Speaking

A teacher who can tell you exactly what the fifth day feels like

Harvey speaks the way he teaches: specific, unhurried, evidence first. No hype, no beast-mode. He has held rooms of ninth graders and rooms of executives with the same three stories.

The talks Each adaptable to your run time
Keynote · 45–60 min
One more loop

How a 108-hour race is won in hour-long decisions — and where that applies to teams facing work with no visible finish line.

Corporate · 30–45 min
Pacing, not heroics

Sustainable performance from someone who recovers fast enough to race a 24-hour and a 100-miler thirteen days apart.

Schools · 30 min + Q&A
Everyone is a sequoia

The talk he gives his own students: mental limits, patience and gratitude, from a teacher who run-commutes to their school.

Who he speaks to

Corporate
Teams facing work with no visible finish line

Pacing, recovery and decision-making under fatigue — argued from a 108-hour race rather than from a management book. Best for offsites, all-hands and leadership days.

Schools
Students who have been told what they are not good at

He is a full-time high school teacher, so he pitches to the room rather than over it. Assemblies, sports banquets and graduation. He will take questions until they run out.

Endurance events
Race fields, expos and pre-race dinners

Fifteen Badwater starts, five Team USA 24-hour appearances and two backyard world records. Specific, technical, and honest about what went wrong.

Harvey Lewis speaking to hundreds of schoolchildren outdoors
Formats Keynote, fireside, assembly, panel
Audiences Corporate, schools, endurance events
Travel From Cincinnati, OH · worldwide
Fee band On request
Lead time Book around race season
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108
Hours he can describe from memory
Rich Roll Podcast guest
180
School days a year in front of a class
“We are all capable of incredible feats. No matter your pursuits, we can all go so much further than we think.
Rich Roll Podcast, ep. 812
Harvey Lewis after finishing a backyard ultra, scraped but standing

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