Join endurance athletes Smurf & Smurfette and their special guests as they talk through all things endurance sport, whether it be training, nutrition, balance, equipment, racing and much much more!

On this week's podcast, Smurf & Smurfette talk with Leighton Phillips, the founder of LCHF sports nutrition company SFuels. We talk with Leighton about;

• His athletic history and what led to the birth of the first SFuels products 
• The "noise" surrounding LCHF as a fad diet
• The important of health before performance
• The range of SFuels products and the science behind their development
• SFuels philosophies as a company and how the SFuels products fit this philosophy
• Using SFuels products for training, racing and day-to-day use
• The SFuels team, including Dave Scott, Dan Plews, Zach Bitter and Lewis Ryan
• The worldwide SFuels Ambassador Team
• What the future looks like for SFuels

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https://www.sfuelsgolonger.com

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Join endurance athletes Smurf & Smurfette and their special guests as they talk through all things endurance sport, whether it be training, nutrition, balance, equipment, racing and much much more!

On this week's podcast, Smurf & Smurfette talk with Dr Adam Fraser - psychologist and author of the books "Strive" and "The Third Space". Dr Fraser talks through the process of striving and topics such as;

• The completion myth
• What is means to strive towards a goal
• Why we miss the process when we meet a goal - we all know those post-race blues
• How the Third Space can be used by athletes to achieve peak performance
• The mindset it takes for an athlete to succeed

This one is full of nuggets of gold!!

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https://www.dradamfraser.com/

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The Smurf & Smurfette Podcast is back for 2021!!

Join endurance athletes Smurf & Smurfette and their special guests as they talk through all things endurance sport, whether it be training, nutrition, balance, equipment, racing and much much more!

On this week's podcast, Smurf & Smurfette reflect on 2020 - the challenges and the highlights. They also look forward to what 2021 brings, particularly what they are most looking forward to and the challenges they are likely to face along the way.

In the first podcast of 2021, we also meet Baby Smurfette - Isabella Jane!!!

Showlinks
www.smurfandsmurfette.com.au
Wyn Republic
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Smurf & Smurfette are endurance athletes balancing their careers as a doctor and educational leader with training, racing and life. This week we talk with Alun Davies - coach and race director from AAA Racing.

In 2020, despite the challenges COVID presented for businesses and ultra running, Alun and his team at AAA racing managed to put together numerous ultra running events over the space of 4 months. This included two Last One Standing events, 100 milers and even a 200 miler!

Listen to find out how Alun and his team managed that, what the key considerations for ultra running race directors are and what the future of Australian ultra running and AAA Racing looks like.

Showlinks
- www.smurfandsmurfette.com.au
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- www.facebook.com/smurfandsmurfettetri
- Instagram @smurfandsmurfettetri

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Who can believe it has been 50 episodes and just over 2 years of the Smurf & Smurfette Podcast!! It has been an epic journey with many AMAZING guests along the way. So to celebrate, we capture the best bits from our special guests and have compiled their wisdom in to small snippets for your listening please.  These snippets are categorised in to a number of key themes that keep coming across in our guest interviews. There are SO MANY gold nuggets of advice - you simply can't miss this one!!!

Consistency:
Mark Pacey (The Bloody Long day) - consistency in helping to recover post race
Scott Bayvel - consistency as the key to success as a pro
Sarah Thomas - consistency in producing positive performance
Cynthia Villiger - learning about consistency

Balance:
Glenn Skinner - balance being an ongoing goal
Leigh Gunn - balancing family life and 3 kids with training
Scott Bayvel - balance as a pro athlete
Ryan Crawford - balancing 3-5 marathons a week with family and work

Your Why:
Leah Belson - deciphering and articulating your why
Bryan Benshoof - finding your why in hard times
Glenn Skinner - the importance of athletes finding their why

Self-Belief:
Kate Mooring - not fearing failure as a first time triathlete
Cynthia Villiger - knowing you can do it
Jodie Browning - be scared and do it anyway

Enjoyment:
Glenn Skinner - keeping triathlon fun; it's a lifestyle sport
Rhys Jones - enjoying the process
Christo Jacobie - enjoying triathlon; the sport is for everyone

Mindset:
Leah Belson - the ebbs and flows of life; you can't have the good without the bad
Ryan Crawford - being in charge of your mind
Christo Jacobie - being strong in the mind
Sarah Thomas - in the tough times, know you can get through
Mark Pacey - "I Will"
Chris Murphy - don't give yourself limits
Kierra Allen - be in the moment and prepare for things to go wrong
Glenn Skinner - KISS and being patient
Ryan Crawford - discipline from self-training
Jodie Browning - changing your relationship with feedback


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Smurf & Smurfette are endurance athletes balancing their careers as a doctor and educational leader with training, racing and life. This week we talk with 2019 70.3 Sunshine Coast and 2020 Ironman Cairns 30-34 Age Group champion Mick Lewandowski.

Still relatively new to the triathlon scene, Mick has rocketed to the top of the age group ranks. Coming from a competitive swim and surf life saving background, Mick has the motor and determination to make it big! We chat with Mick about;

• Life in the US College system as a competitive swimmer
• Transitioning in to triathlon and the challenges this has presented
• Building the foundation for performance through aerobic training
• Training through COVID and managing the changing goal posts of race dates
• His first Ironman at 2020 Ironman Cairns and coming away with the age group win and 3rd overall age grouper
• His aspiration for the future, in particular the next 12 months including both 70.3 and Ironman World Championships

You can find out more about Mick at https://www.micklewandowski.com/

Showlinks
- www.smurfandsmurfette.com.au
- [email protected]
- [email protected]
- www.facebook.com/smurfandsmurfettetri
- Instagram @smurfandsmurfettetri

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Smurf & Smurfette are endurance athletes balancing their careers as a doctor and educational leader with training, racing and life. 

This week we cover #TMT100 - We run 100kms for Mental Health from our little home town of Theodore 50k across to Moura before turning around and running back!

This event was about raising awareness for mental health and the need to speak up when you need help, as well as to raise funds for mental health charity LIVIN.

We discuss the highs and lows of the day, the nutrition challenges, the comparisons of running 100k with the struggles in life and much much more.

You can donate and support this great cause at www.smurfandsmurfette.com.au/events

Showlinks
- www.smurfandsmurfette.com.au
- [email protected]
- [email protected]
- www.facebook.com/smurfandsmurfettetri
- Instagram @smurfandsmurfettetri

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Smurf & Smurfette are endurance athletes balancing their careers as a doctor and educational leader with training, racing and life. During the COVID pandemic, endurance athletes around the world have had to find ways to challenge themselves outside of racing. This has meant finding hard personal challenges to complete. But why do we do these hard things? What is it that drives us to push ourselves outside our comfort zone? This week we discuss these ideas, in particular;

• The work of Dr Adam Fraser and his book Strive - how real fulfilment comes from the process of striving to do hard things
• The connection with other people we get from working towards hard things and sharing these experiences
• How doing hard things, both the process and the goal, helps to give human beings purpose and provide opportunity for us to grow
• Overcoming things that we once felt were impossible
• The element of curiosity and how curiosity of what we are capable of can encourage us to challenge our limits
• The adrenaline rush that comes with challenging ourselves and the risk of failure
• Why doing hard things is about falling in love with the work and the process as much as it is about loving the goal  

Showlinks
- www.smurfandsmurfette.com.au
- [email protected]
- [email protected]
- www.facebook.com/smurfandsmurfettetri
- Instagram @smurfandsmurfettetri

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Smurf & Smurfette are endurance athletes balancing their careers as a doctor and educational leader with training, racing and life. This short episode is a quick look at our #TMT100 - 100km from Theodore to Moura and back to Theodore to raise awareness for mental health and fundraise for mental health charity LIVIN.

In this short episode, we listen to Smurf's interview on ABC Capricornia Radio's breakfast show. Smurf talks through the WHY of #TMT100, what the day will look like and who will be supporting.

A big thanks to YANTA Mining, Kate and Ian Mooring, for their massive support of this initiative. You can donate at the link below;

www.mycause.com.au
www.smurfandsmurfette.com.au/events

Showlinks
- www.smurfandsmurfette.com.au
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- [email protected]
- www.facebook.com/smurfandsmurfettetri
- Instagram @smurfandsmurfettetri

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Smurf & Smurfette are endurance athletes balancing their careers as a doctor and educational leader with training, racing and life. This week is a super interview with the new Australian record holder for the Last One Standing Backyard Ultra, Chris Murphy. Chris recently competed in the Australian satellite event for the Big's Backyard Ultra World Championship and came away as the last one standing!

• Chris' background and going from cardiac issues and almost 100 kilograms to an ultra runner
• The ultra running journey from 5k to Ultra Trail Australia
• The benefits of working with a coach
• What a general training week for Chris looks like and balancing training with life, family and work

Big's Backyard Ultra World Championship

• Chris' experience at the AAA Racing Clint Eastwood LOS in August where he completed 30 laps of the 6.7km course in 30 hours
• The learning he took away from this event to apply to the Backyard Ultra World Championship
• Logistics, organisation and nutrition for an ultra run like this
• The importance of the crew for success in this event
• Running 16 hours and 100 kilometres with Barry Loveday
• 46 laps, 46 hours and over 300 kilometres of running - the highs and lows

Showlinks
- www.smurfandsmurfette.com.au
- [email protected]
- [email protected]
- www.facebook.com/smurfandsmurfettetri
- Instagram @smurfandsmurfettetri

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