Today's guest on the Forever Student is Tom Walker. He’s worked in the fitness world for over a decade, some of those years focused on coaching triathletes. Tom also decided to compliment his experience and hands on knowledge with a BSc in Applied Sport Science. He saw the ‘student lifestyle’ as a chance to develop his own race experience and in his 3 years as a student bagged two AG top 10’s at IM 70.3 Dublin and IM UK, raced at the 70.3 World Championships and represented GB at the European Middle distance championships. Alongside this, Tom’s continued to coach triathletes and endurance athletes and spent 2 years working as an S&C coach for his Universities High Performance Academy. Tom is now an endurance coach at Innerfight in Dubai.  Today, we talk about his journey as a professional athlete, some misconception about endurance sports, why you should consider signing up for an endurance race, goal setting, staying consistent and committed, and much more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.