Episode 028: Siri Lindley: Right Coaches, Right Athletes - Triathlon Research Radio

Summary: One of triathlons elite coaches, Siri Lindley talks about her shaky beginnings in triathlon and how those experiences paved the way for success as a triathlete and eventually as a coach to some of the world's best triathletes in this segment of our podcast. #TriathlonResearch #Triathlon ResearchRadio Subscribe on iTunes Review on iTunes Download PDF Transcript (http://s3.amazonaws.com/PodcastAudios/PodcastAudios/Triathlon Research/TRI-028.pdf) Download MP3 (http://traffic.libsyn.com/triathlonresearch/TRI_028_Siri_Lindley.mp3) Summary Delveloping Skills as Athletes and Coaches in Triathlon Table of contents (#toc) 0:01 Podcast Intro 0:29 Sam Introduces Siri Lindley 1:41 Siri's Bio 3:08 Just One Problem 5:04 Shaky Beginnings and the Olympic Dream 8:48 Overcoming Insecurities 10:38 The Greatest Thing? 14:00 Training in the Right Environment 16:44 Changes and Risks 18:53 Unexpected Advantages of Good Training 20:05 Engaging in Life More Fully 21:45 Big Dreams 23:15 The Importance of Gratitude 26:22 Getting to Do What You Love 27:51 Being Part of a Squad 31:52 Drawing Out Your Strengths 34:08 Learning From Your Peers 38:40 Who's Teaching Who? 39:33 Challenge Your Coach 41:20 Levels of Learning 43:00 Designing a Coaching Model 46:58 Choosing Able Athletes 49:17 What Brings Athletes to Triathlon 51:23 Choosing the Right Coach 55:07 Successful Coach-Athlete Relationships 56:55 Triathlon Training Camp 61:07 Wrap-Up 62:15 Mark Allen Outro 62:47 Podcast Outro Transcript Introduction Welcome to Triathlon Research the Podcast that brings together the world’s best triathlon coaches, athletes, equipment experts and medical professional to give you the right information that you need to race pass your personal best and get more enjoyment out of your triathlon journey. Triathlon Research where we teach you how to train smart. Here's your host Samuel Cook, Founder of Triathlon Research. Samuel Cook Hello Triathlon Researchers. This is Sam Cook the Founder of Triathlon Research and you are listening to another episode of Triathlon Research Radio. Today I'm very excited to introduce Coach Siri Lindley who is a former World Champion, actually once you are a world champion you are always a world champion. She is a world champion triathlete and most recently her claim to fame is coaching multiple world champions including Mirinda Carfrae and Leanda Cave. I am sure I have missed some of her accomplishments, so I am going to get straight to interviewing Siri and get the whole story so that you can learn from it. So without further ado, Siri welcome to another edition of Triathlon Research Radio. Siri Lindley Well thanks for having me Sam. It's awesome to be a part of this and I am hoping everyone listening in can take away some inspiration. Samuel Cook Well, I definitely think that you are going to be quite inspirational as I think that's your special gift to the sport. Siri, everyone I have spoken to who has ever worked with you is just absolutely inspired by your ability to create loyalty with your athletes and just really get the most out of people. So first of all just tell us a little about yourself and what you did in sport versus an athlete that coach and then after that we will get started on some other stuff. Siri Lindley Ok, sounds great. My journey in the sport has been really incredible. I am so grateful for everything that I have experienced which has gotten me here today. I grew up a really athletic but very shy girl, pretty insecure and I got into the sport of triathlon. It was after college, I was 23 years old and I went to watch a friend in a triathlon. I did not even know what one was but she said come watch me, it’s going to be great. So I went and watched and I thought, oh my gosh, this looks like the greatest sport ever. People of all shape and sizes, people of different ages, and I thought it looked amazing.