S3 Ep4 - A 31 year old mug inspiring an Olympic dream, Wimbledon Royal Box tea & helping young people fly through failing with Chemmy Alcott

This month’s guest is the amazing Chemmy Alcott. Chemmy is a 4 x Winter Olympian, presenter (Ski Sunday, Olympics) & speaker who is always seeking her next adventure or challenge ⛷️🗻

Chemmy takes us behind the scenes of a Winter Olympics, talks about how proud she is of her skiing injuries as a reminder of going all out 100%, how having the courage to try regardless of results fuelled her & is what she passes on in coaching and with schools, as well as the story behind her real name. Also why if lost in a supermarket, she may be found browsing the tea aisles admiring the packaging ☕️

The sheer determination & love during her career for the sport & in what she does shines through ✨

Here are the mugs talked about. If you’d like to follow along and see, you can see pictures of all the mugs on @amugslifepod instagram: 

1. Chemmy’s Christening mug 
2. Lillehammer Winter Olympics 1994 mug
3. Argentinian Mate mug 
4. Powderhound snowsports mug released ahead of the 2022 Beijing Olympics 

Some of her quick fire favourites!

🏝️Desert Island picks - Muhammad Ali, Lance Armstrong, Madonna, Mother Teresa, Alberto Tomba, Mum 
🍪☕️ Pairings - hobnob or digestive with tea, rocky road with coffee 
☕️ Coffee Shop - The Coffee Pot, Thames Ditton
🏅Olympic sport if Chemmy had been in the Summer Olympics - tennis/padel🎾 
☕️🍫 Best skiing hot chocolate - one with Grand Marnier/rum
📺 Favourite TV show - Ski Sunday of course!! ⛷️

Available on all platforms now to listen (Spotify/Apple podcasts) or watch (Spotify/YouTube)

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Chapters

• 0:00 Intro
• 1:23 Which mugs to choose?!
• 1:49 The race for the new favourite mug!
• 2:35 Wimbledon Royal Box tea
• 3:22 The sensory experience making coffee & tea taste better
• 5:11 Chemmy's career so far
• 6:44 Chemmy's THREE Guinness World Records!
• 8:24 Performing Beethoven's 5th Symphony with Laura Kenny & the largest bike bell ensemble
• 11:30 The power of losing & going again!
• 13:34 Mug #1 Chemmy's Christening mug with her real name on (Chimene)
• 14:07 The inspiration behind Chimene
• 15:14 First Top 10 announcement mispronunciation!
• 15:45 Changing racing name to Chemmy
• 16:23 A goats cheese named Chemmy!
• 16:58 A girl named after Chemmy's fighting spirit
• 19:37 Mug #2 Lillehammer Olympics 1994
• 20:24 A mug bought at 11 that inspired 4 Olympics!
• 22:00 Attending the Sydney 2000 Olympics after a brutal camp competition
• 25:07 The Olympic experience
• 27:07 Behind the start gate
• 27:50 Start gate routines
• 28:58 Support & camaraderie
• 30:11 Training to become a skier
• 31:13 Pathway to becoming elite skier
• 31:39 CDC Performance
• 34:08 Mug #3 - Argentinian Mate
• 35:00 The beginning of loving coffee
• 37:02 Tea & Coffee drinking habits
• 39:18 A best performance after a burst tea flask
• 40:44 Going from 80% to 100% in skiing
• 42:53 Injuries as a reminder of belief & confidence to go for it
• 43:20 Championing getting out of your comfort zone & embracing mistakes
• 43:51 'I never lose - either I win or I learn'
• 44:23 Empowering young people to embrace trying - flying through failing
• 47:16 Mug #4 - Powderhound ski mug released ahead of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics
• 48:04 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics 2026
• 50:47 Working with Clare Balding & a brilliant team
• 53:46 Chemmy's Desert Island picks