Robert Killian the aspects of being a pro athlete // Spartan ATHLETE 009
The Hard Way w/ Joe De Sena
Spartan Races
4.7 • 870 Ratings
🗓️ 15 March 2019
⏱️ 4 minutes
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Summary
This week Kevin talks with 2015 Spartan Race World Champion, and all around prolific badass multisports racer Robert Killian, about what it takes to be and stay on top of such a demanding sport like OCR.
LESSONS:
Being prepared puts you in the best possible situation & can reduce pressure
Motivating others can motivate you to be better
The importance of sleep, mobility and nutrition
Grit, determination can carry you through, not biceps
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| 0:00.0 | This week we're talking with Robert Killian, the 2015 Spartan World Champion. |
| 0:05.0 | He's from Colorado and he's going to tell us what it takes to handle the pressure of winning. |
| 0:10.0 | Hey Spartans, this is Kevin Gilotti and welcome to the Spartan athlete. |
| 0:14.0 | A lot of people are looking at you and not just for Tahoe but just racing in general |
| 0:19.3 | you have a lot of people looking at you. How do you cope with that stress of knowing that people are out there |
| 0:26.0 | having an expectation of you? You know for me like yeah like you're saying |
| 0:30.4 | coming off of North American Championships, |
| 0:33.0 | having that win, Brecken Ridge Mountain Series, |
| 0:36.5 | I've had a really good second half of the season. |
| 0:38.7 | But I mean, I can't lie when I was at the beginning |
| 0:41.7 | of the season injured, I would rather have the pressure now of winning races and I know that I have a big |
| 0:47.4 | target on my back than being injured and not being able to perform to the capabilities that |
| 0:51.3 | I know I'm able to. |
| 0:52.3 | What do you think are your strong? to the capabilities that I know I'm able to. |
| 0:52.6 | What do you think are your strong suits? |
| 0:55.6 | I think, you know, mountain running and technical trail running, a single track, you know, |
| 1:00.0 | really breaking brush through the woods, but at the same time carries like people |
| 1:05.4 | count me out but I've been in the military you know for a quick minute like 12 years |
| 1:10.2 | active federal service and overall total about 18 years years We're out there doing road marches. We're out there preparing for situations where we may be in an environment where we need to carry, you know, a week supply of equipment to survive. |
| 1:32.0 | So we do a lot of training for that, best ranger competition. So coming |
| 1:35.8 | out and carrying 120 pounds is difficult, but it's something that even though, you know, |
| 1:41.6 | I mean, I look like a big guy I'm prepared for |
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