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Age group athletes are the lifeblood of triathlon They are the ones who pay to enter races, and they make up 99% of the start list. Back in the day when I began in triathlon, the athletes were lifers. I can name a dozen or more who did their first event in the late 80's/early 90's who're still doing triathlons today. But in more recent years, triathlon seems to have become transient, with athletes coming into the sport for a few short years and then moving onto another sport.   Two of those who've stuck with the sport are my guests today, Duncan & Claire Shea-Simonds. Duncan started out in triathlon not long after me (1989) although he was significantly younger. Claire started her journey in 1997. In fact, I still have some results from back in the day which contain both their names.   Since those beginnings they have been regular participants in popular UK races, as well as international events like Ironman. Both have raced at the Ironman World championships in Hawaii, and both have also represented GB at various age group championships. Race results and fitness are important to them but as you will hear, they also have a simple life and pay a lot of attention to nutrition, strength training and hobbies outside of training. Especially Claire who, according to Duncan, has 101 different hobbies and a craft cupboard full of bits and pieces. They've been doing this together for over 25 years, so clearly they have a great relationship as well.  As with all of my guests we cover a lot of topics including:   Duncan talks about how to maintain enthusiasm after 35 consecutive years of racing How as a couple they manage their racing calendar and supporting each other at events Claire talks about training pitfalls when working from home Duncan talks about the benefits of using the daily commute for training Avoiding comparison with their younger self as performances decline with age Household chores and who does the cooking - turns out that they both like to do their stuff in the kitchen   To find out more about Duncan & Claire check out: Instagram - Claire - @clairesstri      Duncan @dss123 X(Twitter)  - Claire - @clairesstri      Duncan @dss123   Both Claire and Duncan recommend the following book as a MUST READ: The Longest Race:Inside the secret world of abuse, doping and deception of Nike's elite running team by Kara Goucher **To get a free copy of my personal daily mobility routine, please click HERE** To contact Beth regarding Life Coaching, please visit her website at BethanyWardLifeCoaching.uk. Sports Nutrition questions - if you have a sports nutrition question that you would like answered on the podcast, please email it to me via Beth@TheTriathlonCoach.com.   Join our SWAT/High Performance Human tribe using this link, with a happiness guarantee! You can watch a brief video about the group by going to our website here, and join our SWAT High Performance Human tribe here. Purchase a copy of my High Performance Human e-book featuring more than 30 top tips on how to upgrade your life. If you would like to help offset the cost of our podcast production, we would be so grateful. Please click here to support the HPH podcast. Thank you! Visit Simon's website for more information about his coaching programmes. Links to all of Simon's social media channels can be found here.  For any questions please email Beth@TheTriathlonCoach.com.

In this episode of The Runna Podcast, hosts Ben and Anya are joined by Steph Joshi, known as @nuttyfoodiefitness on Instagram and YouTube. Steph's journey from being the least sporty child in class to qualifying for the Ironman World Championships is nothing short of extraordinary.Highlights include:Marathon Milestone: Her experience running the London Marathon in 2023 as her first official marathon with very little training Ironman Triumph: Insights into her recent Ironman Barcelona completion, where she not only conquered the challenge but also qualified for the Ironman World Championships.L'Étape du Tour: How Steph took on the prestigious cycling race, pushing her limits as one of the hardest things she has doneFrom Zero to Hero: Her remarkable transition from a non-athletic background, to creating inspiring content around fitness, food, and mindset, to an Ironman World Championship qualifier, showcasing the power of dedication, passion and talent Join us for an energetic and motivational conversation with Stephannie Joshi, diving into stories bound to inspire you. Don't forget to hit the like button and subscribe to be notified of all future episodes.As always, send in your embarrassing running stories to PODCAST@RUNNA.COM or share them with us on Instagram.Use the code ‘RUNNAPODCAST' for 2 weeks free!See you next week! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Enjoy this interview from our Breakfast with Bob: Challenge Roth 2023 Edition. Congratulations to Daniela on her incredible record-breaking victory at the 2023 Challenge Roth! Here is our conversation from a few days before the race. Daniela Ryf won back to back Challenge Roth titles in 2016 and 2017. She’s also the 5-time Ironman World… The post Daniela Ryf: Breakfast with Bob at Challenge Roth appeared first on Babbittville.

Hi guys!! Exciting one today. I have Emma Pallant-Browne joining me for an interview. Emma is a 3 x world duathlon champ, a world aquathon champ, silver medalist in the Ironman World 70.3, 33 x Ironman triathlon podium placer and 18 x Ironman triathlon champ. WOWZAAAAAA. Emma is an absolute legend and talks all about how one photo has led to a huge conversation about women's periods, especially in elite sport. This was one of my favourite chats to date. I hope you guys love it!! Emma Pallant-Browne Instagram Stacy Sims Instagram  Stay up to date with me on Instagram + follow along with marathon training @thehealthclassesyoumissed

We all have times in our lives that change us. Watershed moments that force us into thinking differently. Kylie Cox had one of these very moments a few years ago while training for an Ironman World 70.3 Age Group Championship. Despite continuing to perform in training, a number a life stressors coincided with a heavy training load. She became concerned about how her health might impact her menstrual cycle and sought help. Now, after exercising her own curiosity and earning a Master's degree focusing on energetic injuries, Kylie is passionate about helping young athletes and their families understand what it really means to stay healthy. Kylie also works a the physiotherapist for Netball New Zealand's secondary school programme and recently developed the first national resource on female athletic health for NetballSmart. We start the show hearing more about Kylie's story. Enjoy!Sign up for Craig's newsletter (Beyond the Game) at athletedevelopmentproject.com/newsletterGet Craig to speak at your club or school here. Connect with Craig:Instagram: instagram.com/drcraigharrison/Facebook: facebook.com/drcraigharrisonTwitter: twitter.com/drcraigharrisonSupport the show

We all have times in our lives that change us. Watershed moments that force us into thinking differently. Kylie Cox had one of these very moments a few years ago while training for an Ironman World 70.3 Age Group Championship. Despite continuing to perform in training, a number a life stressors coincided with a heavy training load. She became concerned about how her health might impact her menstrual cycle and sought help. Now, after exercising her own curiosity and earning a Master's degree focusing on energetic injuries, Kylie is passionate about helping young athletes and their families understand what it really means to stay healthy. Kylie also works a the physiotherapist for Netball New Zealand's secondary school programme and recently developed the first national resource on female athletic health for NetballSmart. We start the show hearing more about Kylie's story. Enjoy!Sign up for Craig's newsletter (Beyond the Game) at athletedevelopmentproject.com/newsletterGet Craig to speak at your club or school here. Connect with Craig:Instagram: instagram.com/drcraigharrison/Facebook: facebook.com/drcraigharrisonTwitter: twitter.com/drcraigharrisonSupport the show

This week we welcome my good mate Lynley Allison who has been an IronMan World Champion (Kona) and a top endurance athlete on NZ shores. Lynley has been part of high performance coaching most of her life including Triathlon NZ, Rowing NZ and Cycling NZ. On this episode Lynley shares her very personal story of how she had to overcome extreme adversity and face some tough choices. You will learn immediately that Lynley is built tough and resilient and is a shining example to others on how to manage your mindset when facing life's challenges. We also talk about training, discipline, commitment, coaching, being coachable and where motivation comes from. Show Notes: To find out more about Melissa feel free to connect with her on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lynleyfish +++ Want to make more rural sales? Get your FREE copy of “How To Succeed In Rural Sales” Ebook here: https://www.ruralsalessuccess1.com/ebook Connect with or Follow me on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/stjohncraner Subscribe to my weekly rural sales email (which goes out to 3000+ rural sales professionals)here: bit.ly/3voaPS7 For more on us, what we do and who we work with: www.agrarian.co.nz

Braden Currie is one of the most interesting guys you'll come across on a triathlon start line. The New Zealand triathlete left school at 15, had his first child in his early twenties and worked and lived around the world before becoming an athlete. He started off in adventure racing and switched his focus to being a professional triathlete after winning his first Ironman in 2017. He's finished in the top seven at the Ironman World championships in Kona twice and was 3rd at the 2021 Ironman World Championships in St George in 2022. You'll hear:06:00 Braden talks about family life and juggling training with being a Dad to a 14 year old son and a 9 year old daughter. We touch on how the outdoors saved Braden as a teenager after struggling at school and how he has passed that love on to his son. 11:00 Does Braden get the same endorphins he used to get from the adventure racing that he does as a professional triathlete? 13:30 Braden's background and why he is a bit different to a lot of other professional triathletes. 17:00 Were other competitors a bit fearful of him when he first started doing triathlon?18:30 Braden explains when he first knew about Kona and goes on to give his opinion on Ironman's decision to separate the men's and women's Ironman World Championships from 2023. 23:30 Reflecting on Braden's Kona in 2022. 26:00 Braden's thoughts on some of the incredible performances in 2022 and how he gets his head around it. 29:00 The role his daughter played on getting him to the start line of the Ironman World Championships in 2022. 31:00 We talk about Coast to Coast, why he wants to go back again for the full course. 34:00 Thoughts on retirement and why Braden is excited at the prospect of retiring! 37:00 How Braden learnt to swim at 25 and has gone on to be so successful in the water. Even he says 'its ridiculous.' 39:00 We touch on the mental side of Ironman racing and how it differs to adventure racing and multi-day racing.Find out more about this week's guest:Braden Currie InstagramBraden Currie websiteBBC's The One Show: Jess Ennis surprises Lucy GossagePodcast SponsorsForm Swim and Presca Sportswear are sponsoring the podcast on a bi-weekly basis so you can hear the best interviews in triathlon each week. FORM Swim - 15% off smart swimming goggles. Presca Sportswear - Sustainable Sportswear. Get 15% off with the code insidetri15Like what you heard?Let me know! Connect with Inside Tri Show across Social Media, just search Inside Tri Show or click on the icons belowGET YOUR HANDS ON AN EXCLUSIVE EPISODE!Sign up to be a vino buddy or a training buddy on Patreon and get your hands on two patrons-only episodes a year. Or just support the show by buying Helen a coffee every month by becoming a coffee buddy Patreon of the Inside Tri Show.Listener DiscountsFor 15% Discount on FORM Swim goggles: https://www.formswim.com/pages/insidetrishowPresca Sportswear -

Djalil has raced since 2013 on the Age Group circuit, claiming plenty of podium finishes in his category and a few wins. Pre his triathlon life, Djalil was a gifted football and Rugby player before deciding to focus on his academic career in medicine.After some serious life events Djalil turned his athletic gifting to triathlon and has continued to better himself each year taking part in everything from Sprint to full distance.He has most recently competed at the Ironman World champs in Kona.Instagram: @thedjazDjalils Podcasts Mentioned:That Triathlon ShowEmperical Cycling PodcastThe Drive, Peter AttiaSponsored by Midland Chain Waxing use WH10 to get 10% off your order. You can also now visit the website www.midlandchainwaxing.co.ukOutlaw Triathlon events can all be found here

This is the final podcast for 2022, can you believe it? During the last 12 months, we've had 126,100 downloads (so far, and there are still a few days left!) 53 amazing guests including several Olympians and world champions as well as experts and thought leaders from a whole range of different fields, all with the goal of sharing knowledge to help you improve your own human performance.  Whether you've listened once or to every podcast, I'd like to say a huge thank you. I really appreciate you tuning in especially with so much choice out there. In 2023 I'm going to continue the search for more great guests to help you continue your pursuit of the best health and performance you can achieve.   So, today's guests! They haven't been on for a while but they are back today for a Christmas special. Yes, it's the Grumpy Old coaches (Marc L & Steve L) for one last time in 2022. If you can remember back to the one we did last year, we all set some challenges for ourselves so we chat about how those actually turned out. With race entries dropping we talk about the start of the triathlon industry and we all have a jolly good rant about Ironman and their recent announcement about the future venues for the Ironman World championships. Also, Marc tells us about his new bike shop.  We hope you enjoy the chat. You can find more information about Steve Lumley HERE. Marc Laithwaite runs The Endurance Store, an independent running and triathlon store in West Lancashire, and B-spoke cycles (currently based in Aintree, Liverpool) which is moving to a new home in Croston, Lancashire, just down the road from The Endurance Store! Epic Events organise swim, cycle, run, and triathlon events throughout the North West.  Www.theendurancestore.com  Www.b-spokecycles.com Www.epicevents.co.uk To download your FREE 4-week mobility plan, please click here. Join our SWAT/High Performance Human tribe now, with a happiness guarantee! Join SWAT/High Performance Human tribe here. Purchase a copy of my High Performance Human e-book featuring more than 30 top tips on how to upgrade your life. If you would like to help offset the cost of our podcast production, we would be so grateful.  Please click here to support the HPH podcast.  Thank you! Visit Simon's website for more information about his coaching programmes.  Links to all of Simon's social media channels can be found here.  For any questions please email Beth@TheTriathlonCoach.com.

Todays show we have a guest! Stephen Magrath went to school with Rob Jones and was in no way an endurance athlete. A few decades on he is the proud finisher of the Ironman World championships in Kona. How!? Find out in todays show. Don't forget to rate and review the show! https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/the-run-strong-podcast/id1483567507 To get in touch please email Endurance@innerfight.com #Therunstrongpodcast From our friends at Precision Fuel and Hydration; · Quick Carb Calculator · Free online Sweat Test · Book a free 20-minute hydration and fueling strategy video consultation · Why do athletes suffer from cramp? · How much carbohydrate do athletes need per hour? · Why sodium is crucial to athletes performing at their best · Which energy products are right for you? Didn't catch the discount code to get 15% off your first order of fuel and hydration products, drop Andy and the team an email at hello@precisionfuelandhydration.com and they'll be happy to help you

Ironman World champs week is finally here!! And to kick off our week of one podcast per day we have Daniel Baekkegard! Daniel was in the lead group of 5 at last years Ironman World Champs for the first 5 hours of the race and came 3rd at last years Ironman 70.3 World Champs. He gave more training details in this episode than any guest ever has in the past. If you're willing to do the 32 hour minimum weeks Daniel does you can literally copy his World Champs prep after listening to this episode! Daniel will be at the front of the World Champs this weekend, that's a given, it's just how long he stays there for that is the question.    Sign up to Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/howtheytrain    

We are in Kona! The Feisty team has touched down on the Big Island and we are bringing you on-the-ground interviews and discussions with some of the biggest names in the sport, as well age-groupers, old-timers, and fans. This week, Sara is joined by guest co-host Jordan Blanco, as the feisty crew brings you in-person interviews with the first Indian woman to compete at the Ironman World championships, Gwalani Meena Vankawala, age-grouper Alicia Allen, and - they even surprise Chelsea Sodaro in the beach shower to get her hot take on the "Women's only" day. *** Support the Podcast *** Coeur Sports: Use the code KONAHOT10 for $10 off at http://coeursports.com/ (coeursports.com) TRIHARD: Use the code FEISTYKONA for 20% off at http://trihard.co/ (trihard.co) That's It.: Use the code KONA25 for 25% off your order at http://thatsitfruit.com/ (thatsitfruit.com) Register for the Outspoken Summit at http://outspokensummit.com/ (outspokensummit.com) Audio by: Beach by MusicbyAden & Jurgance | https://soundcloud.com/musicbyaden https://soundcloud.com/jurgance Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/ Beach by MBB | https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en_US This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podsights - https://podsights.com/privacy Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Matt Kerr recently won the men's 30-34 age group category at the Ironman World Championships in St. George Utah after being in the sport for just four years. Matt follows a low carbohydrate approach, with guidance from his coach Grant Schofield. HPO Sponsor Discounts, Promos, & Links: zachbitter.com/hposponsors  InsideTracker: insidetracker.com/hpopodcast Magnesium Breakthrough: magbreakthrough.com/human Support HPO: zachbitter.com/hpo  HPO Patreon: patreon.com/HPOpodcast Matt: mattkerrtriathlete.com IG: @nz_matt_kerr  Zach: zachbitter.com IG: @zachbitter Tw: @zbitter FB: @zbitterendurance Strava: Zach Bitter Tiktok: @zachbitter

Bernard Lyles is the founder and director of Tri-Masters Chicago and is better known in the sporting community as the ambassador of the sport of triathlons. He has been instrumental in inspiring hundreds of African Americans to compete in triathlons over the last three decades. Bernard founded Tri-Masters Chicago in 1990 and began a program to train youth on fitness through triathlons in 1992 dubbed the Tri-Masters Sports Initiative training over 2800 youths as at the time of this interview. He also had a hand in the foundation of Team Dream in 1987 aimed at training women of color in triathlons. Today we look at the ambassador's journey in triathlons, through his coaching career and what legacy he hopes to leave behind. We dive into the triumphs of seeing his students thrive and the challenges of getting funding for his organization. Episode Highlights: A brief overview of Bernard's illustrious career. Losing his job, and using running as a coping mechanism for the resulting depression. The first marathon and reminiscing on the marathons of the 80's and 90's. Running 40 marathons, some of the most memorable. From marathons to triathlons and getting leptospirosis. Starting Tri-Masters Chicago and some success stories. Obstacles keeping the black community from Triathlons The challenge of funding the Tri-Masters program. What legacy does Bernard want to leave behind.  Guest Bio Program Founder and Executive Director, Tri-Masters Chicago Bernard Lyles is known internationally as an ambassador of the sport of Triathlon. Bernard has been instrumental in hundreds of African Americans taking up the sport of Triathlon. His passion for the sport of Triathlon and his interest in teaching the sport to African-American youth athletes led him to found Tri-Masters Chicago in 1990 and Tri-Masters Sports Initiative Programs a youth program focused on promoting fitness through Triathlon training in 1992. Now into year #31 (2022) Tri-Masters Sports Initiative Programs have trained over 2800 youth in physical fitness and competition of the sport of Triathlon. In 1998 Bernard co-founded Team Dream, an adult organization that introduces women of color to the sport of Triathlon. The most recent initiative developed and coached by Bernard is a learn to swim in open water group named “Seals Team”. Created in 2020 to keep team members active during the Covid-19 pandemic Seals Team members learn the fundamentals of open water swimming, safety and advanced training needed to compete in open water competitions including Triathlons. Bernard has years of experience in the health and fitness industry as a personal trainer working for establishments such as Hyde Park Athletic Club, Bally Total Fitness and L A Fitness. Bernard also served as the Intramural and Recreation Coordinator for Chicago State University. His formal education background includes an Associate in Applied Sciences Degree in Automotive Technology from Kennedy King College, and Bachelor of Arts in Health Physical Education & Recreation from Chicago State University. As a First Choice Fitness Leader (an at-risk youth fitness intervention training program sponsored by the Chicago Department of Public Health) Bernard is an active member of the community volunteering numerous hours with youth organizations throughout the city for over three decades. These organizations include Chicago Public Schools, Inner Visions Youth Mentoring Program, Mercy Home for Boys & Girls and the Chicago South Swim Club. Bernard is also associated with several professional associations and teams. USA Triathlon Association. US Lifeguard Association. Professional Association of Diving Instructors. (PADI). Major Taylor Cycle Club Chicago. Men Run Deez Streets / Running Chicago Bernard Lyles' sports and recreation accomplishments include: First Amateur to appear on the cover of American TRI – a worldwide publication in 2002. Competing in and completing over 200 Triathlons from sprint distance to the Ironman. An accomplished Triathlete and Marathon runner Bernard Lyles was invited to and competed in Triathlon's premiere event consisting of a 2.4- mile swim, 112-mile bike and 26.2-mile run, the IronMan World. Championship in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii on October 3, 1998. (15:01:42) IronMan Wisconsin 2002 (14:36:26). Completing 40 Marathons, including 9 Boston Marathons: Personal Record is 2:54:21(Chicago 1985). Power Bar Elite Team Member in 1997. 1998-2000 Saucony Sports Team Member.  Invitation and participation in the 1995 Dave Scott Triathlon TrainingClinic, Vail Colorado. USA Triathlon Certified Race Director 2009. President of the Rainbow Road Runners Club 1984 – 1993.  Red Cross Certified Water Safety Instructor.  PADI Certified Rescue Diver. AWARDS 2016 President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition Community Leadership Award Person of the Year in 1993- Windy City Sports Magazine The Jamaican Consulate's Leadership Award for Commitment to Excellence (promoting youth sports in Jamaica) Chicago Marathon 2016 “Pat Rhodes Award” for Volunteer Excellence 2001 International Olympic Committee Diploma (for remarkable contribution, as a Volunteer, to the development of sport and Olympics and to the promotion of friendship and solidarity among people). Numerous Features on TV, magazine, books, social and newspaper media Numerous Peer Awards, Running Club, Cycling Club and Community -Awards Connect with Bernard Lyles Catch Bernard on his website. Donate to the Tri-Masters Sports Initiative. Did you enjoy today's episode? Please subscribe and leave a review. If you have questions, comments, or possible show topics, email runningischeaperthantherapyolb@gmail.com. To subscribe and review use one links of the links below  Apple Spotify Google  Get a copy of the book  Running Is Cheaper Than Therapy: A Journey Back to Wholeness

Braden Currie joined the show to talk about winning bronze at the Ironman World championship, the first Kiwi male multisporter on the Ironman world championship podium for 17 years.

8 x World Triathlon champion Javier Gomez is truly a legend of the sport, his Instagram bio is simple. “I swim, bike and run around the world” and he has done just that at the highest level for over 20 years. Javier has been 5 x World Triathlon Series Champion, 2 x Ironman 70.3 world champion, XTERRA World Champion, 5 x European champion and 2012 London Olympic silver medallist.  Javier has also been Long Distance World Champion, his focus is now firmly on the Ironman World after a brief foray into Ironman racing in 2019. Headline Sponsor: POLAR Polar are a sports technology company who build world class heart rate monitors and GPS watches for people who take their health, fitness and sports performance seriously. Coming from the heart of the Nordics, they have the experience, insight, and history of quality, design and innovation which is unparalleled. Worn by some of the best athletes on the planet, we're very excited to have Polar as a partner here so you can also access their heart rate monitors, watches and training platform. As a starting bonus, the team at Polar are offering 15% off. If it's time for you to check out a new heart rate monitor or watch to help improve your performance, head across to Polar.com and use the code TPPS on selected products. Featured Sponsor: Earshots Lock on, train on & rock on with Earshots. They have you covered for staying motivated while you train Their patented Magnetic ear clip means you can push your limits without being distracted by annoying cords or earbuds that fall out. Use the code PERFORMANCE at Earshots.com for 10% off your purchase. Join the The Physical Performance Show LEARNINGS membership through weekly podcasts | Patreon If you enjoyed this episode of The Physical Performance Show please hit SUBSCRIBE for to ensure you are one of the first to future episodes. Jump over to The Physical Performance Show - https://physicalperformanceshow.com/ for more details. Follow @Brad_Beer Instagram & Twitter The Physical Performance Show: Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter (@tppshow1) Please direct any questions, comments, and feedback to the above social media handles.

Jack is back from his honeymoon and ready to lay down some hot takes! The boys dig in on all the recent triathlon news and what it means for the sport, including the Norwegians arrival to the full distance and constant glucose monitoring.    Check out the Real Triathlon Squad online store here for all the best products we use!   If you want to go above and beyond consider supporting us over on Patreon by clicking here!   Follow us on Instagram at @realtrisquad for updates on new episodes.    Individual Instagram handles: Garrick Loewen - @loeweng Nicholas Chase - @race_chase Jackson Laundry - @jacksonlaundrytri

It has been a busy few weeks of triathlon racing with many events happening all across the world from WTCS races, Super League Triathlon events and of course the Ironman World 70.3 championships. Luke and Andrew sat down to have a catch up chat on it all, giving their full reviews on the races. We have a good few guests lined up for the next coming weeks, including athletes racing at Super League and the Ironman 70.3 World Championships so watch out for those coming out soon.

In this very special episode of The Empower Hour with Katie & Sarah, we first toast Katie's birthday (with Cody Rigsby's Fun and Flouncies, ofc!) and chat about some summer fun. Then, we bring on multi-time Ironman World Champion Mirinda Carfrae for a candid conversation about being an athlete mom, and all that entails, but balancing family and training time, her racing plans for the future, and her secret for recharging after hard sessions (hint: It's all about the family nap!). Thank you to Athletic Greens for supporting this episode!

“When you combine high intensity strength training with high intensity interval training...that's magic for your whole physiology and preventing injuries,” says Dave Scott, 6x Ironman World Champion.    Spartan Up Endurance Series host, Johnny Waite, talks with Dave about the importance of stretching and mobility training. In this episode you'll learn…   -How mobility is actioned in Dave's coaching program  -How to incorporate carbs into a training regiment -The three areas of mobility triathletes are most likely to neglect -How to get started: Just move period -The one exercise to start with if you've never focused on mobility before   Dave Scott is known as the Roger Bannister of triathlons as the first person to go under 10 hours at Kona.  In 1980, Dave Scott went to the island of Oahu to race the third ever Ironman Triathlon. In both 1978 and 1979, there were 15 starters and 12 finishers. After an article on the event appeared in Sports Illustrated in the spring of 1979, the number of entries ballooned up to 108 in 1980, which would be the last year the event was held on Oahu. Dave Scott was an unknown that day in February of 1980, but after ABC's Wide World of Sports showcased Dave's journey around the island of Oahu where he led the entire day and broke the existing course record by nearly two hours, that changed pretty quickly. In many sports, the winners from the early years quickly become yesterday's news as faster athletes bypass the trailblazers. Not Dave Scott. He was the Roger Bannister of triathlon. Over the next 16 years he won five more Ironman World Championship titles, became the first athlete to go under 3:00 hours for the Ironman marathon, then the first to go under 2:55 and the first to go under 2:50. SPONSOR This episode of Spartan Up is brought to you by Exogen. Visit Exogen.com to learn more.    SUBSCRIBE: Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/SpartanUpShow YouTube: http://bit.ly/SpartanUpYT Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1pYBkk1T684YQg7CmoaAZt   FOLLOW SPARTAN UP: Spartan Up on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/spartanuppodcast/ Spartan Up on Twitter https://twitter.com/SpartanUpPod   CREDITS: Producer: Ryan Warner Hosts: Johnny Waite Sr Producer: Marion Abrams   © 2021 Spartan

Ironman World Champ Shares Secrets for Increasing Energy and Performance   – The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode 090 with Pete Jacobs   Pete Jacobs is the Ironman World Champion and a Health and Performance Coach. In 2012 Pete won the Hawaii Ironman Triathlon, improving from 2nd the year before, and holds one of the fastest ever marathon splits at the World Championship event, a 2:41:05, at the end of the Ironman, in Hawaii!  Since then, Pete has learnt endlessly about health and performance to overcome fatigue and inflammation that had troubled him since he was a teenager. Now a certified MAF Coach, certified Health Coach, & calls himself a Performance Coach for anyone seeking more energy, through his business Live Your Own Fit | LYF Performance co-founded with his wife Jaimielle.   Pete has always run in the most minimal shoes he could. Even when sponsored by a major shoe brand, he chose racing 'flats' for all his training and racing, and even modified those to make them more minimalist. Pete loves being barefoot, running barefoot on grass tracks, or using minimalist shoes when he does wear shoes, casually, or in training.   Listen to this episode of The MOVEMENT Movement with Pete Jacobs about secrets for increasing energy and performance.   Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week's show: How our brains create stress that doesn't exist and leads to misplaced emotions. Why being able to de-stress is so important for people to master. How people need to become more present and lie in the moment. Why people should work on improving their posture when they rest. How mindset can be one of the most limiting things, especially on race day. Connect with Pete:   Guest Contact Info Facebook facebook.com/liveyourownfit   Links Mentioned: liveyourownfit.com   Connect with Steven: Website xeroshoes.com jointhemovementmovement.com Twitter  @XeroShoes Instagram  @xeroshoes Facebook  facebook.com/xeroshoes

In this episode of The Greg Bennett Show, Greg has a delightful conversation with Sarah True (nee Groff).   Sarah is one of the few Triathletes to reach the top in the world at the shorter Olympic distance and then reach the top of the world at the Ironman distance.   She represented the United States in triathlon in the 2012 London Olympics, finishing in 4th and 2016 Rio Olympics. She finished second in the 2014 ITU World Triathlon Series.   After leaving the short course and the Olympics she quickly stamped her name as a contender for the Ironman World title, placing 4th on her debut at Kona World Championships in 2018.   It hasn’t been all smooth sailing, but she continues to adapt and rebuild and is one of the sports great champions.   She’s a long-time friend, one of the great talents of the sport of Triathlon, and just an all-around wonderful person.   In this episode, Sarah drops the bomb that she's pregnant and due in July. This news is subtly shared and had Greg stumped for a moment with pure surprise and joy.   Sarah moves on after dropping this news to describe her journey into the sport, the Olympics and Ironman, and everything else in between.   She describes the neurological issues she has struggled with since Kona Ironman 2018 - she describes it as a dimming switch in the brain, that turns the lights out even when the body is completely fine.   There are a lot of laughs in this one. Sarah shares so many wonderful stories and there are just so many great take-aways.   Discount Codes and Deals   Athletic Greens - a FREE year supply of Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase by visiting athleticgreens.com/greg   Hyperice - get an additional 10% off with code GREG10 at hyperice.com   FormSwim Goggles - formswim.com/greg for $15 off - The coupon will be automatically added to the cart. Or use code GREG15 at checkout.    

Sean Mc Laughlin is an Irish Ironman Triathlete, he has an Ironman debut time of 9hrs and 3mins in Barcelona 2019 where he finished 94th Overall beating some professional athletes. Sean tell us about his Journey to where he is now, and how a drunken bet at a time where he perhaps partied and drank too much lead him to completing the Derry Marathon on 1 weeks notice. Sean explains how the desire to succeed in Triathlon helped him improve his lifestyle and his health and how he hopes to compete at the Ironman World championships in Kona, Hawaii. Sean is a a full time Bricklayer, has a family with young children and still manages to perform to level he does and has achieved this level in a very short time in the sport. Listen to hear how he balances work, life and training to be the top class athlete he is, and he is only beginning! Check out EJX2 coaching on Facebook and Instagram or email ejx2coaching@hotmail.com if you are interested in seeing how we can help you achieve your goals!

Episode #7: An inspirational story about the Pease brothers, their unique bond, and the unprecedented challenges they faced while reaching the pinnacle of their sport The Kona Ironman World Championship.

Sam Cila, leader at The Program, is a Retired Staff Sergeant in the US Army. He served with the “Fighting 69th” Infantry Regiment out of New York City and the First Cavalry Division out of Fort Hood Texas, and also worked in Army Special Operations. Sam served combat tours in Iraq in 2004-2005, and was decorated with awards for valor in combat as well as a Purple Heart. His life took a drastic turn when he was injured on July 4th, 2005. Dedication to team and selfless service has helped Sam attack many challenges. He is an elite-level endurance athlete, 2x member of the USA Para National triathlon team, an Ironman World championship finisher, and a high altitude mountaineer, but most importantly he is a husband and a father. Mara and Sam talk about how he decided to join the military, how going off to Iraq was the hardest decision of his life, how to tackle the challenge of 2020 and how you can't leave smart people out in the woods. Sam is probably the most inspiring person I've ever met and everyone should check out his social media.  Follow Sam on INSTAGRAM or TWITTER or check him out through http://www.theprogram.org

From our Breakfast with Bob (not quite) Kona Edition 2020, enjoy this interview with Jan Frodeno If the Ironman World Championship was happening on October 10th as planned, Jan Frodeno’s most recent bike crash would have kept him off of the start line. This was a great conversation with the three-time champion and Ironman World… The post Jan Frodeno: Breakfast with Bob Kona Edition 2020 appeared first on Babbittville.

In this episode of The Greg Bennett Show, Greg Bennett has a powerful conversation with Ben Hoffman. Ben is one of the world's greatest Ironman athletes. For 15 years Ben has chased the dream of being the very best in the world and he’s on the verge of making that happen with a 2nd and two 4th’s at the Kona Ironman World Championships, He has 7 Ironman Victories, 7 Ironman 70.3 wins and when he’s not winning he’s on the podium. In fact, in 2019 Ironman Florida, finished 2nd in a time of 7:48:29 – and in doing so the fastest Ironman marathon ever recorded at 2:36:09 – That is an incredible sub-6-minute mile pace or more specifically 5 minutes 57 seconds per mile or 3.42 per km for the entire marathon. He has a relentless work ethic and there is no doubt the Ironman World title is within his grasp. Ben describes his journey into the sport of Triathlon. He describes moments of self-doubt and questioning whether he should continue to reaching podiums in some of the world's biggest Ironman events. Dealing with his 2018 injury and the gratefulness he felt to come back and race in 2019 and win his 3rd South African Ironman, placing 4th at the World Championships and run the fastest ever marathon in an Ironman at the Florida Ironman in 2019. Ben describes his sleep routine, what supplements he uses, and the importance of each member of his team. Finally, Ben gives incredible takeaways on how he uses various mental strategies to optimize himself. Ben concludes with one final statement - The importance of mindset - "So much of top-level racing is a mindset - Self Belief, the Passion, the Hunger, the Desire to suffer, and also having things in your life be aligned and your relationships and have gratefulness for your life"  

The word “legend” is used too frequently these days, like describing the pizza delivery guy who arrives when you’re hungry.  However, in the case of this week’s guest, calling him a legend is absolutely the right word.  Dave Scott is “The Man”! He’s won the Ironman World Championships no less than 6 times and in its early days he was dominant. He retired and then made a comeback at the age of 40, finishing second behind rising star Greg Welch. Since his last Ironman in 2001, Dave has carved out a career as a triathlon coach (advising other Ironman World champions such as Craig Alexander and Chrissie Wellington) and motivational speaker. When I first started in triathlon, there were no coaches but I did manage to find a triathlon book, Dave Scott Triathlon Training, which I still have to this day. In fact, I managed to get it autographed by Dave when we met for the first time at the Eilat triathlon in 1989. Dave is a forthright character and isn’t afraid to voice his opinion.  When you listen to this conversation you’ll get real insight to one of the greatest Ironman triathletes ever, including: How depression sometimes meant Dave struggled to even start his sessions Following the low fat/high carb Pritikin diet and why Dave did a 180 and adopted a Keto diet Rinsing cottage cheese to get rid of the fat When you have been an Ironman world champion and you develop heart problems Dave Scott on strength training for triathletes Why Ironman have done a good job during the COVID19 pandemic PTO and why it’s a great opportunity for professional triathlon If you would like to follow Dave you can find him on all of the social media channels listed below.  The best place to find him is his website https://davescottinc.com/ where you can sign up for his regular newsletter Twitter https://twitter.com/davescott6x Instagram https://www.instagram.com/davescott6x/ YouTube  https://www.youtube.com/user/davescottinc/ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/davescott3/ Dave and I chatted about many topics and made references to other resources. These are the books Dave has been inspired by The Perfect Mile - The race to break the four minute mile Thinking Fast & Slow - Daniel Kahneman, winner of the Nobel Prize The 3 year swim club - The untold story of “sugar ditch” kids in Maui and their quest for Olympic glory Road to Valour - Gino Bartali: Tour de France legend and WW2 hero To find out more about Simon’s SWAT programme, please click HERE  Visit Simon's website for more information about his coaching programmes Links to all of Simon's social media channels can be found here For any questions please email Beth@TheTriathlonCoach.com

In this exclusive interview, Ironman World Champ Mirinda "Rinny" Carfrae shares the big news about expecting baby #2 and offers a candid take on pregnancy, motherhood and life as a pro triathlete, the crazy way she and her husband Tim O'Donnell went viral a few months back, and her plans for returning to racing in 2021. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/victorylaps/message

Episode 3: Maximising performance We go to the other side of the world, in a virtual sense of course this week as Paul and James get down to chatting with the incredible 3x triathlon world champion and Commonwealth Games steeplechase medalist Melissa Hauschildt, who joined us with her 6 month old daughter Dakota for a chat on: • Her career to date and its impressive longevity • How she balances life and training • Being a new mum with world level performance ambitions • Not stressing about what you can't do but maximising the opportunities you have • Ironman racing strategy • How Mel organises her training around family and other commitments To find out more about Mel and her remarkable career you can start here at her website: http://www.melissahauschildt.com/ ----more---- You can connect with Paul on Twitter @Pyllon or instagram @Pyllon.  James is on Twitter too, @james_stewart13 and on instagram as @jamesstewart13. To check out the latest Compressport kit, visit the website. LISTEN, WATCH AND READ BONUS CONTENT Our previous podcast, S2: Episode 2 with Frederik Van Lierde is here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-pyllon-ultra-pod/id1506803136#episodeGuid=pyllonultra.podbean.com%2Fe7022816-9714-5ee8-8174-fbf2ce2d1775 Find out more at http://www.pyllonultra.com/podcast

In today’s podcast we’re speaking with one of the Britain’s best known triathletes.  A man who has experienced the absolute highs - 3 Olympic Games, 4 world titles, the fastest official, accurate Ironman in history, as well as absolute lows.  Breaking his neck and wearing a Halo device for 3 months.  Congratulations if you have worked out that my guest is none other than Mr. Tim Don.  As you will discover as we chat, Tim is an all-round, nice guy and such a humble person. In this episode I introduce a new warm up quiz which all future guests will be asked to participate in.  Tim was the first and among other things you’ll find out: Which actor he would choose to play himself, if they made a film about his life One superpower he would love to have His favourite kids movie Which famous person he would most like to have drinks with We also have a more conventional chat about his triathlon life and you’ll discover: Which victory was his biggest to date What it felt like to break that Ironman World record in Brazil Why he is still chasing the ‘perfect race’ What happened immediately after that bike accident in Kona The amazing experience of Patagonaman  If you haven’t already watched it, please take 30 minutes to watch “the Man in the Halo” right HERE To find out what Tim is doing and where he is racing you can follow him on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/tri_thedon/ on Twitter - https://twitter.com/trithedon Or visit his website https://www.timdon.com/ To find out more about Simon’s SWAT programme, please click HERE  To comment on this podcast, please visit Simon's Facebook page HERE  Visit Simon's website for more information about his coaching programmes  For any questions please email Beth@TheTriathlonCoach.com

Rebecca McKee and Carla McKay talk about the Ironman World 70.3 Championships in Nice, France, thoughts about getting ready to go to Kona, and some reader questions. SUBSCRIBE: iTunes: apple.co/2MLBzb2 Google: bit.ly/2xzuWhs Peak Center Alaska: http://bit.ly/2L3IWGN THINGS REBECCA LOVES: Roka: http://bit.ly/rokastuff Blue Seventy: http://bit.ly/2I6RACE

Mirinda Carfrae “Rinny” is a professional triathlete, 3 x Ironman World champion and a Mom. If you are not familiar with the Kona Ironman, the race consists of a 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike ride and 26.2-mile run. Rinny recently took some time off from the sport to start a family and has returned with the same competitive fire, yet the perspective of a mom. Rinny and Carrie discuss finding your purpose, the impact of aging and motherhood on physical training, mental training and persisting at sport and life despite fear.

This week we continue our conversation with Dave Scott - the first Pro and IRONMAN World Champ to come on the show and we can't think of anyone better for it than "The Man" himself, 6x IRONMAN World Champ & the first inductee into the IRONMAN Hall of Fame. It was a real pleasure talking and listening to this legend of the Triathlon world about his journey, his mindset, his relentless & intense approach, his love for exercise, some of his (very accurately-detailed and) insightful and fun stories, and also his coaching, training, and racing philosophies. If there's something this episode shows us, it's that - the top people in this beautifully-brutal sport (or in any field for that matter), they're not that different from everyone else. But, as Dave himself says, It all comes down to one thing - Mindset! Make sure to tune in because it's not an episode to miss! Show Notes: www.humansoftriathlon.com/hotpodcast-davescott

This week's guest is the first Pro and IRONMAN World Champ to come on the show and we can't think of anyone better for it than "The Man" himself, Mr. Dave Scott, 6x IRONMAN World Champ & the first inductee into the IRONMAN Hall of Fame. It was a real pleasure talking and listening to this legend of the Triathlon world about his journey, his mindset, his relentless & intense approach, his love for exercise, some of his (very accurately-detailed and) insightful and fun stories, and also his coaching, training, and racing philosophies. If there's something this episode shows us, it's that - the top people in this beautifully-brutal sport (or in any field for that matter), they're not that different from everyone else. But, as Dave himself says, It all comes down to one thing - Mindset! Make sure to tune in because it's not an episode to miss! Show Notes: https://www.humansoftriathlon.com/hotpodcast-davescott

In 2017 Tim Don broke the Ironman World record at the South American Championship in Brazil. He took four minutes off the previous time. Months later, just days before the World Championships, Tim was hit by a car while he was training on his bike in Hawaii. His neck was broken. On this week’s Best in the World with Richard Parr podcast, Tim talks about his remarkable recovery from the crash. Just over six months from the injury Tim is aiming to compete in the Boston Marathon. He also talks about growing up running with Mo Farah, his dad being former Premier League referee Philip Don and his decision to now live in the United States. You can follow Tim on @tri_thedon on Instagram. If you want to continue the conversation on sports performance then join our new Best in the World Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/528892100811980/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It’s been a long wait for a new episode of Old And On Your Left, but I promise this episode is worth the wait. I had the opportunity to chat with Mat Steinmetz, founder of 51 Speedshop, coach to Ironman World champions, bike fitter to pro tour teams, and all around speed whisperer. I could … Continue reading Fitting the Pieces Together

Athletes spend their lives fighting for a spot in a field of 2,000 triathletes in the most grueling competition on Earth. Their prize? Thrashing through a 2.4 mile open-water swim in the Pacific, fighting trade winds and a convection oven of heat on a 112-mile bike and finishing with a marathon - a 26.2-mile run. Becoming an IRONMAN at the World Championships at Kona wasn't a dream of Jen Ator's. As Fitness Director at Women's Health and author of The Women's Health Fitness Fix, she was happy to fit runs through Manhattan and no-nonsense strength-training workouts into her busy days. That all changed when reps from Chocolate Milk called with an offer to make her an IRONMAN. And while she said it took her a few days to accept the branid's invitation - an invitation to compete in a race that allows athletes 17 hours to finish - she now counts it as the goal she's proudest of accomplishing. Alongside her on the journey to Kona that she details on this week's episode of #WeGotGoals was an all-star cast. Eight-time Olympic medalist in speed skating Apolo Ohno would train with her and both Ator of Ohno received guidance from world-class coach and seven-time IRONMAN World champion Paula Newby-Fraser (a woman who does not know the word quit). Like most audacious goals, it didn't come without brief periods of imposter syndrome. Three months before her trip to Kona, Ator recounts a night spent crying and questioning her own abilities as the minutes slipped away between her and her first half IRONMAN race - a 1.2-mile swim, 56-mile bike and 13.1-mile run. "Kind of by a act of God or stroke of grace or something, my watch kind of malfunctioned after the swim in the transition to the bike," she recalled of the race. "All I could do was be in the moment and do it. And I kind of just plugged along and I worked the plan that me and my coach had figured it out and really paid attention to my effort." Ator blew her "self-deprecating goal" out of the water and turned her new confidence and attention to Kona - the true test of her training. Because Ator was among an elite group of invite-only participants at Kona, she wasn't required to qualify for the race like the majority of participants. The thought of that made her feel unworthy of the field of competition. "I had a talk with one of the pro Ironman athletes before and he said, 'look Jen, maybe at the beginning of this you didn't deserve to be here. Sure maybe at the very beginning. But now you've done everything that all these other athletes have done to get here,'" She said. "That kind of attitude kind of helped carry me through the rest of the day." Even, she recalled, in the lava fields known for their heat and for the clear path that's left for unexpected gusts of wind known to knock riders clear off of their bikes. The wind was everything she'd heard. Ator recalled riding her ultra-light road bike in what's known as the arrow position. As she leaned over her handle bars, she shook with the fear that she may too have her race cut short by a fall. Newby-fraser preparing Ator for that exact moment: "You're going to be tempted to sit up and sit back because that's the instinct that feels safer ... that is the time that you need to lean in and commit because the safest thing you can do, practically speaking, is lean over that front wheel." Listen to how Ator's run at Kona concluded and where this author, editor and IRONMAN is setting her sights next. And if you like what you hear, be sure to rate and review #WeGotGoals on iTunes and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. --- JAC:Welcome to #WeGotGoals, a podcast by aSweatLife.com on which we talked to high achievers about their goals. I'm Jeana Anderson Cohen; with me, I have Kristin Geil and Maggie Umberger. KG: Good morning Jeana. JAC: Good morning. MU: Good morning. Jeana,  you spoke with Jen Ator, who is the fitness director of Women's Health this week. JAC:I sure did. And what an inspiration Jen is. Throughout our talk I think I gasped, I had a smile across my face and I definitely cried. MU:Good summary. And she is also an Ironman Kona finisher which I didn't know what that was prior to hearing this interview. JAC: So what’s actually really interesting about this is the campaign that Jen was a part of with chocolate milk is actually something I worked on in my past life the year before she was on it. So in 2013 I was a part of that campaign working on chocolate milk. And I got to see sort of the journey that she went through and I just missed her by a year. So throughout her explanation of sort of what she went through and how she was trained by Paula Newby-Fraser and how she had these incredible teammates like Apolo Ohno I could identify with that journey so deeply because I'd seen it once before. But her sort of personal take on it was so interesting to hear, one because she had been an athlete before and two because she had this sort of wavering journey of self-doubt accomplishment and in believing in herself just as I feel anyone does. The first time they do anything. KG: While she was training with chocolate milk team she had some sort of realization that she mentioned during the podcast. Can you speak to that and describe what her big epiphany was? JAC:She realized that she was the thing standing in her way which was incredible to hear her say because I believe that was the moment I cried. So Jen realized at the end of her half Ironman which is a 1.2 mile swim of 56 mile bike ride and a thirteen point one mile run she realized that she blew her own projected time out of the water because she wasn't running with a watch and there was a malfunction with it in her actual swim. She saw that she actually could accomplish so much more than she was giving herself credit for when she just sort of let go and was in the moment as an athlete and trusted her training. MU: And her training really is pretty simple she talks about loving just straight strength and running amidst being the fitness director of Women's Health. JAC: Yes. So her preferred training normally is not Ironman training. Ironman training is really involved. Oftentimes athletes will have to do two disciplines in one day sometimes morning sometimes evening or sometimes they'll have to stack them in a brick workout. But she is generally a big fan of just down and dirty strength training program sort of similar to what you'll see on the pages of Women's Health and also in the pages of her new and second book Fitness Fix. They have a mix of a lot of different things but they'll always have the sort of tried and true, pick up some dumbbells and do this workout kind of routine. And that's her preference and it works for her. But when she was training for Ironman she was doing these long workouts these distance workouts. She was running more than five or six miles because she had to finish a day of fitness with a marathon. JACShe'd never run a marathon before doing Ironman Kona which is sort of nuts to think about but she did it. She got through it and she was able to hug her dad at the finish line. MU: We can't wait to hear your interview with Jen here. JAC:I’m Jeana Anderson Cohen and I'm here with Jen Ator, who is the fitness director at Women's Health. Jen, thank you for joining me. JA: Thank you so much for having me. JAC: So Jen you have a really cool job and we're so excited to have you but you're also an accomplished athlete and a writer and a published author. Can you tell me a little bit about how you spend your days? JA:Yeah you know the kind of beauty and madness of my job and my career is that no two days are ever the same in fact rarely are two days ever even remotely the same. As the fitness director here at Women's Health, I balance a lot of different responsibilities. First and foremost I'm responsible for the stories and the editing of the fitness content inside our magazine. So that involves a lot of working back and forth with writers getting stories approved. Coming up with the monthly lineups that I pitch to our editor in chief and writing a lot of the stories myself and kind of managing our internal team and all the goals and deadlines that we have here. I also work on our online content. I do a lot of our videos so there'll be days where I might take a two hour break in the middle of the day to change into some workout clothes and go record some videos for our social team and our online team. And then there's other days where I'm doing I do a lot of press and interviews with the different objectives and things that we're working on for the brand. So yesterday I was in Atlanta doing a bunch of press at the CNN headquarters there. So you know that's kind of one of the more glorious looking days where you know you're getting hair and makeup and you're running on and off set and trying to catch up frantically with your e-mails as you're in between everything. But a lot of the days are just plugging behind a desk and you know working very long hours. I always joke that there's rarely days where I don't have a second job, where I don't go home at the end of the night and and have another big chunk of assignments or things that I need to work on. So there's plenty of days where it's just kind of grinding through a very very big long to do list and then you know I get to mix in some opportunities to have some fun and go check out new brands and new workouts and talk to experts and just kind of experience a lot of the cool stuff happening inside the fitness scene. JAC:So before I asked you our two big questions I need to know what is your favorite workout right now? JA: You know I I probably buck the trend of most fitness centers. I'm not I'm I'm I'm a pretty traditionalist. I am not somebody who—you know I check out a lot of the new workouts. I love them for what they give to different people and I love them for first and foremost being vessels to bring more people into fitness. I'm somebody who's lived my life with sport and fitness as a huge centerpiece of it. So for me anything that brings more people into it I'm I'm so jazzed about but I think just with my schedule and you know the different fitness goals that I tend to be working towards I tend to be a pretty straightforward, a pretty basic fundamental—I like a good run good solo run, a good long swim by myself and some pretty basic strength training. Some simple circuits and pair dumbbells or resistance band and a good playlist and I'm good to go. JAC: Gets the job done. JA:It does. JAC:Yeah I get it the same way and this is not about me but I'm kind of the same way or I will a couple days a week opt to work out alone because it just clears your head. JA:Yeah and I think you know especially in the field that I’m in we have access to so much so it's such an amazing thing to be able to go check out the latest spin studio and you know go to the latest yoga class or the latest fusion class and sometimes it can get murky of, is this my job or am I doing this for my fitness? You know and so I kind of tend to keep the two pretty separate and my workouts are my workouts and like I said you know it gives me so much and I have my own goals and objectives of why I have my own why of why I workout. So for me that just tends to be easier to do in my own kind of bubble rather than going to all the different classes. But certainly like Tone House is a great one, that's always a lot of fun to go with a group. And Swerve is a cycling studio here in New York that I've really been liking so there's there's definitely ones that you know I always have a great time whenever I get an opportunity to check them out. But I tend to be a go at my own speed type person. JAC:I love it. Know who you are. So can you tell me about a big goal that you accomplished and how you got there. JA:Yeah probably the biggest goal I've accomplished is I completed the Ironman, the World Championship Ironman in Kona and that was back in 2014. And it was by far, the process of it was by far the most transformative thing I've ever done. And like I said I've been an athlete my whole life. I played D1 lacrosse I have fitness in my job title but this was really pushing it for me. I had never done any type of endurance efforts before and for anyone listening that that isn't familiar with Ironman. It's a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bike and then a full marathon at the end just in case you felt like you hadn't done enough. And I had done one sprint triathlon. I had done maybe two half marathons prior to tearing my ACL and having ACL and meniscus reconstruction. So I had been approached by chocolate milk, who we had worked with a bunch with work stuff and they were putting together a program and wanted one female everyday athlete and then they had a male pro athlete who was Apolo Ohno the speed skater. And they said, hey, like we would love for you to join him and we want to kind of document the two of you trying to reach this big goal that neither of you have any experience to be able to do. And it took me probably three weeks to answer you know there was there was a lot of gut check soul searching because it was so far outside my comfort zone. It was something that I truly did not know if I could do. I had never clipped into a road bike before. I was terrified of swimming in the open water. I don't particularly love ocean swimming. So while I grew up a competitive swimmer I I was not experienced in open water swimming. And I never run a marathon before and at that point I was only running about three miles a few times a week. I was about 13 months postop so I had a lot of doubts. A lot of insecurity about doing it because not only was I going to try to do it I was going to try to do it in six months and I was also going to do it while sharing our experience with a large audience. And it was really intimidating. But you know I think at the end of the day it was an opportunity to do a arguably one of the most famed and historic and legendary races that I've watched you know year after year those NBC broadcast. I mean I watch them I cry to them it's always so moving. You know it is an opportunity to do something that I had so much respect and reverence for. And also it was an opportunity to really see what I was made of. And you know I realized at that point in my life, I admit I had built a career out of trying to encourage women and people to chase their big goals and I'd spent my career interviewing athletes and then you know putting those into stories that people could read and be inspired by. And yet I was kind of sitting on the sideline a little bit and I was intimidated by the challenge of it for myself. And so you know I decided just to say OK I'll do it. I'll try and I'll try my best. And you know win lose or draw, I’ll put everything I can into it and then began some of the hardest months of my life. Thankfully my workplace was very understanding it's not like I could just be out of work for half the day to go train. But they were more understanding if you know if I squeeze in a swim in the morning and come in with a little bit wet hair you know they they kind of gave me some passes here and there. But you know I really I they teamed us up with some coaching staff and some nutrition staff members that really to just day after day give us the tools to be able to go out and do this. Because I certainly would not have been able to do it on my own. So I had a one on one coach, I used this great app called Training Peaks which you can use for free and just kind of log your workouts. It allows you to kind of like set your plan for the week and then as you complete them it syncs with your watches and it'll show you if you were like green and did an amazing job in your workout or yellow and you know kind of got there or like red you didn't do it. But I also had a coach that would then can go in and I would leave notes for him. He was really big on—he wanted me to leave emotional notes as well as performance notes so not only you know how did it go, how did it feel, how was your knee, how was you know this and that but how did you feel. So it was really an interesting process of watching how much your emotional state you know being stressed from work or you know coming back on a red eye from a business trip and you know feeling really exhausted and run down or having a lot of anxiety over a workout that felt kind of you know too much for me at that time. It showed in the performance you know it reflected in the workouts that maybe went really well or didn't go so well and he really took all that into account and would adjust my schedule and my workouts based on not just my physical progress but you know my emotional things that were going on too and my logistical things that were going on and so yeah, I basically just really committed to the plan and had a lot of doubts had no idea how all the pieces were going to fit together. About three months in, we did a half Ironman. Apolo did Boise. Then three weeks later I did Muncie, Muncie, Indiana. I found myself doing a half Ironman which is 70.3 so half the distance of the full Ironman and I was super intimidated and even going into that I didn't think I was going to able to do it. You know I was crying the night before I. I was I was certain that I had not done enough work to be able to do this. And kind of by a act of God or stroke of grace or something my watch kind of malfunctioned after the swim in the transition to the bike. So I was getting nothing—I had no idea where I was at. I think it was recording the whole time but it was showing me weird screens. So I had no perception of what I was doing. All I could do was be in the moment and do it. And I kind of just plugged along and I worked the plan that me and my coach had figured it out and really paid attention to my effort. And I finished that had no idea about what my time was and I'll never forget the moment where you know I was I was with my dad and a couple of our other, you know, our team that was working on this project and they told me my time and it was easily like two hours faster than what I had projected for myself. Like. My really like self-deprecating goal just got blown out of the water. And I think that was probably the most eye opening moment. Obviously then three months later finishing the race in Kona was probably the most emotional moment—but that one in Muncie Indiana was was the most eye opening of wow. Like I can do so much more than I think I can. Like I I am the thing in my way. I really grabbed onto that moment and really let it kind of fully you know affect me because I was so blown away that the whole time I mean my whole support staff, everybody else thought I could do this. You know everybody else was like hey your training's going really well you're doing the work outs. But me as the individual as the self doubting individual was so certain that I hadn't done enough that I wasn't measuring up that I wasn't going to be able to do it. And then to exceed you know I hadn't even thought I would succeed. I definitely thought I was going to fail and then to not only succeed but to blow out any perception that I had of how I could do, it was really a turning point for me. And so from then I was able to kind of you know it didn't get mentally easier. There were plenty of really tough workouts and I did a lot of it on my own. And a lot of people said oh well you should join a running group here in the city or you should join a biking group here in the city because then you’ll have people to share these huge workouts with. And for me it was really important because I knew when I got to that Ironman I was going to be doing it alone. There wasn't going to be anybody running with me there wasn't going to be anybody biking with me. And I was going to spend that time possibly up to 17 hours of my life alone. And so for me it was important to spend those months practicing that. And for me that meant having to do the workouts by myself. And so you know there were a lot of really towards the peak of that training cycle. And I was probably doing lower mileage than other people in Ironman training plans because we were trying to be really cautious of my knee to not you know get injured and to do just enough that I needed to to complete the race because I wasn't trying to race the race. And so yeah I I remember I mean on a Friday I would do a 4-mile swim; on a  Saturday then I would wake up and do 110 miles on the bike and then get right off and run 7 to 9 miles. JAC:Wow. JA: And then the Sunday I would run 20 miles. So this was all so new to me and so so outside of what I'd ever done before. And so yeah there were a lot of very humbling moments during all that but I really you know after that half Ironman I was able to just say hey OK something's working I don't have to understand it but I'm going to respect what they're putting together for me and what they're telling me to do and I'm going to trust that I've got really smart people helping me do this and if I do what they tell me to do to my best to the best of my ability I'll be able to do this thing. And so yeah October rolled around race was here we went to Kona two weeks early to adjust to the heat and kind of get used to everything there and even still I really did not think I'd be able do it. It's just such a massive massive thing. And I remember the night before crying to my dad who was there with me. And I said What are you know what are they going to do? We had been recording these you know little videos that ran on YouTube and we did eight of them to kind of show the journey and I said, What are they going to do if I don't finish? What are they going to—everybody is going to see that? How are they going to make the last … you know I was so nervous about letting other people down are so nervous about the external perception of taking on something like that that was so big and you know. At the end of the day I woke up this morning and said—I still have the alarm on my phone the alarm notification on my phone because I never want to forget it but I just set up the alarm to say, Cherish this day. And I really felt like at the end of those six months I had already gone so far outside of what I thought I could do for myself that you know no matter what happened—I feel like a lot of times when we get into races and we you know are chasing the big goals we immediately are focusing on the negative of it. You know the performance or I want to reach this goal or I want to do this thing. I just said you know I've put in so much work like this has already been like the most transformative thing I've ever done in my life. I just want to go out and enjoy it and I don't want to waste this once in a lifetime opportunity that I'm being given on being caught up on the nerves or being caught up in the anxiety of what if I fail or anything like that. And so I went out and I had a very thought through mental game plan because for me the the performance side was a little bit more straightforward. You know it's basically just figuring out that yellow type of effort that that feels comfortable to sustain. And you know I kind of broke up the race in three parts. The swim, my mantra was I can and I just kept repeating I can do this I can do this I can do this. And for me that was a huge part of reaching a level of deservedness to be there. Because these are the best athletes in the country. These these people have worked some of them their lives to be there. And you know I kind of got a fast pass to be able to enter this race through this opportunity that I was given. And I took it so seriously but I also felt so undeserving because of all these other amazing athletes that were around me and you know I really had to I had a talk with one of the pro Ironman athletes before and he said look Jen, maybe at the beginning of this you didn't deserve to be here. Sure maybe at the very beginning. But now you've done everything that all these other athletes have done to get here. Like you've put in the work. So you have to kind of remember that that you've put in the work. So that kind of attitude kind of helped carry me through the rest of the day. During the bike I said I am doing this am doing this I am doing this I am doing this because I needed to be present. I needed to be focused on the mile I was and I needed to not be worried about the run that was coming up. I knew that I needed to be very very present because the bike to me was the way the most technical, the thing that I had to be the most you know concentrated on getting my nutrition at the right time getting my speed at the right time focusing on my pedal stroke all of those things. So, I am doing this. And then the run was, I will do this because you know I I knew it needed to be emotional for me. I knew I knew it was going to be emotional for me. And I remember talking to my dad at the very start of this and and we mapped out you know we broke down there's different cutoff points for this race. And you have 17 hours to complete it. So we had figured out OK well you know even if you if you make it through the bike cut off then you have eight hours to do the marathon. So technically you could walk it. You could walk it. You could walk an entire marathon. And that was kind of one of the questions that I had to answer myself before I said Yes. I said, am I willing to walk an entire marathon depending on whatever happens that day, because I've no idea. Would I be willing to walk for 26.2 miles? And I said yeah you know? To be able to walk on historic ground like that to be able to follow through on something that I’m going to set out to do. Yeah I would be willing to walk it even though I'd be a very long long part of a day. So thankfully I got there and I didn't have to walk. And I was able to to run the whole thing but I just kept saying, I will do this. And I I broke it down by thinking about one person every mile. Because you're also not allowed to use headphones so I'm a big music person when I run other races I listen to music and you couldn't have anything. So there's there's a lot of thinking that goes on during that day and you’ve gotta manage your your headspace more so than your you know physical space. And so I said you know I'm going to I'm in a force myself to only think about one person for every mile. And I dedicated a mile to each, to 26 people that had really been the reason that I was there. You know from from my doctor who gave me the green light and then you know help monitor everything that was going on and making sure my knee was solid. To Apolo being such a great team mate and supportive friend. To you know my best friend in high school who I played lacrosse with and she's always been an inspiration to me. You know, just different people that along the way and I get choked up even just thinking about it now. You know who have built me up and supported me and given me the confidence that I didn't have in order to do something like this because like I said I I did not believe I could do it. But they all did. And you know I think one of the greatest gifts you can give somebody is is your confidence in them and you know I'm kind of living proof of that. I know I have been the result of people giving me their confidence in me and that lifted me up enough to take on big goals and to chase things that seem intimidating and so that that run is probably one of the most memorable runs I've ever had. And you know I got I got back after and wrote a letter to each person and told them you know what I was thinking of, and what part of the race I was in and which mile I dedicated to them and it really just brought the whole thing full circle. And you know I got to cross that finish line 13 hours and 17 minutes after I started. JAC: Wow. JA: Yeah a very long day. I got to do that and I got to run to my dad and hug my dad who was standing at the finish line. But it was really such a beautiful race to remember that you know to be able to finish it remembering that I'm really here because of so many people and I got to share this with so many people. And for me that made it so much more meaningful than just if I had accomplished a singular goal on my own. So yeah that very long winded story is definitely my biggest goal that I've accomplished. JAC: Jen. What an incredible saga is the best way. It was like Odyssean. JA:It felt it, it felt it during the time. JAC:So I have so many questions. First and foremost I think it's so interesting that you sort of felt the weight of your decision to say yes to this throughout. Just hearing you talk about it at different points: What if I don't succeed? What if I don't succeed? And then just seeing yourself not only succeed finish crush it. You didn't walk a marathon you probably stopped a couple times if you had to eat something but like just hear you tell it, you killed it! Was there any point during the bike during the swim during the run when you didn't think you could do it? JA:Yes. There was one specific point in the race where I did not think I could do it. And I was approaching the climb to Hawi so the road to Hawi is kind of a signature point of the Ironman World Championship bike course. And it's about a 7 mile climb, just a steady low grade inline but steady for I believe about 7 miles. And then when you get there that's the turnaround point of the bike race and I'm climbing and it had been a really tough—again, I'm not a strong cyclist but I was climbing and you know it's really hard and there weren’t a ton of women in the race. There's probably about I think 635 the year I did it and total about 1200 age group guys. So lot of guys, not that many women. As I'm climbing this woman and all hot pink hot pink like helmet, hot pink tri suit, hot pink bike, hot pink shoes, everything. Starts climbing past me. And she's like oh, man the heat and wind are brutal today. I was like oh yeah. You could tell this woman had done this. She just looked so pro like she was like just jacked and so impressive and a slightly older woman and just looked like, OK, she's been here before and so I was like I'm glad to hear you say that because this is my first time. And she's like just keep going just keep pedaling. You're almost there. Thank you. Thank you. And she's like keep it up. Great job. And you know it was so nice because throughout the entire race whenever a woman passed you or you passed a woman there was there was a real solidarity and there was a very, everybody cheered for each other, everybody is support each other. It was really nice. So she passed me up she went you know that was it. And I get to the turnaround point. I'm coming back. And now you're going down a downhill and throughout the race you're kind of going through these lava fields and some of them have these kind of like big rocks that you're going through. So you're facing a lot of headwind but then you're also because of how these rocks are you get these sudden bursts of sidewinds that kind of come out of nowhere and you know our coach coaching staff and team had told us about this so they had said you know you're going to feel you could feel the gusts coming from the side. And it's it's a little bit shaky at times. I mean these bikes are super light. I feel like my bike weighed probably 12 pounds you know and you're coming downhill. And all of a sudden the the sidewinds are really starting to pick up and I'm looking down and I wasn't always super comfortable in that aero position where you’re leaned over the bars and you're really down low on your bike that that was intimidating to me to get used to, especially when going downhill. And one of our coaches was the legendary Paula Newby-Fraser. And she's the queen of Kona. And I remember her saying to me there are going to be times where you get scared and where that wind comes out of nowhere and hits you on the side and you feel shaken. And she's like, you're going to be tempted to sit up on your bike. You're going to be tempted to sit up, sit back because that's the instinct that feels safer and she's like that is the time that you need to lean in and commit because the safest thing you can do practically speaking is lean over that front wheel because these bikes are so light that if you're sitting up and sitting back that front wheel can get picked up a lot easier from these gusts up side wind. So I'd remembered that she said that to me I was trying to stay down,  was trying to stay down. And all of a sudden I look up and I see all these people in front of me are swerving around something and I can't tell what's going on but they're clearly like really moving around something. And as I get closer I see the all pink everything. And the woman was being carried off in a stretcher. JAC: Oh God. JA: And I mean I was shaking. I was tearing up. I had to actively be like, oh my gosh calm down calm down because it was the only moment where—I had passed the point of thinking, oh my gosh can I do this. Once I got through the swim I was like oh man, all right. We'll figure this out. We're going to we're going to get through this. It was the only point of the race where I thought maybe I won't be able to do this because there's somebody who is clearly more experienced than me clearly has done this before and she's not even able to finish because of freak—you know maybe she was reaching for her water or when when a gust of wind came in and wiped  her out. Or maybe—who knows? You know and anything like that could happen. And I I could just be I could be done. And again I found myself kind of sitting up and I was trying to get my composure and I heard Paula you know as I'm like shaking trying not to cry and trying to push through it and I just found myself saying commit commit

IRONMAN world champion and mom-to-be, Mirinda "Rinny" Carfrae.  Rinny is an Australian professional triathlete and an IRONMAN world champion. Carfrae has achieved podium positions in six of her seven attempts at the Ironman World Championships: 1st-place finishes (2010, 2013, 2014), three 2nd-place finishes (2009, 2011, 2016) and a 3rd place (2012). She also won the 2007 Ironman 70.3 World Championship. She has over 20 70.3 wins.  In short, she's incredible. On the show, we discuss motherhood, training and other things---like her "slow" run.  Follow Her on Social: Web: http://www.mirindacarfrae.com/ Instagram: http://instagram.com/mirindacarfrae  Twitter: https://twitter.com/mirindacarfrae  Road ID This episode is sponsored by ROAD ID! Learn more at www.RoadID.com   ======================  Request to Join the FREE Meredith Atwood Community & Coaching https://meredith-atwood-coaching.mn.co/ ======================  Buy Meredith’s Books: The Year of No Nonsense https://amzn.to/3su5qWp Triathlon for the Every Woman: https://amzn.to/3nOkjiH =======================   Follow Meredith Atwood & The Podcast on Social: Web: http://www.swimbikemom.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/swimbikemom   =======================  Want to Connect?  Email: same24hourspodcast@gmail.com =======================  Credits: Host & Production: Meredith Atwood Intro: Carl Stover Music Copyright 2017-2020, 2021 All Rights Reserved, Meredith Atwood, LLC

TalkFEED — James Cunnama & Jodie Swallow after Kona 2013 (Courtesy of Nic Lamond at http://www.nictwohands.wordpress.com)What an amazing weekend it was in Kona this past weekend. From a South African perspective it was probably the most successful race we have had as a nation. This week on Tri Talk SA we:Caught up with James Cunnama, who finished fourth on Sunday in a top elite men’s field. James spoke to us about his race, how he had vowed to not come back to Kona until he was ready and also about what is next on his agenda. James also told us a little bit about his girlfriend Jodie Swallow’s race.Spoke to ISM South Africa’s Marc Price. The most used saddle at this weekend’s Ironman World Championships was the ISM saddle and we asked Marc why. We also spoke about what makes ISM saddles unique and the importance of getting a correct set up when purchasing an ISM saddle. As discussed on the show to find a dealer near you or to find out more about the ISM saddle range you can contact ISM SA via email.Also chatted to Kyle McConnach about the new XDirt National Sprint Triathlon Series that they are about to launch. We’ve spoken about it at length on Tri Talk SA that there is a desperate need for a national sprint series since BSG pulled their sponsorship and Kyle joins us to share the good news. The first race in the series gets underway at the Buffelspoort Dam in the ... Read more

Coach Muddy Waters joins Jim LIVE from the Barnana Studios in Kona, Hawaii to discuss the Ironman World Championships, training, and racing.  A very informative/fun vignette.