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The Be Battle Ready podcast is where everyday athletes, adventurers, and seekers of strength come to forge resilience - in body, mind, and spirit.
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Wednesday Nov 16, 2022
Wednesday Nov 16, 2022
40 odd years ago I watched an ABC (US TV station) broadcast of the 1982 Ironman World Championships (there were actually 2 races that year in Kona, and this was the first from February). I was captivated from the first few seconds but I was completely drawn in when in sight of the finish, Julie Moss's legs wobbled and then gave way completely. (She recounts this in amazing detail in the conversation). After that, I kept my triathlon dream on the back burner until 1987, the date of my first tri and after that, I was off! 30 years of racing, culminating in the legacy spot at Kona 2017 where I got to meet Julie in person, a lifestyle business focussed on triathlon coaching, some amazing travel, and meeting my wife Bethany at the finish line in Kona have quite literally all stemmed from that TV moment back in the ’80s! It was brilliant to hear Julie’s side of events, including:
- How you could enter The Ironman World Championships by filling in a form and paying $85
- Packing just about all of her training into the 3 weeks before race day
- Unexpectedly leading the race
- Reliving the entire crawl almost second by second
- Why finishing second might have been better for Julie than winning the race
- What happened next
To find out more about Julie please visit these social media channels:
Instagram Julie_Moss_1982
Facebook - Julie Moss page
Julie Moss Ironman Hawaii 1982 The YouTube video of ’The Crawl of Fame’ - This is the end section of the ABC broadcast I watched back in the early 80s that fired up my interest. It all started with this.
Julie's new book The Crawl of Fame
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Julie's new book The Crawl of Fame
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