The Physical Performance Show: Emma Pallant – Pro Triathlete for BMC-Etixx Pro Triathlon Team
Episode 87: Emma Pallant – Pro Triathlete for BMC-Etixx Pro Triathlon Team
Listen in as Brad Beer sits down with Emma Pallant – Pro Triathlete and 2X World Duathlon Champion. In this episode Emma steps Brad through her journey to her international Ironman 70.3 success including her recent 2nd place at the Ironman 70.3 World Championship after only one and a half years racing the distance. Emma shares around her promising athletics career in middle distance running before undergoing a knee surgery that saw her starting biking and swimming as cross training. We hear Emma’s mantra, best advice and funny training stories as well as what drives her to be at her physical best.
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Listen in as we delve into the following:
- Emma’s success in track running
- Emma’s knee surgery
- How Emma found triathlon
- Emma’s first triathlon
- Why Emma decided to start the 70.3 distance
- Performance Round
- Emma’s best recovery tips
- Emma’s mantra
To follow Emma:
Website: empallant
Twitter: @EmmaPallant
Facebook: @emopallant
Instagram: em_pallant
Emma’s Supporters and Sponsors:
- Team Dillon Coaching
- BMC-Etixx Pro Triathlon Team – powered by Uplace
- Hoka One One
- Polar
- Speedo
- Compressport
- Scicon
- Training Peaks
- Uvex
- Shimano
- Tacx
- Fi’zi:k
- Vittoria
- Altium i10
- Sands Beach Active
- OGIO
- Stages Cycling
- Bakala Academy
- BEST Centre
Timeline
1:10 Introduction
3:15 Start of interview
4:28 Emma’s favourite quote
5:45 Where does Emma’s get up and go originate from
7:10 Life growing up for Emma
10:00 Emma’s junior years in running
12:40 Emma’s most memorable running result
15:00 Emma’s knee surgery
19:15 What training looked like as a runner
20:35 Emma’s recovery time from knee surgery
22:50 Show break
24:45 Emma entering her first triathlon
26:50 Finding Michelle Dillon – Team Dillon Coaching
29:30 Race day for Emma’s first triathlon
31:05 Why Emma loves the 70.3 Ironman distance
35:19 Emma’s first 70.3 triathlon
39:15 Emma’s first podium at an Ironman 70.3 event
39:30 Emma’s most memorable triathlon to date
41:30 Performance Round
44:40 Emma’s bucket list
45:55 Super League Triathlon
47:00 Emma’s Best advice
48:10 Emma’s dinner table
49:15 Emma’s Physical Challenge
53:22 Close
56:14 End
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