54 Cecilia Davis-Hayes - Balancing Professional Triathlon with Medical School

Purple Patch Podcast

Matt Dixon

Humanpotential, Nutrition, Education, Empower, Fitness, Executive, Coach, Strengthtraining, Purplepatch, Sleep, Cycling, Performance, Running, Recovery, Health & Fitness, Ironman, Swimming, Timemanagement, Triathlon, Meditation, Yoga

4.8 • 647 Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2019

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

This week, it's the story of a time-starved athlete, but not just any time-starved athlete. Cecilia Davis-Hayes is heading into her Residency into her fourth year in Medical School at Columbia and, at the same time, is still competing at the top level of professional triathlon. She is, quite possibly, the most inspiring athlete on the Purple Patch Pro Squad.

How did she discover a love for the sport?
Why was Matt Dixon and Purple Patch Fitness a good match for her?
How does she successfully balance the many priorities of training and school?
What advice does she have for time-starved individuals who also seek success outside of their jobs?

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Transcript

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0:00.0	I'm Matt Dixon and welcome to the Purple Patch podcast. The mission of Purple Patch is to empower and
0:05.8	educate every human being to reach their athletic potential. Through the lens of athletic potential,
0:11.5	you reach your human potential. The purpose of this podcast is to help time-starved people everywhere
0:17.2	in a great sport into life. And welcome to the Purple Patch podcast this week,
0:23.4	the story of a time-starved athlete. But not any time-starved athlete. This is one who's heading to a
0:30.9	residency where in a fourth year at medical school at Columbia and at the same time competing
0:36.3	at the very pointy end of professional triathlon.
0:40.5	Cecilia Davis-H- or CDH as I like to call her could be labelled as the inspiration for our entire
0:46.9	pro squad and as you'll hear, well she's simply a wonderful person.
0:51.7	But before we dive into the story of integration of elite sport into a time staff life,
0:57.1	let's do that jingle, shall we?
0:58.5	We like the way he thinks, serious with a wink.
1:02.9	Let's open the book.
1:05.0	It's time to take a peek.
1:07.7	It's the Dixenary Word of the Week.
1:12.5	The word of the week this week?
1:14.5	Hobby.
1:15.3	Yes, a little perspective for you,
1:17.5	especially for all of you hyper-driven performance maniacs.
1:21.8	You may have lofty goals and ambitions.
1:24.6	You may event learn some serious targets of success.
1:29.3	Your pursuit and training might well be and, no, should be very important to you. But you are allowed to have fun. Fun. Enjoy it.
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