Sam Long | Young professional Ironman with the best stories

Taren's MōTTIV Method Podcast

Taren Gesell

Podcast, Triathlon, Ironman, Health & Fitness, Training, Gesell, Triathletes, Sports, Taren

4.7 • 843 Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2018

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

At only 22 years of age, professional triathlete Sam Long has already been on the podium in Ironman, 70.3, and Xterra races. A naturally gifted athlete, Sam had four top-five Ironman finishes in 2018. He is also one of the most entertaining athletes on the circuit and he has a bright future ahead.

On today's episode of the Triathlon Taren podcast, Sam talks about becoming a pro at such a young age, the worst race of his career, and eating a donut the size of his head in the middle of a training ride!

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0:00.0	Today's podcast guest is, as always, brought to you by two sponsors, and both of them are
0:07.3	oldies and goodies.
0:08.8	They are very good Christmas shopping sponsors here, NTK.
0:14.4	Think about it.
0:15.3	You got real good stocking stuffers.
0:17.5	We got New Wave Swim Boy.
0:19.3	Prevent your loved ones from drowning.
0:21.2	And we have Four Sigmaic.
0:23.4	Delicious mushroom coffees.
0:24.9	Wow, that was really well done that you did there.
0:27.6	So New Wave Swim Boy, if you haven't heard about them, it's an inflatable swim boy that
0:32.2	you tie to yourself.
0:33.7	And it just goes around your waist and you can't feel it while you're kicking out in
0:37.3	open water.
0:37.9	And the whole premise of this is that if you aren't a confident swimmer, you have got something to give you a little bit of confidence.
0:44.8	You can actually take a little break and you can hang out on the buoy.
0:48.2	Or even if you are a confident swimmer like me, don't be skeptical of this.
0:53.1	I was at the start, but I was starting to hear
0:55.8	boats while I was going open water swimming really, really close to me. And then I put this new wave
1:01.9	swim boy on and all of a sudden gone to the other side of the river completely. Because they could see you.
1:07.9	They could see me from apparently more than a mile away,
1:11.0	about a mile and a half away with this little swim boy only costs about 30 bucks. Plus it's a
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