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BONUS EP: OUTBACK MIKE AT THE SUNRAYSIA SAFARI RALLY, MILDURA
In The Beginning | Australian Running and Endurance Podcast›
Sep 15, 202628:21
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Recorded from the front seats of a Subaru Outback Wilderness on a live rally course at the Sunraysia Safari in Mildura, with Mike Atkinson AKA Outback Mike — Alone Australia Season 1 runner-up, survival expert and former military pilot.
Mike was removed from Alone at day 64 sure he had more in him, spent 50 days on the Great Barrier Reef in a dugout canoe he built, and is about to take an electric Subaru Trailseeker from Birdsville to Mount Dare across the Simpson Desert, charging it off a generator. We get into building a baseline for hardship, why the athletes who look most reckless are the most calculated, the Tiger Woods focus trick that got Mike through jet training, rites of passage, and how the Altra Lone Peaks felt.
No highlight reel. Just someone who's actually been hungry, thirsty and exposed, explaining why that makes the rest of life easier.
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"BONUS EP: OUTBACK MIKE AT THE SUNRAYSIA SAFARI RALLY, MILDURA" is an episode of In The Beginning | Australian Running and Endurance Podcast. Runtime 28 min. Published September 15, 2026. Hit play above to stream it here, or open the free Spot Sports app for background play and offline downloads.
