Hugh Williams-Preece

Managing Director Running Events

  • London, United Kingdom

Using the achievement of running 50 Marathons in 50 Days, inspires audiences to set audacious goals in both work & play.

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Biography

Running does not discriminate nor does it give up. Running has a goal that includes the preparation, the training, the distance and the finishing line. Running offers a challenge where the reward is what you make of it.

A great speaker will be the highlight of your event and you need to feel confident that your speaker will relate to, engage, and inspire your audience.

For a personal challenge, Hugh successfully ran 50 marathons in 50 days, from Lisbon to London, and he tells of his experience to show others that they can achieve something extraordinary. With humility and humour, he inspires audiences of all ages to set audacious goals in their personal and professional lives. His audiences feel that they are on the journey with him and leave motivated to do more in their everyday lives.

Speaking engagements are usually around the following topics and are tailored to suit the goals of the host or the specific audience.

• Don’t be afraid of having an audacious goal
• Personal conviction and commitment
• Be prepared but be prepared to change your plans
• Deal with your problems early
• Do the things you HATE.....well!
• Take it one day at a time and you will cross the finish line.

Testimonial:

Hugh was a keynote speaker for us at our Success is Not a Chance Event evening networking event and we had a rapt audience of over 150 attendees! Hugh’s story is quite simply inspirational and I think we all left feeling as if we could tackle any great physical challenge! He shared his journey with us from the inception of the idea to crossing the finishing line after running 50 marathons in 50 days and along the way he shared his experiences and showed us how we could map them onto our own lives and careers and achieve success. The atmosphere was so buzzy after the talk and I only heard glowing feedback from our attendees – a great speaker and one who we’d engage again!

Maggie Berry, Managing Director, Women in Technology
BP co-hosted event: Success is Not a Chance Event

Industry Expertise

Events Services
Financial Services
Sport - Amateur

Areas of Expertise

Inspirational Speaking
Endurance Challenges

Accomplishments

Climbed Kiliminjaro, Mont Blanc, Aconcagua and completed Three Peaks Challenge

Endurance achievements over the years

Climbed Kiliminjaro, Mont Balnc, Aconcagua and completed Three Peaks Challenge

Endurance achievements over the years

Marathon Des Sables

6 marathons in 7 days across the Sahara Desert in the 'Toughest footrace' in the world across the Sahara Desert.

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Education

Gordonstoun

1998

Testimonials

Director

Walton Business Group

Members of Walton Business Group come from a wide variety of professions including SMEs, banks, accountants, law firms and high-street names. WBG is in its 5th year and our guests expect very good speakers. We were delighted to invite Hugh Williams-Preece, following his recent success with 50in50. His talk was inspiring, uplifting and with elements of humour. He doesn’t take himself too seriously and he shared valuable and practical lessons for everyone in the room. Feedback has been excellent, which makes the event organising team feel good too – we’d certainly recommend him.

Deputy Headmaster

Cumnor House School

To run one marathon is hard enough; recovery takes a week or two. To run two on consecutive days is asking a lot. To run 50 in 50 could be described as sheer madness but Hugh knew what he was doing, realized the enormity of his task, and so persuaded the whole prep school (aged 7-13), in his charming & self-effacing way, that he and we could do almost anything if we wanted. His talk covered everything involved from inception to aftermath and left us with a feeling that we too could be superhuman if we only believed.

Deputy Head

Packwood Haugh School

Hugh gave a totally engrossing account of his colossal achievement to our boarding community, who listened, spellbound, to his account. All of the audience were thoroughly impressed not only by this extraordinary feat of endurance, but also by the clear message he gave about the power of mind over matter, how one should try again and again to achieve one’s goals in life. It was interesting at the end that when the question was asked about who wanted to run a Marathon in the future, a forest of hands shot up, around 95% of those present.

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Event Appearances

Success Is Not A Chance Event

BP & Women In Technology - Success Is Not A Chance Event  BP Head Office, London

2012-03-07

Sample Talks

With the accomplishment of running 50 marathons in 50 days, inspiring others to set audacious goals in work and in play.

Inspiring others to push their boundaries to do something extraordinary, be it in their personal or professional lives.

Speaking engagements are usually around the following topics & are tailored to suit the goals of the audience:

• Don’t be afraid of having an audacious goal
• Personal conviction and commitment
• Be prepared but be prepared to change your plans
• Deal with your problems early
• Do the things you HATE.....well!
• Take it one day at a time and you will cross the finish line.

Style

Availability

  • Keynote
  • Panelist
  • Workshop Leader

Fees

$2500 to $3500