The Brutal Reality of Chasing an Olympic Dream | Stuart Stokes | Ep 63

Olympian Stuart Stokes joins the podcast to talk about the reality of elite athletics — from obsessive training and marginal gains to Olympic qualification, injury, failure and the sacrifices required to compete at the highest level.

Stu opens up about his journey to the Olympics, his relentless approach to training, self-belief, family life, recovery, nutrition and why sometimes giving everything still doesn't guarantee success.

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00:00 – Meet Stuart Stocks: From Local Runner to Olympian
06:02 – The Obsession With Discipline
10:54 – Why Elite Athletes Are Never Satisfied
12:40 – Making the Leap to Senior International Level
17:24 – The Importance of Training Partners & Your Environment
19:17 – How Obsessive Was His Training?
28:17 – The Sacrifice: Family, Relationships & Athletics
38:18 – What It Really Feels Like to Make the Olympics
47:35 – Failure, London 2012 & Finding Another Goal
55:22 – Self-Belief & The Marginal Gains That Make Champions

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