{"id":164177,"date":"2018-04-10T06:47:30","date_gmt":"2018-04-10T06:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=164177"},"modified":"2018-04-10T06:57:37","modified_gmt":"2018-04-10T06:57:37","slug":"hero-story-time-one-foot-grave-world-cycling-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2018\/04\/10\/hero-story-time-one-foot-grave-world-cycling-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Hero Story Time: From Being One Foot in The Grave to World Cycling Record"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do you have any sports goals or resolutions? What about becoming a world record holder? Too insane to be true? Meet Michal Subrt from the Czech Republic who made it from zero to the winning title. This is a story looking like it was stolen from a Hollywood movie script.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In 2011, Michal Subrt turned forty. Obese, constantly tired, struggling with a high cholesterol and inclination to diabetes, he had just received a message about having a poor liver test results. It was everything but a good start for a sports career. Michal didn’t care much, though. Within only five years, he turned into a world record-breaking athlete.<\/p>\n

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However, much earlier when he visited his family doctor back in 2011, Michal got instructions to see Mr. Smetana and show him his patient card \u2013 coincidentally, Mr. Smetana was a known owner of the local funeral home. With 108 kg of body weight and an assorted range of civilisation diseases, Michal was left in desperation. The doctor told him to change the lifestyle or else.<\/p>\n

In this darkest moment, Michal recalled the bet he had taken with a friend three years ago – that he would finish a marathon run – and decided this was the right time to take his chances. As Michal didn’t want to complete the race by just walking through the course, he got in touch with the trainer Petr Kopriva who was supposed to help him with the conditioning and who, beyond any expectation, made Michal familiar with a triathlon. \u201cPetr didn’t want me to jog before losing weight so he made me cycle and swim. After some practice, I took part in my first short race just to compare myself with others and I instantly fell in love with the sport,\u201d Michal recalls. A handful of other events was followed with an Ironman in Z\u00fcrich. And then came the offer to take part in The EPIC5.<\/p>\n