No Expiration Dates with Dede Griesbauer (Episode 123)

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Fitness, Health & Fitness, Medicine

4.9 • 769 Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2023

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

2022 Ultraman World Championship winner and new course record setter Dede Griesbauer will be the first to tell you, age is definitely more than “just a number.” It’s real, and the training, recovery practices, and dedication it takes to accomplish such feats at 52 is radically different than it is at 32 or even 42. But it’s possible, and you should not put an expiration date on your dreams, because with hard work and smart training they can come true. We talk all about what it takes to conquer 320 miles (515 km) of swimming, biking, and running around the Big Island of Hawaii, how she’s experiencing the menopause transition, and much more.

Along with her latest achievement, longtime professional triathlete Dede Griesbauer is a 3-time Ironman Champion, 2-time 70.3 Champion, and a 12-hour Time Trial World Champion. Dede is also a part of the Ironman live commentary team, providing color commentary and race analysis for Ironman races around the world, to fans via Facebook Watch and Outside TV. You can learn more about her and her amazing feats at dedegriesbauer.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.
0:30.4	Hello, strong, feisty women.
0:32.8	I hope you all are well.
0:35.3	I have a real treat for you this week. I sat down with the one and only
0:40.6	longtime professional triathlete, D.D. Greasbauer, who this past November won the Ultraman
0:47.9	World Championship on the Big Island of Hawaii by over 45 minutes set a course record and came in third overall at the age of 52.
1:00.1	For those who are not familiar, Ultraman is as it sounds.
1:05.2	It's a swim bike run on steroids.
1:08.5	The competitors cover more than 500 kilometers or about 320 miles over three
1:14.6	days, including a 10K or a 6.2 mile swim, a 275k or 170-ish mile bike, and a freaking double
1:24.7	marathon to wrap it all up in the end. And Dedy did all of that an accumulative
1:30.2	time of 23 hours, 22 minutes, and 58 seconds. We talk all about how she trains and accomplishes
1:40.1	all of that. And honestly, what I loved most about this conversation is just how brutally honest
1:48.3	Dee Dee is about what it takes. She, like me, hates when people say, age is just a number.
1:57.3	Because it really diminishes the work and dedication it takes to deliver that kind of high performance when you are in your 50s.
2:06.7	She also talks about how, though it can be really freaking hard, elite levels of performance are possible,
2:13.7	and we should not put an expiration date on our dreams.
2:17.4	If she had retired when people said she, quote unquote, should,
2:21.6	she would never have gotten to call herself a world champion.
2:25.9	Along with her latest achievement, Didi is a three-time Ironman champion,
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