Episode 21

#21 What's Important To Oliver Harkin

Today's guest followed his passion when he decided to ditch the 9 โ€“ 5 Monday to Friday job as a computer programmer to dive into the world of sport and triathlon by becoming a coach and setting up Primed Coaching.

Embracing the triathlon life, sport has become a huge part of his every day. He has raced nine IRONMAN events since first dipping his toes into long distance triathlon in Mallorca in 2014.

Catching the IRONMAN bug he has gone on to race in Lanzarote, Wales, Barcelona and raced at the World Championship event in Kona, Hawaii in 2017 finishing the 140.6 triathlon in less than 10 hours.

He is in Kona now as this episode goes live to take part the Ironman 2022 World Championship event.

He has coached multiple IRONMAN finishers, World Championship qualifiers, race winners, ITU national representatives and some of the most talented age group triathletes across the country.

He is Dad to 4 children and juggles daily life with his wife Roisin in Newry where is a coach and member of Newry Triathlon Club.

Today we find out what's important to Oliver Harkin.

๐—š๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ! ๐—–๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—น๐˜† ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€!

๐™ƒ๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™›๐™ค๐™ก๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™Š๐™ก๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง ๐™ƒ๐™–๐™ง๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ

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๐™ˆ๐™ค๐™ง๐™š ๐™–๐™—๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™๐™ค๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™…๐™–๐™ข๐™š๐™จ ๐˜ฟ๐™š๐™–๐™ฃ

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Hi, Iโ€™m James Dean โ€” Life Coach, Podcast Host, and Curious Human.

Iโ€™m the host of Whatโ€™s Important to You? โ€” a podcast dedicated to real, reflective conversations that uncover the stories, values, and breakthroughs that shape how we live, lead, and grow.

With a background in corporate life, personal development, and endurance sports (including Ironman training with three Labradors in tow), Iโ€™m deeply passionate about helping people reconnect with what matters most.

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