Turkey Week Special
Posted in Racing by Laura TingleThis week I interviewed Chris McDonald, he is Australian so he doesnt really celebrate Turkey day (see below) but we can still like him. Chris won Ironman Louisville (the s is silent) in 2007, in 2008 he placed 2nd at Ironman Louisville and then won Ironman Wisconsin a week later. Chris is married to Canadian professional triathlete Marilyn MacDonald, who is currently racing bikes professionally.
LT: Have you ever run over a prairie dog while riding
your bike in boulder?
CM: Just once and i only caught the end of his tail and man did he yelp. I felt kind of bad
LT: When was the last time you went skinny dipping?
CM:To be completely honest I can say I have never been skinny dipping in 30 years .
LT: Your wife is a tiny powerhouse, when was the last
time she beat you up?
CM: She beats me up once a week on the bike but I think the last time she beat me up was about two weeks ago , when she wants to play fight I get kind of scared :-)
LT: What is the funniest thing you have ever put in a
Ironman special needs bag?
CM: Well I am real boring with this, nothing really funny, mostly nutrition and once I put a spare in my bike special needs. The funniest thing I have seen in a transition bag was this year when I vlountered at IMOZ and a guy had a full roll of TP and a packet of tim tams.
LT: What is the Australian equivalent of Thanksgiving?
CM: There is no real equivalent of Thanksgiving down under. We do have the queens birthday weekend, which is generally celebrated with a good party
LT: Do Aussies celebrate any holidays by eating huge turkeys?
CM: Funny, i do not think I have ever seen a whole turkey in the freezers in Australia. Aussies usually celebrate things with a BBQ and a whole lot of beer. The saying goes “A few quite beers and a bit of a bar B ”
LT: Have you ever been arrested? Feel free to
elaborate.
CM: Well I can say that this has happened a few times in my early twenties. I have been arrested twice and had to spend the night in the cell for drunken disorderly. They lock you up in cell at the police station until 7am the next morning. Let me tell you, that is a funny sight to see when they let you all out the next morning, a group of people that are either still a bit drunk or hung over to hell and you all stumble out into the light a 7 in the morning.
LT: Have you ever told a person working at the airport hat your bike is something other than a bike to avoid paying the extra fee?
CM: Heck yeah, I have said some things to some people at the airport. Lets just say I have a love hate relationship with the TSA
LT: If a movie was made about your life, who would you want to play the part of you?
CM: This a tough one… maybe Mayor Meeker… no really….. I think hugh jackman, he was just voted the sexiest man alive

