Tawnee Gibson: Female Eating And Stress Dangers, Adopting Healthy Mindsets, Avoiding Tech Obsession, And The Kona Underpants Run

I welcome Tawnee Gibson, longtime host of the Endurance Planet podcast, to the show for an honest, open conversation that takes us on a timeline through her own experiences as an athlete, her struggles, and what she has learned from health journey.

Some of Tawnee’s revelations will be particularly relevant to female athletes, and some others—such as not feeling ready to correct course even when you know better—will be relevant to all. Tawnee also talks about what actually happens to your body as a result of having an overly stressful lifestyle, the importance of evaluating your attitude and your disposition and how it relates to stress, the pros and cons of the massive influx of technology in the endurance experience and the importance of using your intuition to navigate this new technology, why she and her husband decided to leave her home state of California to settle in a rural area in Idaho, and more!

TIMESTAMPS:

Tawnee talks about all the particular aspects of being a female endurance athlete. [00:32]

Tawnee grew up in southern California and resettled in rural Idaho living an extremely different life. [04:03]

Brad and Tawnee talk about how they now realize the stress they were putting on their bodies as they reflect back to their competitive days as triathletes. [06:28]

Fighting an eating disorder and amenorrhea were part of her beginning as triathlete. [10:24]

Listeners need to hear the experiences of these two former triathletes and think about what you goal is and how to avoid the roadblocks that are there in your way. [23:46]

REDS is relative energy deficit in sport. Stress of all kinds can get you there as well. [27:20]

You need the discipline to know when you need to rest and sit back when you are at an exciting place. [34:18]

As you realize your performance is changing, accept where you are, be grateful for what your body can do. [43:50]

How do today’s training methods and technologies differ to make today’s athletes bring in better times? [53:49]

People over complicate things that are rather simple. [01:03:07]

What is the Underpants Run that occurs during the Kailua Kona Iron Man Week? [01:06:31]

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Tawnee Gibson: Female Eating And Stress Dangers, Adopting Healthy Mindsets, Avoiding Tech Obsession, And The Kona Underpants Run