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Hello there, welcome to a very special episode of Rumpod.

Special, well yes, because we're joined by royalty.

Now, sporting royalty, that's the way I'm saying it.

I'm Jenny Faulkner and my guest today is a man who is a hugely successful former track cyclist. He's he's 11 times a world champion, six times an Olympic champion. He has seven Olympic medals, six gold, one silver. He's the second most decorated Olympic cyclist of all time. In fact, until last year, he was the most successful

British Olympian of all time. And then after he retired from cycling, oh, he took up motorsport

and he did rather well there too. He's one of those people who's just annoyingly good at everything.

He is the one and only Sir Chris Hoy. Hello there. Hi, Jenny. Thanks for that wonderful introduction. It's great to

have you on Run Pod. I know that it is ironic having the most successful track cyclist on a running

podcast. But actually, you know what, RunPod's all about motivating and inspiring. And I do think

you're the perfect man. So first of let me just ask how are you how's

your fitness what are you up to at the moment well right now I've got a stinking cold but apart from

that um yeah all good I mean I try you know life is very different now so I retired from cycling 10

years ago or just under 10 years ago is it really 10 years ago already oh my goodness 13 my last

proper competition was London, 2012,

so that decade anniversary has just passed.

So, yeah, life is very different now.

And when you're a professional athlete

and it's your job and you do it full time,

you take your fitness for granted.

Well, you don't take your fitness for granted,

but fitness means a very different thing to fitness now. so fitness in the old days was about being an absolute peak physical condition

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