36: Injuries, Motivation, Setting Expectations, and Jesse’s Marathon Approach

Work, Play, Love with Lauren Fleshman and Jesse Thomas

Jesse Thomas

Health & Fitness, Fitness & Nutrition, Sports & Recreation

4.9 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2019

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

When you’re training hard and going after a big dream, not much is more disappointing than an injury. This is especially tough when the window of opportunity to achieve your goal is small or fleeting. So what do you do when that happens? Today, Lauren and Jesse answer questions about the highs and lows of play—and how re-setting expectations can have a big impact on your mental health and your race performance.

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0:00.0	Hey, what's up?
0:05.0	Hey, how's it going?
0:06.0	It's so good.
0:07.0	Yeah, this is great.
0:09.0	Again, again, we have not talked until Work Play Love Podcasts recording on Wednesday morning.
0:14.1	That's not totally true.
0:15.2	We just spent the weekend together in Portland.
0:17.4	Oh yeah, that's true, but I guess we haven't talked since the weekend.
0:19.8	No.
0:20.8	Monday was a gong show.
0:22.4	I was gone until 8.30 p.m yeah and then yesterday
0:26.9	Lauren went to Eugene with her with the athletes with her with with her athletes so she was gone
0:32.0	until like 10.
0:33.5	10 o'clock in that.
0:34.5	Yeah, yeah, it's been a little bit crazy.
0:36.6	So anyway, that's where we kicked you out of the house because the kids were sick.
0:40.1	Yeah, which was fine with me.
0:42.3	I slept in the little house next to our house and slept great, which I needed after this weekend.
0:49.8	So anyway, this is deep thoughts by... We have a deep thoughts thing in here. Actually, no, it's a...
0:56.7	Who's the guy?
0:58.7	Are you about to try to make an SNL reference I am yeah I'm good I'm great and people like me
1:07.3	Do you remember? Stuart Smolly? Okay. Yeah, good job so high five you remembered okay. Okay, so we're back. This is work, play love everybody.
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