The Nick Bare Podcast 171: How Jonny Davies Built Confidence for the G1M Ultra
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Apr 27, 2026 
Jonny Davies, a British endurance athlete and BPN-sponsored runner, who uses ultra running to transform his life. He discusses building confidence through journaling and disciplined prep. They cover backyard ultra rules, training tweaks, fueling strategies, managing flavor fatigue, recovery tactics, and why the process and purpose matter more than the finish.
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Treat Confidence As A Habit You Build
- Confidence is earned through action, not feelings. Jonny Davies journals training sessions to separate emotions from performance and draws a line under each session to preserve momentum.
- Use a private training journal rather than social media to capture nuanced, introspective reflections and to avoid packaging experiences for an audience.
Who You Become Matters More Than The Medal
- The true value of a training block is who you become, not the finish line. Jonny emphasizes habits, discipline, and skills that outlast medals and racing days.
- He over-indexes on sharing process and growth, because identity change persists after the event ends.
Used The Thing He Hated To Rebuild Self Respect
- Jonny used running to rebuild self-respect after a turbulent adolescence and heavy drinking culture. He chose running because he hated it, turning it into a daily act of self-care starting with short, nightly runs.
- Running provided daily, irrefutable evidence he treated himself kindly, replacing distraction with discipline during recovery from personal issues.
