Alistair Brownlee: 'Pushing to Blackout' and What Made Me Retire from Triathlon (E329)

Before we get started, let me tell you you can now listen to High Performance Add Free. Start your free trial now on Apple, Spotify, or head to our website so you can listen to our episodes uninterrupted. I run round the last corner and see Johnny just kind of claps against a volunteer. My first thoughts, uh, what an idiot. Winning the race and standing on the podium, you didn't get the the the joy uh and happiness uh and satisfaction from that that all the training deserves. You can be the most ruthless person in sport. In fact sport does require that at the top level. It requires you to be incredibly selfish, but And sometimes you do just need to help your brother out. That's the voice of two time Olympic gold medalist Alistair Brownley.

It wasn't just the best in the world at triathon. You redefine the sport. Listen to Alice to describe just why he hates talking about that famous clip of him carrying his brother over the line. how we'd use different types of motivation to help him get to the top. And then stay there.

And How he redefined his relationship with pain. Alistair didn't just win. He dominated. Let's understand how.

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