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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