What's up Trainiacs? This is Triathlon Taryn. This is no triathlon Kim, also known as NTK.

In my 20s, I was 215 pounds and I was unhappy working the desk job I was at. Now I'm a 941 Ironman athlete who, with your much appreciated attention, gets to make a living in the sport that I love.

Through this podcast and our ever popular YouTube channel, we bring you triathlon stories, science,

and training from amazing people around the world to help you get to your start lines confident

and your finish lines strong.

And as the resident non-triathlete, I try to keep this show fun and accessible for everybody.

Let's do it.

Today's podcast guest is Craig Crowey Alexander, five-time world champion.

That's a name people will know.

Crowey is, he's one of the best ever.

This is exciting.

I didn't tell him this because I felt a little bit fanboyish to say this.

But when we were in our honeymoon in Kona in 2013, one of the people that I was running

alongside of down a Lee E Drive where you were like, oh, God, he's so embarrassed.

He's running alongside all of the pros

on the leaders as they come by. Craig was the one that I was most excited to run by because at that

time, he was, he was the man, five-time world champion, two-time half-iron man world champion,

three-time Kona world champion. And it was him. Like he was just this, like this machine.

You would see this death-like stare as he ran people down. And I was really excited to run beside him.

And since that time, I've just been like, oh, man, someday we will get Craig Alexander on the podcast.

And it happened. Yeah. And you know, it's interesting

because he's kind of got this mystique about him. He's a little bit quieter than a lot of other

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