Australian Triathlete - 01.08.2018

Name: Nathan Shearer Age: 29 Years in triathlon: 4.5

Distance: (ITU/Long course): Long course, Ironman

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Nathan

Shearer

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How did you start in triathlon?

i had just finished my fifth consecutive cricket season in the early

part of 2013, and was in desperate need of a change. Figuring

i’d

give triathlon a crack, but having never done one,

i entered

ironman Melbourne at the end of that cricket season. As a

baptism of fire, i completed my first triathlon in April that year,

the luke harrop sprint tri on the Gold Coast.

hooked but

realising i needed stacks of help, i joine

d Atlas Multisports

(sunshine Coast) and started to train properly under Jason

Crowther in the lead up to my first ir

onman in March 2014.

What’s you sporting background?

i grew up a sport tragic and played anything and everything as a

kid – cricket, football, soccer, baseball, netball etc., etc. My main

pursuit turned to cricket at 14 and i pl

ayed until i burnt out

mentally and emotionally in my mid-20s.

A guilty pleasure?

Chocolate, usually Cadbury and almost always by the block.

What has been your most memorable

racing experience so far?

ironman new Zealand in 2016.

i had the most incredible overall

experience with my family and people who are now friends for

life, including my current coach, Bevan McKinnon, who

i

managed to pip for first overall age group honours.

it was a first

for many things and to this day one of the most fun race

experiences i’ve ever had.

Who’s an athlete you admire?

lionel ‘no limits’

sanders.^

42 | AustrAliAn triAthlete

WHAT PIECE OF ADVICE

WOULD YOU GIVE TO ASPIRING

TRIATHLETES?

Focus on the process, not the prize.

Best advice I’ve ever been given, period.

BUCKET LIST RACE?

Challenge Roth.

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