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Imagine yourself on mile 5 of an Ironman marathon and you feel great. You are on goal pace.

"It's all coming together, this is THE race I've been waiting for".

Then you look at your heart rate and it's 10 beats higher than what it should be and all of a sudden you don't feel as good and you slow down and your dreams are left to fade away for another day.

Sadly, this is common series of events for athletes who rely too heavily, because they have never trained any other way, on that external piece of equipment called the watch. Data is good, heck yes, but detaching from data to get to know thyself proves far more valuable when it comes down to pivotal moments in training and racing.

By practicing letting go of the watch in training we create space to develop a skillful awareness of our bodies and minds that lifts the limits that numbers can impose. Again data is good, it helps us get a sense of where we are in our pace and exertion levels but it's not the end all and be all of training. Envision going out for a workout and knowing, without question, your heart rate within a beat, pace within seconds and sustained wattage based on your breath and perceived exertion through heightened body awareness. How might that benefit you in a race when your bike computer fails or your watch battery dies?

BJ was introduced to this first hand from our guest today and has relied on it many times when his bike computer has failed and his watch battery has died. In fact, BJ's regular practice is to race without a watch and his times continue to get faster and faster.

Lucho came into our lives a decade ago on a plane ride home from Ironman Arizona. He struck up a conversation with BJ and from that moment on he was a changed athlete. Lucho soon became BJ's coach and has remained his mentor for many years.

Lucho is an accomplished athlete, he was a very active kid. He ran in high school which led to a scholarship to college which led to a unique twist which led to travels which led to a hurricane which led to his introduction to triathlon. In 2000 Lucho was the top amateur at the Ironman World Championship in Kona, HI and 16th overall. It was after this incredible accomplishment that he turned pro. He's a multi-time course record breaker in the sport of triathlon and ultra running. He utilizes his athletic experiences, especially the crummy ones, to self-reflect and learn so that he can rise back up to the next challenge as a better-equipped athlete and human. He is constantly reinventing himself and most recently he's been hitting the track to see what kind of speed he is capable of at this point in his life.

Lucho is so transparent, he's really an open book and I love that about him. We've known him for ten years and even though this is the second time I've met him in person I feel like I've been right by his side through times of joy and otherwise as we've followed his journey through his blog and by listening to him on his Endurance Planet podcast.

This conversation is most definitely one to listen to a few times, there is so much gold in here for athletes from the traditional training standpoint but also in the development of self-awareness and mental strength.

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Sit back, unplug and get ready to really plug into an awesome conversation with an accomplished athlete, coach, podcaster, dad, husband, and cake artist.

Podcast 66: Tim "Lucho" Waggoner from All American to Two Packs a Day to Ironman to Leadman

"Consistency honestly, is everything. It's absolutely everything."
-Tommy Rivers Puzey

The goal was to be a professional triathlete. After accidentally qualifying for the World Championships in Kailua-Kona, he assumed a path to Ironman greatness and believed that he would return to the island year after year. The plan felt pretty perfect and would allow more time to be with his wife and young children then his previous track to attend medical school. Yet, there was a quintessential piece that he was not honest with, and as his body continued to ask him to listen, he continued to ignore its callings.

Over time this caught up to him, and his body eventually hit its limit. Tommy sustained a broken leg, and with no Plan B, this may have seemed like the worst thing possible at the time. In reality, it led to his most significant discoveries. Forced to be gentle with his body and patient in his healing, he reignited his academic career and literally walked into the next phase of his journey.

After his long day of training in the Grand Canyon, we caught up with Tommy for a meaningful conversation in his hometown of Flagstaff, AZ. If you know Tommy, then you won't be surprised that this conversation runs deep. He shares with us how he metabolizes emotion and the hard lessons he learned from going hard as well as his aspirations to be on the starting line in Atlanta this coming February for the Olympic Marathon Trials.

We cover a variety of potent topics for those who desire to be their fittest and fastest yet, including an explanation of the stress, rest, adapt cycle as we have never heard it before on this show. There is no sexy recipe to success and perhaps hearing it from one of the most versatile runners in the field may fall resonate on new ears.

Thank you so much for your support of the show and be sure to head over to patreon.com/yogitriathlete and check out the 100+ exclusives for YT patrons. We are grateful to you all, we are grateful to Tommy, and we are grateful for this medium to further our collective mission to create a better world.

Namaste -
Jess

Tommy Rivers Puzey, Elite Runner on Metabolizing Emotion & Harvesting Fitness at the Right Time

YogiTriathlete and its co-founders, Jess and BJ, are waking up and shaking up the world of endurance sports. Their approach is anything but mainstream and they are known to go deep. Buckle up because jumping on this train has the power to change your life forever.

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