YogiTriathlete Podcast

YogiTriathlete Podcast

Hosted by: Jess & BJ Gumkowski

YogiTriathlete and its co-founders, Jess and BJ, are waking up and shaking up the world of endurance sports. Their approach is anything but mainstream and they are known to go deep. Buckle up because jumping on this...

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Tu Tran, Wattie Ink. Team Manager on Doing the Work for the Sake of the Work

Tu Tran carried the flag during the 13.1-mile run at Ironman Oceanside in honor of Lance Corporal Abe Simpson. At the finish line, he handed the flag off to Simpson's mother Maria to aid in her journey of celebrating...
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Devon Yanko: Trail, Mountain, Ultra and Road Runner on a Life Without Labels

"The master has failed more times than the beginner has even tried" - Stephen McCranie This was the quote that began Devon's Instagram post this morning following her 2:42 performance on Sunday at the London...
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Mendocino Coast Ultra Smackdown with Team YogiTriathlete

This past weekend we had four Team YogiTriathlete athletes run the Mendocino 50k. Each one finished, each one set a PR on the course and each one had very different training based on race schedules, experience and...
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YiOu Wang, Professional Ultrarunner from Biotech to Running the World

It all starts with the first step and for YiOu Wang that was a search on the internet for how to run a marathon. She set her sights on running the Boston Marathon after spectating what she describes as "the most...
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Joe Gambles, Professional Triathlete & Coach on Undoing Damage, Eating Vegan & Longevity in Sport

No matter how many times we race a specific distance or show up at a specific race, we will never be able to remove the unknown of race day. The only thing we can really do is to prepare our bodies and minds to...
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Tom Voss the Meditating Vet on Walking 2,700 Miles and Healing Moral Injury

Moral InjuryThe damage done to one's conscience or moral compass when that personĀ perpetuates, witnesses, or fails to prevent acts that transgress their own moral and ethical values and conducts of code. In 2004,...
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Ask the YTs on 50/50 Training, Trusting Intuition and Assuming Your Best Identity Now

With three weeks to go until Lake Sonoma 50, BJ and I kick off this installment of Ask the YTs by diving into my training. New shoes, high volume weeks, long taper and nutrition experiments. We stress the importance...
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Bob Babbitt, Triathlon Legend on Creating Community but Not So Much Business Plans

Complete with a half-burnt bike, cotton long sleeve, belt, and beard, Bob Babbitt showed up to toe the line at the third ever Ironman triathlon in 1980. Despite fueling his 140.6 adventure with Hawaiian sweet bread,...
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PlantTrainers Adam and Shoshana Chaim from a Grim Diagnosis to a Life of Purpose and Plants

It is within the contrast of life that we are given great opportunityĀ to heal but as we navigate the darkness it can be difficult to see these gifts of growth.Ā None of us know what our lives have in store for us and...
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Plant-Based Chef Jared Simons on Food Hangovers, Failure and Getting Off the Crutch

Pain is the ultimate motivator for change. For our guest today, Jared Simons, it came in the form of a failed business and faltering health. Waking up every day feeling horrible, working hard and partying hard...
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Racing with Whole Foods, Rest Day Hacks, Minimizing and Meditation

This episode ticks all the YogiTriathlete boxes. Meditation, minimizing, plant-based athlete fueling, race day training simulation, and yoga. We cover a bevy of topics and questions in this month's Ask the YTs power...
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Wendy Garafalo on Healing the Gut to Change the Brain and Loving What Is.

When we wish for another Now we send a message to the universe that the moment of life we are being gifted isn't good enough. We are denying our connection to Source energy and actively diminishing our trust in the...
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