How to Date an Athlete

Outside Podcast

Sports, Wilderness

4.4 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Learning how to love to someone who is constantly pushing the edge of their physical abilities can be one of the strangest challenges to overcome in a romantic relationship. What does it take to stick with a partner who runs or rides dozens of hours a week? Who forgets to close the bathroom door before applying full-body sports lubricant? Who always leaves you in the dust? This week, Paddy O’Connell takes us deep inside his relationship with an endurance runner, and talks to partners of other elite athletes, to show us how to love someone who lives to sweat. This episode of the Outside Podcast is brought to you by Tracksmith, a proudly independent running brand that makes high-performance products for amateur athletes striving to be their best. Learn more at tracksmith.com.

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0:00.0	This episode of the outside podcast is brought to you by TrackSmith, a proudly independent
0:06.6	running brand that makes high-performance products for amateur athletes striving to
0:11.6	be their best.
0:13.1	You put in the time and the effort and you push yourself as far as you possibly can and
0:17.0	then you have a result that you can be proud of at the end of that.
0:19.8	This is Matt Taylor, the founder of TrackSmith and a lifelong runner.
0:24.3	He created a company to support amateurs like himself along their training journeys.
0:29.7	That last part of the journey really is when someone is I want to squeak out as many
0:34.9	seconds as I possibly can.
0:37.4	And with that just comes this really, really rich experience for the athlete.
0:42.2	You really are thinking about all of the little things that you might want to do to run as
0:48.0	fast as you possibly can.
0:49.8	TrackSmith helps you do this by crafting exceptional technical apparel designed so you don't
0:55.5	ever think about it.
0:56.5	The standard for us is always like if you can go for a run and you literally don't notice
1:01.0	what you're wearing, that's the sign that we nailed a product.
1:04.9	Take their session shorts, constructed from an Italian nylon knit that's remarkably soft
1:10.8	and that stretches and moves with you.
1:13.0	You put them on and you head out the door and you're never thinking about their comfort
1:16.3	about something that's rubbing the wrong way, about chafing or anything like that.
1:20.4	Then there are the hairier tops, created from a unique blend of odor resistant and lightweight
1:25.9	marino wool that happily puts up with all the miles you can make time for.
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