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The kind of pressure that I felt wasn't more

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of a male versus female. It was more of a emotional

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impact of just what people wrote about me. The

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pressure of people going, she's a nobody. How's

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she getting the money? Well, she's dating a race

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driver. That's just because I came out of nowhere.

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So people are like, who the hell is this woman?

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I didn't want to lose my personality and I love

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my job so much. When I was a first time parent,

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I was afraid that people it would okay it would

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ruin my image because i'm getting to the age

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where i have friends dropping dead i've had moments

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of um panic attacks i would have these inner

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feelings of like jealousy and then i found out

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i was pregnant it was it was very difficult for

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me i cried i had to make the choice Hey, and

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welcome to The 40s Formula, your go -to place

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for insightful discussions on navigating the

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40s and thriving in this transformative decade.

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We're your hosts, Jasmine and Amanda, two women

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that are passionate about exploring the challenges

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and adventures that come with turning 40 and

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what lies ahead. Claire Jedrick is a British

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-born, Singapore -based MC, presenter and speaker.

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Renowned for her extensive experience in the

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lifestyle, technology and motorsports industry,

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she gained prominence as Singapore's only female

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race car driver and later co -founded and managed

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Singapore's first electric fun karting facility.

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Claire has transitioned from race car driving

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to become a podium -placed triathlete and mountain

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biker. She actively creates content advocating

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for sports participation and awareness and dedicates

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time to mentoring Olympic hopefuls on sports

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sponsorship, media and marketing. She also supports

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charity organisations including Breast Cancer

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Foundation and Smile Asia and is the mother to

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two beautiful kids. Today on the 40s Formula,

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I am very excited to be introducing our guest

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today. She is a racing car driver, Singapore's

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first female racing car driver. She is an MC.

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a media personality, a mother of two kids, and

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also a presenter. Today we have Claire Jedrick

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with us on The 40s Formula. Welcome, Claire.

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Thanks, guys, for having me. Oh, we're so excited.

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How are you? You've come all the way from Bali

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just to be here with us in the studio today.

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Truth is, I don't know where I am. Nobody knows

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where I am. What time zone? Where I'm going to

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be. Like, I just kind of leave it up to chance.

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You've had quite a dynamic career. You've done

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a lot of stuff. how have you managed to pivot

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from one industry to another? How has that been

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for you? In my twenties, it was more of the case

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of a lack of actually planning of what I was

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going to do and what I wanted to be. In fact,

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if you told me what's your five, 10 year plan,

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I didn't have one. I probably still don't have

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a massive one, but because I have married kids

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now, there is a slight more organization to that.

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I think a lot of it, to be honest, Now that I've

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had time to think about it and look back, it's

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been more of pivoting to survive rather than

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just by chance. I thought it's by chance, and

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that's just because I had a lack of confidence.

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I was like, well, whatever I do is whatever I

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do. But the pivoting itself really, like I said,

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is survival. So I've had a lot of great people

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around me, what I do. I didn't really know when

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I first started doing hosting and presenting

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that was going to be a thing. I knew that I wanted

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to do mass communication, but there was a lot

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of random hurdles along the way. And somehow

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without that education part, like having a degree

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in it and whatnot, I've actually somehow managed

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to still be inside it, which is quite amazing.

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But maybe it's just a sign of the times. I saw

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you were a countdown girl. What is a countdown

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girl? A deal or no deal girl. Oh, a deal or no

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deal. Oh my gosh. I was like, is that a New Year's

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Eve thing? You know what's great about being

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in your 40s? I am, and I feel like having kids

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kind of helped me with this process. I'm a lot

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less embarrassed about the things that I did,

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or who I was, or what I looked like, or what

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I thought. I would never have said that before,

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but it's part and parcel of how I got here and

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who I am. And I love looking at all that kitschy

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footage and cringey stuff. I love it. I love

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it. To me, that is zero cringey. to me that's

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like the fun fact you bring up at a party like

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guess what i know i carried the suitcase it's

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just it's a random thing when i look back like

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i had a lot of fun i had a lot of fun doing it

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you know um yeah deal or no deal and that's like

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kind of just after um or just before i really

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got into the hosting it's just one of those random

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things somebody offered and i said I'm not doing

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anything for two weeks. Sure, let's try. I need

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to know about the race car driving though, because

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I have to say it's an industry I know nothing

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about, literally zero. And both you and your

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husband are in it. How did you find it? I knew

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zero about it. Okay, all right. That makes two

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of us then. The difference between me and my

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husband, my husband is a very well -known race

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driver here in Asia. He will always tell you

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that he wasn't the fastest, but he was the most

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marketable. And that's been the most amazing

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thing that you can pick out about him, is that

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he had a plan. He used to put decks together,

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go find the marketing. And he was very successful

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in that. Right. He started at the age of like

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six years old and he's been obsessed with Porsches

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from six years old. Wait, how do you start race

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car driving when you're six year old? Well, he

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did and he did some karting, but it was a lifelong

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dream. It was like blinkers on a horse. So that

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was that was him his whole life. And I find that

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really admirable when people have this lifelong

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one dream. Like I've never had that and I still

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don't. And I used to. think is something wrong

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with me like I don't have a dream or I don't

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have a want to do that but he's been obsessed

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about it and he found a way in his um right after

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he had to do army so he came from Australia was

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living there, just found his way to get into

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it. I think he made a bunch of money off doing

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some projects when he was 24 years old, sold

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that off. He was really ambitious at a young

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age and then used it and put it into racing.

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And from there, then got really serious into

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it. And he had some amazing mentors, which I

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can't believe people actually gave that time

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to him. um and teaching him things and how to

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run a business how to do the marketing and then

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he did that way for me I was I'm definitely kind

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of person who you put me into anything competitive

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and if I want to do it it's a yes or no I will

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then go ahead and thrive. So I wasn't obsessed

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with cars. I'm still not obsessed with cars.

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I'm not. I have certain things I love about it,

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but I'm not like my husband sending me car links

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like every 10 minutes or so. Literally. I actually

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started because he offered me a job when he was

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a friend. He offered me a job. I'd come back

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in the country after a very bad failed relationship.

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Wasn't sure what I was going to do. Hanging around.

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I was 30 years old. He said, why don't you commentate

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this karting championship? But i need you to

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learn how to drive because you can't really talk

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about it unless you know unless you know it and

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i was like sure i'm down for it and i was at

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that period in my life where confidence wasn't

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a thing it was more of a i have nothing to lose

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Like I'm at my lowest, I was still finding where

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I was going to live. Was I going to go back into

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the media again? I'd given up for a relationship

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and I just dived into it. And then I had a lot

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of interesting peers, a lot of guys around me

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who told me what I need to do, what I need to

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say. And they were really hard on me. And I really

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had to change my thinking and thought process

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to be part of that and to learn to thrive that.

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And then I think from there, I kind of then that's

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where the first big pivot. in my life was to

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actually learn, okay, maybe I'm not so bad at

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this. How do I actually get into a car racing?

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You know, and that wasn't any plan to actually

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become a presenter or something. That was just

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a random moment. How was it for you working in

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such a male dominated environment? Because it's

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quite different, you know, when you're, you've

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got other females there with you, but I'm assuming

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this was predominantly male. what was that like

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emotionally mentally did you feel like you had

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to really prove yourself exactly i think initially

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you know since i've since i've been like 14 15

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um i've always taken part in some form of like

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extreme sport and growing up in singapore there

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wasn't a lot of opportunities so i did aggressive

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inline skating um did like local x games a lot

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of like the competitions and there was only like

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two females and so And that was basically for

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10 years of my life over here. It's not a popular

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sport. It wasn't. It's more popular now. We didn't

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have facilities. So I was always in the boys'

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competition, and I was always quite supported

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by my parents going, go ahead, sure, do it. The

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kind of pressure that I felt wasn't more of a

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male versus female. It was more of an emotional

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impact of just what people wrote about me. I

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think then it was more of learning how to control

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ego. about what people said about me so maybe

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there was some confidence in there and some anger

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and that was just probably because I was just

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a bit younger a bit younger and I didn't know

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how to deal with that of people the pressure

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of people going she's a nobody how's she getting

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the money well she's dating a race driver that's

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how she got into it I mean the fact is I still

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had to get in the car yeah I still had to get

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on the podium myself and I think that's just

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because I came out of nowhere So people are like,

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who the hell is this woman? And why is she there?

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That must have been tough. And I wonder, obviously

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the social media aspect now, if you had gone

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through that then, that would have been even

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harder to sort of manage. Over a decade ago...

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it was just becoming a thing yeah yeah like social

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media it only just started like you know having

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roles as a social media manager data collection

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stuff like this and it wasn't such a big thing

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yeah because i came from that generation where

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there was no media yeah exactly you know it was

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a magazine no exactly you know and um it was

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really difficult at the beginning to wrap my

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head around it but to be honest like i said um

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my heart my now husband um he really taught me

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to let go of the ego to unplug that's the word

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he used and i never forget unplug from people

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and unplug because for him i think he went through

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a lot of that yeah he went through a lot of just

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naysayers and who he was and where he came from

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and his background a lot of people didn't know

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where he came from there's very little of that

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and he's quite a private person and he was like

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unplug unplug and you'll just be happy and you'll

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do your thing yeah in hindsight when you look

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at it it's because Singapore's so small, you

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do kind of get that big character syndrome. So

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when you're in the spotlight, it feels like,

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wow, this is me. And the fact is we're a little

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red dot. It doesn't really matter at the end

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of the day. It's just a little Singapore. Yeah,

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it is a little Singapore, but being the big fish

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in the small pond can come with a lot of pressure,

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I can imagine. It can, but I mean, I think you

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have to make a choice. If you want to be that

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big fish in a small pond, then you have to take

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the heat. If you're going to put yourself out

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there, you've got to take it. And that's what

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I believe. Yeah, I think that's probably the

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most important thing. Are you officially retired,

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by the way, from the sport? So yeah, so right

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now, I mean, I wouldn't say no. to a race, but

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yes, I'm a former race driver. And that was the

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next pivotal moments of tagging myself to who

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I am because it then became a job presenting.

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I found my way because as a presenter and especially

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in Asia, when you're mixed or you're Asian, it

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was fashion, makeup. We didn't even have podcasting

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back then, you know, what is that? That's where

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it became strategic. And I kind of thought, okay,

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well, there's no other females. and there's probably

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only one or two jobs really around how do i get

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into that so smart and you knew what you were

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talking about because you've been there you've

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done that yeah and and my peers were incredibly

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harsh on me like that thing you said in that

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interview doesn't sound quite right didn't write

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terminology you know and a lot of it was trying

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to be smart in the way i learned i might not

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have necessarily understood at the beginning

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to be honest sometimes the the best way to do

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it is the laziest way and i say lazy in the way

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is that i didn't sit there and study car parts

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and the bolts and nuts some things that you know

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like my husband he'll just know everything he

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just does because the interest is there it's

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not because i'm interested but to have some that

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20 years or lack of knowledge compared to him

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yeah it's hard so what I did is I used to go

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around to all the pit lanes I'd ask them all

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the questions and write down all the answers

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and then go back in my interviews and be like

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okay I heard that your car and this was happening

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to you what's going to do and then I would form

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I'd actually go and I did better homework of

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course I was look up videos how do they talk

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what kind of questions what sounded right and

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then pass all my peers just to get there so a

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bit fake it till you make it moment and we've

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had a lot of those and I feel like it works because

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you know you eventually figure out what you're

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doing and you do make it yeah and i do feel like

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that's still research by the way yeah it's a

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different style i hear you it's it's almost like

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that left brain right brain thing right it's

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like maybe you weren't reading a book or like

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you know typing in a search engine to figure

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but you were talking to people in the industry

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and i feel like Correct. Yeah. I was trying to

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find the best way. So I would sound correct.

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I mean, you don't go into a pit there and go

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like, tell me about your, the color of your car.

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I'd be like, well, this year's livery is like,

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you know, tell us about your sponsors. You know,

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I kind of like amped it up and like try to use

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the right terms, terminology. So I didn't sound

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like a wally on TV and people like call me out

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and be like, there she is. And the reality is

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as a female, they would call you out harder.

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Like you said, no question. They'd be like, see,

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this is why, you know, females shouldn't commentate

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this sport or whatever. You know, it's like that

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sexism definitely exists. It does, you know,

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but there's certain parts of it. When you said

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in a male dominated industry, when I was pregnant

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with my first child, up to about seven months

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old, I was still working. I mean, a big part

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of me, I didn't want to lose my personality and

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I love my job so much. It would only come around

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every three years to be a presenter in a pit

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lane for like a GT race. So I said yes to the

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job. And I carried on all the way, running up

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and down. And to be honest, I was like, oh, I

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can still do it. I can still do it. But internally,

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when I saw myself on TV, because I'd wear a baggy

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shirt. And first pregnancy, I didn't look too

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big. But I kind of felt like, you know what?

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I don't really want to see a pregnant woman on

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TV around the cars and stuff. I personally felt

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that, but not for any reason. And then the second

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pregnancy. I was like, you know what, when I

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back off, get to six months, it's not so visible

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still. But, you know, when I chill for a bit,

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like if they want me, they want me. If they don't,

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they don't. Absolutely. And they still do because

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you're still there, right? I'm still there. So,

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you know. Amazing. Yeah. Amanda, can we talk

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about how clean Guzmini Gomez's food is? Like

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truly clean, not the it has letters, so it's

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healthy kind of clean. Oh, totally. GYG is on

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another level. There's no preservatives, no artificial

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colors, no weird additives. It is just proper,

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real food. I read that they went through 21 versions

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of their corn chips before they found the one.

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Now that's commitment. And they fly in their

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avocados and tomatoes daily from Australia to

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Singapore. That is the level of commitment I

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want in my food. You can taste it, whether it's

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the burritos, the bowls, or those chipotle seasoned

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fries. You just feel good after eating it. And

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it's really why my entire family keeps going

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back. Clean is the new healthy, and GYG has been

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leading that charge since day one. They've literally

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reinvented fast food. Who says it has to be dodgy

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and deep fried? Not on GYG's watch. So another

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thing you love to do is try a... Triathlons?

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Yes, triathlons. You've done Ironman. Do I love

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it? Well, you do a lot of it. Yeah, I feel like

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you are forcing yourself to love it at some point.

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Yeah, I'm still questioning some of my things

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that I do. Well, I love parts of it. I love cycling.

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I wish, I mean, there's no regrets, anything

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in my life. But if there's one thing that I wish

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I could have done, is that started cycling younger

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to have been exposed to cycling i love it i think

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i would have been a great cyclist um i'm definitely

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a kind of person that has hyper focused amongst

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all my other moments where i get also hyper distracted

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everything else around me but yeah i wish i could

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have uh cycled a little bit longer in my life

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but i've always loved running i was a ex -runner

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did nationals when i was younger here in singapore

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when i moved and swimming i love the ocean i

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love swimming training not so much but the thing

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about me is that because i really don't like

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it i don't know i could almost say hate it's

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a strong word but i force myself to go and join

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these competitions that have it because i'm thinking

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maybe there's a way that i'll learn to love it

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like signing up for a 3 000 meter swimming thing

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in the ocean i'm like maybe maybe i can get good

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at it you know how many have you done now Triathlons,

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I started in 2015. Okay. And it was just, it

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was like a random, random thing. And that's just

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because of cycling and running. I could swim

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a bit in the ocean. I was okay. It wasn't serious.

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And I got serious about four years ago. Okay.

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Just, I think after I knew that I had coaches

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for, for racing and cars and stuff like that.

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I realized you need coaches for everything. Yes,

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you do. Coaches, data, and because of the racing,

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I love data. A lot of people ask me, but what

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are you going to do with that data? I'm like,

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does it matter? I like it. I love having know

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where I'm at, where I'm going. Yeah, I mean,

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I started my career as a triathlon coach. So

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that was my first kind of gig in fitness. And

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so, yeah, I mean, it was back in this, again,

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you know, 2015. This was back in like 2005, okay?

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So, but yeah, being back then, we didn't have

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Strava and we didn't have Garmin. have so like

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my data was spreadsheets wow you know and my

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clients thought I was such a nerd right yeah

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because I was like I was like please tell me

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or you know like your volume for this week and

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then I would like input and then I would generate

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the next week's training based on their volume

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and pace and like you know and it was so nerdy

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back then but I do think people are using tools

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like this now to be much better in the sport

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and the data is so much more accessible yeah

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and I mean AI is only going to just continue

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to do that for us tell us about your coaching

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as obviously as coaches I'm like okay I want

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to hear like tell us about your training and

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then how your coach programs for you because

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you are a busy mom because you are also doing

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all these other things right so your your athletics

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can't look like everyone else's athletics I assume

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I know absolutely yeah um I'm always trying to

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find my placing in it in and out I think because

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my personality I'm that kind of person I think

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you would know being a coach you've met so many

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people where I can't stand it if it's like a

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9 .86 kilometers i need to get to that 10 exactly

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10 .0 like it has to be like it would just irritate

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me so everything that i do in with the coaching

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even i feel like even to now i'm still having

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to undo things of my personality of the rounding

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up and stuff like when my body hurts and stuff

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and stop it with the coaching i love it so much

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because it definitely gives me the accountability

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i need it i have a very unstructured mind And

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I struggle with that. I struggle with daily things.

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Like on a daily life, away from sport, I feel

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quite scattered. Okay. And I just have a brain

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that's just nonstop talking. I have nonstop conversations

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in my head and my husband laughs at my processes.

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He's like, what? Like to move some clothing,

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there's like 10 processes to get there. I was

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like, I just need to explain this process, why

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it takes two weeks to do certain things. So with

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the coaching, I love it because the accountability,

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it's my actual meditation. I don't pick up the

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phone. I won't even talk to my kids. They have

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to get out of the room. It's one thing that I'm

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really strict about. The actual coaching, I find

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is very trial and error to find something that

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works with you and can work with you. I have

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just gone in blindly sometimes going like, okay,

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this person's asked me, do I want to try that?

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And I go ahead of it. I'm quite easy going that

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way. And as long as they give me a plan and they

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talk to me and we can set some goals and they're

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quite open about it, that's probably how I find

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my coaching. I don't have like a strict, I don't

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go down looking for the best and the most accountable

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because sometimes the best also means there's

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more people there. So am I going to get, you

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know, but I'm always. open to trying new things

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and new people the coaching um gives me a way

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because my plans are sent to me like every week

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yeah so i get all my information of what i need

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to do i guess to hit certain amounts and times

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a week so i guess it'd be anywhere between i

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think eight hours is the minimum you know to

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like 10 hours and when it really reaches up to

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some of the bigger uh competitions that's up

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to like 14 15 hours anything above that i think

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you're pro yeah yeah pretty much you're pro you

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know if you got to 20 hours or a national athlete

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i don't have that time i did it i did it the

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year before i was hitting 14 15 hours i didn't

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go out didn't do anything it was no sorry i was

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wearing a blanket yeah you know and it's great

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i can actually say that i'm no fun but i I'm

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proud to say I'm no fun. I wasn't fun. I wasn't

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what fun Claire was. Stop drinking. Just all

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the fun things that I got. I wasn't social. I

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think I really tried to open up last year and

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tried to add in a few more elements of letting

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go. Yeah. Because I'm not going to the Olympics

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or anything. I'm just, you know, but I'm also

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see where the unstructured part comes with me

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is the saying yes to certain competitions that

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pop up. Oh. Do you want to join this? You want

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to do this? And also being in media, people want

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to give me slops to try things and do things.

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And I'm like, okay, sure. My problem is I'm a

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yes person. Yeah. And then you realize. I had

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a lot of my plate last year and I had a lot of

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injuries and you don't really account for mishaps.

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Yeah. You know, I had some crashes last year,

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ribs, injuries. I remember seeing those pictures.

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Hematomas. Yeah. And you don't account for that,

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but I kind of. had to work through them yeah

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this year i'm in a different headspace um so

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i still have my coaching but i'm trying to be

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a bit more fluid and i felt like there's a lot

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of pressure on myself last year yeah because

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i had so much competition and then when i went

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for the one competition at the end of the year

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that was quite special i was a bit i was super

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relaxed i was like i just want to enjoy it because

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i was just done for the year you know and looking

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and really you only get a month off when you're

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doing iron man's when you're doing other like

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triathlon competitions in a year. What events

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are you doing this year? So this year, interesting,

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lots of random things. I've always been an advocate

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to try new things. Always. I always want to do

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new things. Last year I did, I think, I can't

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remember, two or three, three Ironmans. Four

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Ironmans. Three. Three Ironmans plus the MetaSprint

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series. What should I do? I think I did some

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other random things in between that. You have

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the Singapore Triathlons. And usually that's

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because beginning of the year, you have the Meta

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Sprint. You have like your Ironman's mid -year.

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And now as I understand the competitions and

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the structures and the traveling, and if you

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want to go to the World Championships for Ironman,

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which is end of year. You need to do certain

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competitions at certain parts of the year to

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get slots for this year or next year. Like for

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me being an unstructured person, it's been a

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struggle to structure everything because if I

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want to be a certain place this year, I am going

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to probably attend the Deseru Ironman again.

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And I think part of that will be for media, but

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also I just want to have another go at the running

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section uphill. And I just want to conquer that

00:24:04.769 --> 00:24:07.079
a little bit. um i feel like i've got my swimming

00:24:07.079 --> 00:24:11.099
a little bit under control now um i've got there's

00:24:11.099 --> 00:24:14.619
the world aquatics championship coming so shout

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out for that and there's a master's category

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and i am nowhere near some of these amazing swimmers

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i have like some competitors who are ex -fina

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swimmers um shout out male speed amazing athlete

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swimmers like i am just so in awe of her speed

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this is phenomenal and it's it's technique years

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of training um i would never get to that close

00:24:35.369 --> 00:24:39.210
as that but i say never well i i'm inspired to

00:24:39.210 --> 00:24:42.809
take part in that and just that like i said it's

00:24:42.809 --> 00:24:45.029
love hate with the swimming but um i've been

00:24:45.029 --> 00:24:47.970
invited to join in that like a 3 000 meters um

00:24:47.970 --> 00:24:50.829
for that so i thought just a casual 3 000 guys

00:24:51.259 --> 00:24:55.119
You know, no worries. So not my thing. I'm all

00:24:55.119 --> 00:24:57.200
about wham, bam, thank you, ma 'am. Yeah. I've

00:24:57.200 --> 00:24:58.900
always been a spring. Are you though? Because

00:24:58.900 --> 00:25:00.819
you're doing Ironman. And I just want to clarify

00:25:00.819 --> 00:25:02.440
because I can't assume that all of our listeners

00:25:02.440 --> 00:25:05.319
know what this is. It's a 2 .4 kilometer swim.

00:25:05.500 --> 00:25:08.099
Okay. And again, open water usually. No, so that's

00:25:08.099 --> 00:25:09.859
full Ironman. I do half Ironman. Oh, half Ironman.

00:25:10.160 --> 00:25:13.839
Okay. Even so. So 1 .2 kilometers swim. 1 .9.

00:25:13.880 --> 00:25:16.990
1 .9 kilometers swim. Cycling is 90 kilometers

00:25:16.990 --> 00:25:19.690
and then you do a half marathon. So can you imagine

00:25:19.690 --> 00:25:23.430
double that for an Ironman? Everybody keeps saying

00:25:23.430 --> 00:25:25.769
to me do the full but I don't really feel the

00:25:25.769 --> 00:25:29.259
need. It's more of the case of being 12 hours

00:25:29.259 --> 00:25:32.579
by myself in my own head. I don't want to spend

00:25:32.579 --> 00:25:34.940
12 hours on myself. That would do my head in.

00:25:35.900 --> 00:25:37.700
How long does it normally take you? Does it take

00:25:37.700 --> 00:25:39.720
you the six hours? Between five and a half to

00:25:39.720 --> 00:25:42.940
six hours to six, like, yeah, 6 .15, depending.

00:25:43.480 --> 00:25:45.259
Each course is different. The half Ironman distance

00:25:45.259 --> 00:25:46.940
was what took me out of triathlon, by the way.

00:25:46.960 --> 00:25:49.420
That was my last and final race. And I was like,

00:25:49.440 --> 00:25:50.819
that is too long because I was Olympic forever.

00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:54.180
That was my love. Yeah. You know, fast. I love

00:25:54.180 --> 00:25:56.819
that. slow enough to get a pace because like

00:25:56.819 --> 00:25:58.500
sprints are just not a thing like that and then

00:25:58.500 --> 00:26:01.259
you know it's just all out yeah 101 is weird

00:26:01.259 --> 00:26:03.660
i loved olympic i love the consistency of it

00:26:03.660 --> 00:26:05.880
i was like this is great and then i did one half

00:26:05.880 --> 00:26:07.920
and i was like oh that's not great and it was

00:26:07.920 --> 00:26:10.859
in california so you know talk about hilly yes

00:26:10.859 --> 00:26:15.200
and part of the run turnaround was on the sand

00:26:15.200 --> 00:26:19.190
so they had us run laps for a half marathon that's

00:26:19.190 --> 00:26:21.150
so hard and part of the laps were in the sand

00:26:21.150 --> 00:26:23.230
and i was like this is absolutely i was like

00:26:23.230 --> 00:26:25.690
this is torturous i was like i was like why would

00:26:25.690 --> 00:26:28.789
you lap this course so anyway yeah yeah it's

00:26:28.789 --> 00:26:30.730
uh course course makes a whole big difference

00:26:30.730 --> 00:26:32.509
it does and every year i'm and i think they do

00:26:32.509 --> 00:26:34.769
feedback on certain courses to see where they

00:26:34.769 --> 00:26:37.210
can like the desert route I know that the year

00:26:37.210 --> 00:26:40.390
before I was with a bunch of guys who had done

00:26:40.390 --> 00:26:41.609
the year before. They're like, you've done this.

00:26:41.710 --> 00:26:43.710
But it was it was three laps. But I think it

00:26:43.710 --> 00:26:45.809
gets quite repetitive. And they changed it to

00:26:45.809 --> 00:26:47.930
two laps. But it meant adding an extra distance

00:26:47.930 --> 00:26:50.430
in. And this was a giant hill. There you go.

00:26:50.509 --> 00:26:52.569
I actually don't mind hills. I actually love

00:26:52.569 --> 00:26:54.809
hill cycling. Wow. I'm one of those people. I

00:26:54.809 --> 00:26:57.190
love it. I don't know. I love the push, the running,

00:26:57.269 --> 00:27:01.170
even though it's painful. I still love it. yeah

00:27:01.170 --> 00:27:04.730
this is so i feel like for me it's a weird it's

00:27:04.730 --> 00:27:06.930
a weird thing because i don't like it i feel

00:27:06.930 --> 00:27:10.809
the urge and pull to do it it's that competitive

00:27:10.809 --> 00:27:13.609
nature but i think it's very personal in that

00:27:13.609 --> 00:27:16.849
way you know like you know i mean how much can

00:27:16.849 --> 00:27:18.970
i train till i'm good and then i run out of talent

00:27:18.970 --> 00:27:21.529
as we say you know where do i run out of talent

00:27:21.529 --> 00:27:24.109
and up to that point i still am finding myself

00:27:24.910 --> 00:27:27.630
at you know 42 years old so you've got two kids

00:27:27.630 --> 00:27:32.049
yes our boys are besties they are thank you how

00:27:32.049 --> 00:27:35.630
has your mindset changed since having kids especially

00:27:35.630 --> 00:27:38.970
when it comes to fitness and also your career

00:27:38.970 --> 00:27:40.789
has there been a difference or would you say

00:27:40.789 --> 00:27:43.130
it's still the same there's parts of it where

00:27:43.130 --> 00:27:45.710
I refuse to let go which was very naive at the

00:27:45.710 --> 00:27:48.970
beginning but still very doable work -wise traveling

00:27:48.970 --> 00:27:51.869
my husband um I would say probably retired last

00:27:51.869 --> 00:27:55.380
year but because I was also after my own career

00:27:55.380 --> 00:27:58.720
at a time racing and then i was also traveling

00:27:58.720 --> 00:28:00.799
every two three weeks for presenting and hosting

00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:03.240
and then my husband was racing around asia as

00:28:03.240 --> 00:28:05.259
well so and i would be managing team doing client

00:28:05.259 --> 00:28:10.460
stuff um and working together um it was the the

00:28:10.460 --> 00:28:12.619
naive part was probably like i'm still gonna

00:28:12.619 --> 00:28:14.359
stick the baby on my back and we're gonna go

00:28:14.359 --> 00:28:16.779
so i did europe with him when he did uh super

00:28:16.779 --> 00:28:19.400
cup which is in europe um it was it was difficult

00:28:19.400 --> 00:28:22.390
it was difficult because um yeah, I'm on my own.

00:28:22.509 --> 00:28:24.549
I've got to make sure my husband has like enough

00:28:24.549 --> 00:28:27.150
sleep. He's got everything and still manage it

00:28:27.150 --> 00:28:31.829
and know that his selfishness for the sport that

00:28:31.829 --> 00:28:34.450
I don't want to create any problems, any argues,

00:28:34.529 --> 00:28:37.650
any feelings, because it is about him. And if

00:28:37.650 --> 00:28:40.309
I'm wanting to do that with him, I have to understand

00:28:40.309 --> 00:28:45.029
it's about him. So it was difficult, but not

00:28:45.029 --> 00:28:50.009
impossible. The rest of it, the rest of the childhood,

00:28:52.380 --> 00:28:55.500
It's interesting. I had to be a lot more organized.

00:28:55.680 --> 00:28:59.519
I was never an organized person, ever. But I

00:28:59.519 --> 00:29:01.400
completely believe that with the organization

00:29:01.400 --> 00:29:04.539
that when people used to tell me, wait till you

00:29:04.539 --> 00:29:06.500
have kids, then you'll see why you're late and

00:29:06.500 --> 00:29:09.259
why you do this. So you know what I did? I was

00:29:09.259 --> 00:29:10.480
like, okay, I'm going to get ready two hours

00:29:10.480 --> 00:29:12.039
before and I'll leave the half an hour for the

00:29:12.039 --> 00:29:15.200
drama. And I feel like things are just about

00:29:15.200 --> 00:29:17.960
excuses, giving yourselves. And I never want

00:29:17.960 --> 00:29:20.740
to give in to my excuses. which is also a problem

00:29:20.740 --> 00:29:23.420
because sometimes claire you know i think you're

00:29:23.420 --> 00:29:25.519
injured or clay i think you're really sick like

00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:27.640
you know like it's not an excuse i think you

00:29:27.640 --> 00:29:30.160
just need to rest yeah things did change with

00:29:30.160 --> 00:29:33.460
the kids um and being a parent i feel like with

00:29:33.460 --> 00:29:36.680
my racing i learnt letting go of ego letting

00:29:36.680 --> 00:29:40.460
go that even if the stars aligns on that day

00:29:40.460 --> 00:29:44.559
sometimes just the hardware won't work it's terrible

00:29:44.559 --> 00:29:47.599
weather same same with kids everything was about

00:29:47.599 --> 00:29:51.819
letting go of ego and each kid i had i had new

00:29:51.819 --> 00:29:56.039
ego i had new ego because i was learning how

00:29:56.039 --> 00:29:58.779
do i put it when i when i was a first time parent

00:29:58.779 --> 00:30:01.559
i was afraid that people it would okay it would

00:30:01.559 --> 00:30:05.059
ruin my image ruins a harsh word but i didn't

00:30:05.059 --> 00:30:07.400
want to even talk about that was a mother being

00:30:07.400 --> 00:30:10.240
a while a race car driver it was almost i didn't

00:30:10.240 --> 00:30:12.119
was embarrassed but i was like oh they're not

00:30:12.119 --> 00:30:14.359
going to see me sporty i didn't like the mother

00:30:14.359 --> 00:30:17.690
image Yeah, because your identity was Claire

00:30:17.690 --> 00:30:20.670
Jedrick, this race car driver. Former X Games

00:30:20.670 --> 00:30:23.509
athlete, you know, cool, edgy, hard. I feel like

00:30:23.509 --> 00:30:26.809
it was intruding into my image and people wouldn't

00:30:26.809 --> 00:30:28.869
see me. And it wasn't about being hardcore, but

00:30:28.869 --> 00:30:31.210
I was an outdoor person. And I think I had this

00:30:31.210 --> 00:30:34.410
idea, you know, they love people are saying sacrifice,

00:30:34.549 --> 00:30:36.630
sacrifice. And what are you going to do? Are

00:30:36.630 --> 00:30:37.809
you still going to do it because you're a kid?

00:30:37.950 --> 00:30:42.170
And natural, I guess, 20 -year -old Claire would

00:30:42.170 --> 00:30:45.349
be like, no. Like that's not who I am. Stop judging

00:30:45.349 --> 00:30:50.950
me, you know. But to be honest, there was a lot

00:30:50.950 --> 00:30:53.049
of that. Second kid, I worked through that and

00:30:53.049 --> 00:30:55.930
going, you know what? It's okay to be a mother.

00:30:56.029 --> 00:30:58.329
It's okay to do all these things. In fact, like

00:30:58.329 --> 00:31:01.809
I think it's probably, I guess being in the media

00:31:01.809 --> 00:31:03.289
is a bit more interesting in that way because

00:31:03.289 --> 00:31:06.009
I can do it. I can do it. It takes a bit of planning.

00:31:06.410 --> 00:31:09.269
It takes a lot of help. I have a partner. It

00:31:09.269 --> 00:31:12.220
takes a lot of communication. um it really put

00:31:12.220 --> 00:31:15.819
me through the paces of who i am today i had

00:31:15.819 --> 00:31:20.700
to think i went through a lot of process of people

00:31:20.700 --> 00:31:23.380
like to say trauma of like childhood and things

00:31:23.380 --> 00:31:25.640
that we do i don't really see as trauma as part

00:31:25.640 --> 00:31:28.440
and parcel i had a great childhood there's things

00:31:28.440 --> 00:31:31.200
i don't like about what my parents did you know

00:31:31.200 --> 00:31:34.579
that there's a lot of things i think that was

00:31:34.579 --> 00:31:38.619
a gift for me the things that i didn't like and

00:31:38.619 --> 00:31:41.480
maybe had pain and anxieties from that, that

00:31:41.480 --> 00:31:43.420
now I can look back and go, well, if you really

00:31:43.420 --> 00:31:46.579
don't want that, then how do I do it now as a

00:31:46.579 --> 00:31:48.940
parent for my kids? You know, and there is a

00:31:48.940 --> 00:31:50.720
lot of working through myself. There is, you

00:31:50.720 --> 00:31:54.000
know, and I'm always working on it of these random

00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:58.380
anxieties that I have about having that ball

00:31:58.380 --> 00:32:02.079
in my stomach, about just doing things, you know,

00:32:02.079 --> 00:32:06.019
but it's really been about pulling back. Yeah.

00:32:06.490 --> 00:32:08.750
and being more of like the joy of missing out

00:32:08.750 --> 00:32:11.150
rather than the fear of missing out which was

00:32:11.150 --> 00:32:14.829
a big part of my life and being competitive which

00:32:14.829 --> 00:32:18.250
people you know um always think i am but because

00:32:18.250 --> 00:32:21.710
i just want to do everything you know now i know

00:32:21.710 --> 00:32:23.690
that i can't do everything and it's okay yeah

00:32:23.690 --> 00:32:26.369
you know and i'm actually quite happy i'm quite

00:32:26.369 --> 00:32:28.930
happy not doing everything do i wish i was doing

00:32:28.930 --> 00:32:31.750
lots of other competitions yeah but you know

00:32:31.750 --> 00:32:36.589
i really want to see like things like my kids

00:32:36.589 --> 00:32:39.809
graduations even if they're five years old i

00:32:39.809 --> 00:32:42.410
wanna i wanna go see them do things and the joy

00:32:42.410 --> 00:32:46.269
on their face to know that i was there because

00:32:46.269 --> 00:32:48.089
there are moments in my life though my parents

00:32:48.089 --> 00:32:50.910
were working so hard but i remember they were

00:32:50.910 --> 00:32:54.130
always there for all my competitions it was break

00:32:54.130 --> 00:32:57.589
dancing and this they were always there for everything

00:32:57.589 --> 00:32:59.490
you know another thing to your list break dancing

00:33:00.009 --> 00:33:02.289
There was a, that was like, you know, you go

00:33:02.289 --> 00:33:04.789
through those moments of culture and like my.

00:33:04.849 --> 00:33:06.670
Again, I did not have a break dancing moment,

00:33:06.730 --> 00:33:09.829
but yes, but like I know what you mean. It was,

00:33:09.829 --> 00:33:11.190
it's funny because when I came from the skate

00:33:11.190 --> 00:33:13.589
park culture, a lot of them went into like the

00:33:13.589 --> 00:33:15.680
hip hop culture. Yeah. So a lot of them became

00:33:15.680 --> 00:33:19.160
DJs, dancers. I came from like, yeah, I did dance

00:33:19.160 --> 00:33:22.859
for a period of time and the performance. And

00:33:22.859 --> 00:33:24.539
I think that was just always part of my personality

00:33:24.539 --> 00:33:27.119
of learning something. It was just learning something

00:33:27.119 --> 00:33:30.119
and it was athletic. Yeah. So that was just part

00:33:30.119 --> 00:33:32.420
of my random history. Yeah. Move your body and

00:33:32.420 --> 00:33:34.059
learn something at the same time. Right. Which

00:33:34.059 --> 00:33:37.160
is cool. Look, I am never cutting carbs. They're

00:33:37.160 --> 00:33:39.259
part of my training plan and they fuel my workouts.

00:33:39.920 --> 00:33:42.220
And I'm not exactly keto either, but I do have

00:33:42.220 --> 00:33:44.599
carbs. I want to enjoy them without the bloat,

00:33:44.599 --> 00:33:46.960
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00:34:12.710 --> 00:34:15.429
women then who are in their forties, who might

00:34:15.429 --> 00:34:18.570
be struggling with this identity crisis, you

00:34:18.570 --> 00:34:21.630
know, where they have always been, you know,

00:34:21.630 --> 00:34:24.789
someone who goes out, says yes, and now they're

00:34:24.789 --> 00:34:27.489
mothers and they're feeling overwhelmed. What

00:34:27.489 --> 00:34:29.869
would you say to them? You know, it's so easy

00:34:29.869 --> 00:34:33.530
to say, just let go and stuff like this. The

00:34:33.530 --> 00:34:36.630
only thing I can say is that I really believe

00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:43.219
in all honesty of that one life i know if i don't

00:34:43.219 --> 00:34:47.699
let myself go of certain things that i want to

00:34:47.699 --> 00:34:49.780
do or an image and stuff like that the moment

00:34:49.780 --> 00:34:52.980
passes yeah the moment goes you know and you

00:34:52.980 --> 00:34:55.300
know you come up with questions of mortality

00:34:55.300 --> 00:34:57.739
because i'm getting to the age where i have friends

00:34:57.739 --> 00:34:59.960
dropping dead we're having problems who are doing

00:34:59.960 --> 00:35:02.920
things and i know through conversations i'm more

00:35:02.920 --> 00:35:05.219
of a person who does deep conversations rather

00:35:05.219 --> 00:35:09.110
than the general um hi what are you doing you

00:35:09.110 --> 00:35:11.610
know um i struggle that's where my anxiety lies

00:35:11.610 --> 00:35:14.190
it's weird as a presenter but that's me it's

00:35:14.190 --> 00:35:16.309
hard though isn't it that little small talk yeah

00:35:16.309 --> 00:35:19.610
i'm really bad and anxious about that even though

00:35:19.610 --> 00:35:22.349
i'm in this line of work talking to friends and

00:35:22.349 --> 00:35:24.889
having deep conversations when mortality comes

00:35:24.889 --> 00:35:30.250
up i really do think about if god forbid something

00:35:30.250 --> 00:35:32.510
happened to me tomorrow what would have i done

00:35:33.360 --> 00:35:35.820
And could I just leave knowing that I did these

00:35:35.820 --> 00:35:38.480
things and I tried, even if I failed? Who cares?

00:35:38.500 --> 00:35:40.519
The judgment is only myself. Nobody's judging

00:35:40.519 --> 00:35:43.099
me, my family, my friends, random people especially.

00:35:43.760 --> 00:35:46.659
But for mothers out there, you know, it's hard.

00:35:46.780 --> 00:35:49.699
If you don't give yourself a break, you kind

00:35:49.699 --> 00:35:52.579
of get trapped in emotion. And I used to bring

00:35:52.579 --> 00:35:56.900
my screaming child out. with me in fact both

00:35:56.900 --> 00:35:59.159
of them and i would get messages being in the

00:35:59.159 --> 00:36:01.119
media like i don't know how you're bringing your

00:36:01.119 --> 00:36:03.079
child out i haven't gone out the house for two

00:36:03.079 --> 00:36:06.639
years yeah i'm a person who is highly active

00:36:06.639 --> 00:36:12.300
and like out there um um i can constantly move

00:36:12.300 --> 00:36:16.039
and think and do things i have i've had moments

00:36:16.039 --> 00:36:19.900
of panic attacks which i think i'm finding out

00:36:19.900 --> 00:36:23.920
more and more people like me have them the people

00:36:23.920 --> 00:36:26.219
who do a lot of high impact stuff and who can

00:36:26.219 --> 00:36:29.559
just like, uh, like in term in, in times of like

00:36:29.559 --> 00:36:32.400
drama and turmoil, I just seem to work. Like

00:36:32.400 --> 00:36:35.000
I can figure things out. I'm really good in emergencies,

00:36:35.000 --> 00:36:37.880
but there's a weird side to me because of age

00:36:37.880 --> 00:36:41.440
and hormones. Um, I have to let go and realize

00:36:41.440 --> 00:36:44.980
I can't do these things. I can't be that person.

00:36:45.599 --> 00:36:49.019
Um, and, and learning to be easy on myself and

00:36:49.019 --> 00:36:52.380
understand that my body has changed. My hormones

00:36:52.380 --> 00:36:55.260
have changed. I can't be that person anymore.

00:36:55.440 --> 00:36:59.780
And it's okay. It's okay to be like that. And

00:36:59.780 --> 00:37:02.539
really, I think going back to your question,

00:37:02.739 --> 00:37:08.719
which was what I'd tell mothers, right? I think

00:37:08.719 --> 00:37:11.440
just being honest with yourself. Say you need

00:37:11.440 --> 00:37:15.760
the help. Ask people around you. Even as a friend,

00:37:15.780 --> 00:37:18.480
I need a break. I need to get out of here. I

00:37:18.480 --> 00:37:20.519
think the communication between partners is massive.

00:37:21.480 --> 00:37:25.260
a lot of the times i would think how come he's

00:37:25.260 --> 00:37:28.019
not planning this he's not doing this i would

00:37:28.019 --> 00:37:32.699
have these inner i would say feelings of like

00:37:32.699 --> 00:37:35.780
jealousy and i was really honest with my partner

00:37:35.780 --> 00:37:38.019
going i'm sitting here eight months pregnant

00:37:38.019 --> 00:37:40.380
feeling like a well you're achieving all these

00:37:40.380 --> 00:37:43.340
things i'm doing nothing and not every partner

00:37:43.340 --> 00:37:45.789
is going to say this i know but he was for a

00:37:45.789 --> 00:37:47.769
person who believes in drink concrete claire

00:37:47.769 --> 00:37:50.429
you know suck it up like you'll be fine like

00:37:50.429 --> 00:37:52.269
you know a person who didn't understand what

00:37:52.269 --> 00:37:54.789
panic attacks until i had them it was a whole

00:37:54.789 --> 00:37:58.710
new game for him as well he said some really

00:37:58.710 --> 00:38:03.050
kind things to me he said what is wrong with

00:38:03.050 --> 00:38:05.670
being just a mother yeah you know i get emotional

00:38:05.670 --> 00:38:09.010
thinking about that now because i didn't expect

00:38:09.010 --> 00:38:11.630
that from him and he was like why is it not achievement

00:38:11.630 --> 00:38:14.570
being a mother just a mother yeah you know and

00:38:14.570 --> 00:38:17.329
he's like you wanted this so much it's okay it's

00:38:17.329 --> 00:38:19.969
okay to be nothing else but a mother it's all

00:38:19.969 --> 00:38:22.570
right you know and it really took away my feelings

00:38:22.570 --> 00:38:25.250
of like oh no i'm getting emotional yeah like

00:38:25.250 --> 00:38:28.269
the jealousy and all these things and maybe it's

00:38:28.269 --> 00:38:30.889
a whole motion of things you know but it also

00:38:30.889 --> 00:38:34.090
because i tagged my my career and everything

00:38:34.090 --> 00:38:37.369
to who i was before and that was the it's ego

00:38:37.369 --> 00:38:40.789
chasing you know with that it's just like i said

00:38:40.789 --> 00:38:43.960
be easier on yourself You have to let go of certain

00:38:43.960 --> 00:38:46.559
things. I never see things as a sacrifice. Don't

00:38:46.559 --> 00:38:49.659
think you're sacrificing who you are, what you're

00:38:49.659 --> 00:38:53.340
doing, your work, your family and that. I personally

00:38:53.340 --> 00:38:55.059
don't like to use the word sacrifice because

00:38:55.059 --> 00:38:58.300
it's a negative connotation. It's just a choice.

00:38:58.400 --> 00:39:03.440
There's a time and place for everything. I'm

00:39:03.440 --> 00:39:06.099
very careful, and I've said this before, about

00:39:06.099 --> 00:39:08.880
doing the things about being inclusive for women.

00:39:09.559 --> 00:39:12.639
Like when people go, oh, how are you doing sport?

00:39:13.019 --> 00:39:15.280
How are you trying to run a business? How are

00:39:15.280 --> 00:39:18.280
you being a mother and being there for all their

00:39:18.280 --> 00:39:22.000
things? I do not feel like you can have it all.

00:39:22.400 --> 00:39:26.300
You can't. You can't. And it's okay. It's just

00:39:26.300 --> 00:39:29.079
you've got to plan when you want to do it at

00:39:29.079 --> 00:39:30.940
a certain time. They always say, right, you can

00:39:30.940 --> 00:39:33.280
have it all, just not at the same time. And that's

00:39:33.280 --> 00:39:35.119
the reality. You can have all the four things

00:39:35.119 --> 00:39:36.860
you just mentioned. Absolutely. In your life,

00:39:36.900 --> 00:39:38.780
you can have those. Yeah. But you cannot operate

00:39:38.780 --> 00:39:41.260
at 100 percent on all of those all of the time.

00:39:41.340 --> 00:39:44.440
And to expect that is ridiculous. Right. And

00:39:44.440 --> 00:39:45.760
like you said, you know, something when when

00:39:45.760 --> 00:39:46.840
you were talking about like you don't have to

00:39:46.840 --> 00:39:49.039
sacrifice, like sacrifice is not what makes you

00:39:49.039 --> 00:39:51.179
a mother. No. I always this is something that

00:39:51.179 --> 00:39:53.280
I feel very strongly about. It's like you are

00:39:53.280 --> 00:39:56.659
a mother. You are not a martyr. So you giving

00:39:56.659 --> 00:39:59.760
up yourself in the name of your children is not

00:39:59.760 --> 00:40:01.460
something that you need to strive for. Like you

00:40:01.460 --> 00:40:03.739
can let that go. yeah i love that yeah yeah i

00:40:03.739 --> 00:40:06.000
love the the mod of it like yeah absolutely like

00:40:06.000 --> 00:40:07.760
that that doesn't make you a better mom or it

00:40:07.760 --> 00:40:09.760
doesn't make it that's not the badge of motherhood

00:40:09.760 --> 00:40:11.780
it's like look what i gave up it's like no look

00:40:11.780 --> 00:40:15.300
what i created all these two and three all these

00:40:15.300 --> 00:40:19.039
humans you know but also my life yeah to be a

00:40:19.039 --> 00:40:22.239
home mom and home like home school no effing

00:40:22.239 --> 00:40:26.199
way me literally like i'm very impatient i have

00:40:26.199 --> 00:40:29.090
patience but as i'm very impatient You have to

00:40:29.090 --> 00:40:31.389
be of a certain personality to be able to do

00:40:31.389 --> 00:40:34.269
that. And hands down, I couldn't do that. You

00:40:34.269 --> 00:40:35.809
want to talk about structure, girl? So again,

00:40:35.849 --> 00:40:37.889
at least we send our kids to school and school

00:40:37.889 --> 00:40:39.670
gives them a structure. Can you imagine you are

00:40:39.670 --> 00:40:41.090
the school and you are giving them a structure?

00:40:41.150 --> 00:40:43.489
It's so intense. Those homeschooling moms get

00:40:43.489 --> 00:40:45.590
like absolute mad props from this side of the

00:40:45.590 --> 00:40:48.090
table. Yeah, I can't do it. I just couldn't.

00:40:48.110 --> 00:40:51.010
And also, I just want that distance. I want that

00:40:51.010 --> 00:40:54.329
distance because the kids learn more. I think

00:40:54.329 --> 00:40:58.690
they peg their... they peg their emotions to

00:40:58.690 --> 00:41:01.030
us and so do we yeah you know because i feel

00:41:01.030 --> 00:41:02.809
like you can do better like you know and i totally

00:41:02.809 --> 00:41:05.010
understand as a parent now why you do that i

00:41:05.010 --> 00:41:07.750
have to hold back now i understand why football

00:41:07.750 --> 00:41:11.289
matches get punch -ups and stuff like before

00:41:11.289 --> 00:41:13.929
i'm like these hooligans like you know look at

00:41:13.929 --> 00:41:16.610
this it's terrible for the first time in my life

00:41:16.610 --> 00:41:18.429
i knew claire don't say anything don't get too

00:41:18.429 --> 00:41:21.059
involved Seven -year -old playing a friendly

00:41:21.059 --> 00:41:24.500
game. My son is not particularly like the fastest.

00:41:24.619 --> 00:41:27.239
He's learning and he loves it. He likes the team.

00:41:27.340 --> 00:41:30.239
He's so sure. But I'm out there after 10 minutes.

00:41:30.260 --> 00:41:33.659
I found myself going, and you usually give me

00:41:33.659 --> 00:41:37.280
like, like, whoa, like that's a bit loud. And

00:41:37.280 --> 00:41:39.519
I was like, oh, I'm that mom too. And I don't

00:41:39.519 --> 00:41:41.860
want to be, I don't want to be. But it's just

00:41:41.860 --> 00:41:43.780
something comes over me and I'm like, oh my God,

00:41:43.840 --> 00:41:47.780
I am shouting from the sidelines. I was so judgy

00:41:47.780 --> 00:41:50.469
about soccer moms. i'm one of them of all people

00:41:50.469 --> 00:41:53.769
it's become me yeah you know i'm i'm that person

00:41:53.769 --> 00:41:56.829
and i totally get it you know like uh but yeah

00:41:56.829 --> 00:42:01.130
i need that separation yeah for them for me and

00:42:01.130 --> 00:42:03.289
i definitely am a better person for the teaching

00:42:03.289 --> 00:42:07.050
for my time to go away and and it's really difficult

00:42:07.050 --> 00:42:10.170
in the beginning um the first both kids at three

00:42:10.170 --> 00:42:12.469
months i would i disappeared to go and do my

00:42:12.469 --> 00:42:14.510
work i purposely took the job because i knew

00:42:14.510 --> 00:42:18.380
i would get sucked in to wanting to be with them

00:42:18.380 --> 00:42:21.619
all the time. And people ask me about mom guilt.

00:42:21.699 --> 00:42:24.460
It is always there. Of course. Never goes away.

00:42:24.679 --> 00:42:25.920
Yeah, just because we're not martyrs doesn't

00:42:25.920 --> 00:42:28.260
mean we don't feel the guilt. But I have good

00:42:28.260 --> 00:42:30.519
reminders around me. Like when Yui goes, look,

00:42:30.579 --> 00:42:32.380
you're at a job. There's no point thinking. You're

00:42:32.380 --> 00:42:35.639
there for five days. You're there. You have to

00:42:35.639 --> 00:42:38.519
put your 100 % focus on being there. I'm like,

00:42:38.579 --> 00:42:41.139
I know, I know. But I just, you know, the think

00:42:41.139 --> 00:42:43.239
and the thought. And some moms have told me,

00:42:43.260 --> 00:42:46.280
don't worry. don't don't worry about it they're

00:42:46.280 --> 00:42:48.440
really not going to miss you and actually the

00:42:48.440 --> 00:42:51.699
ones who would judge me more were dads yeah yeah

00:42:51.699 --> 00:42:55.340
i've got some of the harshest comments from men

00:42:55.340 --> 00:42:58.099
yeah as much as i love men yeah how could you

00:42:58.099 --> 00:43:00.420
leave right how could you what kind of a mother

00:43:00.420 --> 00:43:03.480
are you i've had random guys said you know two

00:43:03.480 --> 00:43:05.840
three years old it passes i don't know why you

00:43:05.840 --> 00:43:08.119
left and left them so young i remember random

00:43:08.119 --> 00:43:11.840
telling me and we just he asked me you know,

00:43:11.880 --> 00:43:13.940
about it. And I was a bit like taken aback. And

00:43:13.940 --> 00:43:16.139
then, you know, I was like, it's a bit full on.

00:43:16.219 --> 00:43:19.900
And I was like, whoa. And I just didn't feel

00:43:19.900 --> 00:43:21.880
like the need to explain myself because I wanted

00:43:21.880 --> 00:43:23.920
to take that job. And you know what? And to be

00:43:23.920 --> 00:43:27.340
honest, I do have expiry. I have an expiry and

00:43:27.340 --> 00:43:30.239
it's the truth. I don't care what you say. I

00:43:30.239 --> 00:43:32.480
have an expiry in my industry. I have an expiry

00:43:32.480 --> 00:43:35.340
because for marketing, they can't use the same

00:43:35.340 --> 00:43:37.920
person always for 10 years. You know, they're

00:43:37.920 --> 00:43:41.380
going to. have recycle of people in for new hosts

00:43:41.380 --> 00:43:44.480
for fresher for for certain brands where that

00:43:44.480 --> 00:43:47.800
brand is going they need a refresh yeah i have

00:43:47.800 --> 00:43:50.539
an expiry date so i want to do it i want to take

00:43:50.539 --> 00:43:52.039
this opportunity because i know it's going to

00:43:52.039 --> 00:43:54.380
pass and that's a selfishness yes i'm selfish

00:43:54.380 --> 00:43:56.760
but that's okay but i think everyone has to be

00:43:56.760 --> 00:43:59.219
yeah because if you if you don't do anything

00:43:59.219 --> 00:44:02.170
for yourself then where are you going to be?

00:44:02.289 --> 00:44:03.869
Everyone's just going to walk all over you. Yeah.

00:44:03.869 --> 00:44:05.869
And then the resentment builds. And then, you

00:44:05.869 --> 00:44:07.630
know, there's a whole different path that you

00:44:07.630 --> 00:44:09.829
can walk. You know, one of the best tips that

00:44:09.829 --> 00:44:12.190
piece of advice that I've ever received that

00:44:12.190 --> 00:44:14.909
I still think about to this day is like for working

00:44:14.909 --> 00:44:17.269
moms and working moms who are also athletics,

00:44:17.489 --> 00:44:20.849
doing athletics, be where your feet are. So when

00:44:20.849 --> 00:44:22.750
you are training, when you are on the bike, you

00:44:22.750 --> 00:44:24.719
are on the bike. That's where you are. You are

00:44:24.719 --> 00:44:26.440
not thinking about the 10 ,000 things your kids

00:44:26.440 --> 00:44:27.739
have to do for their school project. You are

00:44:27.739 --> 00:44:29.460
not thinking about work. When you're presenting,

00:44:29.639 --> 00:44:31.960
you're presenting. You are professional Claire.

00:44:32.079 --> 00:44:33.420
You are doing the things that you're passionate

00:44:33.420 --> 00:44:36.099
about. When you're with your kids, you are their

00:44:36.099 --> 00:44:38.500
mother. 100 % you're not looking at a screen

00:44:38.500 --> 00:44:40.440
you're not in a phone call and I think be where

00:44:40.440 --> 00:44:42.539
your feet are is the best piece of advice that

00:44:42.539 --> 00:44:46.380
has yeah when I catch myself you know when I

00:44:46.380 --> 00:44:51.079
catch myself we need to do this yeah but it's

00:44:51.079 --> 00:44:53.619
like because it is easy to kind of like like

00:44:53.619 --> 00:44:55.820
even when you like you said you're confident

00:44:55.820 --> 00:44:58.469
being in those places and having that part you

00:44:58.469 --> 00:45:00.769
can feel it start to bleed, right? You can feel

00:45:00.769 --> 00:45:03.489
the kind of like edges. Yeah, yeah. I get cracks.

00:45:03.869 --> 00:45:06.289
I get these little holes in the dam and once

00:45:06.289 --> 00:45:09.730
they pop, sometimes the dark thoughts just go

00:45:09.730 --> 00:45:12.130
whoosh. Yes, yeah. And again, the panic attacks,

00:45:12.349 --> 00:45:14.869
right? That's what makes the opportunity for

00:45:14.869 --> 00:45:18.429
those emotions to run wild is how difficult it

00:45:18.429 --> 00:45:20.469
is to navigate all those identities. And the

00:45:20.469 --> 00:45:22.590
thing is, is you don't have to just have one

00:45:22.590 --> 00:45:27.019
identity. You can be Claire. jedrick the racing

00:45:27.019 --> 00:45:29.199
car driver yeah you can be the triathlete you

00:45:29.199 --> 00:45:31.659
can be mum you can do all of these things you

00:45:31.659 --> 00:45:33.719
can be a friend you can be a wife you know and

00:45:33.719 --> 00:45:36.260
you don't need to just be that one person so

00:45:36.260 --> 00:45:38.239
it doesn't need to be a struggle a fight you

00:45:38.239 --> 00:45:41.599
can you can do all of these things i'm pegging

00:45:41.599 --> 00:45:45.679
myself previously to the whole race driver thing

00:45:45.679 --> 00:45:49.679
so it was covid like many people covid came about

00:45:49.679 --> 00:45:52.659
um i got pregnant when i'd actually gotten um

00:45:52.659 --> 00:45:56.860
uh i got I suppose like chosen for a job for

00:45:56.860 --> 00:45:58.420
racing. And then I found out I was pregnant.

00:45:58.920 --> 00:46:01.639
It was very difficult for me. I cried. I cried.

00:46:01.679 --> 00:46:03.599
I did tell Yui for about a week that I was pregnant.

00:46:03.739 --> 00:46:06.039
Oh my gosh. Because I had so much to say. It

00:46:06.039 --> 00:46:09.079
was a job that I had gotten in a short amount

00:46:09.079 --> 00:46:12.320
of time that would have never been given to most

00:46:12.320 --> 00:46:14.320
people because they should have been racing a

00:46:14.320 --> 00:46:17.739
lot longer. And I somehow managed to get there.

00:46:18.300 --> 00:46:20.539
And then when I found out I was pregnant, I wanted

00:46:20.539 --> 00:46:23.960
it. It was unplanned a little bit. They say unplanned,

00:46:23.960 --> 00:46:25.900
but I mean, you're an adult, right? I mean, you

00:46:25.900 --> 00:46:28.659
do adult things. And that was really difficult.

00:46:28.800 --> 00:46:30.820
And when COVID came around, I had to make the

00:46:30.820 --> 00:46:35.159
choice. I said, do I want to spend 12 to 15 hours

00:46:35.159 --> 00:46:38.360
a day in a garage? It's not glamorous. There's

00:46:38.360 --> 00:46:42.889
nothing great. I mean, other than training and

00:46:42.889 --> 00:46:44.250
being there and putting your head space where

00:46:44.250 --> 00:46:47.150
my feet were, 12 to 15 hours a day in a garage

00:46:47.150 --> 00:46:49.989
and doing that in and out and me traveling up

00:46:49.989 --> 00:46:55.210
and down Malaysia for years. Like it's just sweaty,

00:46:55.349 --> 00:46:57.869
hot, food's not great. Like in a lot of places

00:46:57.869 --> 00:47:01.030
having to pre -plan, I was tired. I almost had

00:47:01.030 --> 00:47:03.130
a highway, a crash on a highway. I fell asleep

00:47:03.130 --> 00:47:05.849
at the wheel. It was very pivotal moments. You

00:47:05.849 --> 00:47:08.409
have no idea for me. Like I've had things where

00:47:08.409 --> 00:47:11.320
I need to really assess what am I doing? because

00:47:11.320 --> 00:47:13.579
I was always doing that and when COVID came around

00:47:13.579 --> 00:47:17.239
I was like do I really do I have that drive have

00:47:17.239 --> 00:47:19.860
I've had for the last four or five years to go

00:47:19.860 --> 00:47:22.920
racing again um unfortunately COVID stopped it

00:47:22.920 --> 00:47:24.440
because we couldn't travel so I had the two -year

00:47:24.440 --> 00:47:28.400
break yeah but um it really was a moment for

00:47:28.400 --> 00:47:32.460
me to go to really sit and think oh my god if

00:47:32.460 --> 00:47:34.980
I don't do this racing what am I then yeah can

00:47:34.980 --> 00:47:36.900
I still be a presenter for things does that mean

00:47:36.900 --> 00:47:39.900
I'm not relevant uh you know because i've always

00:47:39.900 --> 00:47:42.559
been the race driver automotive formula one and

00:47:42.559 --> 00:47:45.320
stuff like that what do i do and so that's where

00:47:45.320 --> 00:47:48.460
the next pivot for me and about when i link back

00:47:48.460 --> 00:47:50.860
up to what i first said about survival and careers

00:47:50.860 --> 00:47:53.599
and pivoting and all the different things i am

00:47:53.599 --> 00:47:56.820
a lot of people have said oh you're kind of jack

00:47:56.820 --> 00:47:58.719
of all trades you keep putting your fingers in

00:47:58.719 --> 00:48:00.699
the pot and sticking them in different things

00:48:00.699 --> 00:48:04.409
oh you know um that really isn't longevity Because

00:48:04.409 --> 00:48:06.050
they always talk about depth. Because a lot of

00:48:06.050 --> 00:48:08.110
us, we're taught depth. Do something for a long

00:48:08.110 --> 00:48:10.849
time. Become a master at it. A master. But I

00:48:10.849 --> 00:48:13.750
feel like the master of nothing has been an opportunity

00:48:13.750 --> 00:48:16.369
for me because I've been able to take skill sets.

00:48:16.469 --> 00:48:18.869
And even though I don't go as deep, I go deep

00:48:18.869 --> 00:48:21.610
with skill sets over time, but I've been able

00:48:21.610 --> 00:48:24.409
to have breadth. of skill set and has allowed

00:48:24.409 --> 00:48:27.190
me to pivot and give me the confidence to know

00:48:27.190 --> 00:48:29.730
what works for me and how to do it in a different

00:48:29.730 --> 00:48:32.510
job set. And you see that in industries. Yes.

00:48:32.630 --> 00:48:35.889
You'll see somebody who works, I mean, somebody

00:48:35.889 --> 00:48:38.690
who's from Maritime who will go over to something

00:48:38.690 --> 00:48:42.099
else completely random, the CEO of. But it's

00:48:42.099 --> 00:48:45.079
because the skill set hasn't changed in that

00:48:45.079 --> 00:48:47.860
way. It's just a different topic. So I feel like

00:48:47.860 --> 00:48:50.500
in today's world, especially now more than ever,

00:48:50.579 --> 00:48:52.539
where things have changed, information, internet,

00:48:52.659 --> 00:48:56.579
AI, like having the skill sets, soft skill, communication,

00:48:57.019 --> 00:48:58.739
which is where I'm trying to put my children

00:48:58.739 --> 00:49:02.880
through and their education and stuff. I feel

00:49:02.880 --> 00:49:09.190
like somebody who's had an alternative. And my

00:49:09.190 --> 00:49:10.949
husband's had a super alternative career. He

00:49:10.949 --> 00:49:13.150
didn't do uni, the only one in his family. And

00:49:13.150 --> 00:49:16.750
seeing how he, with skill sets and communication,

00:49:16.949 --> 00:49:22.130
soft skills, how that has driven us and putting

00:49:22.130 --> 00:49:24.130
ourselves out there, that has been actually more

00:49:24.130 --> 00:49:28.269
important. Pun intended, driven. Driven. That

00:49:28.269 --> 00:49:30.829
has kind of driven us and allowed us to pivot

00:49:30.829 --> 00:49:32.849
into all sorts of random other things. I think

00:49:32.849 --> 00:49:35.210
that's, for me nowadays, that's a bit more important

00:49:35.210 --> 00:49:37.449
and I feel a bit more confident. of just now

00:49:37.449 --> 00:49:39.710
waiting on okay what's my interest and now i

00:49:39.710 --> 00:49:41.849
have a bit more time and breath to go okay what

00:49:41.849 --> 00:49:45.289
do i really want to do and how can i find my

00:49:45.289 --> 00:49:47.630
way i'm i'm to be honest i'm that person who

00:49:47.630 --> 00:49:50.010
doesn't really know now i mean it's happening

00:49:50.010 --> 00:49:52.730
i'm in my 40s and i feel like there's a big pivotal

00:49:52.730 --> 00:49:55.369
moment again like what's happening what do i

00:49:55.369 --> 00:49:57.750
do and i'm trying not to be i'm trying to take

00:49:57.750 --> 00:49:59.889
it in and go you're like yes i'm still presenting

00:49:59.889 --> 00:50:02.050
but uh there's other things i want to get into

00:50:02.050 --> 00:50:04.409
and it's never too late to Keep doing it. That

00:50:04.409 --> 00:50:07.010
is so true. I'd say that's something we definitely

00:50:07.010 --> 00:50:08.789
stand for here at the 40s Formula. It's like

00:50:08.789 --> 00:50:12.849
42 is not old. When you think 42, when you look

00:50:12.849 --> 00:50:15.309
at the movie, you think 42, you see these glasses,

00:50:15.489 --> 00:50:18.010
their hair. But then I look back at pictures

00:50:18.010 --> 00:50:19.909
and my parents are 42 and I... No, they look

00:50:19.909 --> 00:50:22.889
really youthful still. Up to 42, you know, like

00:50:22.889 --> 00:50:24.289
that's the same age I'm now. Still in the game.

00:50:24.409 --> 00:50:27.750
And I look at us now in our 40s and I think,

00:50:27.769 --> 00:50:30.809
oh, honey. We're still young. So young. So different.

00:50:31.769 --> 00:50:34.130
You know, we're not golden girls. We're nothing

00:50:34.130 --> 00:50:36.210
like the golden girls. And with wisdom. Yes.

00:50:36.210 --> 00:50:38.769
All right. So, you know, age and wisdom. Let's

00:50:38.769 --> 00:50:40.849
go with that. We are actually coming to the end

00:50:40.849 --> 00:50:42.929
of this interview, which has been absolutely

00:50:42.929 --> 00:50:45.130
amazing. So thank you, Claire. But before we

00:50:45.130 --> 00:50:47.190
go, we do want to ask you one final question.

00:50:47.739 --> 00:50:49.960
And that's what's your 40s formula? What piece

00:50:49.960 --> 00:50:54.079
of advice, mantra, anything you would like to

00:50:54.079 --> 00:50:56.440
share with our audience about how they can thrive

00:50:56.440 --> 00:50:59.440
in the 40s? I'll stick to what I said just now.

00:50:59.719 --> 00:51:04.059
I would say just try everything once. Try absolutely

00:51:04.059 --> 00:51:06.780
everything for once, whether it works out or

00:51:06.780 --> 00:51:08.679
not. If you don't try it, you will never know.

00:51:09.119 --> 00:51:11.179
And I think that's probably the most important

00:51:11.179 --> 00:51:14.650
thing, especially as you get older. To keep trying

00:51:14.650 --> 00:51:17.789
different things. And I feel like that's the

00:51:17.789 --> 00:51:22.429
formula for youth, especially for me. And I'm

00:51:22.429 --> 00:51:26.909
not chasing youth. I just feel like I want to

00:51:26.909 --> 00:51:28.889
keep on learning. And that's probably the gist

00:51:28.889 --> 00:51:30.750
of it. Just keep on learning. Try everything

00:51:30.750 --> 00:51:32.809
once. Definitely. I mean, imagine if you never

00:51:32.809 --> 00:51:36.030
tried chocolate. How would you know how good

00:51:36.030 --> 00:51:38.809
that would be? So you definitely should try everything.

00:51:38.969 --> 00:51:42.340
Chocolate, Iron Man, same. It is a little bit.

00:51:43.380 --> 00:51:46.519
Oh, thank you, Claire. It's been amazing. Thank

00:51:46.519 --> 00:51:49.139
you so, so much. One thing that comes up a lot

00:51:49.139 --> 00:51:51.159
with the women I work with and for myself too,

00:51:51.260 --> 00:51:53.659
is insulin resistance. It becomes more common

00:51:53.659 --> 00:51:56.059
in our forties and it can show up as energy crashes,

00:51:56.199 --> 00:51:58.360
stubborn weight gain, sugar cravings, and just

00:51:58.360 --> 00:52:00.860
feeling off. Yeah. And it's not just about what

00:52:00.860 --> 00:52:03.840
you eat. It's about how your body responds. Even

00:52:03.840 --> 00:52:06.460
women who eat well can feel those dips in energy

00:52:06.460 --> 00:52:09.719
or mood after meals. Exactly. I tend to eat low

00:52:09.719 --> 00:52:11.789
carb most of the time to manage that. But I also

00:52:11.789 --> 00:52:13.809
think there's space for smart support when you

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00:53:30.539 --> 00:54:15.719
guests. Bye. They do this now, and they do this,

00:54:15.719 --> 00:54:18.619
these ones. These ones, okay. Is anyone still

00:54:18.619 --> 00:54:20.400
doing this one? I find that one really odd. Yeah,

00:54:20.400 --> 00:54:21.800
that's the Korean one. All the young kids do

00:54:21.800 --> 00:54:23.460
this. I don't know, my kids love that. My kids

00:54:23.460 --> 00:54:25.119
love this one and that one. They do this one.

00:54:25.159 --> 00:54:27.139
I don't know if they're boys. I'm not seeing

00:54:27.139 --> 00:54:29.440
my boys do it, but maybe because, I don't know,

00:54:29.480 --> 00:54:31.739
they... It's mostly Charlie. It's not a boy thing.

00:54:31.960 --> 00:54:34.139
Yeah, I would say it's definitely Louise, and

00:54:34.139 --> 00:54:35.739
then Archie tries to do it, and he never can,

00:54:35.820 --> 00:54:39.059
so he's like... They always tell me to join the

00:54:39.059 --> 00:54:42.190
hack. Oh, that's cute. Oh, cute. I feel like

00:54:42.190 --> 00:54:45.489
I have arthritis again. Oh, no, don't do it.

00:54:45.849 --> 00:54:49.010
Don't dislocate any more fingers. Leave it, leave

00:54:49.010 --> 00:54:49.230
it.