Katie Zaferes, #1 Triathlete in The World

Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael Gervais

Dr. Michael Gervais

Sport Psychology, Finding Mastery, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Business, Self Help, Michael Gervais, Health & Fitness, Mindset, Psychology, Self-improvement, Education

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🗓️ 11 September 2019

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

This week’s conversation is with 2016 Olympian Katie Zaferes, the #1 ranked triathlete in the world.

Katie recently captured her first ITU World Triathlon Series title.

The world title is years in the making for Katie, who finished fifth in the ITU World Triathlon Series in 2015, fourth in 2016, third in 2017 and second in 2018.

A native of Hampstead, Maryland, Katie began her career as a cross country and track and field athlete in high school.

Katie competed in track and field and cross country at Syracuse University, where she qualified for the NCAA Division 1 Championships in the 3,000 meter steeplechase.

Upon graduation in 2012, she entered USA Triathlon’s Collegiate Recruitment Program, which became the start of her professional triathlon career.

In recognition of Katie’s ascent, USA Triathlon named her its 2017 and 2018 "Women's Triathlete of the Year."

Katie now has her sights set on qualifying for the 2020 Olympic Games.

In this conversation we discuss how she’s approaching the upcoming Games differently than her first appearance in 2016 – getting the results she covets while still finding joy in what she’s doing.

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0:00.0	It's funny because when I was in college and running I was always thinking like if someone needs to work on their mind like that means they're weak that means their mind's not strong enough and wow has my like whole viewpoint like switch so completely like,
0:13.0	like switched so completely where I just think now it's like,
0:17.0	I mean, I do the physical work of course,
0:20.0	but I put a lot of time into just the mental aspects and knowing how incorrect I was before. All right, welcome back or welcome to the Finding Mastery Podcast. I'm Michael Jervais, and by Trade and Training, I'm a sport and performance psychologist, as well as the co-founder of compete to create.
0:49.0	And the whole idea behind these conversations is to learn from people who are on the path of mastery and the same issues they struggle with so have I and I'd bet so have you and I think that we can find ourselves in every one of these conversations.
1:05.0	These conversations are with extraordinary people, not just extraordinary doers.
1:11.0	And with that in mind, we want to better understand what it is
1:15.6	that they are searching for and to use these conversations as
1:19.3	placeholders to reflect on what it is that we're searching for as well.
1:24.0	And every conversation helps me to better understand really what it means to be human,
1:29.0	and especially in modern times, what it really means to be me.
1:33.2	And I hope the same is happening for you.
1:37.0	You know, the whole idea is to use this information
1:39.3	to apply it as we both continue to commit our efforts towards both mastery of self and craft.
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1:55.0	Yes.
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2:01.0	I know the high-performer types in your life can be a little tricky to buy for.
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2:17.7	that we've worked with on the path for them to be able to reach their
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