Athletes should not be afraid to take on new, ambitious challenges in their career despite the risk of failure.

“I think it's important to to not be afraid of taking the challenge and like like jumping into new stuff like and often often people like even when I standing on the start line in the race I've been preparing for like the biggest reason why they may be being nervous for the race is because they are n”

Athletes should focus on their swimming technique rather than just accumulating volume to ensure they can perform well in the other disciplines.

“focus on the swim and I seem very hypocritical because it you know I'm not the best at it myself but and I and I don't seem to apply the time to it and I should but if you don't get out of that swim well the rest of the day is a really long long day”

The speaker views long-distance triathlon as a pursuit driven by curiosity about the limits of her own mind and body rather than mere competition with others.

“I'm not a perfect person and I'm hyper competitive and I hate losing but the reason I got into this sport is to find out what is possible for my mind and my body”