C26 Squadcasts: Recent Episodes

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Welcome to C26 Coach, Jessica Jacobs. She’s a mother, wife, and former military. Not to mention former professional triathlete, solid friend of the community and a beautiful spirt. We covered a lot in this interview (the longest Squadcast in history) and there are many training and racing jewels in here. One of my most enlightening parts was the discussion about amounts of sodium intake in a cold vs. a hot race. We also talked about visualization, the psychology of racing, and how bad moods signal us in races. There’s nutrition on the bike, hyper-hydrating, sweat tests and so much more. Definitely loaded with great insight you won’t want to miss.

Topics:

• Living in Germany
• Learning a foreign language
• Social media rants
• How other countries respond
• Her 911 military story
• Stay at home mom type?
• Her Year of Running Focus
• Non stop racing since 2003
• The toughest 15 mile race
• Her big 64k race in June?
• You have to humble yourself
• Dehydration faster in cold weather?
• Two Ironmans in 3 weeks
• Ironman Wisconsin issues
• Sweat tests and sodium 40:00
• Sodium in cold vs heat
• Nutrition and eating when it’s cold
• Solid vs. Liquid nutrition
• Practicing nutrition on hills
• What bad moods mean in a race
• How to time your nutrition in Ironman
• How and what to eat out of the water 57:00
• How to handle T1
• Hyper-hydrating
• You have to have days where you train like you’re racing
• Have fun — the eye of the tiger is still in there
• The difficulties of going from Pro to Age Grouper
• The power of the day dream in training

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New Squadcast Interview with C26 Athlete, Sean Sanford who is a certified anesthetist on the front lines at a dedicated Covid-19 hospital. He’s one of the nicest guys you’ll meet and we have a rational discussion about what is going on in his life, how he approaches his work, and the good and bad of what’s going on right now. I can say for certain this answered a lot of questions I had. We definitely talked a little triathlon, but most of this discussion was about Covid-19 because he’s been getting a lot of questions from friends and feels it’s important to give people a different perspective that what is generally available to the public.

Occupation: Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) Employer: University Of MN Medical Center Currently redeployed in a voluntary basis to Bethesda Hospital where we are strictly taking care of COVID-19 patients. I specifically manage the airways of these patients when they need to be placed on mechanical ventilation in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Meaning I place a breathing tube in the patients that need to be place on a ventilator when they have impending respiratory failure secondary to COVID-19. Topics:

• Life at a dedicated Covid-19 Hospital
• General projections for a month and two months
• Helping people breathe
• Why he wants to share this information
• Preparing and reacting to the virus
• The majority of patients recovering
• Some bad and good news
• Pre-existing conditions
• How triathlon benefits him with resiliency
• The mental aspects of a pandemic
• The treatment protocol
• What makes Intensive Care Unique
• ICU capacity?
• Intervening early enough
• Balancing the stress with triathlon
• How he’s getting into yoga and meditation
• Certified anesthetist
• How he calms and reassures patients
• Why he does what he does
• The importance of getting outside to do something
• Has Covid been here longer than we think?
• Why he’s hopeful of getting back together with people soon

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Today, we interview C26 Athlete, Phil Jones from Pittsburgh. Phil is originally from the UK and been in triathlon 4 years. He started late and races in the 55-59 age group. He talks about what he's learned from swim panic and anxiety, how his life has changed since losing his father last year, and what keeps him motivated, even with a bum foot. He also gets into his why and how it has come full circle into helping others succeed in triathlon.

Phil started documenting his training journey about 120 days ago and has posted a blog every day for nearly 4 months. You can find his blog at www.PhilJonesTriathlon.com.

Squadcasts are a division of the Crushing Iron podcast and focus on the lives of our active athletes.

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