Douglas Wood is a Masters Athlete in triathlons but we spoke about how developing mental strength in your sport is important for anyone competing. Douglas has worked with a mental strength coach for 10+ years.

Douglas is in his 70s and competes for Team GB in his age group.

He's also written an inspiring book called The Renaissance Triathlete where Alistair Brownlee a household name wrote the foreword for the book.

We chat about the following:

Doug's Background

Masters Athletes

Young Athletes

Growth Mindset

Altering your vocabulary (Positive)

Being in the moment

Different attributes for sport

Doing your best which is possible (Context)

Mapping out your season

Lifting your horizon

Writing down your successes from each event

Writing down things to improve

Having a mental strength coach for 10+ years

The Visualisation Process