#14 Kate Mcilroy - The Journey of Learning to Love to Suffer
Follow Through with LVB · 2020-06-30
In this episode, host van Beek and Mcilroy dive deep into her journey and cover a number of key moments in her career;
Chapters
Intro/winter training (2:14) Childhood/Key moments/Early lessons (4:12) 2005 World Mountain Running Championships (8:15) Winning the Halberg Sportswoman of the Year award (12:17) How Kate ended up competing in the 3000m Steeplechase (13:26) Bed ridden to racing in front of 90,000 people - Competing at the 2006 Commonwealth Games (16:20) How Olympic athletes get their training right in order peak for a major event (19:16) The ‘added pressure’ New Zealand endurance athletes have going into World Champs and Olympic events – Learning to shut out external noises (21:44) 1st Turning Point - 2008 Olympic dream dashed by injury (25:14) Next Challenge - not telling anyone you were training for Triathlon (28:26) What a training week looks like for Professional Triathlete (33:30) Slashing her toe during a race and still being able to finish the event (36:22) Fulfilling a dream - The 2012 Olympic games Journey (39:22) "Always fighting time" - racing at events when you are not 100% fit (43:53) Career Low - Being "detrained" for the 2014 Commonwealth Games (48:47) 2nd Turning Point – “I was told I would never run again” (52:37) Picking herself up after career ending injury – accepting not being an athlete anymore (56:09) A burning desire to compete - The start of a Professional Cycling career (58:40) The sexism in Professional Cycling - Kate's shock entering the sport (1:01:30) Dramatic stories from a couple of Cycling Road Races in NZ – LeRace/Rice Mountain Classic (1:04:14) Why Kate loves endurance sport - "You learn to love to suffer" (1:08:49) The mental side of being an endurance athlete (1:10:08) A Mental or Physical skill you would of loved to have in your career (1:13:51) 3rd Commonwealth Games - 3rd different sport (1:14:59) A new challenge - Starting a Mountain Biking career (1:18:14) Advice for a young athlete starting their Running/Triathlon/Cycling career (1:22:06) The beginning of Kate's cycling coaching journey (1:24:22) How Kiwi athletes are able to compete on the world stage with our lack of resources (1:25:31) Transferable skills athletes can bring to corporate environment (1:26:36).
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Follow Through with LVB
Follow Through with LVB is a podcast where host Professional Cricketer Logan van Beek interviews other athletes and learns about their unique journeys. An athlete's journey is full of ups and downs, perseverance, identity issues and dealing with pressure. Hear the stories of how these athletes followed through on their aspirations and improved their overall well-being through their experience performing at the top level.
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