Use Distraction, Olympic Champion Lilly King's 5-MIN FLASHBACK: EP 153

06/03/22 • 2 min

In this week's 5-MINUTE FLASHBACK Olympic Champion Swimmer Lilly King exhibits her excellent sense of humor and talks about how she and training partner Cody Miller use distraction to get through tough swims. Give yourself a smile by listening.
King will be competing in the 2022 World Swimming Championships in Budapest, Hungary June 18-24th with a chance to win all three breaststroke events.
This flashback is from episode 87, Training Partner Power with Lilly King and Cody Miller. LISTEN to the full show HERE.

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Change Your Mind, Change Your Body: World #1 Marc Middleton, Episode 152

Marc Middleton, best selling author, world record setting masters swimmer and founder of Growing Bolder media, believes that how we age is most affected by our mindset. If we don't buy into the negative image around aging we can achieve anything we set our minds to. Marc is on a mission to change the way society views the aging process through his media company, Growing Bolder. Marc joins Kelly and Maria to talk about his passion for changing conversations about aging in America and how he became such a champion himself.

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MORE ABOUT MARC MIDDLETON

Marc Middleton is the Founder and CEO of Growing Bolder, a multimedia platform redefining aging by sharing inspirational stories of those aging in a revolutionary way. He’s a speaker, educator and author of the book, Growing Bolder: Defy the Cult of Youth, Live with Passion and Purpose.

In 2021, Marc earned 4 All-American honors in one year in the men’s 70-74 age group. But over his career Mark has earned World records, and had a #1 time in 7 different seasons since he began his Masters Swimming Career in 2009 (almost 40 year break). He is also a nationally ranked high-hurdler!

Episode Mentions and Topics

Growing Bolder Media

Growing Bolder: Defy the Cult of Youth, Live with Passion and Purpose by Marc Middleton

Rowdy Gaines

Florida State University

College track/high hurdling

Masters swimming

Gordy Shields

Compressed morbidity

Quilting

Takeaways

Kelly

There are difficulties at every age - aging is not inherently “worse” than younger phases of life.
Eliminate “no” from your vocabulary so you do not deal with decision fatigue. Just assume everything will be a “yes.”

Maria

People who age well try new things and are not afraid of trying new things.
Remember that your primary care physician is yourself.

Quote of the Week

“No matter how old you are, you never lose the ability to extract moments of joy from life.” -- Marc Middleton

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World Champion Master Eney Jones: Observe Your Life, EP 154

Mute until she was 6 years old, World Champion Masters swimmer, coach, and “mountain mermaid”, Eney Jones learned the power of observation. She joins Kelly and Maria to discuss how she approaches her own masters swimming and coaching with courage -- and why observation is such a key component of her success, both in and out of the water. How do you overcome fear and pain to grow as an athlete and person? This episode will give you inspiration to do just that.

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MORE ABOUT ENEY JONES

Eney Jones is an entrepreneur, inventor of the EneyBuoy, a swim coach, and a writer for SwimSwam and her own blog. A few of Eney’s swimming accomplishments include:

Masters National Champion, 100-200-400-500-1500-1650 5k freestyle multiple times
Open Water 5k World Champion
Overall Champion Aumakua 2.4k Maui Hawaii, September 2008
Waikiki Rough Water Multiple top 3 finishes
European Record Setter and Masters Swimming Champion
Over twenty time finalist in U.S. Swimming Nationals, including Olympic Trials 1980
Gold medal NCAA 800 yd freestyle relay 1979, silver Medalist 200 yd freestyle 1979.
United States National Team 1979-1980.

During her professional triathlete career, Eney was the first woman out of the water in every Hawaiian Ironman race she participated in which was six. Eney Online: EneyJones.com and IG @eneyjones

Episode Mentions and Topics

Burwell “Bumpy” Jones

EneyBuoy

SwimSwam

Triathlon

Siesta Key

Italy

Crested Butte, Colorado

Sarasota, Florida

Pain threshold

Women in sports

Takeaways

Kelly

“Make the bad pancake.” Just get out there and try things, even if they aren’t perfect on the first try.
Allow yourself to cross the threshold of pain and not be afraid.

Maria

Observe, listen, watch. You will learn so much.
Remember that you can do what you are doing because of the people who came before you. Give credit to the amazing athletes and leaders who blazed the trail.

Quote of the Week

“Everyone has a story, or some inspiration, or a connection that can help you.” -- Eney Jones

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