Ironman Australia Special - Leigh Lavery

Smurf & Smurfette are endurance sport athletes based in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. It is Ironman Australia race week in Port Macquarie, which means for the Smurf & Smurfette Podcast, a week full of podcast episodes with special guests and lots of great advice from experienced Ironman athletes.

Today we talk to a first time Ironman competitor. Balancing full time work with a major Australian media organisation, family life with his wife and two kids, as well as training for his first Ironman, Leigh Lavery has managed to keep it all in check and get to Ironman Australia race week ready to jump in head first. 

At the end of 2020, Leigh decided to take a year away from alcohol, and this coincided with his first triathlon in February of 2021. From there, it snowballed and he has now gone from barely being able to swim 25m and breastroking much of his first triathlon, to now lining up for the most prestigious Ironman event in Australia. 

We hear from Leigh about changing his relationship with alcohol, the significant life changes that Ironman has brought about, the ups and downs of training for his first Ironman and everything in between!

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www.smurfandsmurfette.com.au
www.cairns50.com.au
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