Episode 52: Jesse Thomas — Red Bull Athlete AND World Record Holder: Dinosaur Costume 5k

King of the Ride

Ted King

Sports, Health & Fitness, Business

4.8 • 660 Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2020

⏱️ 70 minutes

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If Ted could just get slightly more curly hair, when he throws on some ROKA aviators he and Jesse could be twins. Jesse is a Stanford graduate turned Red Bull sponsored professional Ironman triathlete turned owner/operator of Picky Bars. His story of getting to the big leagues involves a broken neck among other crazy anecdotes. And yes, Jesse took fastest known time in the dinosaur costume 5k at The Running Event in early December 2019. This podcast is a great one and we know you'll enjoy it! If you enjoy this podcast, please take a quick minute to leave a review. 5-star reviews are appreciated! And we highly encourage you to take a quick minute to visit www.MTBAfghanistan.org

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0:00.0	The nurses were like, you know, they were talking about their boyfriends or something.
0:04.5	And it was like, they just didn't give a shit about like, you know, they're like, whatever with this kid.
0:08.4	And I see down the hall from my bed, this guy comes running down the hall towards my bed, holding these films.
0:17.0	And he's, he runs in and he goes, we have, have he's like this guy's neck is completely exposed
0:24.5	C1 C2 fracture like his spinal column is completely exposed he needs to be strapped down no movement
0:30.4	whatsoever oh my god and I mean that honestly that happened and they like people started
0:34.5	freaking out they strap me to strap down like every six,
0:38.9	eight inches of my body and um,
0:41.3	you're still in spandex?
0:42.6	I was.
0:43.1	You're not sweating because you're eight minutes into your ride.
0:45.2	Totally.
0:46.0	Yeah, but I was still in spandex.
0:51.2	Hey there folks.
0:52.1	Happy 2020.
0:58.1	Yes. Good on you. For those of you paying attention, this is the second episode of the year. So I've already wished you are fair listener, a happy start to the new
1:03.6	year. But I'm of the opinion that happy New Year is something we can say all the way until
1:09.9	February.
1:13.4	So I truly hope you're having a great start to the year.
1:15.7	Let's now jump right in.
1:20.9	I've had a surprisingly high number of doppelgangers in my life.
1:23.0	That is fact.
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