250: Eric Byrnes | MLB to Ultra Runner
The Hard Way w/ Joe De Sena
Spartan Races
4.7 • 870 Ratings
🗓️ 4 June 2019
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
“It’s the START that stops you” says the electric Eric Byrnes who launched his Major League Baseball career with a 22 game hitting streak. Byrnes was a player who relied on his speed and hustle, and he brings the energy of a fast ball to this interview. Drafted out of high school by the Dodgers, he went on to play for the Oakland Athletics, the Colorado Rockies, the Baltimore Orioles, the Arizona Diamondbacks, and the Seattle Mariners. He was living the dream. After “retiring” Eric discovered new outlets for his drive - triathlons & ultras, and for his voice - as a broadcaster on ESPN, in his book “the F*ck It List” and his podcast. If that’s not enough - On April 22/23, 2019, Byrnes set a new Guinness Book of World Records mark for most holes of golf in a single day, 420 holes.
It’s a power packed convo about not taking your feelings too personally, living in the now, and seriously maximizing your days! Get after it Spartans!
LESSONS
1. To succeed immerse yourself
2. You get out what you put into life
3. Create luck with your attitude & effort
4. MAXIMIZE your days
5. It’s the start that stops us!
6. It’s not about what’s next, it’s about what’s NOW.
LINKS
https://www.ericbyrnes.com
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TIME STAMPS
00:00 Dr. Johnny, Joe De Sena, Sefra Alexandra & The Col. Nye intro Eric’s episode
01:05 Gone Rogue offer
01:25 Interview begins with Johnny & Eric
03:12 Kids need for free play
04:30 Being drafted to the big leagues
06:30 22 game hitting spree
08:00 Starting with ESPN Radio
10:00 Entering the triathlon world with a beach cruiser
12:30 His first IRONMAN
12:55 Gone Rogue break
14:30 Western States
19:20 Iron Mike & 90 mile an hour hits
24:25 Hard times in life
28:00 The F* IT List & writing about lessons learned
35:00 Have perspective on life & don’t take your feelings too personally
37:00 The Hustle Podcast
38:20 The panel discusses lessons learned from Eric’s interview
44:27 Gone Rogue close
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CREDITS:
Producer – Marion Abrams, Madmotion, llc.
Hosts: Joe De Sena, Sefra Alexandra, Col. Nye & Johnny Waite
Synopsis – Sefra Alexandra
Production Assistant - Andrea Hagarty
© 2019 Spartan
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Spartan Up Podcast. We're here at City Field, Spartan Stadium Race, perfect setting for this interview. |
| 0:05.6 | We interview with Eric Byrne. This guy had a major league career, worked his tail off to get there. |
| 0:11.5 | But he's going to tell us not only what it takes to get there, but once you get there what it's all about, what it means, what you do after it. This guy has created a career beyond. Really inspiring an incredible guy. I just want to say a ton of energy. We were around high energy people. Holy |
| 0:25.3 | jumping this is some high energy. Speaking high energy who are we? |
| 0:28.8 | Only less than me. There you go. Joe from Spartan. |
| 0:31.8 | Separate the seed huntress, Johnny the Doctor, |
| 0:35.2 | and Colonel Nye. |
| 0:36.1 | Right here. |
| 0:37.1 | We are your grit and resiliency partners. |
| 0:38.3 | Every day now, you know, Tuesdays, |
| 0:40.1 | we bring you interviews, incredible people like Eric, |
| 0:42.2 | but other days we have our experts who teach you tips and tricks how to be a better stronger more motivated person |
| 0:47.7 | Subscribe engage comment you know what share this with your friends and family we're trying to rip a million hundred million people off the coach |
| 0:55.2 | and stay till the end because at the end we're gonna recap everything we learn from this |
| 0:59.6 | super high energy |
| 1:00.6 | soup call you we're calling soup this episode of Spartan high energy. Super high energy. We call them Zeus. |
| 1:03.0 | Absolutely. |
| 1:04.0 | This episode of Spartan Up is brought to you by Gone Rogue High Protein Chips. |
| 1:08.2 | Visit gone rogue snacks.com and your promo code Spartan 25 for 25% off. Welcome to Spartan Up Podcast, we're here at Citifield today and it's actually a pretty cool place to be because I'm with somebody with a baseball background. |
| 1:31.0 | How about this? |
| 1:33.0 | I mean, we need a ball game out here, though, Johnny. |
| 1:35.0 | Seriously, we have an incredible view, it's a sick, sweet, |
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