159. Mirinda Carfrae, 3-Time Ironman World Champion
Ali on the Run Show
Ali Feller
4.9 • 4.2K Ratings
🗓️ 24 July 2019
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
"When you focus on yourself, you get the best results."
Mirinda "Rinny" Carfrae is a professional triathlete and three-time Ironman World Champion. On this episode, Rinny talks about her road to swim-bike-run domination, and how she went from a scrappy basketball player to the fastest woman in Kona. Rinny — who is from Brisbane, Australia, but now lives and trains in Boulder, CO — is a podium staple at both the Ironman and the Half-Ironman distance. She's also a mom to two-year-old Isabelle, and she's very candid about what it's like deciding to have a baby as a professional athlete. She talks about how her sponsors reacted — and what their support looked like — when she announced her pregnancy, and shares how she managed to train for an Ironman while breastfeeding. She talks about pre-race nerves, whether she'd ever ditch the swim and the bike to race a road marathon, and the time she overcame a 14-minute deficit off the bike to land the win in Kona. And of course, Rinny shares her big goals for 2019.
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What you'll get on this episode:
- Rinny recaps her very successful month of 70.3 racing (2:40)
- Rinny's road to success, from basketball to Kona domination (8:20)
- What it was like competing in Kona for the first time (15:45)
- Why Rinny says having a baby helped her become a better cyclist (23:20)
- All about Rinny's at-home "Pain Cave" — including how it helped her breastfeed while training (24:15)
- On making up time on the run during an Ironman or Half Ironman — including the time Rinny overcame a 14-minute deficit to snag the win in Kona (28:00)
- What being a triathlete really consists of (36:00)
- Would Rinny ever ditch the swim and the bike in favor of a road marathon? (40:00)
- How Rinny ended up in Boulder (42:00)
- How Rinny met her husband, Tim (45:00)
- Rinny opens up about her decision to have a baby — plus how her sponsors reacted to the news (52:30)
- On returning to training and competition after having Isabelle (58:00)
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of The Alley on the Run Show is brought to you by Aftershocks. |
| 0:08.5 | Welcome to The Alley on the Run Show. |
| 0:10.7 | I'm your host, Allie Feller, and every week on this show, |
| 0:13.5 | I talk with inspiring people who lead interesting lives on the run and beyond. |
| 0:18.9 | While running is what brings us all together on these episodes, |
| 0:21.9 | I'm looking for just a little more. |
| 0:23.9 | So join me right here every Thursday to learn about the decisions people have made |
| 0:28.1 | to get where they are today. |
| 0:29.6 | The good ones and the bad ones and how getting sweaty has factored in. |
| 0:34.4 | My guest today is Miranda Rinny Carprey. |
| 0:38.0 | I know I shouldn't play favorites, but I'm just going to say it. |
| 0:40.9 | Rinny is my favorite professional triathlete. |
| 0:44.1 | She's a three time Iron Man rolled champion. |
| 0:46.8 | Yeah, that means she's broken the tape at Kona, not once, not twice, |
| 0:50.1 | but three times. |
| 0:51.9 | And she's a podium staple at both the Iron Man and half Iron Man. |
| 0:56.6 | On this episode, Rinny talks about her road to swim bike run domination |
| 1:00.8 | and how she went from being a scrappy basketball player to the fastest woman in Kona. |
| 1:06.4 | One thing I find really interesting and cool about Rinny is that she knows her |
| 1:09.6 | strengths and her weaknesses, and she's really smart at playing to both of them. |
| 1:14.4 | She knows she's not the fastest swimmer and that she's probably not coming out |
| 1:18.4 | of the water first or even off the bike first, but she has confidence on the run. |
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