Everyone has bad days. But when you wake up every morning not knowing how your body will cooperate, it brings a whole new set of challenges to training and racing at a high level. Our guest, Dr. Melissa Puppa-Lasher, PhD, knows this daily roll of the dice all too well.

As an age group aquabike world champion and short course triathlon evangelist, Mel's journey as an endurance athlete living with lupus has been nothing but awe inspiring. There is no quit, and no excuses in this woman. She is by far the most mentally tough person we've had the pleasure of working with.

But navigating this disease while improving performance has taken a lot of trial and error, data tracking, intention, communication, and a little tough love at times. Through all the hard work, struggles, and a second heart wrenching diagnosis, we're still hitting new bests 4 years later. And she's not done. Far from it.

Mel's story can be a huge source of inspiration for others living with auto immune diseases, but if you don't get motivated listening to this one, we aren't sure you can be helped!