12: Burnout, Gender Stereotypes, and Goals You Can’t Afford to Catch

Work, Play, Love with Lauren Fleshman and Jesse Thomas

Jesse Thomas

Health & Fitness, Fitness & Nutrition, Sports & Recreation

4.9 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2018

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Jesse’s feeling the burn of re-entry after Challenge Roth, having stacked his off-season plate a bit too full with all the non-triathlon things he said he’d give his full attention to after the race. It’s a classic “whoops” move, but like a good work/play/love advocate he and Lauren are making sure there’s still plenty of balance amongst the chaos. This includes some new, very literal balancing activities, and we’re sure the folks at the yoga studio and surf wave are now referring to JT as “the guy with the heart rate monitor.”

This week’s listener questions include some unique topics:

Periodization in training
Stuff they wish they’d done before having kids
Chasing goals you can’t afford to catch
Raising equally confident and feminist kids

Avoiding injury and burnout are two major limiters in one’s long-term training success, and Lauren and Jesse share some of their tips for cycling workloads and carefully planning around key events to keep things fresh, fun, and healthy. They shift from athlete to parent mode, discussing the things they wish they’d done before having kids, and the things they’re really glad they did. Now that they’re here, the effect of gender stereotypes in raising confident kids and what they’re doing to keep (or create!) a balance in an ever changing social landscape, which Jude and Lauren faced firsthand in the shoe store recently. Lastly, a listener with potential for running professionally struggles with the fact that she might not be able to make a living doing it, and wonders how to know if it’s a worthwhile dream to chase down. It’s a doozy from all angles - Strap on your turquoise sparkly shoes and enjoy!

Transcript

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0:00.0	I've never seen anybody clear their throat while drinking bottled water.
0:07.0	What is it that the guy from?
0:13.0	Oh, what does he say?
0:16.0	Can't help you.
0:19.0	Not enough information.
0:21.0	The guy from Ankerman, what does he say?
0:24.3	The voice exercises?
0:27.3	Yeah, what does he do?
0:28.2	Do you remember?
0:29.2	I don't know.
0:30.2	New York, something New York.
0:32.2	Unique New York, unique New York, something, unique, New York.
0:33.0	Unique, New York.
0:35.0	I'm really glad we dug deep for that one.
0:37.0	Okay, cool.
0:39.0	It wasn't worth it.
0:40.0	You never know though.
0:41.0	It might.
0:42.0	Welcome, welcome back, back everyone to your favorite.
0:45.0	You know throw that in there.
0:47.7	Work Play Love Podcast.
0:49.9	I am Jesse Thomas.
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