The Journey of a Professional Triathlete: From Dreams to Reality

Welcome to the return of the Primal Endurance podcast! This is your host Brad Kearns, and we are going on a journey towards a kinder, gentler, smarter, more fun, more effective way to train for ambitious endurance goals. You can check out Primalendurance.fit to join the community and also enroll in a free video course! In this premiere episode, I share a bit about my background and athletic career, what I stand for and what I’m all about, and reflect on a lifetime of being an athlete, author, and coach, and the most important things these experiences have taught me.

I am also so excited to be back on the mic after over a 3-year long break from cranking out shows (I also invite you to go back to revisit some of the wonderful shows we have in our catalog, some of which will be airing again with edits and adjustments made to keep it fresh) and working on the Primal Endurance mastery course. I spent a couple years of my life working on this, traveling around North America interviewing many of the world’s experts in so many of these categories that are so important to your endurance training and racing goals—especially reconnecting with my old time athletic friends and hearing them talk about the times they were at the top of their sport and pushing the envelope for human performance. You’re going to get so much value out of these interviews that will not be published anywhere else, and the Primal Endurance mastery course is going to be such an epic journey of discovery, knowledge acquisition, and focus and motivation for all of your endurance goals in all sports. It is by far the most comprehensive online endurance mastery course and I strongly encourage you to sign up, as you will get so much more value out of the podcast as well when you do. You can also check out a free introductory course to see what’s coming in further detail that gives you access to some great eBooks.

I also encourage you to email us at podcast@bradventures.com with all your questions, comments, and feedback about your training and competitive goals and experiences, especially those that will be interesting and/or relevant to other listeners, as we’re really aiming for making this a community experience. We’re in this together, so let’s do it right!

TIMESTAMPS:

Brad’s career as an athlete began with not making the football and basketball teams in high school to being a world class professional triathlete.  [04:26]

Brad shares what he learned about training and nutrition as he grew in his athletic career. [08:59]

Showing potential is good, but the training is and motivation is what gets you there. The beauty is in the journey. [17:51]

You cannot rush the process of fitness to happen and it's very unwise to compare yourself to other athletes in terms of your training protocols. [22:16]

Putting his professional competition behind him, Brad focuses on fitness and longevity with age-appropriate goals. [28:58]

Cultivate your internal passion for competition and maintain competitive intensity throughout life in an appropriate manner. [33:09]

We have to prioritize peak performance, protect our health, promote longevity in the process and never fall into that trap of more is better nor allow your ego to drive the narrative. [37:20]

Fantastic endurance sports records are getting broken. [44:55]

The term 80/20 training is often misinterpreted. Take a more sensitive, sensible, enjoyable rewarding approach to endurance training.  [46:58]

LINKS:

• Brad Kearns.com
• Brad’s Shopping page
• PrimalEndurance.fit
• PrimalEndurance Facebook
• How to Improve Your Triathlon Time
• Brad’s Fastest golf hole
• Primal Endurance book
• Primal Endurance Mastery Course

QUOTES:

• "Struggle gives meaning and richness to life." (Roger Bannister)

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