#104: Simon Whitfield
The Primal Kitchen Podcast
Mark Sisson & Morgan Zanotti
4.4 • 717 Ratings
🗓️ 26 January 2016
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
On today’s special show, hosts Brad Kearns and Andrew MacNaughton connect with retired triathlon legend Simon Whitfield from Victoria, B.C., Canada. Simon details his remarkable victory in the inaugural Olympic triathlon in Sydney, Australia in 2000, along with other memories and perspectives gained from his lengthy career at the top of the sport. Simon is an extremely thoughtful, introspective athlete whose insights can provide great value to whatever peak performance or life goals you pursue. “If you love your pursuits, you’ll find a way to success. If you succumb to your fears and insecurities, your results will suffer accordingly,” says Simon. With refreshing candor, Simon mentions the dangers of drifting into a prima donna perspective and how to recalibrate to focus on the journey; especially having a strong and authentic support team. “Hard truths come with sharp edges, but they are the source of the greatest learning,” Simon offers. Simon updates us about his recent doings, including epic standup paddling adventures in Victoria. Enjoy this deeply revealing and impactful discussion with triathlon’s most thoughtful coach, Andrew MacNaughton, and most thoughtful elite athlete, Simon Whitfield.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Primal Blueprint Podcast, featuring fresh and lively commentary on all things Primal, |
| 0:06.8 | including Q&A sessions with Primal Blueprint founder, Mark Sisson, special guest interviews hosted |
| 0:12.9 | by Mark Sisson, and conversations with Primal Blueprint authors and other health and fitness experts. |
| 0:19.4 | The show is presented by Damage Control, Master Formula, |
| 0:22.6 | the world's most potent, multivitamin, mineral, antioxidant, anti-aging supplement, |
| 0:28.6 | available at primalblueprint.com. |
| 0:31.6 | Past episodes are available for download or to review written summaries at blog.primalblueprint.com. |
| 0:40.4 | And now, here's your host, Brad Kearns. |
| 0:46.7 | Hey, listeners, Brad Kearns with an intro to the intro. I think we did an intro on the actual live podcast, |
| 0:52.8 | but I'm so happy to tee up this very, |
| 0:56.8 | very special podcast where Andrew McNaughton and I catch up with the Olympic gold medalist and |
| 1:03.6 | Olympic silver medalist in triathlon Simon Whitfield of Canada. And the show was really fast-moving |
| 1:09.6 | and we're all old friends, especially Andrew and |
| 1:12.7 | Simon, go way back to the very beginning of Simon's career when Andrew was sort of a mentor and a |
| 1:18.1 | coach, advisor, Andrew being older and having finished his racing career, but having that Canadian |
| 1:23.2 | connection and Andrew being a part of Simon coming up and absolutely shocking the world of |
| 1:29.1 | triathlon with his unbelievable Olympic gold medal victory in the very first Olympic triathlon |
| 1:34.6 | when the sport debuted at the Sydney Olympics in 2000. |
| 1:38.6 | So since the show proceeds so quickly, I wanted to give a little background information on |
| 1:43.5 | the co-host, and I and then of course |
| 1:46.5 | Simon so that you can really lock into the conversation as it flows along and we focus on his |
| 1:54.1 | Olympic victory because it was such an amazing moment in the sport it was right there in downtown |
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