THE SHORT ANSWER
Mick Clohisey, irish olympic marathon runner, has appeared on the Roadman Cycling Podcast. Here's where Clohisey lands on the triathlon bike leg. The positions below are drawn from those conversations, quoted directly.
WHO IS MICK CLOHISEY?
Mick Clohisey is the Irish Olympic marathon runner who cut 1 hour 47 minutes off his marathon PB en route to representing Ireland at Rio 2016 — a transformation built on a long-arc coaching relationship with Dick Hooper, the right event match for his physiology, and the harder-than-it-looks reality of training around a part-time job. His perspective on long-arc development, event selection, and what Olympic-level distance running actually looks like outside the international elite tier is unusually honest. For amateur marathoners and triathletes, his story is a case study in patience.
CLOHISEY ON THE TRIATHLON BIKE LEG
Clohisey’s key positions on the triathlon bike leg.
- The marathon vs track decision matters more than most amateurs realise — picking the right event for your physiology saves years of chasing the wrong one.
- A long-arc coach–athlete relationship from the teenage years is the single biggest factor in steady late-twenties development.
- Olympic-level training is often sustained around a day job — distance running outside the international elite tier looks nothing like the sponsorship narrative.
- Selection process drama (CAS appeals, qualification windows) is part of the Olympic story — getting the time isn't always enough.
- Casual hygiene errors at altitude camps — flip-flops, sweaty feet, dust into skin — can ruin a marathon. 'Not professional enough' costs results.
IN CLOHISEY’S OWN WORDS
Verbatim from Mick Clohisey’s appearances on the podcast.
“Dick Hooper coached me since I was young and he's three time Olympian in the marathan and Dick always said to me you know you're your strength more than likely a lie and the endurance events so Dem maritan cuz I wasn't I wouldn't had the raw speed for the track say the 5,000 or 10,000.”
“I got down to 215 in Berlin and then I kind of went 214 high in Seville to back it up cuz there was four of us in In Contention out for three spots and it kind of went down to there was a bit of controversy on the selection it wasn't on my my part but um one of the guys actually took took a case at the court to arbitration of sport.”
“I was probably too I was walking around a hotel and flipflops and it was very dusty kind of Sandy Place very dry air and I probably was just feet sweating kind of thing and you're going out running the sand and dust getting into I was probably when you look back I you know a little bit careless not professional enough in that.”
HEAR IT ON THE PODCAST
Episodes where Mick Clohisey covers the triathlon bike leg and related ground.
FREQUENTLY ASKED
What does Mick Clohisey say about the triathlon bike leg?
Mick Clohisey, irish olympic marathon runner, has appeared on the Roadman Cycling Podcast. Here's where Clohisey lands on the triathlon bike leg. The positions below are drawn from those conversations, quoted directly.
What is Clohisey's main point on the triathlon bike leg?
The marathon vs track decision matters more than most amateurs realise — picking the right event for your physiology saves years of chasing the wrong one.
Which Roadman Cycling Podcast episodes cover Mick Clohisey on the triathlon bike leg?
Clohisey discusses the triathlon bike leg in this episode: "1:47hrs Faster: My Rapid Marathon Transformation | Mick Clohisey".
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