Aug 6, 2026 · 50 min · 11 segments
Coach Chris sits down with Dr. Sarah Gordon, who explains the science behind lasting motivation in endurance sports—and why enjoyment, confidence, adaptability, and community help athletes stay active…
Chris NewportHostSo I think, like you know, you're a triathlete and you coach athletes, I think you get to points in your life where you wanna quit.
You know, when we get to that point, that breaking point, a lot of times it's fatigue.
You are tipping the scale too much in one, maybe you're over-training, you're not recovering, your nutrition, your hydration, all those things that make you, it, you know, in- influence optimal performance.
It's the same in any endeavor in your life, whether you're, um, working in medical school, in law school, getting your PhD, an emergency room physician.
It, we call it the long game of human performance, right? So the lessons I learned is that you have to set boundaries in your life.
I- if you're getting to this, these breaking points, which, you know, burnout, we can all experience burnout as an athlete, as a professional, as a parent.
When you're getting to these kind of breaking points, it's, it means something's out of balance.
I, I was fortunate enough to give the commencement address at graduation, and I-
So I think, like you know, you're a triathlete and you coach athletes, I think you get to points in your life where you wanna quit.
You know, when we get to that point, that breaking point, a lot of times it's fatigue.
You are tipping the scale too much in one, maybe you're over-training, you're not recovering, your nutrition, your hydration, all those things that make you, it, you know, in- influence optimal performance.
It's the same in any endeavor in your life, whether you're, um, working in medical school, in law school, getting your PhD, an emergency room physician.
It, we call it the long game of human performance, right? So the lessons I learned is that you have to set boundaries in your life.
I- if you're getting to this, these breaking points, which, you know, burnout, we can all experience burnout as an athlete, as a professional, as a parent.
When you're getting to these kind of breaking points, it's, it means something's out of balance.
I, I was fortunate enough to give the commencement address at graduation, and I-
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