Glenn Macnamara High Performance

The Athlete
• Glenn Macnamara is a National Duathlete in South Africa. He has represented his country in the last 9 World Duathlon championships. He competes in the International Powerman Long distance duathlon series where he has achieved numerous top 10 finishes in countries like Japan (4th), Malaysia (5th), South Africa (6th), France(6th) and the USA(6th and 9th). Hi highest world ranking to date is 13th.
• He has competed at 17 International Powerman races.
• He finished 15th at the 2004 World Long Distance Championships in Zofingen, Switzerland- known as the toughest duathlon in the world.

• In 2005, he recorded a consistently high level of results. He finished 12th in Alabama, 6th in Colorado and 9th in North Carolina, 27th in Switzerland and 6th in Malaysia.

• In his first International event for 2006, Glenn finished in 5th place in Powerman Ohio.

The Speaker
• Glenn is also a well-known motivational speaker in South Africa. He presents regular talks at The Castle in Kyalami( a top conference centre in South Africa) and the 2 leading business colleges namely The Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) and Henley Graduate Institute of Management and Technology. His clients include Sasol, Nedcor, Eskom, SABC, Siemens, Audi, Sanlam, Standard Bank, Momentum Life, Estee Lauder, Oce Printing Systems, and Virgin Active and Kauai.

 

• Currently, Glenn presents numerous talks on behalf of his sponsor, Enervit. He presents talks to both Sports people on the topical subject of Sport Nutrition. He also talks and advises businessmen and women on the subject of Healthy Living and Healthy Eating. Both these talks are extremely popular and advance bookings need to be made.

The MC
Glenn has performed the role of MC at numerous corporate functions and weddings. His ability to tell humorous stories in 10 different accents has made these evenings extremely successful.

Performance coaching
Through his talks Glenn also delivers personal business and lifestyle coaching to business executives.

Peak performance
He has also made it his lifework to find the keys to continual peak performance. He is his own student and teacher. He has spent time with many experts in their respective fields ranging from medical practitioners, psychologists, physiotherapists mentors, chiropractors and holistic healers. He is able to share with his audience proven techniques to deal with everyday problems and stresses. Few people understand and articulate the process of peak performance like Glenn does.
 

Natural rhythms
He has experienced firsthand how our lives have natural rhythms.
His talks share techniques and methods to uncover one’s own cycles.
This equips us to live our lives with greater acceptance, awareness and success.

Disappointments and Illnesses
Business people experience disappointments in respect of promotions and deals falling through- to mention only 2 areas.
Glenn considers himself fortunate to have experienced these ‘downtimes’ so richly. Not every race can be successful and Glenn is no stranger to the World of Disappointments, the physical and emotional pain of an injury and illness and what he calls “perceived failure”.
Glenn’s own experiences enable him to both share and guide others how to understand and grow through these occurrences.

Project Pains, People and Processes
Glenn has excellent experience with the natural life cycle of new ventures and projects through his work with a number of IT companies. He draws on both this experience and his personal approach to his preparation for major international races to assist others through these often challenging phases.

Sales slumps
Drops in form, times and performance form a natural part of an athlete’s life.
Business people feel the same slumps in performance. Glenn has valuable firsthand experience with sales teams following his extensive work with Liberty brokers. Glenn has an excellent record with sales team.

Journalist
He freelances as a journalist and writes regular articles for Runners World SupaRunner, Ride magazine and Cycling News. He is the online editor of the sports website www.worldofendurance.com and 3 US websites www.athletes.com and www.beginnertriathlete.com and www.vulcantri.com. . He has a readership of around 400 000 people. He also writes for a business publication entitled PMR in South Africa and an US publication called Endurancemag.

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