Two ex-special operations guys armed with MBAs seek out people leading lives less ordinary, in order to find out how they fill their ‘unforgiving minutes’, and what helps them go, always, a little further. Like intellectual bowerbirds, we collect shiny little objects of knowledge that will help build better humans. Co-hosted by Ben Pronk and Tim Curtis.
Episodes
Thursday Apr 11, 2019
Thursday Apr 11, 2019
Sabine Bird is an endurance cyclist who is the 24 hour Road Race World Champion .... breaking the world record at the same time for the most distance covered in the 24 hour race period. She is now preparing for the Race Across America (RAAM), an ultra endurance cycling event of some 5,000km across the USA.
How would you deal with zero sleep? How long can you stay in the saddle for? How about 22 hours a day?
Sabine talks fitness v toughness and how she segregates and deals with (& even embraces!) pain.
She talks training regimes, race nutrition and keeping 'busy' on the bike and in her head. Sabine also talks about her other passion- her research on Alzheimers.
And modestly, Sabine says all she does is pedal a bike! What an understatement!
(Music by The Externals, 'Never be the Same')
Intelligence Summary (INTSUM):
00:00 - Introductory Reflections on Episode 11, Jason Semple, The Strength of the Thin Blue Line.
12:35 – Discussion on Fitness versus Toughness
13:45 - Breaking the 24h Road Race record
18:45- On nutrition
20:00- About the Race Across America (RAAM)... preparation, training and focus
27:30 – Sabine discusses her Alzheimer’s research
29:50 – Sabine talks about building resilience...
31:45 – Discussion about failure ... What is the role of failure.
38:30- Music by The Externals, 'Never be the Same'
References
https://www.cyclingdevelopment.org.au/sabine-bird-making-a-world-champion/
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