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🗓️ 27 April 2025
⏱️ 70 minutes
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From hostage crisis to fitness titan - In this best-of conversation, Robin Arzón shares her unstoppable journey defying limits.
The author of "Shut Up and Run" opens up about how a traumatic experience fueled her pivot from lawyer to global phenomenon at Peloton, conquering ultramarathons with Type 1 diabetes along the way. Get inspired by Robin's "sweat with swagger" mentality and unapologetic pursuit of the unconventional path.
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0:00.0 | A man walks in with a gun and proceeds to hold the entire bar hostage. |
0:05.3 | And he said, people are going to be leaving him body bags. |
0:09.4 | So how do you emerge out of that, like physically unharmed, but psychologically and emotionally? |
0:14.3 | I remember just needing to like choose fear or the greater faith. |
0:21.1 | So what does it really take to rewrite your story and turn ambition into unstoppable action |
0:27.1 | and incredible outcomes? |
0:29.1 | Today we're joined by Robin Arzon, former lawyer, ultramarathoner, bestselling author, and |
0:34.1 | Peloton's VP of Fitness Programming to unlock the secrets of resilience and radical self-belief. |
0:41.0 | I really do fear mediocrity. |
0:43.6 | Like, I think about my legacy. |
0:44.9 | Like, what do I want to be talking about when I'm 90? |
0:47.1 | I think a lot of people don't look at life that way. |
0:49.9 | They're constantly like, what's the fastest, easiest path to get there? |
0:53.0 | I firmly believe the jewels of my crown are made of grit and hustle and sweat, |
0:59.3 | and that it's because I know that journey, I know that path. |
1:02.5 | It will always be worthwhile to me. |
1:10.4 | Mom first died |
1:11.7 | and she couldn't work out how to prepare a legendary roast. |
1:16.6 | Mum died again when she asked me what my name was. |
1:23.4 | On the 10th of March, |
1:25.6 | mum died a final time, surrounded by her family. |
1:30.0 | With dementia, you die again and again and again. |
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