RHP#009. Mbulelo Thinta. Ultra-trail Runner, Interlocutor and Host of Bleachers

The Ridiculously Human Podcast

Interlocutor. Maverick. Man of nature. Dynamic Human. Emcee. Humanitarian. Ultra Trail Runner. Brother. Umbe is of a fine breed. Today he tells us his powerful story

Growing up as a black man in South Africa with an ‘adopted’ white family and having a mom who goes to work as a nurse in Saudi Arabia, are not normal occurrences but then this is no ordinary man or story.

Our guest oozes with undeniable optimism and hope for the future and as he tells us “The future is not a place we are going, it’s a place we are creating”

Meet Mbulelo Thinta or ‘Umbe’ as he is more affectionately known. It’s not that often in life you get to enjoy the company and meet characters like Umbe who speak so openly, honestly and articulately about themselves and their story.

From a small town in South Africa called Ogies, near Witbank, his early years are remembered with great love. Even though his rebellious ways begin when he is a young man, sport helps to define, protect and endorse him.

A taste for alcohol at 19 leads to creating a self-inflicted negative environment around himself, ultimately manifesting itself into destructive and deceptive behaviour. A catalyst to him turning his life and relationships around begin when a lady explains to him that “A mother is only happy as her unhappiest child”.

The topics in the Podcast are a melting-pot and cover things such as apartheid, biochemistry, genetics, the importance of daily routines, philosophy, ultra-trail running, the truth about racism, movement, mindset, humanity and the bright future we all face

These days you'll find Umbe running up mountains daily, managing and starting new businesses, studying genetics and biochemistry, emceeing at race finish lines and creating hope for current and future generations.

We hope you enjoy this conversation as much as we did.

Let’s find out - what it means for Mbulelo Thinta to be Ridiculously Human

Your fellow beings

Craig and Gareth

SHOW NOTES

Background, Context & Reference

• Connect with Mbulelo Thinta: Email |Strava |Instagram |FaceBook |Twitter | LinkedIn |
• Pictures by Xavier Briel and Josh Rowe
• Cathy van Blerk
• Woude Muller - Bleachers
• Seamus Allardice - Bleachers
• Ogies, Witbank
• South African nurses go to Saudi Arabia
• Tiffindell ski resort in South Africa
• Lions Head - Cape Town
• Devils Peak - Cape Town
• Vo2 max
• Genetic make-up
• Otter trail - South Africa
• Existentialism
• X-Berg Challenge. 250km race in the Drakensberg
• Xhosa
• Sepedi
• BEE - Black Economic Empowerment
• Pan African Congress
• TRC - Truth and Reconciliation commission
• Afriksi - Mountain Resort
• Apartheid - South Africa
• Farm Attacks - South Africa
• Crime in South Africa

Music By

• The Bambuseae Rhythm Section - Check them out here

People Discussed

• Sigmund Freud
• Mel Robbins - 5 seconds rule
• Gretchen Rubin
• Søren Kierkegaard
• Friedrich Nietzche
• Alain de botton
• Socrates
• Aristotle
• Eric Thomas
• Gary Vaynerchuk
• Tony Robbins
• Inky Johnson
• Les Brown
• Richard Dawkins
• Charles Darwin
• Niccolò Machiavelli
• Joe Rogan

Books mentioned

• Sigmund Freud - Philosophy Books
• Born to Run - Jim McDougall
• The Prince - Niccolò Machiavelli

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