Sophie Coldwell is having her best season to date in the World Triathlon Championship Series, with her eyes firmly set on qualifying for her first Olympics. She won her first WTCS race in Yokohama finished second in Abu Dhabi. The 28 year old has come a long way since doing her first triathlon two decades ago, when she was 8 years old...You'll hear: About Sophie's 2023 season, with a win at WTCS Yokohama Her thoughts about qualifying for the Paris Olympics which feels 'agonisingly close' Visualisation - why Sophie uses it but how she hadn't visualised winning Confidence as an athlete and what if it goes wrong Vs what if it goes right? Training Loughborough The power of enough and that feeling of 'what more could you have done?' How are the chickens Life outside of triathlon and finding that balance while trying to qualify for Olympics. Find out more about this week's guest:Sophie Coldwell InstagramTrack Helen at the Pan Celtic Race via this link here - this tracker will be live once the race starts.Like what you heard?Let me know! Connect with Inside Tri Show across Social Media, just search Inside Tri Show or click on the icons belowGET YOUR HANDS ON AN EXCLUSIVE EPISODE!Sign up to be a vino buddy or a training buddy on Patreon and get your hands on two patrons-only episodes a year.Or just support the show by buying Helen a coffee every month by becoming a coffee buddy Patreon of the Inside Tri Show.Listener DiscountsFor 15% Discount on FORM Swim goggles: https://www.formswim.com/pages/insidetrishowOTE Sports, 20% off with the code INSIDE-TRI-20This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices