Smurf and Smurfette are Age Group Triathletes, juggling their professional careers as an Educational Leader and a Doctor with Ironman Triathlon training. This week, we welcome Wyn Republic Ambassador and team manager, multiple Ironman finisher, business owner and family man Bryan Benshoof;

> Coping through the difficulties of COVID
> Travelling the world to race triathlons
> Managing the day to day of training, work, family and life
> Being manager for Team Wyn


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Smurf and Smurfette are Age Group Triathletes, juggling their professional careers as an Educational Leader and a Doctor with Ironman Triathlon training. This week, we discuss being an athlete and dealing with COVID-19. It is a difficult time for us all, however, with the right mindset, it can be seen as an opportunity for athletes and triathletes. We cover;

> Smurfette and her role as a doctor on the frontline of COVID-19
> Strategies for getting through this time as a triathlete
> With the cancellation or postponement of races, looking at a shift in goals to maintain motivation
> Identifying your lesser strengths and using this opportunity to work on them
> Whether it's Zwift, HIIT or something else, try something new
> Taking time to rest and recover
> Using this chance to build new positive routines
> Having a positive mindset, being grateful for what we do have and being realistic. Triathlon will always be there later!

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

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Smurf and Smurfette are Age Group Triathletes, juggling their professional careers as an Educational Leader and a Doctor with Ironman Triathlon training. This week, we welcome Professor Grant Schofield. Grant has an immense amount of experience in the LCHF Performance space as an athlete, coach, researcher and advocate. His involvement includes his roles at Auckland University of Technology, Endure IQ and PreKure. Smurfette chats with Grant and covers everything from training to racing as an LCHF athlete.

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- www.smurfandsmurfette.com.au
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- www.facebook.com/smurfandsmurfettetri
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Smurf and Smurfette are Age Group Triathletes, juggling their professional careers as an Educational Leader and a Doctor with Ironman Triathlon training. This week, we welcome Smurf & Smurfette athlete and first time triathlete Kate Mooring. Kate has been on an incredible journey towards her first triathlon and we get the chance to talk with her and hear all about it. We cover;

> The challenges of being a beginner triathlete
> The mental barriers to overcome and how to overcome them
> Managing triathlon training around day-to-day life
> Preparing for your first tri and what training might look like
> The mindset - know your WHY, forget the naysayers and negativity, and building a positive mindset
> Surrounding yourself with a supportive team
> Race Day!!
> Advice for beginner triathletes


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

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Smurf and Smurfette are Age Group Triathletes, juggling their professional careers as an Educational Leader and a Doctor with Ironman Triathlon training. This week is a special presentation from Geelong 70.3, 2020. We catch up with a number of Team Wyn 2020 athletes including Georgina Wright, Lee Brett, Cynthia Villiger and professional athlete Kierra Allen.

We cover pre-race and post race with hints and tips for Geelong 70.3 or 70.3 racing in general, race day nutrition and many other elements. We also talk extensively with Kierra about her progression in the professional ranks and what 2020 has in store.

To top it all off, here about Smurf and Smurfette's race day and how things shaped up on an honest but magnificant 70.3 course.

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- www.smurfandsmurfette.com.au
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Smurf and Smurfette are Age Group Triathletes, juggling their professional careers as an Educational Leader and a Doctor with Ironman Triathlon training. This week, we welcome Wyn Republic Ambassador and multiple Kona World Championship finisher Sean Richardson;

> Life as a new dad and balancing life with triathlon
> The mindset of an age group triathlete
> Being relaxed and realistic with training and racing
> Keeping things simple on race day
> What it takes to be successful in age group triathlon


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

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Smurf and Smurfette are Age Group Triathletes, juggling their professional careers as an Educational Leader and a Doctor with Ironman Triathlon training. This week is special with our presentation of the 2020 Hell of the West (HOTW) Triathlon from Goondiwindi, Queensland, Australia. Smurf chats to professional athletes (and both second place finishers at the 2020 HOTW) Sam Betten and Meredith Hill, as well as 15 time HOTW finisher David Bones;

> Sam chats about the pressures of being a 2 time champion and returning to the race with a hot professional mens field. We here a bit about his transition to LCHF, the test this race will be and what his 2020 season looks like

> Meredith covers her success in 2019, including an iron distance win at Challenge China, and why she is looking forward to returning to racing at Gundi. She compares racing here as an age grouper to now racing as a pro and how she prepares for a race like this

> David discusses the changes he has seen in the 15 years he has raced at HOTW and the challenges this race presents. He outlines his nutrition strategy for a hot race like HOTW and what it is that keeps bringing him back year after year


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

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Smurf and Smurfette are Age Group Triathletes, juggling their professional careers as an educator and a Doctor with Ironman Triathlon training. This week, we begin our series on Health Before Performance - the importance of having a solid foundation of good health from which to build positive endurance sport performance. Our focus for this episode is nutrition (particularly LCHF and JERF) and how this leads to positive general health and wellbeing from which to leverage performance. We discuss;

> Why positive health has to be the number 1 priority before pursuing performance
> The role nutrition in general plays in positive health
> Our philosophies on nutrition - LCHF and JERF
> What LCHF and JERF means for the general population and the positives of this lifestyle for the general population
> Poor nutrition leading to chronic disease
> The impact carbohydrates, particularly highly refined and processed carbohydrates, have on the physiology of the human body
> A little mythbusting on 'The Game Changers'
> A Case Study of how LCHF can have a more significant impact on diabetes markers than medications - particularly HbA1C
> Moving from positive nutritional health and wellbeing to positive performance
> Paula Newby-Fraser and Mark Allen - how they built sustainable athletic careers with longevity with the assistance of Phil Maffetone and Tim Noakes 

Smurf and Smurfette are Age Group Triathletes, juggling their professional careers as an Educational Leader and a Doctor with Ironman Triathlon training. This week, we welcome Wyn Republic Ambassador, 3 x Ironman Cairns Age Group Champion and 3 x Kona Qualifier Sarah Thomas. Sarah finished 7th in her age group on the 'Big Island' in 2019 and has a history in triathlon littered with great success. We chat;

> Growing up in Wales and the transition to living in Far North Queensland
> The introduction to triathlon and getting started
> Balancing work life as a physio with triathlon life
> Success over the years in triathlon including age group wins and World Championship top 10's
> The challenges throughout Sarah's triathlon journey, including coming back from a significant crash
> The successes of 2019 including a third age group win at Ironman Cairns and a 7th place at the Ironman World Championships in Kona, Hawaii
> What typical training week looks like and the nutrition needed to sustain high performance
> The transition to a coach in 2020, the one and only Brett Sutton, and the changes this is presenting
> What 2020 brings for life and triathlon
> Being a long term ambassador for Wyn Republic
> Getting involved in the world of triathlon coaching


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

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Smurf and Smurfette are Age Group Triathletes, juggling their professional careers as a Principal and a Doctor with Ironman Triathlon training. This week, we talk the Smurf & Smurfette Performance Pyramid. Our lifestyle and philosophies on coaching, life and training are all based around the Performance Pyramid. In this episode, we talk;

> The Performance Pyramid, what it is and the key elements of what we believe leads to high quality performance in triathlon and life in general
> Consistency - The foundation of performance and the foundation of the Performance Pyramid;
     * What does consistency really mean?
     * What consistency looks like in training, nutrition, recovery and life
     * Why this is the foundation of everything we do
> Mindset - Having a growth mindset and positive mindset;
     * Why failure is not a dirty word and why failure is key on the path to success
     * A growth mindset compared to a fixed mindset
     * What positivity really means
     * Why your mindset is so important to triathlon and life in general
> 80/20 - The key to finding balance in training, nutrition and life in general;
     * Finding balance in your nutrition and getting it right 80% of the time
     * Balance in training and adopting the 80% easy and 20% mod/hard training method
     * Finding balance in all aspects of life
> Lifestyle - The capstone of the pyramid, everything we do leads to a lifestyle of holistic health and wellbeing;
     * Planning triathlon around life, not the other way around
     * Health and wellbeing comes first and with positive health and wellbeing comes          positive performance
     * Taking a holistic view on performance which makes time for training, nutrition, work, rest and a social life

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

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