Overcoming mental barriers: Laura Philipp - a podcast by Helen Murray

This week's guest is Germany’s Laura Philipp who finished 4th at the Ironman World Championships in Kona this year and has shot up the ranks since doing her first triathlon just a few years ago. I really loved interviewing Laura, she is very funny indeed, has a great sense of humour and get this, she EATS CAKE EVERY DAY!
You'll hear briefly from Kristian Blummenfelt too who has a message for young Harry Smallbone, the winner of his signed Super League Triathlon trophy, which helped to raise nearly £850 for MOVE Charity. 
LIKE WHAT YOU HEARD?If you enjoyed the interview with Laura, then please let us know on social media. Find out more about Laura over on her https://www.lauraphilipp.de/ (website), her https://www.instagram.com/laura_philipp_tri/?hl=en (Instagram) or her https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkJ1Sgtqj909kXj_kApY3rA (You Tube channel).
WHO IS HELEN?It's a good question! https://www.helenmurray.net/ (Head over to her website) and you'll find all you need to know.
SIGNED SUPER LEAGUE TRI TROPHY FOR MOVE CHARITYThank you to everyone who donated to the raffle for a chance to win Kristian Blummenfelt's signed Super League Triathlon Malta trophy. You helped to raise nearly £850 for https://movecharity.org/ (MOVE Charity), which supports young people affected by cancer by helping them to keep moving. The draw is now over, but you can still https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/favouritenorwegian (make a donation). MOVE are hosting a https://www.tickettailor.com/events/movecharity/325783 (fundraising evening with Steve Cram) on March 20th 2020 in Leicester.
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INTERVIEW TIME LINE**Interview times, not the whole episode
01:00 I’ve surprised myself that I’ve reached World Class level in such a short space of time01:45 Explains how she got into biking by jumping on her mountain bike to get to school and built her endurance base by first walking her dog and then running with her parents dog and eventually going out for a run without the dog
03:45 Had her first taste of triathlon when watching a relay in 2011 and tried to swim a length in her pool. Talks about taking 6 months to be able to swim 500m and then one day she decided to try to go further05:00 Talks about mental barriers “you think you can’t do it, or you have to stop and you have to learn to push through the mental barriers and not be afraid of failing. If you have someone on your side who tells you and believes in you, that also pushes your forward.
06:30 On her background in rockclimbing. “You need...

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