Single Mom to World Champion: Meg Jacoby's Inspiring Journey of Becoming a HYROX World Champion

The One Big Thing with Steve Campbell

In this episode of the One Big Thing Podcast, I’m joined by Hyrox World Champion Meg Jacoby. She shares her inspiring journey from Division 1 athlete to dominating competitive fitness—all after turning 30!

With a background in running and a passion for strength training, she overcame personal challenges, including becoming a single mom, to redefine her life and pursue her dreams at an elite level.

Meg emphasizes the importance of surrounding yourself with positive influences and recognizing when relationships may not serve your growth.

Throughout our conversation, she highlights the mental resilience required to achieve success and the need for a supportive community in fitness and life.

You will walk away motivated to evaluate your own paths and be inspired to push through obstacles, no matter your stage in life.

Takeaways:

• No matter where you are today, you still have time to accomplish extraordinary things!
• Your status does not define you - Meg is a single mom who's figured it out and is kicking tail across the globe
• Surrounding yourself with positive influences is crucial for personal growth and success.
• Fitness can serve as both an outlet for stress and a source of empowerment.
• Setting boundaries with unsupportive people can be essential for achieving your goals.
• It's never too late to rewrite your life narrative.

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About Meg Jacoby

Meg Jacoby is the current 2024 Hyrox world champion in only her 2nd season.

In her first season, she qualified for the elite 15 in her first race. In her second race, she broke the then women’s pro world record. She podiumed in her first two elite 15 major races, broke the women’s doubles world record, and later that first season she became the first woman to run a women’s pro in under 60 minutes, in a time of 58:58. Her first world championships she became the world champ runner up.

In her 2nd Hyrox season, she won the first two majors of the year, breaking her own world record again in Stockholm in a time of 58:50. It was then that she became a fully sponsored professional athlete, leaving her job at Lockheed Martin behind, and pursuing fitness full time. She podiumed the next 2 majors of the season in 2024, broke the women’s pro doubles world record, the mixed doubles world record, and the mixed relay world record. And went on to win her first world championship title in a blistering time of 59:59, winning by almost 4:00 minutes in Nice, France.

She is a former D1 athlete at the University of Connecticut, a Mom to a 10-year-old daughter, an Entrepreneur with a successful Coaching business, and one of the best to ever do it in her sport.

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