The Third 500 Podcast: Recent Episodes
Maddy Duerig, Maddy H-K and Meg Varcoe
This podcast is for the retired athlete. Many high school, college and elite level athletes take on their sport as being part of their identity. So what happens when they're done and are beginning their post-athlete life? The creators of this podcast, Maddy Duerig, Maddy H-K and Meg Varcoe, rowed together at Syracuse University for four years and want to share what life was like being a D1 student-athlete versus what it's like now, being retired athletes. Listen along as three best friends navigate the post collegiate world.
IT'S OUR SEASON 1 FINALE! In this finale episode, the three of us reflect on our journey creating this podcast. This is a feel-good episode where we share how this season has changed us for the better. This is just the beginning for the Third 500 Podcast and we are excited to see how we can keep creating and sharing our experiences through this podcast.
This episode is all about Spring Racing. This is rowing's most important time of year, with conference and national championships fast approaching. Listen in to hear all about our experiences with spring collegiate racing. We share our favorite racing memories, tips and tricks on how we used to prepare for a race, and more!
In this episode, the three of us discuss what success and failure means to us and how it looked in college versus now. Who ever said flying starts are not to try in the middle of your sprint? Risks are an inevitable part of sports and teach athletes how to react, further develop, and learn from successes and failures. Tune in to this episode as we relive some of our greatest successes and failures, how we welcome all of them, and the journeys they've taken us on!
This episode is all about our experience and thoughts on technology in sports. We discuss sport watches, apps to track our performance and meditation, and technology we think is most beneficial for collegiate athletes. For years the success of a piece was based on the stats and analytics of the workout; was our heart rate high enough? Our splits low enough? Did we achieve enough efficiency? Now, as recreational athletes, we discuss the pros and cons of linking success to metrics and how we measure our workouts beyond the screen. Listen in to hear us discuss our journey in more exploratory fitness measuring!
This week's episode is a deep dive into the familiar question: What do you want to be when you grow up? With three different journeys, listen in to hear how each of us are discovering our true passions and how they are inspiring our career paths!
This week we welcome Morgan Blind, creator of 'The Weight of Winning' and current D1 athlete at Harvard University! Listen in to hear all about how she created this platform and what she wants to accomplish with it. Be sure to check out her instagram page @theweightofwinning for more content.
Injuries happen in all collegiate sports. Athletes often experience these times as a true test in their journey while supporting their team from the training room, instead of with them in practice. Today we discuss how our injuries from our years as collegiate athletes have become part of our post-graduate lifestyle. Listen in to hear how we practice injury prevention, mindful movements, and how we are more intentional while working out as retired athletes.
Let's talk about stress. Something we all deal with in some capacity. Stress does not have to be all bad all the time. It can be a great way to measure our own self growth and learn things we wouldn't normally in a low-key environment. Listen in to today's episode where we discuss how our stressors have changed from our time in college to young adults and the different ways we handle them. Stress can affect you emotionally, mentally and physically and the three of us are learning in our lives how to deal with it when it happens. Everyday we are learning something new about ourselves and gaining more tools to help manage the stresses in our lives.
In today’s episode, we discuss managing our finances both during college and in our current lives. There are not a lot, if any, of resources for collegiate student athletes to help them prepare for being financially independent once they graduate. Everyone’s experience to becoming financially independent is different, the three of us are perfect examples. Learning how to manage your own money, when to spend, when not to spend, is another challenge you embark on as an adult. A question we all ask ourselves when we go to purchase something: Do I NEED this?
Another year has rolled around and it has given us time to think about what goal planning is and how we goal plan. In today's episode we discuss how our goal planning has changed now that we are no longer student athletes. In this new phase of our lives we are learning how to orient our goals to challenge ourselves. A big debated question: are New Year's resolutions valuable?
We can all agree, our collegiate athlete experience was tied to many aspects of our life: Identity, Routine, and Confidence. Now in the next season of our lives, listen in to hear how we’re discovering our new identity and learning so much about ourselves throughout the process!
Today we welcome three of our old teammates and friends; Bex, Lauren and Zoe! Almost four years graduated, this trio shares their experience transitioning into adulthood, creating balance in their lives, and finding their identity now as law school students from three different corners of the world!
Drum roll please! Today we welcome one of the most incredible people in sports, Coach T!! Coach T is our beloved strength trainer from Syracuse and a role model to us all. Listen in to hear from the athlete, strength trainer, and mother perspective on training and being involved in elite sports. What we love most about this episode is how genuine and authentic Coach T is about life and all of its beautiful unknowns.
The environment college athletes train in can be fun but most of the time, competitive. A part of the transition away from collegiate athletics is leaving this level of competition we were a part of. How do we find ways to fuel our competitive drive now? Has our competitive drive changed since hanging up our student athlete title? Now living outside of this environment, hear how we utilize competitiveness in our new everyday life.
Raise your hand if you've ever 2k tested, raced, or played a game while on your period! Menstruation is a natural part of being a female athlete and not talked about often. In this episode, we share our experiences with menstruation and how it changes the way we fuel, hydrate and train. Our motto? Just go with the flow.
We dive into the topic of self care and what it looks like for us now not being collegiate athletes. Self care is finding things that make you happy and feel good. It’s about doing something to promote your own physical, mental and emotional well-being. Listen to hear how we prioritize or are learning to prioritize our self care.
A topic that shouldn't stay silent, is silent no more for this podcast! Hear about our experiences dealing with our mental health throughout our collegiate athletic career. How did it affect us as athletes and how are we managing today? Remember to love yourself and honor yourself.
Like any transition in life, it can be hard, but something unspoken is how our bodies change from being a student-athlete to normal adults. We've opened a can of worms about our struggles and daily path to accepting and loving our new bodies. Not everyday is a good day, but we are working on finding what makes ourselves feel confident.
What is fueling your body and your relationship with food like after college athletics? Every person's experience is different and unique to them. In this episode, we share our stories on each of our journey and transition to creating a healthy dynamic with food. Always remember, food is fuel!
Once a collegiate athlete, now a woman in the corporate workforce! This week's episode features our queen chef, Emma Braun! Listen in as this local legend takes us through her new routine as a corporate woman and explains how she got into a routine that works best for her new lifestyle!
After four years of the same routine day in and day out, we graduate - what happens then? A lot can happen once you finish your student-athlete career when trying to find your new norm. Tune in to hear how our daily routines and habits have changed since graduating. We are continuing to learn to adapt and find consistency in our lives.
This week we introduce our first special guest and beloved teammate, Taylor Rogers! Listen in to hear all about what it's like being a walk-on, the process of trying out for a college team, and balancing everything in between!
This week we finish our freshman year series talking about what the transition was like from high school to a collegiate rowing environment. Listen in to hear what it is like to experience a true winter, what the academics were like, what it was like to eat out of a dining hall, and advice we wish we had before starting our first year of college.
It's time to go to college! We discuss our transitions from high school to college and what it was like to be a new student-athlete. What was our last summer before college like? What was it like to move away from home? How was it once we arrived to campus? This will be a two part series. Stay tuned for next week to hear Part 2!
It's time to sign the letter of intent! This week we finish our series on recruiting. We discuss what happens on official visits and the process of making your final decision of what school to go to.
We are taking it back to the beginning with recruiting. This will be a two part series. Recruiting is the first step many athletes take to make their college dream become a reality! You’ll hear all about our experiences as international, cross country, and in-state recruits. Stay tuned for next week to hear Part 2!
Get to know your hosts, Maddy Duerig, Maddy H-K and Meg Varcoe, the three best friends on a life transition from collegiate athletics. Listen to learn about what The Third 500 Podcast is all about. Alright, lets sit ready!