S3 Ep2: Emma Pallant - Learning How To Handle Disappointments

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On this week's episode is triathlete Emma Pallant. Emma chats about her training routine while in Covid-19 lockdown in South Africa and how she's keeping a positive mindset. She reflects on her running journey as a student, what she has learnt about not winning, and how it is a team effort to keep yourself strong. Emma is a former Team GB athlete, she won U23 European Cross Country, Silver at World School Games and 3rd at World Junior 1500m. The British athlete made the move to triathlon post knee surgery in 2012 and has gone from strength to strength. In 2016 Emma started racing Ironman distances and won IM70.3 UK and became World Duathlon Champion for the second year. More recently Emma has gone on to achieve the World 70.3 silver medallist, World Aquathlon Champion and last year in 2019 took 7 x 70.3 wins, 2 standard distance wins and 16 podiums in total. Emma is currently based in South Africa with her fiancé and when she's not busy training she provides triathlon coaching and supports brands Hoka, Team BMC, Aftershokz and Precision Hydration.