Professional triathlete Lydia Dant and Passion Fit Coach Loren Ward join together in conversation, to talk about age group life, turning pro, setting goals, having confidence and being comfortable on a bike.

You'll hear:

01:00 Rich and Helen's final thoughts before Beyond the Ultimate's Highland Ultra.

18:00 Why weekends don't exist for Loren and Lydia.

20:00 Lydia explains how she met Loren in 2018 after she had entered Ironman Wales and decided she wanted some coaching.

22:50 Those nervous feelings when you turn up to a triathlon club for the first time. "I'm quite introverted really and I find it hard to make those initial conversation starters. You worry if you will be fast enough or if you will keep up, but one of my biggest worries was getting lost."

27:50 Loren says she didn't realise Lydia's potential from the start. "She was a strong athlete and she performed quite well, but as time went on she started getting faster than me at everything.

30:00 Lydia talks about whether she set out to be a professional athlete' "I never put a glass ceiling on what I thought I might be able to achieve.

32:00 We talk about confidence! And why the process matters rather than a metric.

35:00 Goal setting. "Think hard about your goals. As long as it's important to you and individualised and your reality is aligned with that goal"

38:30 Lydia talks about her love of bikes, her bike fitting business Pheonix Evolution and shares some tips about how to enjoy cycling and being comfortable. "You just have to try things and always question can you be more comfortable?"

47:00 Lydia talks about plans for her first Ironman in 2022, four years after she had first planned to do one.

53:00 What was the decision process like to apply for her professional licence? Lydia describes the dilemma between getting more experience in triathlon as an age group athlete, or just going for it in the pro ranks.

55:00 If Loren and Lydia can switch off from triathlon and if so, how.

59:00 Hear all about Antony Butcher's Ride Across America and why he is doing it.

Find out more about this week's guests

Click here to track Rich and Helen at Beyond the Ultimate's Highland Ultra!

Lydia Dant Instagram

Loren Ward Instagram

Antony Butcher's Ride Across America

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