to St. Marten on my last two hundred dollars. Mortification actually vanished until a new humiliation jumped on me. (This comment was inspired by the first 60 seconds of this video.) I apologize if it is inappropriately too off topic. I just had to write it. Thanks for reading it.... Best wishes to you.

  • @christinawhitt7213

    @christinawhitt7213

    Жыл бұрын

    Inspiring!!!!!

  • @suzannadwyer3706
    @suzannadwyer3706 Жыл бұрын

    So many lessons. He really shows us to kill our excuses.

  • @Defeat_Doubt
    @Defeat_Doubt Жыл бұрын

    Awesome conversation! 🔥 I've found that endurance is an active meditation in which you have no choice but to listen to your thoughts. That in itself is a great step towards self healing.

  • @jenblied9193
    @jenblied9193 Жыл бұрын

    this guy is everything i love about the idea of just killing it everyday. i could listen to his interviews everyday. love this dude! 💪🏻

  • @joshk7051
    @joshk7051 Жыл бұрын

    I can relate to this guys story in so many ways. Currently rebuilding myself and I'm determined to crush it at the top of the mountain. Or I'll die trying.

  • @Timewaits4no1

    @Timewaits4no1

    Жыл бұрын

    @ Josh K You're not alone, brother. The only way out is through. Keep grinding, keep digging, keep pushing. I'm right there with you

  • @joshk7051

    @joshk7051

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Timewaits4no1 hell yeah brother.

  • @moniquecobb9051
    @moniquecobb9051 Жыл бұрын

    Listened to this twice already. Unbelievably inspiring!

  • @tglatthard
    @tglatthard Жыл бұрын

    Inspiring interview. If you’re interested in getting stuff done listen to this.

  • @sunflower-oo1ff

    @sunflower-oo1ff

    Жыл бұрын

    You are so right Tobias, kind and wise words from Rich! 👍

  • @Sh0n0

    @Sh0n0

    Жыл бұрын

    @@sunflower-oo1ff you are so right sunflower!

  • @lisarussom5935
    @lisarussom5935 Жыл бұрын

    Thoroughly enjoyed this interview. Real life, real people. Thanks Rich.

  • @davidsimpson1905
    @davidsimpson19057 ай бұрын

    I found Ken to be so genuine and likeable in his recounting of stories. Such a cool guy, hope to see him again on the podcast!

  • @Gabriel_99
    @Gabriel_99 Жыл бұрын

    Thank You Rich and thank you Ken, your talk really inspired me and I'm gonna rewatch it every time I'll feel down or hopeless. Real stories real quality. Keep it up, a hug from Italy 🤝💪🏻

  • @eugenemorrison2720
    @eugenemorrison2720 Жыл бұрын

    Great interview, super interesting guy. Editing team: love the little transitions between sections. Breaks up the long interview in a subtle and pleasant way.

  • @Is_brea_liom_tae
    @Is_brea_liom_tae Жыл бұрын

    Really enjoyed the podcast! Love that Rich is not scared to go deep and really ask those questions about motivation behind training etc. Interesting to listen to this level of conscious thought! Thanks 🙏

  • @mrNashmann
    @mrNashmann Жыл бұрын

    this guy scares me he is so focused ...different level .....would not want to betray him he is the real deal ....god bless him no flash no bs Hollywood just real

  • @marygrogan6101
    @marygrogan6101 Жыл бұрын

    Fascinating interview, especially the wisdom you showed in interviewing Ken.

  • @josefgatti9328
    @josefgatti9328 Жыл бұрын

    Truly loved this interview!

  • @veredgutriech5732
    @veredgutriech5732 Жыл бұрын

    So inspiring and authentic. Thank you for sharing 🙏

  • @samuelpfox
    @samuelpfox Жыл бұрын

    thank you both for doing this

  • @Danny-mr4em
    @Danny-mr4em Жыл бұрын

    Great temperament, discussion, focus, and segaways. Rich, ty for probing Ken this was helpful. Thanks for your time and effort in these gems. 🎯

  • @GFraga-dk2hq
    @GFraga-dk2hq Жыл бұрын

    This was an amazing convo. Thanks Ken and Rich.

  • @philippklober8463
    @philippklober8463 Жыл бұрын

    We need more people like Ken in this world. Listening to this wants you to tear down walls 💪

  • @2011hwalker

    @2011hwalker

    Жыл бұрын

    do we? Obsessive narcissicts?

  • @philippklober8463

    @philippklober8463

    8 ай бұрын

    @@2011hwalkerwhat’s narcissistic about him? In a world where most countries have 60-70% obesity rates, we need more Ken Rideouts as inspiration that a normal human can become such a strong inspirational athlete through commitment and consistency rather than a dad bot spending time overindulging and sitting on the couch all the day…

  • @toddriley376
    @toddriley376 Жыл бұрын

    You dudes are the best!! Keep hammering!

  • @logandaniel3742
    @logandaniel3742 Жыл бұрын

    bangin podcast! great guest rich!

  • @steveotatooed
    @steveotatooed Жыл бұрын

    I love this guy Ken what an amazing human being

  • @rayana6304
    @rayana63048 ай бұрын

    Thank you Rich for this episode.. Amazing

  • @creator_yo
    @creator_yo Жыл бұрын

    Ken is a great storyteller! Very impressive story he shared with us.

  • @debbiemayberymaybery2506
    @debbiemayberymaybery2506 Жыл бұрын

    Fantastic inspiration for me. I am inspired to change my life through fitness and mental strength. Thank you so much.

  • @northtacomaninja
    @northtacomaninja Жыл бұрын

    Loved the pod rideout did with nick bare. I was waiting all day to watch this one

  • @robinkahle-solymos777
    @robinkahle-solymos777 Жыл бұрын

    AMAZING INTERVIEW! KUDOS!❣

  • @vondy6563
    @vondy6563 Жыл бұрын

    I relate to this more than I care to admit.

  • @johnmcnulty1129
    @johnmcnulty1129 Жыл бұрын

    Another Quality stream Rich

  • @travessiasape6020
    @travessiasape6020 Жыл бұрын

    Inspiring!

  • @maramkraida1481
    @maramkraida1481 Жыл бұрын

    He speaks out the authenticity

  • @ShaneHarveyMusic
    @ShaneHarveyMusic Жыл бұрын

    I felt like i was sitting in a bar a couple stools over listening to Tommy Devito…

  • @rickmanning8722
    @rickmanning8722 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome cast Rich

  • @brookie_cuqui
    @brookie_cuqui Жыл бұрын

    "You mess with the wrong person, you're gonna have a long day ahead of you."

  • @FROCKLIFFE
    @FROCKLIFFE Жыл бұрын

    Damn this dude is so rad, would love for Rich to have on some former or current NHL players at some point

  • @DavidChowlover
    @DavidChowlover6 ай бұрын

    I'm a big fan of Ken and Teddy Atlas. Ken ex prison guard, being around felons fighters, his love of sports and running expert, explain why i love Ken and Teddy!

  • @doyouevennaturebro4593
    @doyouevennaturebro4593 Жыл бұрын

    Interesting. I’m a teddy atlas fan. Looking forward to learning more about Ken.

  • @whatevraa
    @whatevraa Жыл бұрын

    What a storyteller man!

  • @rock-rq5eu
    @rock-rq5eu Жыл бұрын

    Nice! watching from the Philippines

  • @ballislife9989
    @ballislife9989 Жыл бұрын

    As a casual runner myself, I have all the respect in the world for guys like Ken, who are willing suffer in degrees 99.99% of people aren't willing to endure.

  • @lsunodnarb96
    @lsunodnarb9611 ай бұрын

    Good one.

  • @MichaelLoweAttorney
    @MichaelLoweAttorney Жыл бұрын

    Memo Morales would also be a great interview for masters marathon runner.

  • @claudiacorral4559
    @claudiacorral4559 Жыл бұрын

    Spotify version is different, has the adoption story very interesting too.

  • @ThisCrazyLifeOfFive
    @ThisCrazyLifeOfFive10 ай бұрын

    234 days sober and training for a 50k! Love this message!

  • @TechOutAdam
    @TechOutAdam Жыл бұрын

    I swear I thought this was Josh Brolin. I watch the video and still think it's Josh Brolin lol

  • @danielgnecco1662
    @danielgnecco1662 Жыл бұрын

    LFG Ken!

  • @trainwellracewell
    @trainwellracewell Жыл бұрын

    God bless the spouses of all of us addicted endurance athletes

  • @dermlover1
    @dermlover1 Жыл бұрын

    This guys is very interesting.

  • @joryiansmith
    @joryiansmith5 ай бұрын

    You have to surround yourself with people you admire and respect. The one thing you can't control is what you do today. I consider myself a dopey kid just like anyone else that has made a ton of mistakes but I don't let it control me anymore. - Ken 🙏

  • @jpcecilio1
    @jpcecilio1 Жыл бұрын

    I have never heard of this guy bit I get it lmao at welfare Camp!!! Camp Wing? Thanks for sharing coming out of Southie I feel it.

  • @thenovelist7472
    @thenovelist7472 Жыл бұрын

    15:51 without context ...this is hilarious 😂😂😂😂

  • @DavidChowlover
    @DavidChowlover6 ай бұрын

    I know Ken from his great fighting analysis with Teddy Atlas and his great running career. Ken is great, just ask Teddy and the fight fans!

  • @MIKE....100
    @MIKE....100 Жыл бұрын

    💯

  • @christophershouse2734
    @christophershouse2734 Жыл бұрын

    Are the KZread videos shorter than the audio podcast? Noticed this isn’t as long.

  • @xGenral10
    @xGenral10 Жыл бұрын

    “In hindsight”

  • @denoffitness3379
    @denoffitness33792 ай бұрын

  • @delphinelisabeth
    @delphinelisabeth Жыл бұрын

    wait wait wait, I wanna know about Rich's stories of swimming at NYAthletic Club lollll WHAT happened? 53:00

  • @joanolmstead1219
    @joanolmstead1219 Жыл бұрын

    curious what is the gold can product? that is in front of Ken

  • @amyirene4081

    @amyirene4081

    Жыл бұрын

    I looked it up, it is water. Liquid death sparkling water.

  • @hollyc7539
    @hollyc7539 Жыл бұрын

    please get michael phelps on the pod

  • @moniquecobb9051

    @moniquecobb9051

    Жыл бұрын

    Ooooooooh good one!!!!

  • @thepoweroftarot4116
    @thepoweroftarot4116 Жыл бұрын

    Great interview!! Have really enjoyed your channel, Rich....too bad there are all the commercial interruptions...its hard to follow the flow of the conversation....will not be listening in the future , too disruptive.

  • @motosmith6387
    @motosmith6387 Жыл бұрын

    He looks like Ray Liotta

  • @orangejuiceproduction8243
    @orangejuiceproduction8243 Жыл бұрын

    I’ve met ken in real life!

  • @doddsalfa
    @doddsalfaАй бұрын

    This guy is on testosterone

  • @pete801
    @pete8017 ай бұрын

    Let's address the elephant in the room. 3 letters..... TRT.

  • @steveotatooed
    @steveotatooed Жыл бұрын

    MY God trading sounds like an AWFUL way to make a living

  • @TheBennylicious
    @TheBennylicious Жыл бұрын

    He doesn't measure heart rate but wearing a WHOOP which bases all metrics around HRV. Product placement fail.

  • @pompidoos4891
    @pompidoos4891 Жыл бұрын

    i dont normally comment, but thought in this case it's a little warranted. Ken is absolute idiot. he's abrasive, rude and full of himself. i'm not entirely sure why you even got him on to your pod. he's everything people should strive not to be like.

  • @bozbell9010
    @bozbell9010 Жыл бұрын

    Hated hearing his take on spending 2 weeks with “50” black kids - prison like, one or more black kids bullied him and tried to steal from him so they all must be thieves and bullies. In 2 weeks he wins all the awards while simultaneously not making any human connection with anyone else. Congratulations on turning your life around.

  • @DistantTower

    @DistantTower

    Жыл бұрын

    That's not what he said though. It's important to remember that there are social realities and you can still be non-biased in every day life and appreciate other cultures without putting on blinders. To put it colloquially a poor white kid surrounded by a majority of poor black kids is not going to have a good time and likely vice versa as well on average. Nothing wrong with acknowledging that. Change the socioeconomic equation and you get a different outcome.

  • @doyouevennaturebro4593

    @doyouevennaturebro4593

    Жыл бұрын

    I don’t understand. Why did you hate it?

  • @boachile

    @boachile

    Жыл бұрын

    He has an african american beautiful daughter btw

  • @beachnap

    @beachnap

    Жыл бұрын

    Please understand that he was only a young child himself in that moment. He shared his story here as a vulnerable reflection of his lived experience. As a child, he felt the uncomfortable reality of his world; one in which his society, culture, community and economic status dictated the terms of race. He could not be blamed for those factors, and neither could the other children. He acknowledged that it was in fact racism which created the conditions in the first place (the fact being that the majority of children in a camp for poor inner city kids were black). And yet he can simultaneously recognize that racism was a force in his world and also still feel his own personal and valid discomfort at being thrust into that situation. He came out of that experience thinking that the key to "surviving" and making it through the camp was to be tough, to be competitive and to win as an individual. Like it or not, it obviously did influence who he is today.

  • @doyouevennaturebro4593

    @doyouevennaturebro4593

    Жыл бұрын

    Yea, what this 👆 person who’s smarter than me has so eloquently stated. I’ll add that in my experience, applying the morals of today to previous time periods is not a productive exercise.

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