In 2022, Meg Jacoby discovered the sport of HYROX. Just two years later, in June 2024, Jacoby stood on top of the podium in Nice, France, and became the HYROX World Champion. As a former NCAA Division I runner, she’s spent more than a decade training to become one of the best endurance athletes in the world.
While Meg and I discussed how she became a world champ, we dove deeper into how winning goes beyond training fitness. We discussed her plans to move to Cyprus with partner Benjamin Burkhardt, how she left a stable job to go all in as an athlete, and how she’s changing the body image culture in sports.
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Learn more about HYROX: https://hyroxus.com/championships/
Photo Credit: @manu_phothography
Show Breakdown:
0:00 – Fall Festivities
4:00 – Moving to Cyprus
9:20 – Competing in a Doubles with Benny
13:00 – Raising her Daughter
19:00 – Growth of HYROX
23:30 – Meg’s Lifting Stats
28:00 – First Female to go Sub-60
31:00 – Leaving Lockheed Martin to be a Pro Athlete
36:30 – Athlete or Influencer?
41:00 – Tuning out the Trolls
44:20 – Steroids Claims
47:00 – Body Positivity with Nutrition and Fitness
53:50 – Shutting Down Negative Talk
58:30 – Benny as the Best Support
1:02 – What’s Next?
2 Comments
Great ❤ in person interview
On the DJI mic you have to change the audio settings from "mono" to "stereo"
This is also something you could have done in post so the audio doesnt come from two seperate speakers during the conversation.