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The Rich Roll Podcast

Chris McCormack: Life As Ironman World Champion

The Rich Roll Podcast

Rich Roll

Education, Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.713.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2013

⏱️ 114 minutes

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Summary

I cannot tell you how excited I am to share today's guest — a man who needs no introduction — triathlon legend Chris “Macca” McCormack. This interview is PURE GOLD! In case you've been living under a rock and have never heard of Macca, he is one of the winningest triathletes of all time, dominant at all distances from sprint to Ironman. He is a two-time Ironman World Champion and victor in over 200 triathlon races, including 12 Ironman titles, the 1997 ITU World Cup Series and the 1997 Triathlon World Championships, to name just a few. If you are a fan of Macca, then you've probably heard more than a few of his more outspoken — but always entertaining — interviews. I didn't want to reap an over-plowed field, so I chose to instead focus on aspects of his life less well-known — how he handles the balance of training and family life; how turning 40 has impacted his always evolving perspective on training and racing; and how he is learning to leverage social media as a service tool to help better communicate with and educate his amateur athlete fan base. case in point – check out his MX12 Training Videos. I am super proud of this episode — Chris could not have been more candid, engaging and fun. I hope you enjoy the show as much as I enjoyed doing it! Speaking of enjoying the show — if you are, and inclined to help support what we are doing, then make sure you subscribe on iTunes and leave a comment on the iTunes page for the show. Thanks for listening! Rich

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Rich Roll Podcast, episode 24 with Chris McCormack.

0:16.0

The Rich Roll Podcast.

0:19.0

Hey everybody, welcome back to the show.

0:21.0

My name is Rich Roll.

0:24.0

If you're new to the program and I suspect we might have a few new subscribers

0:31.0

given the high profile nature of today's guests, which I'm very excited to bring to you.

0:38.0

And I'll get into that in a second.

0:40.0

But just a little bit about me.

0:43.0

My name's Rich Roll.

0:44.0

Again, I am an ultra-distance triathlete.

0:48.0

What does that mean?

0:49.0

It means that I like to go long, really, really long, longer than Iron Man.

0:55.0

Why?

0:56.0

Because I'm not very fast.

0:58.0

But that's the subject of another podcast.

1:01.0

I am also a best-selling author.

1:04.0

I wrote the book called Finding Ultra, which came out last spring.

1:08.0

It's been an amazing journey traveling around with the book.

1:11.0

The book's done very well.

1:12.0

If you haven't heard of it, you can pick it up on Amazon.

1:16.0

And as a matter of fact, the paperback drops on May 21st.

1:23.0

And it's up on Amazon for pre-order now.

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