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Taren's MōTTIV Method Podcast

Alex Hutchinson | Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance

Taren's MōTTIV Method Podcast

Taren Gesell

Podcast, Triathlon, Ironman, Health & Fitness, Training, Gesell, Triathletes, Sports, Taren

4.7843 Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2019

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Alex Hutchinson is the author of a must-read book for triathletes called Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance.  A Physicist turned journalist turned author (and a pretty good runner himself), Alex joins us on the podcast to talk about his findings in the book, what surprised him during his 10 years of researching and writing the book, and what all endurance athletes (particularly triathletes) need to know.

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I've been a Roka fanboy since 2013 when they took a chance on me before Triathlon Taryn even existed.

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but a nice, stiff, firm body to

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