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Welcome to my show! I’m Shangrila Rendon, 2x Guinness World Record Holder, best-selling author, professional endurance athlete, triathlon coach & motivational speaker (https://www.shangrilarendon.com/). I was abused as a kid and sexually assaulted as an adult. At 24 years old, I was diagnosed with extreme depression, PTSD, and struggled with eating disorder and alcohol addiction. In sports, I didn’t know how to swim, was afraid of open water, didn’t own a bike and started running only 15 minutes on a treadmill. I was a non-runner, non-cyclist, and non-swimmer at 24 yet I became an inspirational athlete regardless. I trained very hard and aimed for excellence. I coach athletes to achieve their dreams. My goal is to share with you my journey in triathlon and endurance racing that is full of tough lessons learned, mindset, race, training and nutrition strategies, and secrets to success. The goal of this show is to introduce you to the people and ideas that will help you execute your dreams. You will level up your skills, attain joy with your triathlon & endurance goals and live up to your full potential. Every Tuesday, I drop a weekly dose of inspiration on alternating topics: - Interviews with inspirational athletes, who will inspire and motivate you in achieving your goals and dreams. We will talk about their journey, achievements and experiences as well as key strategies, habits and lessons they learned you too can incorporate in your training, racing and life in general. - Interview with health, nutrition, mindset and triathlon endurance experts where they will share findings and key information from their expertise and experience. Various topics from ambitions, time management, sleep, family, drugs, ego, failure and so much more. No topic is off-limits. Subscribe to this channel if you want to keep up to date with our content!
Episodes
Monday Jan 24, 2022
Monday Jan 24, 2022
In this episode, Coach Shangrila Rendon talks with Danica from North Dakota and John from California joining us, who will share their experiences finishing IRONMAN 70.3 Indian Wells - La Quinta.
- How to plan for your race so you perform at your best without wasting time on unimportant details?
- What to do with low back pain, nerve pain in leg, plantar fasciitis when you experience it in training?
- What to do so that you don’t end up cramping at the race?
- How do you dial in your nutrition?
- Is riding and swimming indoors enough to train for 70.3?
- I’m borrowing my dad’s bike; will that work? Or should I invest in a nice bike before I race a 70.3?
- The open water is known to be very cold but I don’t have access to open water. What do I do?
- How can I make sure that my training is pushing me just enough to do well at the race without overtraining myself?
- What if my nutrition bottle dropped during the race, what do I do?
- How do I know if I'm drinking enough?
- How do I know what my speed targets should be for every part of the race?
- How to deal with fatigue and heavy legs on the run?
Monday Jan 17, 2022
Monday Jan 17, 2022
In this episode, Coach Shangrila Rendon talks about what 2 Strong Ironman finishers, Myra & Mark did to get faster in swimming without feeling shoulder pain or seeing a swim coach in-person in 30 days.
- What you can do right now to reduce or not feel shoulder pain so that you can enjoy swimming?
- How can you get faster in swimming within 30 days without seeing a swim coach in-person? - Is it possible to still swim even after shoulder surgery?
- Is it possible to self-coach and correct your technique when swimming? - I've been going to masters swim and my pace plateaud, what else can I do to improve?
- I have a 70.3 coming up, how can I increase my confidence in open water swim?
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Tuesday Dec 14, 2021
Tuesday Dec 14, 2021
In this episode, Coach Shangrila Rendon asks how Scott from Georgia, a family man with 2 kids and a demanding job, was able to overcome being injury-prone and actually set a 70.3 PR and become a Boston Marathon finisher in just 4 months.
During the show, we will talk about:
- How to solve nagging pain & prevent injuries WHILE continuing to get stronger in swimming, cycling and running
- How to overcome plantar fasciitis, knee pain and hip issues
- How to maintain manageable stress at work, traveling for races, kids/family, training and racing
- How to continue building the confidence that you could achieve anything you put your mind on
- How to execute strong finishes on back-to-back races
Coach Shangrila asks Scott how he was able to:
- Finish 5 races in 5 different states within 7 weeks.
- Achieve 70.3 PR of 5:37:48 and Boston Marathon finish within 10 days
- Recover and get back to being healthy and strong after COVID vaccinations and being struck by lighting while swimming in open water.
Tuesday Dec 07, 2021
Tuesday Dec 07, 2021
In this episode, Coach Shangrila Rendon asks how Javey from Texas who works in healthcare, does property management on the side and is very active in the community, how he was able to:
- Complete his first double marathon (52.4 miles) while raising funds for kids with disabilities and special needs when he turned 52. He raised at least $10k for Texas Lions Camp
- Overcame his trauma and fear of drowning and open water swimming
- Recently beat his personal record and completed 2 days of back-to-back cycling in the mountains (Day 1: 75 miles w/ 4k ft elevation gain averaging 175 W. Day 2: 6 miles w/ 1500 ft elevation gain @ 235 W).
- Come from not knowing proper swim technique, dependent on the snorkel, swimming at 2:30 min/100 yards and now averaging 1:50 min/100 yards.
- Complete 12 half marathon in 12 days with average time of 2:16:51 while staying injury free
- Win and place top of his age group in triathlon
- Continues to beat his personal records in swimming, cycling and running
During the show, we will talk about:
- How to face and overcome your fears so you are not afraid of anything
- Time management and how to handle more and bigger goals even when your schedule is already full
- How to learn a new sport and maintain a manageable level of stress
- What to do to not get sick and injured while increasing your training volume
Thursday Dec 02, 2021
Thursday Dec 02, 2021
In this episode, 52 year old Champion Leah Goldstein shares with us her story, strategies and tips about making history, winning and setting no limits despite of any challenges. LEAH GOLDSTEIN - the one and only female in the history of Race Across America (RAAM) to win FIRST place overall (2021) in the solo division (beating all female and male cyclists).
"Don't be afraid to push yourself within your limits because that's what we do. That's what life is.. to live. Not to wait until you die.. So do everything you can in this lifetime and you'll achieve whatever you want as long as you put your mind and heart into it."
- What does it take to win and make history?
- Breaking through negative self talk
- How was Leah able to overcome and recover after several bike accidents?
- How to overcome impossible challenges?
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
In this episode, Coach Shangrila Rendon interviews solo Uberman finisher, multi Ultraman, Tour Divide, Double Decaman finisher, Legend Giorgio Alessi
Inside this interview:
- How was it doing Uberman as the first solo racer
- Running in Death Valley while wife is worrying about seeing a coyote
- Finishing the Tour Divide 2x
- Doing the 2-month East West mountain bike race
- Training during covid
- Swimming in a lake for TransAmTri compared to a Double Deca race
- Finishing the Arch to Arch
- Why you shouldn’t worry about sharks
- Planning for bikepacking and things that can’t be planned
- Curious observations about Northern and Southern states/countries
- Vacation races
- Setting a goal and sticking to it
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
In this episode, Coach Shangrila Rendon asks Steve how he is getting stronger and faster despite having a plate and screws in his foot after a reconstructive foot surgery. How he is training for 70.3 despite having his left ankle swell up about 1.5 size of his other ankle from exercise.
Inside this interview:
- Going from thinking I can't run because I have a plate and 9 screws in my foot to thinking I can finish a 70.3
- How Steve finished his first century ride on a spin bike, riding for 5 hours in a gym alone with no tv
- "Drinking the triathlon koolaid" and realizing I could do so much more
- From not being able to finish a 400 yards swim to finishing 3000 yards
- “Living with the dark passenger that lives within each of us and prevent us from moving forward”
- What happens with motivation when things are in shambles
Tuesday Aug 24, 2021
Tuesday Aug 24, 2021
In this podcast, Coach Shangrila Rendon asks Katy how she was able to beat her Ironman personal record (PR) and place 11th in her age group (AG) Post ACL & Meniscus Surgery. How was she preparing and training for it despite challenging physical limitations.
Inside this interview:
- Going from feeling fearful of running because of exercise induced asthma since childhood and not being able to breath to finishing a hilly full marathon
- Scared of screwing up my knee after surgery
- Learning to pay attention to the small things. Early symptoms. Proactively knowing what's gonna happen.
- Figuring out how hard I can push myself before it becomes unsafe.
- Going from 2:10 to 1:50 seconds per 100 yards in swimming
- Having a support system. Having someone that believes in you more than you believe in yourself.
- Not always taking what the first doctor says as the end story.
- Dealing with physical limitations
Tuesday Aug 17, 2021
Tuesday Aug 17, 2021
In this interview, Coach Shangrila Rendon listens how Fanny Hollingshead overcame her Shin Pain and is now winning Back-to-Back Triathlon and MTB Races
During the LIVE show, we will talk about:
- How Fanny was able to go from a 11 min/mile run pace while feeling nagging shin pain to placing in her age group without experiencing pain
- When should pain be addressed?
- What is Body Maintenance and why it matters?
- How Fanny used targeted strength training to address the root of what was causing the pain
- What effect did correcting the technique have?
- How did it feel to place 1st in age group in the Oregon Triple Crown race with 7073 Ft Elevation Gain
Tuesday Aug 10, 2021
Tuesday Aug 10, 2021
In this episode, Coach Shangrila Rendon asks how Gloria Isela Vazquez from Texas, who started from ZERO triathlon experience, finished her 1st ocean swim & 1st sprint triathlon races without a wetsuit on the same weekend and with only 1 month training without injuring herself.
During the show, we will talk about:
- How to gain confidence for swimming in the ocean?
- How did Gloria find the courage to commit to something that seemed so out of reach just 1 month ago?
- What did Gloria do to go from nervous and scared to confident?
- How did it feel to achieve a 3-month goal in 1 month andwhat was required to do it?
ZERO experience to a gutsy, go-getter very confident triathlete WITHIN A MONTH!!!
- 1000 meter ocean swim Toyota Legacy finisher without wetsuit
- FIRST sprint triathlon finisher without a wetsuit and also in the ocean. 600 yards 🏊🏻♀️, 12 miles 🚴♀️, 5k 🏃🏻♀️
- Injury free and with unstoppable mindset