19: Going to School & Getting Schooled (on Strava)

Work, Play, Love with Lauren Fleshman and Jesse Thomas

Jesse Thomas

Health & Fitness, Fitness & Nutrition, Sports & Recreation

4.9 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2018

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Lauren and Jesse mic up for another discussion on sports, business, and relationships, with a mix of their own going-ons and listener submitted questions. With the first week of kindergarten under their belts, the topic of community and making friends as adults comes up, as well as Lauren’s upcoming Wilder retreat and Jesse’s race plans for the rest of the year. That’s come with a welcomed shift onto the trails, and while it took coaching, instigating, and pacing from three of his pro buddies, he finally took the top spot in the Marketing team on the coveted Lower Whoops Strava segment in town. As the turf war between he and a begrudgingly dethroned Sarah unfolds, the first listener question from this week’s batch rings especially true...

The comparison trap
Dealing with disappointing workouts
Childcare
Sponsorship as a “mid-packer”

Whether it’s against yourself, the person next to you on the start line, or the Strava leaderboard, the comparison trap can turn motivation into unhelpful and unhealthy stress in a flash. Lauren and Jesse share tips for finding intrinsic rewards rather than times or places to feel fulfilled with your results, as well as methods for moving on from disappointing workouts. (Hint: Lowering expectations doesn’t have to mean “settling.”) They discuss the factors that went into deciding on their childcare situation and the societal pressure they felt in seeking out help initially. Lastly, a mid-pack age group athlete looks for advice on approaching sponsorships, and whether capitalizing on their unique story is exploitative or influential. Enjoy! [Submit your Qs: https://pickybars.com/blogs/the-scoop/work-play-love-podcast

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey, hello.
0:04.6	Hello.
0:06.6	I'm right here.
0:08.6	How's it going.
0:09.6	Hey!
0:11.1	I wasn't looking at Lauren, I was looking at the recording thing sometimes when I look at when we're recording these
0:17.2	episodes I like to look at my little volume go up and down as I talk into
0:23.8	Microphone it's one of those moments where I'm like,
0:25.1	and you are our five-year-old.
0:27.4	You are basically the same.
0:28.4	It's going up up up up now.
0:31.5	Oh my gosh. Lord help me. Let's make this one a short one.
0:35.0	Okay. We have a debate on how long the episode should be.
0:39.4	Lauren thinks they should be 30 minutes.
0:41.8	I think they should be like 40 minutes. Hey why
0:45.8	don't you guys chime in okay? Yeah try and let us know what you think. Three
0:49.3	minutes or 40 minutes. 30 minutes. Okay. All right. All right. All right. All right. Well, should we tell people where they are?
0:57.6	Oh yeah, this is the Work Play Love podcast. I am Jesse Thomas. And I'm Lauren Fleshman and this is where we answer your questions
1:04.9	about the intersection of work, play, and love. It's called Work Play, Love.
1:09.2	Today we're going to talk about finding the balance between being your best and
1:14.9	being competitive but without getting stuck with comparing times and
1:18.2	accomplishments. We're also going to talk about moving onwards and upwards from a bad training day, especially
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