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We're Back B*tches #4: Live Kona Preview Show with Daniela Ryf

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Daniela Ryf says she prepared by imagining every bad scenario, including cramps, energy problems, and stomach issues.

1. Feisty Triathlon’s “We’re Back B*tches #4: Live Kona Preview Show with Daniela Ryf” centers on Kona 2024 and Daniela Ryf’s life after racing. 2. The hosts on stage with Daniela Ryf frame her as a retired 10-time world champion, a documentary subject, and a race analyst for Kona week. 3. The episode asks what Daniela Ryf is doing after triathlon and how she sees the women’s Kona race playing out. 4. Ryf says her documentary is about life after sport, and she calls that switch “challenging and also scary.” 5. She explains that the film began with a coffee in Zurich with a friend who filmed her first documentary when she was 15 years old. 6. Ryf says she took the project to sponsors, made the financial part work, and filmed for five or six months as the director’s “shadow.” 7. She says the documentary includes behind-the-scenes scenes at home, and she expects it to go on YouTube with a link in the show notes. 8. Ryf says she is raffling off her last Kona bike from 2023 through via prize.org/ryf instead of placing it in a museum. 9. She says the raffle money supports her foundation’s projects in Kenya, including hygiene products for young women who miss four school days each month during their period. 10. She says the foundation also feeds 1,000 kids per day at lunch and that the work feels “humbling” and inspiring. 11. Ryf says her foundation started after her father died, when her stepmother’s Nairobi background and Kenyan connections made the work personal. 12. She says retirement is busier than racing because she is now doing 20 minutes to one hour of exercise, office work at Mover, and bike sales in Switzerland. 13. Ryf says she spends eight and a half hours at the office and is learning “proper work” while helping motivate people to be more active. 14. She says she does not feel she is missing out on racing and is happy she had her best times already. 15. Ryf says she wants Lucy to race well and says Taylor and Solveig are both strong enough to threaten the record. 16. She says the women’s field is so deep that six to eight athletes could win, and she names Laura Philipp, Kat Matthews, Chelsea, Tamara, Holly Lawrence, and Marjolaine. 17. Ryf says the live event format matters because she is doing boat coverage for Ironman, German TV commentary, and on-course cheering. 18. She says she may be moving between the boat, the hill, and the bike course because her schedule fills up every hour or two. 19. People who follow Kona, women’s triathlon, or retirement transitions would get the most out of this episode. 20. People looking for a tightly edited racing recap without live Q&A may skip it.

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