Balancing children, partners, aging parents, with work, training and life is tough. This week Carla is joined by all around super Ironmom Ginny Cataldi to learn her words of wisdom and what she has learned along the way with getting the balance right and come out on top of her AG at 70.3 and Ironman distance races.

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A force of nature, Michelle Enslin came back from hip surgery, illness, blows to her confidence, to make it to the top step in the 50-54 age group at Ironman Africa Championships. There's so much that is contagious about her gratitude, engaging about her grit and drive, and wonderful and her energy and desire to do the best she can each and every day.

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Lilias asks Coach Marco why use a power meter versus heart rate on the bike.

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Derron Thomson is the 2019 African champion for Ironman in the 25-29 age group. He learned from his marathoning parents the value of mental toughness when shooting for the top step. We hope you'll listen to his story. (Hint: let's get him to Kona soon...facebook.com/derron.thomson)

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In a special edition of Kampsite. Carla speaks with 4x World Champion Leanda Cave on her career in the sport, what it took to reach the top and win the IM70.3 World Championship and Ironman World Championship in the same year, what she learned along the way, what she wished she knew when she started the sport and where she believes the sport of triathlon is going.

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Keri Houston is a very busy triathlete. She has a full, demanding career, loves the sport of triathlon, and has worked very hard to reach the top step. But she is also strategic. Even though Keri won her age group, she decided not to take the slot to Kona instead using this year to work on her nutrition and run. Watch out 2020!

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Winner of the 40-44 age group, he only played scratch golf until he was 35. Now he regularly reaches the top step of Ironman races. Olivier Godart takes us through his transformation from a scrappy Luxemburger growing up in Switzerland to his love for the sport of triathlon and his brush with serious injury and the temptation to give up his life. Go Ollie!

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Nikkola Mathews is the female 35-39 AG champion at Ironman New Zealand. What challenges she has had to overcome to get to the top step! Faced with an eating disorder, she was hospitalized and wheel-chair-bound for nearly 15 years before using endurance sports as a way to find life. We were so impressed by her interview with us.

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Lilias and David recently spoke with Matt Fitzgerald about his just published book "Life is a Marathon". Matt is an endurance sports writer, nutritionist, and author of more than twenty books. He is a coach and spokesperson for PEAR sports and former editor at "Triathlete" and "Competitior". Fitzgerald has contributed to "Men's Health", "Outside", "Runner's World", "Shape", and other publications. He lives in Oakdale, California, the "cowboy capital of the world" with his wife, Nataki. We highly recommend you get this book!

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Rob Hill won the 55-59 age group at Ironman New Zealand, 2019. Will he has gone to Kona before, he wasn't always so sportive and fit. He went from the couch and a sedentary lifestyle in his 30s to loving the sport of triathlon and endurance and earning the top step.

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