Colin McNeill's guest appearances

Colin McNeill

Simon Ward, The High Performance Human Triathlon Podcast

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In this week's podcast, I get to speak with one of my best friends, Colin McNeill. Colin is the owner and founder of Raceskin, a small company based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. They make custom cycling and triathlon kit and it is very damn good! I say that not because Colin is my mate, but because I have been using Colin’s company to produce our custom SWAT kit for about 10 years now and some of the originals are still in good condition. If you race regularly at triathlon events you will have seen, probably without realising, many examples of Raceskin custom kit. You can see some of their customers on this page, HERE. My friendship with Colin goes back 20 years (when he asked me to be his coach), which is why his success with Raceskin is such a pleasure: Because I have seen it evolve from a conversation into a thriving business. We had a lot of fun in this chat, remembering some funny moments and some more poignant ones including: Gadgets can fail when you least expect it, so ALWAYS have a plan B An Ironman race is a metaphor for life: It’s long and anything can happen No matter how focussed you are, life events can change your priorities The importance of having a supportive partner Building high performance habits as you get older  To find out more about Raceskin, please use the following social media channels: Social links Facebook - RaceskinSportswear Instagram - Raceskin Twitter: @_raceskin Website www.raceskin.co.uk We ask all of our guests to recommend cool books they have enjoyed, and these are Colin’s: Never Finished by David Goggins - Unshackle your mind and win the war within   Join our SWAT/High Performance Human tribe using this link, with a happiness guarantee! You can watch a brief video about the group by going to our website here, and join our SWAT High Performance Human tribe here. Purchase a copy of my High Performance Human e-book featuring more than 30 top tips on how to upgrade your life. If you would like to help offset the cost of our podcast production, we would be so grateful. Please click here to support the HPH podcast. Thank you! Visit Simon's website for more information about his coaching programmes. Links to all of Simon's social media channels can be found here.  For any questions please email Beth@TheTriathlonCoach.com.

In this week's podcast, I get to speak with one of my best friends, Colin McNeill. Colin is the owner and founder of Raceskin, a small company based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. They make custom cycling and triathlon kit and it is very damn good! I say that not because Colin is my mate, but because I have been using Colin’s company to produce our custom SWAT kit for about 10 years now and some of the originals are still in good condition. If you race regularly at triathlon events you will have seen, probably without realising, many examples of Raceskin custom kit. You can see some of their customers on this page, <a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FRaceskinSportswear%2Fphotos&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cward-bethany%40aramark.co.uk%7Cef8bf209de7e4fc08b2708db6b6c61c7%7Cb1519f0f2dbf4e21bf34a686ce97588a%7C0%7C0%7C638221885470677117%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=lNUO5tUxOP02XsdvBxF2gVRkpo65%2BstudDH4AsgZxs0%3D&amp;reserved=0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HERE</a>. My friendship with Colin goes back 20 years (when he asked me to be his coach), which is why his success with Raceskin is such a pleasure: Because I have seen it evolve from a conversation into a thriving business. We had a lot of fun in this chat, remembering some funny moments and some more poignant ones including: <ul><li>Gadgets can fail when you least expect it, so ALWAYS have a plan B</li> <li>An Ironman race is a metaphor for life: It’s long and anything can happen</li> <li>No matter how focussed you are, life events can change your priorities</li> <li>The importance of having a supportive partner</li> <li>Building high performance habits as you get older</li> </ul> To find out more about Raceskin, please use the following social media channels: Social links Facebook - <a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FRaceskinSportswear&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cward-bethany%40aramark.co.uk%7Cef8bf209de7e4fc08b2708db6b6c61c7%7Cb1519f0f2dbf4e21bf34a686ce97588a%7C0%7C0%7C638221885470677117%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=ZFADOuzU22aKTvWwZxV%2FvsLfxSuzoUjcKTzWBGmODks%3D&amp;reserved=0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RaceskinSportswear</a> Instagram - <a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fraceskin%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cward-bethany%40aramark.co.uk%7Cef8bf209de7e4fc08b2708db6b6c61c7%7Cb1519f0f2dbf4e21bf34a686ce97588a%7C0%7C0%7C638221885470677117%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=1VFtgEptw5Dc18c2gsHrvOg8GYmGICJ2AQoAx4%2BLIxk%3D&amp;reserved=0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Raceskin</a> Twitter: <a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2F_RaceSkin&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cward-bethany%40aramark.co.uk%7Cef8bf209de7e4fc08b2708db6b6c61c7%7Cb1519f0f2dbf4e21bf34a686ce97588a%7C0%7C0%7C638221885470677117%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=jfMqhJ%2Fa%2BE9WxNyfWZ0sS72GziThDFHIlywJtZoc2V8%3D&amp;reserved=0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@_raceskin</a> Website <a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fraceskin.co.uk%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cward-bethany%40aramark.co.uk%7Cef8bf209de7e4fc08b2708db6b6c61c7%7Cb1519f0f2dbf4e21bf34a686ce97588a%7C0%7C0%7C638221885470677117%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=SDsIkQz%2BanWJY5lpZtOCzdaL8tovZEHwl9DLXVBzS8g%3D&amp;reserved=0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.raceskin.co.uk</a> We ask all of our guests to recommend cool books they have enjoyed, and these are Colin’s: <a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdavidgoggins.com%2Fbook%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cward-bethany%40aramark.co.uk%7Cef8bf209de7e4fc08b2708db6b6c61c7%7Cb1519f0f2dbf4e21bf34a686ce97588a%7C0%7C0%7C638221885470677117%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=mSTS0nmENepb5CtO89xK%2FELytovFpbNAn6ZYKEA38Qw%3D&amp;reserved=0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Never Finished</a> by David Goggins - Unshackle your mind and win the war within Join our SWAT/High Performance Human tribe using this link, with a happiness guarantee! You can watch a brief video about the group by going <a href="https://www.simonward.co.uk/s-w-a-t/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">to our website here</a>, and <a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&amp;hosted_button_id=4BAM5URKESFFQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">join our SWAT High Performance Human tribe here</a>. Purchase a copy of my <a href="https://www.paypal.com/webapps/shoppingcart?mfid=1614945566968_9969f006cd75c&amp;flowlogging_id=9969f006cd75c#/checkout/shoppingCart" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">High Performance Human e-book</a> featuring more than 30 top tips on how to upgrade your life. If you would like to help offset the cost of our podcast production, we would be so grateful. Please <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=B5ZH23EC2P7JU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">click here to support the HPH podcast</a>. Thank you! Visit Simon's <a href="https://www.simonwardtriathloncoach.com/1-to-1-coaching/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">website</a> for more information about his coaching programmes. <a href="https://linktr.ee/simonward" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Links to all of Simon's social media channels can be found here</a>.  For any questions please <a href="mailto:Beth@TheTriathlonCoach.com">email Beth@TheTriathlonCoach.com</a>.