Can’t Stop. Won’t Stop. with Melanie McQuaid (Episode 62)

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Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement, Mental Health

4.9 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2021

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Longevity in sport takes determination, curiosity, and the ability to adapt to what your mind and body needs as time goes on. That’s the embodiment of professional triathlete, mountain bike racer, coach, and 5x world champion Melanie McQuaid, who continues to kick ass through the menopause transition, placing 3rd at Ironman Chattanooga and 10th at Xterra World Championships in Maui this year. Melanie has raced as a pro athlete in four different sports and holds titles in a slew of disciplines including mountain bike endurance, mountain bike cross country and mountain bike short track; road racing; Olympic, Sprint and Half Ironman triathlon; and offroad XTERRA and ITU Cross Triathlon. Today she continues to compete at an elite level while focusing her energies on her coaching business, MelRad Coaching. You can learn more about her at https://www.melaniemcquaid.com/ and her coaching services at https://melrad.com/coach-mel/ **Support the Podcast** InsideTracker: 25% off at insidetracker.com/feisty Nuun Hydration: 30% off at nuunlife.com with the code HITPLAY Previnex: 15% off your first order with code HITPLAY at https://www.previnex.com/ Bonafide: 20% off your first purchase when you subscribe to any product with code HITPLAY at https://hellobonafide.com/

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0:00.0	You are listening to Hit Play, Not Pause, a feisty menopause podcast for active performance-minded women.
0:14.6	I am your host, Celine Yeager. Each week, I bring you advice from athletes, scientists, researchers, and other experts to help you feel and perform you best no matter what your hormones are doing.
0:25.0	This show is a production of Live Feisty Media.
0:30.6	Hello, strong, feisty women.
0:33.4	Okay, I've got a fun one for you this week.
0:36.8	I had a chance to sit down with professional triathlete,
0:40.4	mountain bike racer, coach, and five-time world champion,
0:44.1	the very rad, Melanie McQuaid.
0:47.5	Melanie is super diverse and has incredible longevity in sport.
0:52.1	She has raced as a pro athlete in four different sports and holds
0:56.2	titles in a slew of disciplines, including mountain bike endurance, mountain bike cross country,
1:02.2	mountain bike short track, road racing, Olympic sprint, half iron man triathlon, and off-road
1:09.7	Xtera and ITU Cross Triathlon.
1:12.9	And after 20 years and at the age of 48, she is still kicking ass.
1:18.6	She placed third at Iron Man Chattanooga this year.
1:21.7	And most recently, she finished 10th place at Exterra World Championships in Maui just a couple of weeks ago.
1:28.7	We talk about all of that here. And what I really like about this conversation is that it
1:35.1	illustrates the unique experience each of us has with the menopausal transition. Over the
1:41.2	course of the past year or so, we've heard an array of experiences from professional athletes.
1:47.0	We've heard from some who have had their boats rocked during the transition and had to do some course corrections,
1:52.4	and from some who have had to take wholesale breaks from sport to get back on track.
1:57.1	Today, we hear from one on the other end of the spectrum.
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