Who is chris lieto

Can you tell us what went right and what went wrong? Lieto: Yeah, last year I finished second and this year I was trying to go for the win. If you want to win you have to put it all out there, you have to challenge yourself, take risks, and I put it all out there. Part of the day is also affected by the conditions. Last year it was windy and this year it was hardly windy at all; that made it harder to separate myself from the other riders.

According to Astrologers, Chris Lieto's zodiac sign is Aquarius. Additional Results 1st Ironman Japan new bike course record 1st Ironman Canada new bike course record 1st Ironman Wisconsin 1st Ironman Lieto grew up in Danville, California and later began his athletic career playing collegiate water polo at Long Beach State University. In , he saw the Hawaii Ironman Triathlon World Championship on television and decided to participate in his first triathlon ever, which he won.

Only three years later he became a professional triathlete. Just another three years after that, in , he went on to place 13th at that same championship he saw on television which sparked his interest in the sport. He was playing collegiate water polo at Long Beach State University when he saw the Hawaii Ironman Triathlon World Championship on television and became interested in the sport.

Six years later he competed in that same championship. After a disappointing race career in , Lieto chose to return to work as a mortgage broker while still continuing to train. I still focus on training, but without the endless thinking about the next race or the next training day.

It allows me to be a little more relaxed in my preparation for a race. He is the current bike course record holder for the Ironman Canada, with a time of Ranked on the list of most popular Triathlete. Also ranked in the elit list of famous celebrity born in United States. Chris Lieto celebrates birthday on February 7 of every year.

Blaine Spence: Hi, Chris. Thanks for taking some time out of what has to be a grueling schedule to talk with me today. BS: Chris, a marathon is a little more than 26 miles, but you guys swim about 2.

I have friends that do it. So for me…the Iron Man, I saw it on TV one year, the Hawaii Ironman, the passion that was behind it, the challenge of the whole event, pushing yourself to the limit—and seeing what your made of.

You're out there, you know the winners are out there for eight hours, and there are competitors that are out there for seventeen hours. The Ironman represents so many things to so many different people, considering what their challenges are in their life at the time, or what goals they have, or passions they have, or anything like that. How does your training regimen differ leading up to this event? This for me is the big focus.

My whole year revolves around this, so the training that I do in the races prior to this time is always looking to try and win events and do the best I can, but always the goal is looking at winning this event in a week. It's less volume, but keeping up the intensity, or even improving the intensity, or increasing the intensity on the latter days. Your win in Malibu was your fourth win so far…. CL: I think so, yeah. So I think this year, the way I feel know is above where I was last year.

BS: Last year you finished second, after being first off the bike with about a minute lead over the eventual race winner, Crag Alexander. Conventional wisdom might say that you would want to have a bigger lead off of the bike this year, but is that necessarily true? CL: No. You know each person is a little bit different. Craig is a two-time champion, so the lead I will need on him, I believe, is not 12 minutes.

I guess I needed a couple more. Maybe if I had eight minutes last year, would I have run eight minutes faster? Each year the conditions are different and you have to approach those as the case comes by, and kind of see what unfolds. CL: Yeah, the Ironman is becoming more of a strategy game, but there are so many variations of what can unfold. You can set something up and you can plan for something, but depending on the conditions, and what else other athletes are doing, it can really mess up your plan, so you pretty much just have to focus on your training, and focus on improving your fitness and racing the best race that you possibly can.

My goal is to just go out and perform the fastest I know how—to finish the day, and hopefully that challenges those that are behind me to falter, or to try to get the fastest day they can and mess up their plan.