Tim Kacprzak: Your Kids Don't Hear What You Say They Watch What You Do

Tim Kacprzak grew up with a rough family environment, was 25 kilos overweight at 29, and couldn't button his shirt at a mate's suit fitting.

Now he's one of Australia's most decorated ultra endurance athletes with a 37% career podium rate. This one goes deep on fatherhood, breaking generational patterns, and what it actually costs to build a life worth admiring.

In this episode:

- Tim's upbringing and how Rachel saved his life

- Losing 15kg in 12 weeks for a mate's wedding suit

- The World Tough Mudder disaster that left him crying on Skype

- Why your kids copy what you do, not what you say

- Forgiving your parents for their mistakes

- Sport as the biggest educator for children

- Tim's insane stats: 69% top 10, 37% podium rate, 1055 career race hours- Sydney backyard ultra predictions and the push for 100 loops

Timestamps:

(00:16) Welcome and intro

(01:12) Introducing Tim Kacprzak

(07:05) How Tim and Rachel met

(13:58) How your upbringing shapes your parenting

(22:51) Forgiving your parents for what they got wrong

(34:13) Do your kids need to suffer more?

(36:42) Sport as the biggest educator for children

(38:18) Having kids young and unsolicited advice

(48:33) Tim's weight loss origin story

(56:40) The World Tough Mudder failure

(01:03:06) Board of directors vs NPCs in your life

(01:05:07) Tim's race stats breakdown

(01:12:47) Finding your limit in a backyard ultra

(01:22:06) Sydney backyard ultra predictions

(01:33:48) Pushing into injury and what you gain from it

(01:42:38) King of the Hill and what's next

Full episode out now on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

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