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Taren's MōTTIV Method Podcast

The Man with the Halo | Kona favourite, Tim Don’s inspiring comeback from a broken neck - Triathlon Taren Podcast

Taren's MōTTIV Method Podcast

Taren Gesell

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

4.7843 Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2018

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Ironman World Record holder Tim Don was a favourite to win the 2017 Ironman World Championship in Kona. He arrived on the Big Island early to acclimatize but while out on a short training ride two days before the race, the worst happened: he was hit by a car and broke his neck.  If he wanted any hope of ever competing again, he had to make the choice to get a halo screwed into his skull. A friend suggested recording his recovery journey, and that video has been turned into the new documentary presented by On Running, The Man with the Halo. On today's edition of the Triathlon Taren podcast, we talk to Tim about the accident, the documentary, what it feels like to get screws drilled into your head, his never-quit attitude, and whether he sees himself racing Kona again in the future. LINKS FROM THE PODCAST: Tim Don's website Tim Don's Instagram The Man with the Halo documentary On Running

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0:00.0

Today's podcast is brought to you by Health IQ and, and another sponsor.

0:06.0

But right now we're going to get to Health IQ because they're back for another round

0:10.1

after the first couple months.

0:11.4

We touched base.

0:12.3

And I said, hey, Health IQ, how did it go?

0:14.4

They said, great.

0:15.7

There are actually 16 trainees acts that have signed up and every single one of them has saved money on their life insurance.

0:22.9

16. 16. That's amazing, actually. It's a good round number. That's more life insurance than I sold

0:28.3

ever as a life insurance advisor. Does that say something about how good you were at that job?

0:33.4

Fantastic. Health IQ, very good company. We're big fans of it. Unfortunately, we can't use it because

0:40.3

they're a U.S.-based life insurance agency and we're up in Canada. But what they've done is they've

0:45.9

set up life insurance specifically designed for swimmers, cyclists, runners, vegans, people who take

0:52.8

care of themselves. And those people like us, trainees, can save, people who take care of themselves. And those people, like us,

0:56.2

trainees acts can save as much as 25% on their life insurance as opposed to paying the same

1:01.5

as the unhealthy burger and fries sitting on the couch people.

1:05.9

Well, that's an amazing thing. Great deal. Great deal. Go check out health IQ.com forward slash triathlon taren

1:12.4

or use the coupon code triathlon taren if you just call in and let them know that you came from us.

1:17.8

Next sponsor, NTK, take it away. Four Sigmaics back. They're back with their mushroom coffee. I've been

1:24.8

singing their praises. You love this stuff. Love it. I probably have it up to four times a day and I'm going to give you guys a

1:30.0

recipe idea that I've talked about a lot that has probably been a huge hit, one of the biggest

1:35.1

recipe hits that we've had as Gracie scratches or collar. The bulletproof, air quotes,

1:41.6

bulletproof coffee that's taken the world by storm I've veganized it and instead

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