Everyone has a story, and Sara Davis’s story is pretty remarkable. At 17 years old, Sara watched her sister battle a severe eating disorder, and then take her own life. When Sara went to college, she used alcohol and drugs to avoid feelings and grief. In 2006, months after her father passed away from a heart attack, Sara decided to get sober and found meaning in helping others. This is also when she found triathlon. Sara shares her story in the first half of the podcast and then in the second half, we talk about mindset, negative and positive self talk, how to break out of the anxious “what ifs,” and finding the balance between the emotional brain and logical brain.

The book mentioned: Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Amelia and Emily Nagoski

Sara's charity: https://www.myedin.org

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/sara-davis-alpharetta-ga/262701

The phrase "try hard" is ingrained in sport. We "try hard" to hit our numbers. We "try hard" on race day. We "try hard" to stick to a nutrition plan...to make it to a track workout...to finish that interval. You get the idea. So what if we tried "less?" What if we let go of the combination of the word "try" and "hard" and just....let go? In today's podcast, we talk about just that. Some topics covered:

• The tendency to overdo it in training and racing
• The role breathing and flow state play
• The power of trying less
• Relaxation and proper breathing for performance
• The importance of recovery and time off
• Flexibility and training in nutrition
• Finding joy in training and racing

Have a listen!

The Tour de France is considered the most prestigious cycling race of the year. For three weeks in July, 20-22 professional cycling teams, each comprised of 8 riders, complete 21 stages of riding, covering about 2200 miles in the Alps and the Pyrenees. And while we may not be able to sprint like Biniam Girmay, or climb like Tadej Pogacar, or time trial like Jonas Vingegaard, or win 35 stages (let alone one) like Mark Cavendish, there are many lessons to be learned from these riders and their teams. In fact, you might have more in common with them than you think. In this episode, we talk about what you can take away from these atheltes and use in your own training and racing and life. And if that doesn't pique your interest, then listen in for a vocabulary lesson from Angela and you, too, can make it your "word of the day."