Beyond

“The most important thing is that you have the surrounding people who support you especially in the first years and that you can train without thinking all of the time if the baby is doing well.” Chelsea Sodaro caught up with Daniela Bleymehl, a Top 10 finisher at the 2019 IRONMAN World Championship, to discuss being a mother and the importance of having a strong support group while training and traveling, in this episode of the Beyond Podcast!

“I would be out running (pregnant), and people would look at me like I had two heads. I remember that was the first question that people would ask me, can you still exercise?” Chelsea Sodaro caught up with Age Group IRONMAN World Champion triathlete Amy Farrell to discuss how the resources available to expecting mothers, who also happen to be athletes, have evolved over the years.

“I'm very happy that the sport showed me the weakness, my personal weakness, and the things I have to work on. It made me grow and it made me in to the person I am.” Chelsea caught up with Anja Ippach to talk about being a new mother and reflections of a career in triathlon, and what the future holds in this episode of the Beyond Podcast!

“I just tried to remind myself that I am achieving something by the fact that you are growing a baby and that is easy to forget sometimes when you’re not achieving what you’re normally achieving.” Susie Cheetham describes what it was like to stop training leading up to the birth of her first child. Tune in as Chelsea Sodaro and Susie discuss juggling motherhood and professional sport parenting 101 in this episode of the Beyond Podcast

“I think we're probably in for the greatest challenge of our careers this year with balancing two. Very rarely do you see tri couples, race with a child let alone two.” HOKA and IRONMAN are excited to announce a special series of Beyond Podcasts that focus in on parenting and there is no better place to start than with the First Family of Triathlon. Tune in as Chelsea and Eric sit down with Mirinda Carfrae and Tim O’Donnell, plus Izzy and Finn, to talk all things parenting including how they find time for family while also training and racing.

“I didn’t necessarily mean to get blown up. There is something natural that came to me and said listen this is your cross to bear but if you bear it, it could be a good example for others.” Sebastien Bellin was at the Brussels Airport on March 22, 2016 when a terrorist attack took place. Find out how this former basketball star was able to overcome extensive injuries, and start on the road to one day completing an IRONMAN in this in this inspirational podcast, that's part of the BEYOND series.

“The common question is why IRONMAN, why triathlons? It’s to train my mind. When I do a 7 to 10 hour training day or an IRONMAN and I go to do a three hour IndyCar race, it‘s a piece of cake, or in my mind it is.” Find out how training for an IRONMAN race helps keep him mentally prepared to take on the challenges of an IndyCar race in this episode of the Chelsea and Eric Show (Part of the Beyond Series).

“It is super important that triathlon is used as something healthy and is an outlet as opposed to something that becomes too much. Going longer and going further and trying to be better is not always the best solution.” Overtraining is real in the world of endurance sports and overcoming the overtraining aspect can be difficult. Sarah Crowley explains how she centers her energy in this episode of the Chelsea and Eric Show (Part of the Beyond Series).

"We were more inclined to think that it was a way of living, having that beach lifestyle. You didn’t think about baseball, basketball, football, soccer. You thought about the tide and the wind conditions and who has a good paddleboard I could borrow for the race on Saturday.” Scott Tinley, two-time IRONMAN World Champion (1982 and 1985), narrates what it was like to compete during the infancy of sport of Triathlon. Tune in to the Chelsea and Eric Show (Part of the Beyond Series) to hear more about Scott’s triathlon achievements and how he reconnected with his fellow triathletes.

Chelsea Sodaro chats with Sarah True in the fourth episode of the Chelsea and Eric Show (Part of the Beyond Podcast Series produced by HOKA One One and IRONMAN). "In the ideal world every athlete says this is the day that I am no longer going to make a living being a professional athlete and you do a mic drop and you walk off feeling totally awesome about your career." Hear about what Sarah hopes to accomplish outside of the sport of triathlon while also training to become of the top triathletes in the world.