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Taren's MōTTIV Method Podcast

Andrew Starykowicz Talks About the Elephant in the Room (AKA Ironman)

Taren's MōTTIV Method Podcast

Taren Gesell

Podcast, Triathlon, Ironman, Health & Fitness, Training, Gesell, Triathletes, Sports, Taren

4.7843 Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2021

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

One of the top cyclists in triathlon, Andrew "Starky" Starykowicz has spent the past year and a half fighting IRONMAN over a punishment for "doping" due to medication he was given when he was in hospital with a dangerous lung infection that was preventing him from breathing.  We talk about his battle with IRONMAN, training during the pandemic, and racing at Challenge Miami next week.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Today, Trainiacs, we are going to start out with a very exciting announcement. This isn't live

0:05.6

yet, but we have opened up a wait list for our very first ambassador program. I know,

0:12.5

exciting. It is exciting. So this is under the motive brand, our new My Motive. Like, what is your

0:18.6

reason for being motivated to do these sports? Why do you want to get up

0:23.9

early in the morning and go into the pool or go for a long solo run and pound yourself into

0:29.3

oblivion with like six hour rides and do Iron Man's? Like what is your reason for doing things? That's

0:35.1

what our new brand is about. And this brand is going to encompass

0:39.3

all of the business things of what we do and how we want to start this because it's about you.

0:46.0

We wanted to actually launch a proper ambassador program. So we're just working out the final

0:51.9

details of it. But what we've got is a link that you can go to.

0:56.3

It'll be my motive, M-O-T-T-I-V.com slash ambassador waitlist.

1:04.0

It's a little bit long.

1:05.2

And if you go on that and put in your name and give us an indication of where in the world

1:10.5

you are, which program you

1:12.6

would go with, then we will earmark a spot for you. Everyone who goes on that wait list will get

1:18.5

a spot if they want it. Some details about it. Do you want to take the details? My favorite detail

1:25.1

is the kits. We have been working with a designer here in our city. Somebody

1:30.7

Terran's known for a long time. She's a super kick butt cyclist. And she has designed some

1:36.0

kicked my butt when I first started riding with groups. Yeah, she's amazing. And she has designed

1:40.7

some gorgeous kits. So that's my favorite detail. So here's the thoughts on what it would be.

1:45.7

It would be somewhere around $100 if you want to do a race day motivator package,

1:51.0

somewhere around there, based on how many people we have in the wait list.

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