QT2 Systems - My Life as a Pro - Episode 9 - Jennie Hansen
Release Date: 12/04/2024
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Welcome to the QT2 Podcast Series Race Recap. For this series, we have invited our athletes to come and talk about their race day experiences. We’ll cover their journey to the starting line, course details, pre-race and race day logistics, travel and expenses, and more. Episode 3 takes us to the 2025 IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship in Marbella, Spain. Listen on as QT2 athletes Gretchen Cooney, Chelsea Conway and Ryan Zelinski tell you about their experiences racing on this beautiful and challenging course. Hear about how they qualified, their travel experiences getting and staying in...
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Welcome to the QT2 Podcast Series Race Recap. For this series, we have invited our athletes to come and talk about their race day experiences. We’ll cover their journey to the starting line, course details, pre-race and race day logistics, travel and expenses, and more. Episode 2 takes us to the 2025 TCS New York City Marathon. At nearly 60,000 finishers, the TCS is the largest marathon. And also one of the most difficult to get into. Listen on as QT2 athletes and NYC marathon veterans Howard Voletsky and Terry Alexander tell you about their NYC marathon experience, from securing your entry,...
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Welcome to the QT2 Podcast Series Race Recap. For this series, we have invited our athletes to come and talk about their race day experiences. We’ll cover their journey to the starting line, course details, pre-race and race day logistics, travel and expenses, and more. Episode 1 takes us to the 2025 IRONMAN World Championship in Kona. Listen on as QT2 athletes Lauren Magin, Nancy McMahon and Jennie Hansen tell you about their experiences on the big stage from travel tips to training guidance to crossing the most storied finish line in all of triathlon. Learn more about QT2 Systems at...
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Why Mindset Matters in Endurance Sports and How a Coach Can Help Navigate the Minefield - Episode 6 - Maintaining a Larger View/Managing a Disappointing Result In this podcast series, QT2 Owner and Head Coach Tim Snow shares his views, informed by more than twenty years of racing and coaching endurance sports, on how an athlete's mindset can have a profound impact on performance. What happens when you nail your training, but fall short on race day? It could be for so many reasons. In this final episode of the series, Coach Tim talks about the race debrief, and why it's such an important...
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Why Mindset Matters in Endurance Sports and How a Coach Can Help Navigate the Minefield - Episode 5 - Coping Visualization In this podcast series, QT2 Owner and Head Coach Tim Snow shares his views, informed by more than twenty years of racing and coaching endurance sports, on how an athlete's mindset can have a profound impact on performance. In episode 5, Coach Tim delves into Coping Visualization. As we mentally prepare for race day, we so often visualize the perfect day. Perfect weather. Perfect execution. But in the world of endurance sports, a race is seldom perfect. A real race day...
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Why Mindset Matters in Endurance Sports and How a Coach Can Help Navigate the Minefield - Episode 4 - True Goal Setting In this podcast series, QT2 Owner and Head Coach Tim Snow shares his views, informed by more than twenty years of racing and coaching endurance sports, on how an athlete's mindset can have a profound impact on performance. In episode 4, Coach Tim explains the differences between goals, targets and outcomes. Goals are things over which you have near total control - e.g., your hydration intake. Targets are things over which you have some level of control, but not total control...
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Why Mindset Matters in Endurance Sports and How a Coach Can Help Navigate the Minefield - Episode 3 - Recognizing Your Controllables & Uncontrollables In this podcast series, QT2 Owner and Head Coach Tim Snow shares his views, informed by more than twenty years of racing and coaching endurance sports, on how an athlete's mindset can have a profound impact on performance. In sports, as in life, there are always things that you cannot control. The list is seemingly endless. But, what you can control is how you respond, If it's hot and humid on race day, how will you respond? If you get a...
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Why Mindset Matters in Endurance Sports and How a Coach Can Help Navigate the Minefield - Episode 2 - Setting & Managing Appropriate Expectations. In this podcast series, QT2 Owner and Head Coach Tim Snow shares his views, informed by more than twenty years of racing and coaching endurance sports, on how an athlete's mindset can have a profound impact on performance. In Episode 2, Coach Tim takes a deep dive into the first strategy for altering mindset - setting & managing appropriate expectations. This strategy is written to the athlete who anytime they lace up expects a PR and/or the...
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Why Mindset Matters in Endurance Sports & How a Coach Can Help Navigate the Minefield - Episode 1 - What Is Mindset? In this podcast series, QT2 Owner and Head Coach Tim Snow shares his views, informed by more than twenty years of racing and coaching endurance sports, on how an athlete's mindset can have a profound impact on performance. In Episode 1, Coach Tim sets the framework for the rest of the series, defining Mindset as the lens through which we we see the world. How we see a situation defines how we approach a solution to the problem, or even if we can see a solution. But yet,...
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My First Triathlon. In this five part series, we are joined by veteran QT2 coaches Jackie Miller and Eric Kahl. Collectively, they have helped 100s of people get to the starting line of their first triathlon. Jackie and Eric share their insights on everything a beginner should know before lining up for their first race. Episode 5 is all about Race Day. Jackie and Eric walk you through what the day looks like, including race morning logistics, transition set up, race strategy for the swim, bike and run, and post-race celebration. Learn more about Coach Jackie at Learn more about Coach...
info_outlineHave you ever wondered about the life of a professional triathlete? In this podcast series, we interview current and retired QT2 Systems Professional Triathletes, exploring the path to earning (and maintaining) a pro license, the nuts and bolts of training and racing, and the ups and downs along the way. The guests also share how being a pro triathlete shaped their lives, and what advice they would give to their younger selves.
Episode 9 features Jennie Hansen. Jennie's journey from newbie triathlete to professional triathlete was a rapid one. She raced her first triathlon in the fall of 2009. Just two years later, she finished as the second amateur at the IRONMAN 70.3 World Championships and earned her pro card. Jennie raced as a pro from 2012 through 2023, always as a QT2 coached athlete. In her early years as a pro, she took the overall win at IRONMAN Lake Placid, racked up multiple podium finishes and toed the line at the IRONMAN World Championships. After struggling with injuries for several years, she decided to retire from the pro field after her 2023 season.
But rather than leaving the sport of triathlon, Jennie opted to race as an age grouper. Through this move, she has been re-energized in the sport. She raced frequently, including three IRONMAN finishes in three months - IRONMAN Lake Placid (2nd in AG), IRONMAN World Championship (top 15% in AG), and IRONMAN California (2nd in AG). She'll be back to the IRONMAN World Championship in 2025. Listen to Jennie's story about her decision to turn pro, the changes in the pro ranks over time, how she dealt with injuries and set backs, and her experience coming back to the age group field.
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