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- Episode 57: Celebrating records or disputing drug tests?
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This has been a weird week for Track and Field and I believe we spend too much time on positive drug tests and suspensions and not enough celebrating World Records. And Global Warming/Climate change is not a hoax!
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35 min - Episode 56: National Championships 2021
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Damian competed in long jump and the 110 hurdles at Nationals in Montreal. It was an ... interesting but ultimately successful competition.
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39 min - Episode 55: Father's Day
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I've been lots of things and done a variety of jobs but nothing is more important or fulfilling to me than being a father.
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40 min - Episode 54: Quarantine Thoughts
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I try consider the idea of survivor bias in coaching but end up talking about the horror of the mass murder of the Afzaal family last week here in London Ontario. Morality and mortality and racism are heavy topics, more so when you have too much time on your hands and no answers.
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42 min - Episode 53: Dennis and I talk Gotzis
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I talk to Dennis about Damian's fantastic results at Gotzis and the plan moving forward to the Olympics. And the super cool robotics (sort of?) factory we toured in Austria!
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43 min - Episode 52: Damian Warner wins Gotzis 2021!!
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Holy shit what a performance, and just in time for the one year anniversary of my podcast! We had a fantastic weekend in Austria and Damian kicked ass and took names! I'm a little fired up right now!
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42 min - Episode 51: Do athletes have a voice?
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Olympic athletes have to sign away their right to protest or use their own images to make money during the Olympics, and anybody going to the Olympics cannot post on social media without permission from the IOC. Is this a good thing??
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28 min - Episode 50: Dealing with Stress
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We went to Toronto to compete for the first time this year and it was VERY stressful. Dealing with stress is the key to success and I talk about how our mental coach J.F. Menard has helped and some of the strategies we employ.
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42 min - Episode 49: Decathlon scoring explained!
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I compare Olympians to 17 Year Cicadas, and then try to explain the history and complexity of decathlon scoring, and then rant about Covid-19 being an airborne disease.
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46 min - Episode 48: Thinking Outside the Box
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Sometimes solutions to problems are found in unusual places where "specialists" in the field might never think to look. The longer we do something, be it coaching track and field, practicing medicine, or flying rockets into space, the less likely we are to be open minded about our field of expertise.
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About The World According to Gar
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The World According to Gar is a completely personal podcast based on the unique life experiences of Gar Leyshon. Gar is currently a track and field coach, and more specifically the personal coach…
of The World's Greatest Athlete: Damian Warner, the Olympic Gold Medalist in decathlon from the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. But this podcast is not just about sports and coaching the decathlon; Gar also talks, rants and swears about politics, pandemics and pinheads who piss him off. And he does so from the perspective of a man who has lived and worked in Taiwan, Australia, England, Scotland, the USA and on an oil rig in the arctic. On top of that Gar, who retired from teaching in 2021, has taught and coached for 25 years, has a wife and 2 teenaged sons, and STILL doesn’t drink! He does however, have a bad attitude and an ugly ass beard to match. So, if you are looking for a sports themed podcast about coaching world class athletics, with plenty of bizarre stories, strong opinions and foul language, then you are in the right place!