E002: Everest, Pro Cycling & Cultivating Epic Opportunities w_ Former GB Athlete Dan Hughes

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Dan's list of achievements is incredible. He spent 7 years in the SAS, delivered the world's highest broadcast for the BBC at the summit of Everest and competed for GB in 2 Duathlon World Championships before becoming a Pro Cyclist for the Pinarello Factory team in the States. Now he travels the four corners of the world photographing his epic rides and has one of the most amazing Instagram accounts, certainly one of my favorites that you can follow over at @danielhughesuk.

We talk about the challenges of SAS selection and the grueling training for both adventures and pro cycling. We discuss how to cultivate opportunities throughout our lives before looking at training and nutrition on the go.
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1. E002: Everest, Pro Cycling & Cultivating Epic Opportunities w_ Former GB Athlete Dan Hughes (00:00:00)

2. Adapting and innovating through the tough times (00:02:00)

3. Pivoting and SAS selection insights (00:08:25)

4. What Dan attributes his success throughout his toughest challenges to (00:13:00)

5. Challenges of re-calibrating and leaving the SAS (00:17:20)

6. Cultivating the luck for a high performance, fulfilled life (00:21:00)

7. Secrets to success (00:22:10)

8. When to be selfish, when to not (00:23:50)

9. Competing for GB in 2 World Duathlon Champs (00:25:10)

10. Journey to becoming a professional cyclist at 38 (00:26:45)

11. Training with Colin Strickland and joining the Pinarello team (00:29:00)

12. The power of the human mind in the toughest moments (00:33:20)

13. Positives and negatives of measuring performance (00:34:00)

14. Enjoying your passion when it becomes the ‘Day Job’ (00:37:10)

15. Social pressures of Strava (00:38:30)

16. Evolving the training to become Smarter in a busy world (00:40:15)

17. Tips for fuelling and nutrition for optimal performance (00:43:55)

18. Race Day nutrition tactics (00:46:55)

19. Victoria Sponge (00:48:30)

20. Brain Hacks for performance (00:50:25)

21. Hunting down amazing cycling photoshoot locations (00:52:40)