Sue McDonald: Shattering Masters Track&Field World Records The "Boring" Way

About this episode

Sue McDonald shares her journey of breaking world records in masters track and field at the age of 61, emphasizing the importance of dedication and a consistent training regimen.

In today’s episode I welcome track star Sue McDonald to the show! Sue is no ordinary track star—she is shattering world records in the masters track and field arena going where no human has ever gone before in her age groups and putting out unbelievable times at 61 years old! This mother of three from Santa Barbara, California, is virtually on world record watch every time she competes, and I had a great visit meeting her personally in her home environment and finding out the secrets of what is possible when you take care of your body and you dedicate yourself to training and competitive goals and literally defy the aging process. Regardless of whether you're interested in trying to challenge Sue or take down her records, it's great to realize what's possible when you continue that dedication to peak performance and setting challenging goals and having a wonderful consistent training regimen. In this episode, Sue describes her lifestyle and her training regimen as “boring”, but what you get out of that is the realization that these little things do really count every single day—and that you can get better even as you age chronologically. I can't think of a more inspiring guest to…

People in this episode

Host: Brad Kearns

Guest: Sue McDonald

Topics covered

• masters track and field
• world records
• aging and performance
• training regimen
• peak performance

Keywords

• masters track
• world records
• aging
• training
• performance
• Sue McDonald
• Brad Kearns

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Santa Barbara, California

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