The Triathlon Mental Performance Podcast · Neil Edge

Lessons from Kona: How to Stay Composed When Everything Goes Wrong

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Neil Edge shares how the same mental pause that helps in triathlon became his greatest weapon during cancer treatment.

Triathlon mental performance coach Neil Edge explores how to stay composed when everything goes wrong in endurance sports, drawing from recent Ironman World Championships and his personal experience with cancer. He explains neurological responses to setbacks, introduces the 'prefrontal pause' technique, and argues that true mental toughness involves knowing when to push versus when to make smart decisions.

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