Self Acceptance & the Love of the Game with Julie Dunkle (Episode 64)

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

4.9 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Menopause can be a wet blanket for competitive athletes. How do you keep showing up to start lines when you’re managing hot flashes, heat intolerance, poor sleep, and watching peers walk away from the sport? This week’s guest has some answers. A lifelong athlete and self proclaimed triathlon addict, Julie Dunkle, now in her mid 50s, has had to navigate a number of physical and emotional challenges related to menopause, but has found a way to maintain her love of the sport and keep her competitive fire burning hot.

Julie is a 16x time Ironman finisher, with 7 Kona Qualifications and over 25 70.3 finishes. She is a USAT Triathlon coach, Newton Running Coach, USA Masters Swim Coach, and Training Peaks Level 2 coach. She is the Co-Founder of NYX Endurance, a Global Endurance Coaching Company that believes there is no progress without perseverance and no light without some darkness. You can follow NYX Endurance on Instagram and Facebook and check out their services at https://nyxendurance.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,
0:19.7	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.
0:31.0	Hello, strong, feisty women.
0:33.7	So I hope you are all having a safe and healthy start to the new year. So far, so good here. And it is really, really great to be back.
0:43.7	So one of the themes that comes up a lot in the membership and in our social media channels is adaptation, both physical and mental.
0:53.3	Many of us are longtime recreational athletes who have been in our
0:57.4	sport of choice for many years. Then menopause comes and maybe the physical symptoms make it
1:04.4	more challenging than it used to be or just as frequently the mental game goes sideways. We don't
1:10.7	have the same fire or a mojo
1:12.5	goes missing. So I was really interested to talk with this week's guest, lifelong athlete
1:18.8	and self-proclaimed triathlon addict, Julie Dunkel, who now in her mid-50s, has had to navigate
1:25.5	a number of physical challenges related to menopause,
1:28.5	but has found a way to keep her competitive fire burning red-hot. I really enjoyed this one
1:35.2	because I felt like I was talking to a friend who just like me has seen women come and go off
1:40.3	the starting lines over the years and has found a way to keep the love in lining up.
1:46.2	Julie is a six-time Ironman finisher with seven Kona qualifications and over 2570.3 finishes.
1:54.7	She is a USAT triathlon coach, a Newton running coach, a USA Master's Swim coach,
2:00.2	a Training Peaks Level 2 coach, and is the co- a USA Master's Swim coach, a training peaks level two coach, and
2:02.5	is the co-founder of Nick's Endurance, a global endurance coaching company.
2:08.1	Julie describes them as a group of coaches who like to get their hands dirty.
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