Here we go again with the bombardment of “New Year, New You” ads and messages to “eat this, not that,” or “do this specific workout for 30 days to get amazing abs.” You know the drill and they’re probably in your feed as we speak. 

In this first-of-its kind episode, Feisty Media podcast hosts Kathryn Taylor (Girls Gone Gravel), Sara Gross (Women’s Performance Podcast), Kelly O’Mara (If We Were Riding), and Selene Yeager (Hit Play Not Pause) unite for a candid conversation about these societal pressures of New Year's resolutions and the pitfalls of Fitness Challenges within women’s fitness culture.

Building positive new habits isn’t a bad thing, but the problem is that most of the challenges, diets, and cleanses often lead to underfueling, which can sabotage your goals as an active woman.

Sharing their own personal experiences with diet culture and disordered eating, Kathryn, Sara, Selene, and Kelly advocate for more self-acceptance and celebrating what the body can achieve, emphasizing overall health over aesthetics. Quite simply - they want you to be fueled for your 2025 goals. 

That’s why we’re launching the Feisty Fueled Challenge in January to foster healthier food and fitness dialogues. This FREE five day challenge will help you dive deeper into some of the internalized messages that we all struggle with, and feel empowered to make smart and mindful decisions about how to fuel in 2025.

Starting January 6th, you’ll receive daily emails from leading fueling & mindset experts that will reframe your mindset around fueling and cover some practical ways to fuel your 2025 goals.

With just 10 minutes each day, you’ll be ready to be your best feisty, fueled self in 2025 and redefine health and fitness on your own terms. 

To sign up for the FREE Feisty Fueled Challenge: 

https://www.womensperformance.com/fueled-challenge 

In this final episode of If We Were Riding the whole gang returns, including a visit from "Old Sara" and an introspective voicemail from Kelly's Mom.

Today, we say "goodbye" to this iteration of the show by looking ahead and sharing dreams and goals for 2025 and beyond.

Also, in today's show:

• Khadijah's Experience in New Zealand
• The Norms Have Shifted in Our Sport (Thanks, in part, to Feisty's work)
• Where Can We Best Contribute to Change?
• Where to From Here?
• Our Final "We Rock Because"

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This week we have reached our final episode of the IronWomen podcast. Haley and Alyssa spend the intro discussing what this show has meant to them, and how they plan to keep the IronWomen spirit alive moving forward. Then, we are excited to bring you all an interview with Melanie Baumann, who is a pro triathlete who dabbles in just about everything. She tells us about her wide variety of adventures and how she balances them with more traditional racing, and well as giving her insights on injury recovery and so much more.

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Laura Siddall (Sid) hops into this week's group ride to chat about IRONMAN 70.3 World Championships, random athlete surveys, and more!

• News From New Zealand
• Can Taylor Be Beat?
• Podium Picks
• IRONMAN Secret Surveys
• This Happened to A Woman in A Race?!
• Well, If You're Soliciting Advice...

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We are so excited to welcome an endurance athlete extraordinaire to the show this week in our interview with Emma Pooley! Emma is a multi time world champ and olympic and commonwealth games medalist on the bike, and a multi time duathlon world champ. In addition to all of that, in more recent years she has taken to gravel biking and mountain running, and even has a memoir coming out soon! In this interview we dug into all aspects of Emma's career, from fueling, to injuries, to travel, and everything in between. She has so many stories to tell as well as wisdom to share, and we are so lucky she was able to come on the show!

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This week:

• If We Were Riding is Riding Off Into the Sunset
• True Turkey Trottin’
• Women Go 1-2 at Ultraman World Champs
• The IM Rumor Telephone Game
• A Hijab and a Sports Bra
• Help Us Decide What's Next!

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These week we are thrilled to bring to everyone the interview we’ve all been waiting for: Jenny Kalmbach, who was the lead paddle boarder in Kona this year! Jenny told us all the details on her experiences in this role, including the wildlife sightings along the way. Beyond the triathlon world though, Jenny has had an illustrious paddle boarding career, including big races and long treks. We loved this change of perspective and getting to learn about the paddle boarding world, and we are so excited to bring it to our listeners!

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This episode originally aired in December 2023.

This week, we answer your random questions in our first "Ask Us Anything" group ride:

• Overrated and underrated snacks
• Biggest triathlon regrets
• Grateful for pie
• Hire professional heisters
• Shoving sh*t down your jersey
• Chill out on the super shoes
• Stochastic racing is a thing
• Hottest hot take

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This week we are stoked to welcome rookie pro Deborah Eckhouse to the show!! Deborah has just wrapped up her first season competing professionally in long course triathlon, and we loved this interview getting to hear about her entire journey! Deborah works the graveyard shift as a public safety supervisor, and then by day she does her training. In this interview, Deborah tells us all about her journey into the sport, from being inspired by her dad to do triathlon in the first place, to just recently learning to swim in her 30's. She tells us the ins and outs of how she balances a full time job while she moves up the triathlon ranks, and shares for us what her hopes are moving forward in the sport!

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This week:

• Panic Training for a Marathon
• Heroes or All Hype?
• Bringing the Trash Talk to Tri
• Spilling the T-100 Goss
• Keep Showing Up!

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