What are you actually training for?

A faster race? A new distance? A PR?

Or are you also training for the ability to keep doing the things you love for decades to come?

This episode of the Find Your Edge Podcast is a little different because Coach Chris Newport is on the other side of the mic.

Dr. Sarah Gordon invited Chris onto her PhD Journey Unplugged podcast for a conversation about endurance sports, coaching, nutrition, motivation, longevity—and what it really means to train for a life you want to keep living.

They discuss:

• Why training and nutrition need to be individualized
• How good coaching evolves as an athlete grows
• Why more isn't always better
• The importance of autonomy, competence and connection
• Why community can be essential for long-term participation in endurance sports
• The difference between training because you want to and because you feel like you should
• How performance goals and healthy aging can coexist
• Why sometimes we need to stop climbing long enough to appreciate the view
• The thinking behind The Endurance Edge's Longevity Lab
• What athletes like 80-year-old Ironman finisher Natalie Grabow can teach us about staying active for life

The goal isn't simply to add years to your life.

It's to keep life in your years.

And sometimes that means asking a bigger question:

What are you training for?

This conversation originally appeared on Dr. Sarah Gordon's PhD Journey Unplugged podcast, Episode #74.

🎧 After you listen, go check out the episode we did with Sarah, #155 on the Science of Motivation.

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