015: Barbara Cronin Stagnari - Conquering Ironman with Graves Disease
Mile After Mile Podcast
English - April 11, 2016 02:30 - 44 minutes - 31 MB - ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsSports Health & Fitness biking endurance ironman marathon running swimming triathlon ultramarathon Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Barbara Cronin-Stagnari is an accomplished age-group triathlete. She has completed 16 Ironman races, 5 or which were at the World Championships.
She's also a mother of 4 grown kids.
Yes, she's amazing.
A year ago she was dealt a curve ball when she was diagnosed with Graves disease. On this podcast we discuss what that means and how it affects her racing.
Some details of the show:
04:00 We talk about her start in triathlon and how she basically started with a half-iron triathlon.
08:00 We talk about building up to her first Ironman in Lake Placid
10:00 We talk about qualifying for the Ironman World Championships
16:0o Barbara talks about balancing training and life with small kids and how she keeps her weekends free
18:00 Barbara explains what Graves Disease is and her diagnosis
31:00 Barbara talks about what she finds to be the toughest part of the Ironman Lake Placid run course.
33:00 Barbara talks about the Ironman World Championship roll down presentation
39:00 Barbara talks about the Kona Ironman World Championships Finish Line.
Thank you very much to Barbara for being a guest on the Mile after Mile Podcast. I loved hearing your story and I look forward to seeing what the future brings you.
You can find Barbara Cronin-Stagnari on Facebook.
You can visit www.amysaysso.com for information on Amy's adventures as well as all kinds of motivation and inspiration.