026: Chris Legh | Is Winning Worth Dying for?

The Hard Way w/ Joe De Sena

Spartan Races

Fitness, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, 792700

4.7 • 870 Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2015

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Crawling toward the Iron Man Kona finish line, the end in sight, Chris Legh collapsed before he could reach it. Despite winning 96 triathlons, Chris Legh is best known for the one he DNFed. He clawed his way into contention only to fall violently ill. Legh staggered towards the finish line but fainted and crossed the finish line unofficially, prostrate on a stretcher. It took a lot of guts, as you'll find out, but he thinks you'd do the same thing in his position. Whether you would or not is largely a question on how much you take Legh's compelling lessons on grit to heart.
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Lessons:
1. It's only pain.
2. Don't do anything half heartedly; make a decision and focus on something with all your power.
3. To stay motivated, get an hour down the road even if you're tired, and chances are you'll go further anyway.

Transcript

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0:00.0	You're listening to SpartanUp Podcast.com where we study success and everything required to create it.
0:05.7	We interview people from all over the world that are successful, no matter how they define it.
0:17.0	We are here at Spartan Up Podcast Headquarters.
0:20.0	We've got Colonel Knight on my left.
0:22.0	We've got Sefra, the super wild forest,
0:25.0	reef forester, wilder.
0:28.0	And we've got Johnny Wade, the doctor, The Mind Doctor. We're going to talk about
0:35.4	Chris Lee. Chris Lee, for many of you that know Iron Man or Triathlon, was an
0:41.8	athlete that pushed too far.
0:43.0	He pushed so hard that he got so dehydrated they had to cut three feet of his
0:48.0	intestine out.
0:49.0	A third of his intestine.
0:51.0	A third of his intestines.
0:52.0	And there were arguments. There was a lot of his intestine. And there were arguments.
0:54.0	There was a lot of an uproar out there in the community that said,
0:57.0	hey, did Iron Man make a mistake?
0:59.0	Did they not attempt to save this guy sooner
1:02.0	before it could have got really ugly and
1:05.2	And funny enough in this interview you're gonna see he he he thanks Ironman for not stopping him
1:09.4	This guy if you ever heard Muhammad Ali said I knew I could beat my opponent because I was willing to die right and so when you're playing at that level
1:20.2	You probably win or you die
1:23.0	Yeah, but I remember the video.
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