Ben Stern is a professional triathlete, based in San Diego, California. Ben was a college tennis player and was also involved in business and start-ups: he started a company during college and was involved in several tech start-ups. He entered the world of triathlon in 2021 after he got sick working at the desk and started thinking “is there a way that I could just not work at the desk the whole day and do some sport as a career?”. Ben became a professional triathlete in 2023, without much thinking and without having everything thought out, as he describes it. He raced the Ironman 70.3 World Championship in 2021 and 2022 as well as the Ironman World Championship in 2022.Ben’s approach to things is very rational and methodical. He is not a proponent of an “all-out” mentality, but rather aims for steady, sustainable progress. He also describes his approach as the way he approaches a start-up, and you as an athlete are the company. He approaches his training as a job and believes that the work just needs to be done, rather than relying on motivation to keep him going.He says he has yet to have a breakthrough race, but is satisfied with his improvement and continues working on the next step of the way, knowing that he will step by step reach his long term goals.Mentioned in the podcast:Team Zoot: @zootsports; Neversecond: @never.second; Rudy Project: @rudyprojectna Wahoo Fitness: @wahoofitnessofficial; Coach Ryan Bolton @boltonenduranceFollow Ben on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benstern619/ PTO Profile: https://stats.protriathletes.org/athlete/ben-stern Ironman Pro Series Profile: https://proseries.ironman.com/triathletes/ben-stern