Elite Endurance Athlete Cam Wurf On Sustainable Training Strategies And How To Unlock Your Athletic Potential

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Rich Roll

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🗓️ 3 July 2023

⏱️ 154 minutes

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Summary

The shapeshifter of elite endurance sports, today’s guest is by far one of the world’s most remarkable all-around athletes. Meet Cam Wurf, an Aussie who has distinguished himself at the highest, most elite level, in three distinct sports. First in rowing where he represented Australia in the 2004 Athens Olympics. He then turned to professional cycling as a super domestique for Team Sky and now INEOS, where he played a crucial role in supporting guys like Chris Froome and Geraint Thomas, serving as a secret weapon to their Tour de France victories. Cam has simultaneously distinguished himself at the highest level of Ironman triathlon, collecting wins at IM Wales and IM Australia, and is most well known for setting and holding (until this past year) the bike course record at the IMWC in Kona. He can train and race with the best professional cyclists in the world, set bike course records at the world’s most prestigious Ironmans, and even run a 2:45 marathon after a 2.4 mile swim and 112-mile bike. He doesn’t seem to ever get tired. He absolutely loves training. And he’s always smiling. So who is this guy? Like you, I have so many questions. And today Cam is here to answer them with an infectious enthusiasm I wish I could bottle. Enjoy! Show notes + MORE Watch on Youtube Newsletter Sign-Up Today’s Sponsors: Seed: seed.com/richroll Momentous: LiveMomentous.com/richroll Squarespace: Squarespace.com/RichRoll ROKA: http://www.roka.com Plant Power Meal Planner: https://meals.richroll.com

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0:00.0	The Rich Roll Podcast
0:11.1	If you haven't done it in training, you will not do it in a race.
0:17.7	It's that simple.
0:18.7	You'd be very hard pressed to find people that would be like, no, you just got to put
0:22.4	the hours in and then it all comes together on race day.
0:24.8	Well, you know what, it doesn't.
0:27.7	I'm going to say that today's guest is the world's most versatile professional endurance
0:32.4	athlete.
0:33.4	There's a pretty solid argument that he is one of if not the greatest endurance athletes
0:39.0	alive today.
0:40.3	His name is Cam Werff.
0:41.8	All that matters is what you do on race day.
0:44.4	Unless you go out and perform when it matters, when everyone's watching, it means nothing.
0:48.0	It matters zero.
0:49.2	This is a guy who has distinguished himself at the highest, most elite level in three distinct
0:55.2	sports.
0:56.2	He's the most in rowing where he represented Australia in the 2004 Athens Olympics.
1:00.8	But then he turns its sights on professional cycling and over the years becomes a super
1:05.1	domestic for Team Sky and now Team Ineos.
1:08.3	He's famous for not only leading Team Ineos to victory on the cobblestones of Perry Rubey
1:13.6	last year, but celebrating that win by going out and running a half marathon right after
1:18.8	the race.
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